Summer Madness: PA's Battle of the Albums

haha.   We are doing an 'after' opening ceremonies in which we will break down each poll.

(had to work late this week, and was under threat of being called in to work this morning so excuse the lack of form )

I'll drink to that!!!

at long as it isn't f**king Camel

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Loving this first round, some really great stuff, tough choices and stuff to check out .... plus Genesis and ELP

yeah.. there were some really interesting matchups .. AND the 1st round voting format will make it all the more interesting.  Sitting on a great many votes myself to see how voting goes.

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BREAKING NEWS!! - The tournament committee chairman has left his office and is now holding court in the bar! We were able to push our way through the mass of correspondents from other prog sites, varous hangers-on (musicians and Mick-groupies) to get an exclusive one on one with the man himself.

PS: heydy hoo Mick. So what do you think of the first days action so far.

Mick: man what a hoot. I actually feel sorry for some of these suckas that see 'Genesis album' or 'Camel album' and immediately cast their votes. What a world of great music out there.  The selection committee did a DAMN good job putting together a good list of albums for everyone to duel over. I definitely want to thank everyone for all the help and input. One person alone couldn't have done it, not as well at least as I believe it was done here.

PS: any regrets?

Mick:  one really stands out... that we didn't get the Talking Heads into the contest. Of course not every great album, not every great group got an album into the contest but still... that particular omission sticks out to me. Especially since we went with Discipline as the choice for KC.

PS: any others?

Mick: one lesser one I suppose... I would have really liked to have worked in more great 'prog' albums from artists not exactly known AS prog artists.  I went into this fully expecting to have albums like Satanic Majesties or Quadrophenia even the Allmans included and see how they matched up. However when push came to shove there were so many great ones from traditional prog artists along with those on the fringe, ie more progressive than prog, that we had to limit ourselves. 128 albums sounded like a lot, until we started filling the slots haha.

PS: So what about the modern albums?

Mick: funny you ask, we just finalized the list this afternoon.  Since you are a sponser in good standing I suppose we can grant Progspin the exclusive for its debut.

PS: oh man.. that would be great.  Would you?

Micky: yeah sure.  Here are the 128 albums to be included in the modern album contest which will start a week from today after the first batch of classic album polls is closed. We will bracket them tomorrow and announce it..

PS: on Progspin?

Micky:  yeah sure.. why not.  So here we are. The albums of the modern list.

Modern Album List 1985 and beyond

 1. Images & Words (1992) - Dream Theater
 2. Unfold the Future (2002) - The Flower Kings 
 3. The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1996) - Symphony X
 4. In Absentia (2002) - Porcupine Tree
 5. V (2000)  - Spock's Beard

 6. The Human Equation (2004) - Ayreon
 7 . Still Life (1999) - Opeth
 8. Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - Savatage
 9. Snowtorch (2011) - Phideaux
10. Unfolded Like Staircase (1997) - Discipline

11. Kid A (2000) - Radiohead
12. Avanti! (2009) - Miriodor
13. Sleeping in Traffic Part 2 (2008) - Beardfish
14. Of Natural History (2004) - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
15. Hybris (1992) - Anglagard

16. Vemod (1993) - Anekdoten
17. Mei (2002)- Echolyn 
18. De-loused In the Comatorium (2003) - The Mars Volta
19. Lux Ade (2006) -  La Maschera di Cera
20. Anno Domini High Definition (2009) -  Riverside

21. The Masquerade Overture (1996) - Pendragon
22. Be (2004) - Pain of Salvation
23. The Sensual World (1989) - Kate Bush
24. Brave (1994) - Marillion
25. Frequency (2009) - IQ

26. Lateralus (2001) - Tool
27. Jurassic Shift (1993) - Ozric Tentacles (Erpland?)
28. Bateless Edge (2010) - Frogg Cafe
29. Vehicle (2009) - miRthkon
30. Iridule (2010) - Yugen

31. Five Suns (2003) - Guapo
32. Agaetis Byrjun (1999) - Sigur Ros
33. Choirs of the Eye (2003) - Kayo Dot
34. Part the Second (2009) - Maudlin of the Well
35. Sing Along Songs For the Damned and Delirious (2009) - Diablo Swing Orchestra

36. Tio Bitar (2007) - Dungen
37. s/t (1990) - UTotem
38. Barbaro (2009) - Present
39. In Extremis (1998) - Thinking Plague
40. Holon (2007) - Nik Bartsch Ronin

41.  Milliontown (2006) - Frost*
51. Mabool (2004) - Orphaned Land
52. Metanoia (2001) - Nexus
53. Talu (2004) - Phlox
54. 1000 Autunni (2011) - Ske
55. Viva Koenji (1997) - Koenjihyakkei

56. Songs From Mirage (2009) - Aranis
57. Ewaz Vader (2006) - One Shot
58. On Phenomena and Existences (2010) - Rational Diet
59. Hungers Teeth (1994) - 5UU's
60. 01 (2011) - Scherzoo

61. Detta Har Hant (2009) - Gosta Berling Saga
62. L'axe du Fou (2009) - Forgas Band Phenomena
63. s/t (2008) - Jean Louis
64. s/t (1994) - Bondage Fruit
65. s/t (1999)- Gordian Knot

66. The Dark Third (2006) - Pure Reason Revolution
67. Kaarmelautakunta (2003) - Alamaailman Vasarat 
68. Moonberry (2011) - Pikapika Teart
69. Mirrored (2007) - Battles
70. Hazards of Love (2009) - The Decemberists

71. Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) - Tortoise
72. Nothingface (1989) - Voivod
73. Young Team (1996) -  Mogwai
74. Disco Volante (1995) - Mr. Bungle
75. The Devouring (1997) - Djam Karet

76. Elements (1993) - Atheist
77. City of Echoes (2007) - Pelican
78. Songs for Insects (1992) - Thought Industry
79. Traced in Air (2008) - Cynic
80. Crack the Skye (2009) - Mastodon

81. SUSAR (2005) - Indukti
82. Absolution (2003) - Muse
83. Timeloss (2002) - Paatos
84. SMPTe (2000) - Transatlantic (Bridge Across Forever?)
85. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antenna's to Heaven (2000) - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

86. Spiral (2005) - Hiromi Uehara
87. Quickly, Quickly, Quickly (2012) - The Tea Club
88. The Long Division (2012) - 3RDegree
89. From These Small Seeds (2010) - MoeTar
90. Chrome Black Gold (2013) - Chrome Hoof

91. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - Iron Maiden
92. Spirit of Eden (1988) - Talk Talk
93. Operation: Mindcrime (1988) - Queensryche
94. ...And Justice for All (1988) - Metallica
95. A Little Man & A House... (1988) - Cardiacs

96. Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) - Dead Can Dance
97. Energetic Disassembly (1985) - Watchtower
98. Gusi-Lebedi (2010) - Vezhlivy Otkaz
99. Fear Draws Misfortune (2009) - Cheer Accident
100. 4th (2008) - DFA

101. Emissaries (2005) - Radio Massacre International
102. Perils (2005) - Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horsemen
103. s/t (2008) - Diagonal
104. Ever After (2011) - Sanhedrin
105. s/t (2011) - Herd Of Instinct

106. The Mountain (2013) - Haken
107. I A Moon (2011) - North Sea Radio Orchestra
108. All My Friends (2013) - Jack O The Clock
109. The Viewing Point (2009) - The Future Kings Of England


110. American Don (2000) - Don Caballero
111. Hex (1994) - Bark Psychosis
112. More Skin With Milk-Mouth (2007) - Giraffes? Giraffes!
113. Random Avenger (2006) - Magyar Posse
114. Enter (2006)- Russian Circles
115. Soundtracks For The Blind (1996) - Swans

116. Judgement (1999) - Anathema
117. Book of Horizons (2004) - Secret Chiefs 3
118. The Shaming Of The True (2000) - Kevin Gilbert
121. One Armed Bandit (2010) - Jaga Jazzist128. In A Flesh Aquarium (2006) - Unexpect

PS: wow.. that is quite a list. Many I don't know.

Mick: hah. No sh*t man. As I told the committee. I'm no dummy, nor a classic elitist but many of these I've never heard. A lot I have never heard OF. This list even more so than the classic was a labor of love of the comittee which various specialists weighing in and helping craft the list.  This one I will be as much a spectator as everyone else as I will be exploring these and hearing many for the first time as I weigh my own votes. For that reason, I think I am more excited for the modern contest than I am for the classic one.

PS: it looks great Micky. Well we are out of time for the moment.  Will you be around later for a more in depth look at the first batch of polls today.

Mick: yeah sure. My ass is likely planted in this bar stool.. at least until I fall out of it.

PS: great. We'll catch you later then. Say hi to M@X for us

Mick: who?

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BREAKING NEWS!!

Hi this is Progspin news. We hate to break into your regularly scheduled programming of internet torture porn and the even more disturbing fanboy Genesis threads but we have breaking news from the Palazzo di Prog.

We have just gotten word that the brackets for the Modern Album contest have been released.. a whole day early. It is pandemonium out there in proggy land. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!Years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459422

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Edited by micky - June 13 2015 at 20:07

amen to that brother!!

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PS: We are back. Live in studio and lets go back to the Piazza di Prog and to our beat reporter Stu Nahan. Stu.. Stu... are you there?

Stu: yeah Mort.  I'm here. This is Stu Nahan reporting live, poolside at the Piazza di Prog.

PS: Things are lookin kind of rough out there this evening.

Stu: Yes, it is like a scene out of Caligua or even Saturday night around the pool at Progday here at the Piazza but I've managed to stay on the air.  Let's see if I can find Micky for his thoughts on today. There he is. Hey Mick!

Micky: what's up man! whoo..

Stu:  so you were quite busy today it seems...

Micky: Well, I'll tell you Stu, I did try to offend some prissy prog fans..! But you know, just like I told the guy on ABC, "Danger is my business!"

Stu: You know, a lot of people expected maybe Genesis or Camel would take the tournament honors this year.

Micky: [laughs incredulously] Those groups suck!

Stu: That's fantastic! Let me ask you a question. When you get out there, do you ever fear for your life?

Micky: Well Stu I'll tell you, prog is not music, it's a way of life, it's no hobby. It's a way of looking at that album and saying, "Hey bud, let's party!"

Stu: Let me ask you a question. What's next for Mad Micky?

Micky: Heading over to the Modern band polls, and then me and Raff are going to wing on over to London and jam with Radiohead!  And you guys are invited to

Stu: I think this is a good time for a commericial break

PS: ahhh. .yeah..

Thinking Plague vs Present !! aargh

The Dark Elf wrote: Really crappy album selection. Seriously. Some bands have their best album in the poll while others have perhaps their 10th best. Sorry Mick, this one is f*ckingly skewed. I voted on a few, got the general gist and will ignore it henceforth. Too bad, it could have been a lot fairer.

fair?  Nah.. who cares about that.  Tull fan doesn't need this to know TAAB will get to the last rounds, nor Yes fan with CTTE, nor KC fan with Red, nor Genesis fan with any Gabriel release.

we have a 1000 polls for those. I didn't care about fair,  this never was 'top' PA's album. We have nice chart on the front page for that brother.  I was looking not for fair.. but fun. Of course it is skewed..

that was the point..  as well as highlighting albums other than the ... same old sh*t man.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Thinking Plague vs Present !! aargh

no doubt man. There are some brutal matchups.

for me .. the group of death is this one.

Tio Bitar - Dungen
v.
Detta Har Hant  - Gosta Berling Saga
v.
s/t (2009) - Animals As Leaders
v.
Nothingface (1989) - Voivod

with the winner of that group having Radiohead Kid A waiting for them

^ It's all in the name of fun. I don't understand the problem.