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Topic: Top 20 1990-2014 Prog Albums
Posted: March 11 2016 at 14:34

BrufordFreak wrote:

16. Bar-do Travel - PROGHMA-C

Nice

. Very good band from my country.

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Posted: March 11 2016 at 14:24

Don't know how I missed this poll! Here's mine (as of today) (from my list of Top 500 All-Time Favorites):

1. Shiny Eyed Babies - BENT KNEE

2. Limiti all'egualianza della parte con il tutto - HOMUNCULUS RES

3. Dots and Loops - STEREOLAB

4. Gentle Stream - THE AMAZING

5. The Look of Love - DIANA KRALL

6. Lost Souls - DOVES

7. A Rare Moment of Insight - BROTHER APE

8. Open Sky - IONA

9. The Difference Machine - BIG BIG TRAIN

10. Shadows of the Sun - ULVER

11. The Last Broadcast - DOVES

12. Odyssey: The Greatest Tale - Colossus Magazine/Musea Records

13. Love DeLuxe - SADE

14. Not This City - FIVE-STOREY ENSEMBLE

15. Indian Summer - LANDBERK

16. Bar-do Travel - PROGHMA-C

17. The Final Breath Before November - EDISON'S CHILDREN

18. Mind Fruit - OPUS 3

19. Walking Wounded - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL

20. Light Shining Through Sea - CICADA

21. Ga'an - GA'AN

22. LightDark - NOSOUND

23. The Last Samurai Soundtrack - HANZ ZIMMER

24. Secret Story - PAT METHENY

25. Four-Calendar Café - COCTEAU TWINS

26. Eve - KARDA ESTRA

27. Espectro - VIOLETA DE OUTONO

28. Mourning Sun - FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM

29. Part the Second - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL

30. Mirabilis - MEDIAEVAL BAEBES

31. CodeName: DustSucker - BAK PSYCHOSIS

32. Timeloss - PAATOS

33. Omphalos - KOTEBEL

*Note: Lines through items denote albums and artists that are not included in the ProgArchives database.

Edited by BrufordFreak - March 11 2016 at 14:26

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Posted: March 11 2016 at 10:40

I'm not sure I can do 20 but here is a list of prog (or prog-related) albums from that period that I particularly enjoy:

Smpte - Transatlantic

The Whirlwind - Transatlantic

? - Neal Morse

Sola Scriptura - Neal Morse

Snow - Spock's Beard

Banks Of Eden - The Flower Kings

Flying Colors - Flying Colors

Second Nature - Flying Colors

Heart Full Of Sky - Mostly Autumn

Edited by AlanB - March 11 2016 at 10:41

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Posted: March 11 2016 at 09:40

20. The Congregation - Leprous (2015)

19. Love, Fear And The Time Machine - Riverside (2015)

18. Ire Works - Dillinger Escape Plan (2007)

17. Frames - Oceansize (2007)

16. Arrows & Anchors - Fair To Midland (2011)

15. Awake - Dream Theater (1994)

14. Sound Awake - Karnivool (2009)

13. California - Mr Bungle (1999)

12. The Bedlam In Goliath - The Mars Volta (2008)

11. Crack The Skye - Mastodon (2009)

10. Emehntehtt - Magma (2009)

9. Disco Volante - Mr Bungle (1995)

8. Amputechture - The Mars Volta (2006)

7. Asymmetry - Karnivool (2013)

6. O.K. Computer - Radiohead (1997)

5. Lateralus - Tool (2001)

4. Kid A - Radiohead (2000)

3. De-Loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta (2003)

2. Amnesiac - Radiohead (2001)

1. THRAK - King Crimson (1995)

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Posted: August 11 2015 at 04:38

Without the Swans albums (The Seer, and The Great Annihilator), I think this is 20?

Kate Bush - Aerial

Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2

Fright Pig - Out Of The Barnyard

Peter Gabriel - Us

Peter Gabriel - Up

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists

Haken - The Mountain

Iamthemorning - ~

Iamthemorning - Belighted

IQ - The Road Of Bones

Mastodon - Crack The Skye

Mike Oldfield - Amarok

Opeth - Still Life

Anthony Phillips - Field Day

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

Rush - Clockwork Angels

Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun

Steven Wilson - The Raven

Robert Wyatt - Shleep

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Posted: August 10 2015 at 10:53

Anglagard - Hybris
Negura Bunget - Om
Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Cynic - Traced In Air
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Exivious - Exivious
Anekdoten - Vemod
Kayo Dot - Coffins On Lo
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Nemo - Si Partie 1
Enslaved - RIITIIR
Agalloch - The Mantle
Neurosis - Souls At Zero
Astra - The Black Chord
Oceansize - Efflorence
Birds and Buildings - Multipurpose Trap
Fen - Epoch
Alcest - Ecailles de Lune
IQ - Frequency
Echolyn - Echolyn(2012)
Also Soundgarden - Superunknown (not prog, but still love this one as much as the yesteryears).

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Posted: August 09 2015 at 00:12

Cant make such a list, but I'am really into Ciccada' The finest of miracles and The Worm Ouroboros' Of things that never were.

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Posted: August 08 2015 at 23:26

I list only albums of artists, who haven't released an album before 1990, and only one album per artist:

Fish - Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)
Echolyn (1991)
Discipline - To Shatter All Accord (2011)
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust (1998)
Centric Jones - The Antikythera Method (2012)

Kaizers Orchestra - Violeta Violeta Vol. III (2012)
Birds and Buildings - Bantam to Behemoth (2008)
Pitch - Conquistador (2012)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (2013)
Thieves' Kitchen - One For Sorrow, Two For Joy (2013)

Herd of Instinct (2011)
Anubis - A Tower of Silence (2011)
Grand Stand - Tricks of Time (2002)
Paatos - Kallocain (2004)
Comedy of Errors - Fanfare & Fantasy (2013)

Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope (2014)
Unitopia - Covered Mirror Vol. 1 (2012)
Uz Jsme Doma - Pohadky ze Zapotrebi (1995)
Opeth - Pale Communion (2014)
Kompendium - Beneath The Waves (2012)

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Posted: July 31 2015 at 04:23

kenethlevine wrote:

Moogtron III wrote:

kenethlevine wrote:

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your transformation to avant is complete, Mick!

Most of us are still a bit more into the prog stars .
Cool list, I must say

um, my list is hardly focused on the "prog stars"

but I suppose it is not as cool Clap

Oh no, your list is totally cool!
Collage, Eris Pluvia, Sagrado: good that you mention them, very special bands!
I didn't mean to debase other lists, most certainly not yours!
BTW I saw Red Jasper twice in concert.
Cool list by all means

merci Marcel

no Belgians in the list, sadly. Do you know the album "If only stones could speak" by Bollenberg experience? I quite like it but didn't think it quite rose to the top. I did include a few French language artists

No, I don't know the album. I do know the person, although not directly. He was also a music journalist (and maybe still is) for a Dutch prog magazine and I saw him once at a Porcupine Tree concert, and I heard of the album, but haven't heard the music itself.

To be honest, I don't have any Belgians in the list myself.

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 17:51

Moogtron III wrote:

kenethlevine wrote:

Moogtron III wrote:

your transformation to avant is complete, Mick!

Most of us are still a bit more into the prog stars .
Cool list, I must say

um, my list is hardly focused on the "prog stars"

but I suppose it is not as cool Clap

merci Marcel

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 16:59

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I would say micky's list shows 'promise'

ehh... baby steps man.

Book M crashed the top 20 party (I simply can't stop listening to it) but suspect .. give it a year... some of the other stuff I've picked up on via the polls will sink as deeply as that one did and likely find their ways onto my personal top 20. Thumbs Up

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 15:02

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Guldbamsen wrote:

Like all of these list they change daily for me.........so why not make a new one to reflect the flavour of the day.

The Future Kings Of England - The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis

Setna - Guérison

Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io

Xing Sa - Création de l'Univers

SKE - 1000 Autunni

Swans - The Seer

Djam Karet - The Trip

Magma - K.A.

Nice, all of those came under consideration for me.

I think I just 'forgot' about them the first time around - just like I'm forgetting some right this minute (I'm visiting my folks, which means I have to remember what I've got in my collection LOL

Btw have you ever checked out NIL?

I've never checked out NIL (though I do have the excellent recent album by NI) will check them out.

Well you have something to look forward to then. Sorta like an ethereal yet avant take on Crimson mixed with One Shot. Hard to describe really.
The only available albums of theirs at the moment is the above mentioned and Nil Novo Sub Sole - trust me I've been looking high and low for the early releases though sadly to no avail.

Edited by Guldbamsen - July 30 2015 at 17:04

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 14:59

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I would say micky's list shows 'promise'

Well, you're on of his musical mentors, so if you say so...
I suppose some of us are young dogs (regardless of age), ready for the revolution start tomorrow. No, make that today...
I'm only just exploring new prog, enthusiastic but still with one foot steadily set in tradition.
One foot and three toes, to be more precise

Edited by Moogtron III - July 30 2015 at 15:00

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 14:56

kenethlevine wrote:

Moogtron III wrote:

your transformation to avant is complete, Mick!

Most of us are still a bit more into the prog stars .
Cool list, I must say

um, my list is hardly focused on the "prog stars"

but I suppose it is not as cool Clap

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 12:11

I can name my top 3 in order.

1. IQ- Road of Bones

2. Steven Wilson The Raven that Refused to Sing,

3. Moon Safari- Blomljud

...And the rest in no particular order-

Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning

Unexpect - Flesh Aquarium

Motorcycle- The Death Defying Unicorn

Crimson- Edge of Sanity

Riverside- Anno Domini

Porcupine Tree- Absentia

Beardfish- Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two

Disipline- To Shatter All Accord

Big Big Train- English Electric Part 1

Dream Theater- "Six Degrees of Turbulence" and "Dramatic Turn of Events"

Anglagard- Hybris

Pain of Salvation- The Perfect Element Part 1

Ayreon- The Human Equation

Sigh- Imaginary Sonicscape

Logos- L' enigma della Vita

Haken- The Mountain

Tool- Latteralus

2015 albums that crash the party

Steven Wilson- Hand Cannot Erase

Leprous- The Congregation

Barock Project- Skyline

IOEarth- New World

Edited by omphaloskepsis - July 30 2015 at 12:37

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 11:25

Guldbamsen wrote:

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Guldbamsen wrote:

Like all of these list they change daily for me.........so why not make a new one to reflect the flavour of the day.

The Future Kings Of England - The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis

Setna - Guérison

Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io

Xing Sa - Création de l'Univers

SKE - 1000 Autunni

Swans - The Seer

Djam Karet - The Trip

Magma - K.A.

Nice, all of those came under consideration for me.

I think I just 'forgot' about them the first time around - just like I'm forgetting some right this minute (I'm visiting my folks, which means I have to remember what I've got in my collection LOL

Btw have you ever checked out NIL?

I've never checked out NIL (though I do have the excellent recent album by NI) will check them out.

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 10:50

Raff wrote:

kenethlevine wrote:

Moogtron III wrote:

your transformation to avant is complete, Mick!

Most of us are still a bit more into the prog stars .
Cool list, I must say

um, my list is hardly focused on the "prog stars"

but I suppose it is not as cool Clap

Ken, both your lists are very cool, and contain a few personal favs of mine. Into the Labyrinth is probably my favourite DCD album, and "How Fortunate the Man With None" my favourite song by the band.

BTW, I will try to come up with a list of my own, though choosing only 20 won't be easy.

I will look for forward to it! I agree about both the album and song by DCD. Aion was a close second. I like only having one choice per band for a whole variety of reasons.

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 10:23

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Guldbamsen wrote:

Like all of these list they change daily for me.........so why not make a new one to reflect the flavour of the day.

The Future Kings Of England - The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis

Setna - Guérison

Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io

Xing Sa - Création de l'Univers

SKE - 1000 Autunni

Swans - The Seer

Djam Karet - The Trip

Magma - K.A.

Nice, all of those came under consideration for me.

I think I just 'forgot' about them the first time around - just like I'm forgetting some right this minute (I'm visiting my folks, which means I have to remember what I've got in my collection LOL

Btw have you ever checked out NIL?

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 10:19

Guldbamsen wrote:

Like all of these list they change daily for me.........so why not make a new one to reflect the flavour of the day.

The Future Kings Of England - The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis

Setna - Guérison

Kayo Dot - Coffins On Io

Xing Sa - Création de l'Univers

SKE - 1000 Autunni

Swans - The Seer

Djam Karet - The Trip

Magma - K.A.

Nice, all of those came under consideration for me.

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Posted: July 30 2015 at 10:18

Within The Realm and Spleen & Ideal are probably my favorites.

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