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My favourite of the year so far





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^ Definitely among my favourites from this year (so far). I’ve never been disappointed by Daal, but this is a wonderful album, for sure! 🤗😍

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Now playing 🎧 

I’ve felt (and said) for some time that I think the debut album from Solace Supplice is likely to be my favourite release from this year. If there were any doubt, it’s probably now gone, and for the worst reason.

As much as I wanted to think and hope otherwise, I knew the horrible probability was that this would be the first and last Solace Supplice release. I only wish I had managed to complete my Imaginærium review in time for Eric to have seen how much I enjoy that album, too. It feels a little odd, knowing the Imaginærium album has not even been released yet. And there is still Nova Cascade to come, too. The spirit carries on….

RIP, mon ami. 😔


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote tszirmay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2022 at 11:49
Terrible news indeed. Adieu, Eric, tu resteras eternel ! 
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Not listening too enough nowadays and trying to stick to buying Vinyl when I can. 

Marillion - An Hour Before Dark
The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree
Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet
The Tangent - Songs From The Hard Shoulder
Animals As Leaders - Parrhesia




Excellent choices and I’d add Pure Reason Revolution
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote earlyprog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2022 at 03:05
Additions to my previous list:

The Tangent - Songs from the hard Shoulder
Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet
RanestRane - Apocalypse Now




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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2022 at 01:25
Also adding

Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts
Muse - Will of The People
Lonely Robot - A Model Life

3 very different albums. Muse have released their best album since Absolution and probably on a par with Black Holes and Revelations. It's an excellent set of songs all written by Matt Bellamy as the world came of of lock down. Looking forward to the Plymouth gig next year and singing We're f**king f**ked with everyone else!
The redoubtable talent of John Mitchell again delivers a very nice album indeed. Love the production and bass sound especially.
Motorpsycho will likely end up my favourite album of the year perhaps just edging out Daal. Developing into another great year for prog. 
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Adding (cont'd)

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore
Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts
Regal Worm - Worm!

I'm very impressed with Banco's new album. That album could play on repeat for long time.


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Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

* Anthropods - Anthropods
* Tangerine Dream - Raum
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Plate No. 4
* Oksana Linde - Aquatic And Other Worlds
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Nazabukha
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Syndebuk
* John Irvine - Psychopomp
* National Diet - The Noon Hour
* Crushing My Palms Between The Glass Shards You Gave Me - Wake Up! A New Dawn Is Waiting For You.
* Alex Ward, Mark Browne & Pat Thomas - Oxford 1992
* Trio Subliminal - Cinema Infernale
* Odd Fiction - Puzzle Machine
* Mario Lino Stancati - Vairagya
* Tigran Hamasyan - StandArt
* Missigno - Dystopian Reverie
* Handwrist - Nine Steps
* Black Midi - Hellfire
* Join The Din - Elephants In Autumn Rage
* Louis De Mieulle - Magnetic Feel
* John Zorn - Suite For Piano

* Robert Fripp - Washington Square Church
* John Zorn - John Zorn's Olympiad, Vol. 2: Fencing 1978
* Ventifacts - Chronic Town
* Paranoid Void - Travels In My Universe
* Raze The Maze - 7AM Dream
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Sara Wakui - Reflections
* Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding - Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
* The Fourth World Quartet - Grand Bland Vapid Rapids
* Björk - Fossora
* In-Dreamview - Spires
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Gaku
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Sin (I swear, these two are out to ruin me financially)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2022 at 02:42
Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

Adding (cont'd)

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore


I'm very impressed with Banco's new album. That album could play on repeat for long time.



They do seem to have come back with renewed vigour. I'll definitely check this one out thanks.
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Five-Storey Ensemble is apparently not listed here, which is very strange. Anyway, just listening to their wonderful 2022 Presence album. One of the best! I also like the new Motorpsycho, Legendary Pink Dots, and Björk a lot.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Five-Storey Ensemble is apparently not listed here, which is very strange. Anyway, just listening to their wonderful 2022 Presence album. One of the best! I also like the new Motorpsycho, Legendary Pink Dots, and Björk a lot.


Yeah , I may try submitting them again as they have new material out.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Catcher10 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2022 at 12:50
Marillion~AHBID
The Flower Kings~By Royal Decree
Scorpions~Rock Believer
Porcupine Tree~C/C

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BrufordFreak Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2022 at 15:10
Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Five-Storey Ensemble is apparently not listed here, which is very strange. Anyway, just listening to their wonderful 2022 Presence album. One of the best! I also like the new Motorpsycho, Legendary Pink Dots, and Björk a lot.


Yeah , I may try submitting them again as they have new material out.

Olga and Vitaly have doe it again! 

Now, with three of the best albums of the past 10 years, it's time for PA to accept Chamber Prog as a thing. There are TONS of bands, songs, albums that do not use drum kits and/or use percussion instruments minimally that deserve to be here. And there are plenty of examples of bands/artists composing neoclassical types of music. 




Edited by BrufordFreak - October 21 2022 at 15:11
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post-black goes sympho-prog (highly recommended!)

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

My favourite of the year so far
the first track is so outta place, dunno. A loose psych jam opening an eclectic prog album? Why?

The rest is good though
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2022 at 02:55
Glass Hammer - At The Gate
Jean Michel Jarre - OXYMORE
Evership - The Uncrowned King - Act 2

the JMJ album has the title and all the tracks in CAPITALS for some reason. Anyway it's a good album , way better than the last release
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote bartymj Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2022 at 03:13
Four albums I've given a 5 (four and a half) stars this year, in no particular order:
Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side - Miles from Nowhere
The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder
TRK Project - Books that End in Tears (Duets version)
Solace Supplice - Liturgies Contemporaines :-(

Honourable mentions for Pure Reason Revolution, and possibly splitting opinion, Porcupine Tree
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote bartymj Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2022 at 12:21
Make that five.

Bjorn Riis - Everything to Everyone

Listened to it three times today, and thoroughly enjoyed.
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Watch out everybody: Chrissie Loftus and iNFiNiEN are back with another album! And it's killer! So smooth, mature, and engaging start to finish!


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