Favorite album of the 21st century by category

I'm just not that far into the future yet. Maybe I'll catch up by 2050.

Canterbury: Tom Penaguin - s/t
Crossover: Todd Rundgren - Liars
Eclectic: Marco Minnemann - My Sister
Heavy Prog: The Aristocrats - Duck
Prog Folk: North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon
Fusion: Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up
Neo-prog: Frost* - Milliontown
Prog Metal: Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
RIO: Mike Keneally - The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat
Symphonic: The Psychedelic Ensemble - The Tale of the Golden King
Tech: Intervals - The Way Forward

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - Yesterday at 13:30

Could be others in many cases (and a few albums here I know less than most others). This is based on what is included in PA in those categories no matter how apt for the category:

Canterbury Scene: Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland (2003)
Crossover Prog: Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
Eclectic Prog - Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken: The Death Defying Unicorn (2012)
Experimental/Post Metal: Boris - Flood (2000)
Heavy Prog: Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone (2015)
Indo prog/ Raga Rock: Saturnia - Muzak (2007)
Jazz-Rock?Fusion: Shibusashirazu Orchestra — Shibuboshi (2004)
Krautrock: Kosmischer Läufer - The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83: Volume Three (2015)
Neo-Prog: Duster - Duster (2019)
Post Rock/Math Rock: Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Prog Folk: Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord (2022)
Progressive Electronic: Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete (2015)
Progressive Metal: Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pacifisticuffs (2017)
Psychedelic/Space Rock: Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld (2004)
RIO/Avant Prog: black midi - Hellfire (2022)
RPI: Psycho Praxis - Echoes From the Deep (2012)
Symphonic Prog: Kotebel - Omphalos (2006)
Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere (2024)
Various Genres: Leader of the Starry Skies: A Tribute to Tim Smith, Songbook 1 (2010)
Zeuhl: Magma - Félicité Thösz (2012)
Prog Related: David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Proto-Prog: Silver Apples - Clinging to a Dream (2016)



Edited by Logan - Yesterday at 17:01

Canterbury - Antique Seeking Nuns - Double Eggs with Chips and Beans
Crossover - Knifeworld - The Unravelling
Eclectic - William D Drake - The Rising Of The Lights
Experimental/Post Metal - Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium
Heavy - Hedvig Mollestad - All Of Them Witches
Fusion - Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - Open Me
Krautrock - The Utopia Strong - s/t
Math Rock - Three Trapped Tigers - Silent Earthling
Neo - Asturias - Fractals
Post Rock - Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Folk Prog - North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon
Electronic - Radio Massacre International - Rain Falls In Grey
Prog Metal - Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs Of The Damned & Delirious
Psych/Space Rock - The Future Kings Of England - The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis
RIO/Avant - Vezhlivy Otkaz - Gusi-Lebedi
Symphonic - Kotebel - Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble
Tech/Extreme Metal - Behold The Arctopus - Hapeleptic Overtrove
Zeuhl - Magma - K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria)

Only one per category?! Impossible!
How 'bout ONE PER DECADE PER CATEGORY?

Krautrock: WESERBERGLAND Am Ende der Welt (2020), ELECTRIC ORANGE Volume 10 (2014)
Post Rock / Math Rock: MONOBODY Monobody (2015), MIDAS FALL Cold Waves Divide Us (2024), GIFTS FROM ENOLA Gifts from Enola (2010)
Jazz Rock / Fusion: UZVA Uoma (2006), OIAPOK OisoLün (2023) MONOBODY Raytracing (2018)
Zeuhl: MAGMA Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (2009), SETNA Guérison (2013), DAI KAHT Dai Kaht II (2020)
Symphonic Prog: ALL TRAPS ON EARTH A Drop of Light (2018), KOTEBEL Omphalos (2006), GLEB KOLYADIN Gleb Kolyadin (2018)
RPI: LATTE E MIELE Passio Secundum Mattheum - The Complete Work (2014), LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO La notte anche di giorno (2015), LA BOCCA DELLA VERITÀ Avenoth (2016)
Prog Folk: FAUN Renaissance (2005), IONA Open Sky (2000), CORDE OBLIQUE A Hail of Bitter Almonds (2011)
Canterbury Scene: HOMUNCULUS RES Limiti all'eguaglianza della parte con il tutto (2013), MAGICK BROTHER & MYSTIC SISTER Magick Brother & Mystic Sister (2020), VIOLETO DE OUTONO Volume 7 (2007)
Crossover Prog: BENT KNEE Shiny Eyed Babies (2014), BIG BIG TRAIN The Difference Machine (2007), WIPPY BONSTACK (2022)
Psychedelic / Space Rock: VESPERO De loud globi (2023), OZRIC TENTACLES Technicians of the Sacred (2015), OCEANSIZE Everyone Into Position (2005)
Progressive Electronic: OÖPHOI Bardo (2002), ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ Holographic Codex (2015), STEVE HAUSCHILDT Nonlin (2019)
NeoProg: SYLVAN Posthumous Silence (2006), EDISON’S CHILDREN The Final Breath Before November (2013), PENDRAGON Love Over Fear (2020)
Heavy Prog: VOTUM Harvest Moon (2013), PORCUPINE TREE Fear of a Blank Planet (2007), CROWN LANDS Fearless (2023)
Eclectic Prog: NIL Novo Sub Sole (2005), SEVEN IMPALE City of The Sun (2014), iNFiNiEN Beyond the Veil (2022)
Prog Metal: PROGHMA-C Bar-do Travel (2009), VOTUM Harvest Moon (2013), EARTHSIDE Let the Truth Be Told (2023)
Tech / Extreme Metal: NE OBLIVISCARUS Exul (2023), THE CONTORTIONIST Language (2014), MASTODON Crack the Skye (2009)
Experimental / Post Metal: MAUDLIN OF THE WELL Part the Second (2009), THE RETICENT The Oubliette (2020), ANATHEMA The Optimist (2017)
RIO / Avant-Prog: Five-Storey Ensemble Not That City (2014), KAYO DOT Choirs of the Eye (2003), BLACK MIDI Hellfire (2022)
Various: Odyssey: The Greatest Tale (Colossus/Musea) (2005)
Prog-Related: STEVE VAI Inviolate (2022), DAVID GILMOUR Luck and Strange (2024)