Progressive X Grooves album Top 50 (77) of 2013

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top 50 (Top 77) albums of 2013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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--- selection of favorite albums of 2013 (Top 50) plus a bonus delicious 27 make this a (Top 77) including reissued albums ! ---

1. Y & T – Mean streak U.S.A. Progressive 1983/2013

Fantastic but little bit obscure album: melodic rock with a progressive edge. Featuring great singer / guitar player Dave Meniketti and co. ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

2. MARILLION – Clutching at straws United Kingdom Progressive 1987/2013

The group who almost invented the Neo Prog style. This album is a bit underrated and now regarded a classic! ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

3. CRYSTAL PALACE – The system of events Germany Progressive 2013

The group who keep the Neo Prog style alive in 2013. A diverse album revealing details with every new listen. ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

4. VARIOUS ARTISTS – Nighttime lovers volume 18 & 19 & 20  Global Village  Grooves

5. GUERSSEN label – All 2013 releases !!!  Global Village   Progressive

6. SAM COOKE – 8 classic soul albums (boxset)    U.S.A.    Grooves

    VARIOUS ARTISTS – 80´s soul classics volume 3 & 4   Global Village   Grooves

7. FLEETWOOD MAC – Rumours  United Kingdom  Progressive

8. GENESIS with PHIL COLLINS – Same  United Kingdom  Progressive

    DIMENSIONAUT with SIMON COLLINS – Sound of contact  United Kingdom  Progressive

9. FATES WARNING – Darkness in a different light  U.S.A.  Progressive

    QUEENSRYCHE – Same / frequency unknown  U.S.A.   Progressive

    FREEDOMS REIGN – Same  U.S.A.   Progressive

10. DELTA – End of philosophy      Chile  Progressive

      JAMES LABRIE – Impermanent resonance  U.S.A.   Progressive

11. STORMLORD – Hesperia  Italia    Progressive

      MANEGARM – Legions of the north     Sweden   Progressive

12. AKKO – Antony Kalugin Kinematic Orchestra    Ukraine   Progressive

      LA TULIPE NOIRE – Matricide  Greece    Progressive

13. APOGEE – Waiting for the challenge     Germany   Progressive

      COSMOS DREAM – How to reach infinity ?  France  Progressive

14. DAVID BOWIE – Zeit ! 1977-1979  United Kingdom  Everything

15. MELI´SA MORGAN – Good love  U.S.A.    Grooves

       HIGH FASHION with MELI´SA MORGAN – Feeling.. / Make..  U.S.A.  Grooves

16. ROXY MUSIC – Complete album collection  United Kingdom  Progressive

17. GEORGE HARRISON (THE BEATLES) – All things must pass  United Kingdom  Progressive

18. AVANTASIA – The mystery of time  Global Village   Progressive

      AYREON – The theory of everything  Global Village   Progressive

19. DAYTON – Hot fun / feel the music     U.S.A.  Grooves

      LEVEL 42 – Sirens  United Kingdom  Grooves

20. LOADSTAR - Future perfect      United Kingdom  Grooves

21. ATLANTEAN KODEX – The white goddess    Germany  Progressive

      ARGUS – Beyond the martyrs      U.S.A.   Progressive

22. KING DIAMOND – The puppet master  Denmark  Progressive

      MERCYFUL FATE – Don´t break the oath    Denmark   Progressive

23. VARIOUS ARTISTS – DEFECTED in the house Ibiza 2013  Global Village   Grooves

       VARIOUS ARTISTS – Chipsoundz music of Commodore 64  Global Village   Grooves

24. JACKAL – Cry of the jackal      Netherlands   Progressive

      SALEM – Forgotten dreams      United Kingdom  Progressive

25. FIRST CHOICE – Hold your horses     U.S.A.    Grooves

      ONE WAY – Complete album collection    U.S.A.    Grooves

26. PERE UBU – Lady from Shanghai     U.S.A.   Progressive

      WIRE – Change becomes us      United Kingdom  Progressive

27. GWYDION – Veteran       Portugal   Progressive

      HAVOK – Unnatural selection      U.S.A.    Progressive

28. VARIOUS ARTISTS – Dance classics volume 53 & 53   Global Village   Grooves

       VARIOUS ARTISTS – Deep disco culture volume 2   Global Village   Grooves

29. JAGUAR – Power games       United Kingdom  Progressive

      M:PIRE of MANTAS – Crucified (best of)    United Kingdom  Progressive

30. MIKE OLDFIELD – Crisis / five miles out    United Kingdom  Progressive

31. WARMASTER – The end of humanity     Netherlands   Progressive

       MASTER – Witchhunt       U.S.A./Czech Rep.  Progressive

32. DARKTHRONE – The underground resistance    Norway   Progressive

      ENSLAVED – RiiTiir       Norway   Progressive

33. VARIOUS ARTISTS – Love poetry revolution 1966-1972  Global Village  Progressive

      BOB DOWNES – Deep down and heavy     United Kingdom  Progressive

      BURNING RED IVANHOE – Canaltrip collection 1969-1974  Denmark   Progressive

34. MASSACRA – Day of the massacra (80´s demos)   France    Progressive

      HOLY CROSS – Place your bets      France    Progressive

35. SAXON – Forever free       United Kingdom  Progressive

      URIAH HEEP – Sonic origami      United Kingdom  Progressive

36. FRANKIE RODRIQUEZ – A tribute to Dimitri (NL)   Netherlands  Grooves

      SKYY – Skyy line        U.S.A.     Grooves

37. SKY ARCHITECT – A billion years of solitude    Netherlands   Progressive

      VOIVOD – Target earth       Canada   Progressive

38. BOARDS OF CANADA – Geogaddi      United Kingdom  Grooves

39. GIRLSCHOOL– The bronze years (boxset)    United Kingdom  Progressive

40. MARIA MENA – Weapon in mind     Norway   Grooves

41. RODION – The lost tapes      Romania   Progressive

42. HUMILIATION – Turbulence from the deep    Malaysia   Progressive

      SERPENT CROWN with LADY DARA – Same     U.S.A.    Progressive

43. DAFT PUNK with NILE RODGERS - Random access memories  Global Village   Grooves

44. ROY AYERS – Feeling good / love fantasy    U.S.A.    Grooves

45. MODEL DEPOSE – Nightwatch      Netherlands   Grooves

46. VARIOUS ARTISTS–The Celluloid records story 1979-1987  Global Village   Grooves

47. ANNIHILATOR – Feast       Canada   Progressive

      GORGUTS – Colored sands      Canada   Progressive

48. HEAD EAST – Live        U.S.A.    Progressive

      JOHN SCHLITT – U.F.S. (=UDNL FutureNow Stichting !)  Global Village   Progressive

49. JUDY DYBLE – Flow and change     United Kingdom  Progressive

50. SORTILEGE – Same       France    Progressive

51. GALLOWS POLE – And time stood still     Austria   Progressive

      THOMAS RINN GROUP – Toja: sad songs of hope   Italia    Progressive

52. DARK ARENA – Ode to the ancients     U.S.A.    Progressive

      DARK TRANQUIILLITY – Construct     Sweden   Progressive

53. INVASION – And so it begins …     Sweden   Progressive

      PROTECTOR – Reanimated humanculus    Germany   Progressive

54. WITHERSCAPE with DAN SWANO – Inheritance   Sweden   Progressive

55. ANGELO GERVASI GROUP – Keen eyed: reflection   Italia    Progressive

      NOW OR NEVER (PRETTY MAIDS) – Same     Denmark   Progressive

56. COSMIC TRAIL – Mistral       Germany   Progressive

      L.D.C. (=LONG DISTANCE CALLING) – The flood inside   United Kingdom  Progressive

57. CRYSTAL BALL – Dawnbreaker       Switzerland   Progressive

58. DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS (YES) – In extremis   United Kingdom  Progressive

59. ASSIGNMENT – Inside of the machine     Global Village   Progressive

      THOUGHT CHAMBER – Psykerion     U.S.A.    Progressive

60. DARK DESIGN – Prey for the future     U.S.A.  Progressive

      NEPHREN-KA – The fall of Omnius     France    Progressive

61. MAN – The Welsh connection      Wales    Progressive

      PETE BROWN & PHIL RYAN – Ardours … / coals …   Wales    Progressive

62. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Acid rain: acid&deephouse 1985-1991  Global Village   Grooves

63. COMMODORES – Moving on      U.S.A.    Grooves

64. DEPECHE MODE – Delta machine     United Kingdom  Grooves

65. ED KOWALCZYK – The flood and the mercy    U.S.A.    Progressive

66. RAGE OF ANGELS allstars – Dreamworld    Global Village   Progressive

67. DYSCORDIA – Twin symbiosis      Belgium   Progressive

      SANDSTONE – Delta viridian      Ireland   Progressive

68. DANTE – November red       Germany   Progressive

      DICE – Para-dice        Germany   Progressive

69. RHETT FORRESTER & JACK STARR – Out of the darkness  U.S.A.    Progressive

70. FELIX MARTIN GROUP – The scenic album    Venezuela   Progressive

71. FIVE STAR – The remix anthology 1984-1991   United Kingdom  Grooves

      WANDA WALDEN – Searching for love     U.S.A.    Grooves

72. PRO-PAIN – The final revolution     U.S.A.    Metalcore

73. FM – Surveillance       Canada   Progressive

      FM – City of fear        Canada   Progressive

74. EYE OF SOLITUDE – Awoken by crows     United Kingdom  Progressive

75. IMPERIA with HELENA MICHAELSEN – Best of   Global Village   Progressive

76. LEVITATION HEX – Same      Australia   Progressive

      WATER TOWERS – The cosmic child     Sweden   Progressive

77. SIRIUSMO – Enthusiast !      Germany   Grooves

~~~~~~~~~~ Top 3 singles (Progressive & Grooves) of 2013 ~~~~~~~~~~

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--- selection of favorite singles of 2013 (Top 3) in the

progressive and grooves style including a reissued single ! ---

1. SATYRICON – Our world, it rumbles tonight Norway Progressive 2013

Fantastic and a bit dark single by this Norwegian progressive extreme metalband. Always being innovative! ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

2. DELTA – New philosophy Chile Progressive 2013

The group who are called ¨The Dream Theater of Latin America¨. Most people into progressive rock/metal know what-to-expect. ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

3. DI-RECT – Where we belong Netherlands Progressive 2013

A group from my homecountry. Music on the edge of melodic rock and progressive rock ¨light¨. Great melodies a real surprise! ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

1. MASTERS AT WORK – I can´t get no sleep U.S.A. Grooves 1993/2013

The masters of deephouse with a latin flavor: Kenny Gonzalez and Louie Vega. This track is an absolute classic in the eight (!) minutes version.

ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

2. MELBA MOORE & DOMINIC McFADDEN – What can I do to survive ? U.S.A. 2013

A queen of soul and a son of a legend (Dominic McFadden´s father was in legendary McFadden & Whitehead). A golden combination with a platinum single! ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

3. EF/RH SUNBURST FLASH – Little mess Netherlands Grooves 2013

A group from my homecountry. Art academy students bring this uptempo groovy single. Very talented: keep an eye on Eric Flumine and Ruben van Hemmen. ESSENTIAL IN ANY COLLECTION!

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