1996
| 1 | ( 1) | The Wake | IQ | 9 |
| 2 | ( 3) | Script for a Jester's Tear | Marillion | 9 |
| 3 | ( 2) | The Sentinel | Pallas | 9 |
| 4 | (––) | Moonshine | Collage | 1 |
| 5 | ( 5) | Brave | Marillion | 3 |
| 6 | (20) | Images and Words | Dream Theater | 2 |
| 7 | (15) | Awake | Dream Theater | 2 |
| 8 | ( 7) | Seasons End | Marillion | 8 |
| 9 | (––) | Journey into the Morn | Iona | 1 |
| 10 | ( 6) | Misplaced Childhood | Marillion | 9 |
| 11 | (11) | Dust and Dreams | Camel | 5 |
| 12 | ( 4) | Seconds Out | Genesis | 9 |
| 13 | (18) | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | Genesis | 7 |
| 14 | (21) | Moving Pictures | Rush | 6 |
| 15 | ( 8) | Going for the One | Yes | 6 |
| 16 | ( 9) | Rage for Order | Queensrÿche | 7 |
| 17 | (––) | Close to the Edge | Yes | 3 |
| 18 | (10) | Beyond These Shores | Iona | 2 |
| 19 | (––) | Nursery Cryme | Genesis | 4 |
| 20 | (17) | The Book of Kells | Iona | 2 |
| 21 | (––) | Amarok | Mike Oldfield | 1 |
| 22 | (19) | Stationary Traveller | Camel | 9 |
| 23 | (––) | Deep | Now | 1 |
| 24 | (––) | Sounds of Passion | Coda | 6 |
| 25 | (14) | Wind & Wuthering | Genesis | 9 |