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TCat
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When people venture beyond what they know, they usually end up discovering something better. There was a lot of great music out there last year that many people will never hear. |
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earlyprog
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^I listen to 300-350 new prog releases every yeah and I'm rewarded with 15-30 excellent releases (albums that receive 9 out of 10 stars in my book).
This is where PA's yearly top albums list comes to aid: provided by a minority to help the majority that cannot invest the time required to sort through the new releases. Considering the number of yearly releases, it is striking how well my own votes fit other collaborators' top albums. Surprisingly, we often list bands that are unknown to most (non-collaborators). This year, these bands appear to be (at least in my view) Consider The Source, The Mercury Tree, JAMBINAI, Emmett Elvin, Monkey3 and Lost Crowns. (I'm not mentioning bands like Cheeto's Magazine that have been detected by my radar years ago but remain unknown to most.) Over the years I have reached the conclusion that the PA Collaborators' Top Albums Poll really is the definitive/best bet on the year's best prog albums which is reassuring for those who do not contribute to the voting.
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Grumpyprogfan
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Thank You Scientist - Terraformer Marco Minnemann - My Sister The Psychedelic Ensemble - Mother's Rhymes Thieves' Kitchen - Genius Loci Richard Henshall - The Cocoon Body Hound - No Moon Lonely Robot - Under Stars Chick Corea - Trilogy 2 Izz - Don't Panic Dewa Budjana - Mahandini Allan Holdsworth - Warsaw Summer Jazz Days '98 Morglbl - The Story of Scott Rotti Virgil Donati - Ruination Antoine Fafard - Borromean Odyssey The Claypool Lennon Delirum - South of Reality Dream Theater - Distance Over Time Big Big Train - Reflectors of Light (blu ray) |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Sorry, I haven't heard any albums from 2019. I've been busy listening to classic prog albums from the late 1960's and early 1970's. I just bought Peter Bardens' first psychedelic album today: "The Answer" (1969)
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TCat
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I know its not always possible to get a chance to hear everything, but it is pretty cool how you are at least reviewing a lot of unheard of bands from that era. |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Thanks! I never would have heard Peter Bardens superb first album if it wasn't for reviewing it recently on ProgArchives. I could listen to a lot more albums if I just gave them a rating instead of a full review, but then it wouldn't be nearly so much fun.
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Psychedelic Paul
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I'm currently stuck in a proggy 1970's Back to the Future-style time-warp, but I'm not complaining.
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Psychedelic Paul
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I managed to find a 1970's album on here recently that no one had previously reviewed and it's a very good album too: "The Butterfly Ball" by Roger Glover (of Deep Purple).
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I remember that song being played on early Saturday morning radio back in he seventies along with things like Excerpt From A Teenage Opera ( Keith West) and The Laughing Gnome ( Bowie) . Is the album any good?
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Psychedelic Paul
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Yes, The Butterfly Ball is a good solid four-star album and I've had the CD in my collection for a couple of years. The only reason I didn't give the album a full five-star rating is because it's not in the remotest bit proggy. It's more of an all-round good Pop/Rock album.
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Cristi
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sorry to be a jerk, but can you get back on topic? why discuss 70s music here?
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Mortte
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^Because itīs so great!! I want to discuss it everywhere!!
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Mortte
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Also, I have already said everything from the year 2019.
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Mortte
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...except that I quite like Opethīs new album, third time listening it sounded lot better than second!
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Cristi
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I listened to it twice , does not make go back to it, though.
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1. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
2. Soen - Lotus 3. Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light 4. Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure 5. IQ - Resistance 6. Flying Colors - Third Degree 7. Tool - Fear Innoculum 9. Magma - Zess 10. Focus - Focus 11 |
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I worked my way through all albums on the list in the original post that seemed interesting to me, and De Lorians, Louis de Mieulle, Rascal Reporters, Bob Drake and October Equus were all great recommendations. Thanks again!
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