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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2014 at 13:09
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:



Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by progrockdeepcuts progrockdeepcuts wrote:


It was great in the avant / zeuhl sphere, too. Progressive music is very alive and very healthy! I agree that the past 10 years have been as good as the heyday of the genre.


While I feel the scene is as vibrant in the last decade as in the 80's and 90's I'm having a hard time comparing it to the 70's. Well I look at my top 100 albums more than 50 of them are from before 1980.
As much as I love a lot of albums from the '70's, I've heard too much music to have a top 100 list.  I enjoy moving forward. The Tea Club is another one of my favorite discoveries of 2013 though I don't think they did anything new last year.


Well I've got around 1200 albums a top 100 really only means picking the top 10% which isn't too tough. Please it's not really that serious, my tastes are changing all the time and joy of exploration remains fully in effect.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2014 at 17:42
I use the top 100 lists on PA as a guide.  I always buy my favorite bands on that list or not, but I do not have the time or cash to deviate much.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2014 at 19:21
Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

 Tastes are always debatable but 2013 was exceptional in the neo/symph universe!  Mediocre, really  ?  PERHAPS even better than 1973, in certain ways. There were 40 or so outright jewels that I have listed in the collab choices thread.  

¿Better than 1973?

Honestly I can't agree

2013 had exceptional albums as Out of the Barnyard,   (Which is not really Symphonic, but accepted to avoid Ping Pong with an excellent band), La Pote del Domani and A Profound Path (Blank Manuskript), but 2012 had a whole lot of great albums like
  1. Viljans Oga (Anglagard)
  2. Félicité Thosz (Magma)
  3. In a Cold Embrace (Battlestations)
  4. On a Dark Stormy Night (Shadow Circus)
  5. Quickly Quickly Quickly (The Tea Club)
  6. Genesis Revisited II (Steve Hackett)
  7. Corvus Stone (S/T)
Most of my votes in 2013 were for Jazz Fusion albums (Some not Prog, but equally Outstanding), I honestly believe 2013 was a  step back for Prog.

But, we all have a taste.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2014 at 19:34
As I beg to differ, here is my list, again taking into consideration my personal tastes, a mindblowing year 2013

Resonaxis- Hymnarium

From.uz- Sodom & Gomorrha

Airbag- The Greatest Show on Earth

Legend- Spirit

Unreal City- La Crudelta di Aprile

Flamborough Head-Lost in Time

The Inner Road- Ascension

The Windmill- Continuation

Sound of Contact- Dimensionaut

Days Between Stations- In Extremis

Gandalf’s Fist- A Day in the Life…..

Lifesigns- same

Jet Black Sea- The Path of Least Existence

Oceans5- Road to Mingulay

Magenta- the 27 Club

Lizard- Master & M

Big Big Train- English Electric Part 2

Henry Fool- Men Singing

Cosmograf- The Man Left in Space

Il Cerchio D’Oro- Icaro e Dedalo

Oxhuitza-same

Herd of Instinct- Conjure

IQ- Tales from the Lush Attic Remix

Elephants from Scotland- Home away from Home

Steve Wilson- The Raven…

La Maschera di Cera- Le Porte del Domani

Comedy of Errors- Fanfare & Fantasy

Willowglass- The Dream Harbour

Believe- The Warmest Sun…

Progenesi- Ulisse

Aldo Tagliapietra- Nella Pietra….

Vienna Circle- Silhouette Moon

Soma White- same

La Coscienza di Zeno- Sensitivita

Trion- Funfair Fantasy

Skeem- …Just Suggesting

Shamall- Turn Off

Odyssice- Live in Amsterdam

Crystal Palace- The System of Events

Tompox- The Dark Side of the Sun

Dead Heroes Club- Everything is Connected 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 02:14
I'm surprised Ivan wouldn't find it a strong year. Symphonic was stronger than it has any right to be:

The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) - Steven Wilson

PFM in Classic: Da Mozart a Celebration - Premiata Forneria Marconi

Barbarica - Museo Rosenbach

Lifesigns - Lifesigns

In hoc signo - Ingranaggi della Valle

Sensitivitá - La Coscienza di Zeno

Out of the Barnyard - Fright Pig

The Dream Harbour - Willowglass

You Have a Chance - Camelias Garden

L'Angelo rinchiuso - Aldo Tagliapietra

The Continuation - The Windmill

Le Porte del Domani - La Maschera di Cera

The Twenty Seven Club - Magenta

What’s Up? - Motoi Sakuraba

Limiti all’eguaglianza della parte con il tutto - Homunculus Res

Ulisse l'alfiere nero - Progenesi

La Crudeltà di Aprile - Unreal City

Le Sacre du Travail - The Tangent

The High Places - Oblivion Sun

Not a Good Sign - Not a Good Sign

Funfair Fantasy - Trion

Dedalo e Icaro - Il Cerchio D’Oro


Some of those only partially symphonic, but The Raven is imo mainly a symphonic album. The Spock's Beard album was genuinely not a symph album though.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 02:20
It was alright I had a pretty good year academicall.... Oh wait this is about Prog. Well I can't really comment on the releases of 2013 cuz I haven't gone around to listening to them LOL but for me discovering more Prog. Yeah, I guess you can say it was good Smile

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 02:32
2013 was a friggin awesome year, not sure about prog offerings though. Generally music is at a real high. Can't complain really, thank goodness I don't pigeon hole my listening to just prog. But the old prog I listened too in 2013 was friggin awesome tooTongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 06:11
Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

I'm surprised Ivan wouldn't find it a strong year. Symphonic was stronger than it has any right to be:

The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) - Steven Wilson

PFM in Classic: Da Mozart a Celebration - Premiata Forneria Marconi

Barbarica - Museo Rosenbach

Lifesigns - Lifesigns

In hoc signo - Ingranaggi della Valle

Sensitivitá - La Coscienza di Zeno

Out of the Barnyard - Fright Pig

The Dream Harbour - Willowglass

You Have a Chance - Camelias Garden

L'Angelo rinchiuso - Aldo Tagliapietra

The Continuation - The Windmill

Le Porte del Domani - La Maschera di Cera

The Twenty Seven Club - Magenta

What’s Up? - Motoi Sakuraba

Limiti all’eguaglianza della parte con il tutto - Homunculus Res

Ulisse l'alfiere nero - Progenesi

La Crudeltà di Aprile - Unreal City

Le Sacre du Travail - The Tangent

The High Places - Oblivion Sun

Not a Good Sign - Not a Good Sign

Funfair Fantasy - Trion

Dedalo e Icaro - Il Cerchio D’Oro


Some of those only partially symphonic, but The Raven is imo mainly a symphonic album. The Spock's Beard album was genuinely not a symph album though.


I just want to add that magnificent Neon Leaves' Cinema Verite debut album. Okay, they are Neo Prog in the Archives but it's substantially a Symphonic Prog album.




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 07:26
Originally posted by proggman proggman wrote:

Was 2013 really that good? Short answer, yes.
 
I couldn't find 10 to make the list this year... as I could not in 2011 ...; However 2012 was a rather good year
 
 
My top 5;
1- Setna - Guérison
2- The Wrong Object - After The Exhibition
3- Miriodor – Cobra Fakir
4- Guapo - History Of Visitation
5- The Red Masque- Mythalogue
mentions to Roy Harper...


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 09:51
Originally posted by LakeGlade12 LakeGlade12 wrote:

Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

I'm part of the problem.
I only review something if it's outstanding.  If it's mediocre I don't even bother.


Writing a 5 star review is easy, you have plenty of good things to say about it and you want to write that review as a "thank you" to the artist(s). Most people avoid buying stuff they will probably hate (unless you are a dedicated Dream Theater troll or whatever) so 1 star reviews are rare.

I've been cutting my teeth on 2 and 3 star albums recently and its hard work. You really have to concentrate so that the bashing part is constructive and justified, but still give it some praise. So we give 2 or 3 star ratings instead which has 10x less impact than a review. Therefore the system is designed to over-rate things. So I ignore highly rated albums until they have at least 100 ratings, because its entirely false. Take Airbag or Moon Safari's newest albums which skyrocketed up the PA 100 charts, but their final rating was only 3.8-4.0 stars.    

There is no clear solution, but maybe new and overhyped albums should be banned from climbing the PA top 100 until they have been out for 2 months or so? That should minimise albums with 80 ratings and 4.6 average sitting in the top 30. Every time that happens it gives a bad impression to folks who use the PA 100 to find true prog masterpieces. If an underserving album reaches the top 30 (or top 11 which has happened many times!) it causes people to doubt the reliability of the top 100, which is very dangerous for this site.

After 2 months they can climb. The new albums will by then have a fair amount of ratings and if they still exist in the top 100, they at least partially deserve it. Putting a timer on new albums would not be too hard right?

totally agree although I don't know how easy it would be to implement

Personally I would not include any albums in the top 100 until they have 100 ratings although some bands like Flower Kings get to that level pretty quick while newer bands take a long while ..so on seconds thoughts that might be unfair. So actually the 2 month rule makes reasonable sense.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 09:56
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I think it's all down to how much time one wishes to invest in pursuing new music. There is so much out there that it'll take years just to update oneself with 2013. Sure this is also very much dependant on people's will to try something new. I think there are those who judge a year based almost entirely on what their fave artists put out. So if Wilson, Star Trek Moustache and Tulip Royals all released something they felt was below par, well hey presto it was a bad year.
If you experience a year of constant searching, I am almost certain you'll hear the fruits of your labour.


Very much this... I was mostly disappointed in 2013 until near the end where I went on a new music binge and started finding things outside the norm of what I'd normally listen to or taking suggestions from others.  I'm sure I will continue to discover a bunch of 2013 releases to love.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 09:56
Back on the subject of whether 2013 was 'really that good'. No not for me. I only loved one album and that was Steven Wilson's. My second favourite album was Three Monks - Legend Of The Holy Circle which is music based around pipe organ. Basically you can wrap anything up round the pipe organ and I would like it. After that Spocks Beard was the only thing that really grabbed before I am down to Frost recyclying their previously released music in a live DVD. I can't remember exactly who I picked from 5 down but it included 'crossover' releases. I wasn't impressed with Desolation Rose all that much but I think it ended up in my top ten almost by default.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 10:47
Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

I'm surprised Ivan wouldn't find it a strong year. Symphonic was stronger than it has any right to be:

The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) - Steven Wilson

PFM in Classic: Da Mozart a Celebration - Premiata Forneria Marconi

Barbarica - Museo Rosenbach

Lifesigns - Lifesigns

In hoc signo - Ingranaggi della Valle

Sensitivitá - La Coscienza di Zeno

Out of the Barnyard - Fright Pig

The Dream Harbour - Willowglass

You Have a Chance - Camelias Garden

L'Angelo rinchiuso - Aldo Tagliapietra

The Continuation - The Windmill

Le Porte del Domani - La Maschera di Cera

The Twenty Seven Club - Magenta

What’s Up? - Motoi Sakuraba

Limiti all’eguaglianza della parte con il tutto - Homunculus Res

Ulisse l'alfiere nero - Progenesi

La Crudeltà di Aprile - Unreal City

Le Sacre du Travail - The Tangent

The High Places - Oblivion Sun

Not a Good Sign - Not a Good Sign

Funfair Fantasy - Trion

Dedalo e Icaro - Il Cerchio D’Oro


Some of those only partially symphonic, but The Raven is imo mainly a symphonic album. The Spock's Beard album was genuinely not a symph album though.


Well lets see:

1.- The Raven: I gave 3 stars being generous, IMO a 2 star album.
2.- PFM: Haven't heard the Mozart Celebration in time to vote, I avoid this kind of albums that mix Classical and Symphonic too much, I gopt it a couple weeks ago and soon will review it..
3.- Out of the Barnyard: Great album, it's in my list BUT IT'S NOT SYMPHONIC, we added the band because it is spectacular and wanted to avoid the ping pong
4.- I was a fan of Magenta, Revolutions was a masterpiece, Seven wasd great, but don't care about their later albums, they became a slightly Neo Prog accessible band closer to Prog Related
5.- Motoi Sakuraba: I voted against his inclusion in 2005 and later, I don't believe jhe belongs in Neo, but I respect the team's vote
6.- Lifesigns is not Symphonic, good album, but not Symph
7.- The Windmill is Heavy Prog if I'm not wrong, and a very light album IMO
8.- Limiti all’eguaglianza della parte con il tutto is anything but Symphonic, closer to Canterbury or Jazz
9.- Progenesi: Closer to Jazz than to Symphonic
10.- Never liked The Tangent, find them as a band who blend everything, but could never find their sound, sorry (Not Symph either).

Honestly, except in Jazz Rock Fusion, my opinion about 2013 is poor.

Iván


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 10:54

Based on the 30-something 2013 albums that I thought interesting enough to check, the year was very average.

But then there's still some 300.000 albums I haven't heard yet from 2013.

As to the average ratings given to new albums on the site, it's really a pity, PA ratings don't mean anything anymore.
I remember getting an angry mail once from an artist because I gave his album 3 stars. Seriously! Wacko


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 11:04
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Back on the subject of whether 2013 was 'really that good'. No not for me. I only loved one album and that was Steven Wilson's. My second favourite album was Three Monks - Legend Of The Holy Circle which is music based around pipe organ. Basically you can wrap anything up round the pipe organ and I would like it. After that Spocks Beard was the only thing that really grabbed before I am down to Frost recyclying their previously released music in a live DVD. I can't remember exactly who I picked from 5 down but it included 'crossover' releases. I wasn't impressed with Desolation Rose all that much but I think it ended up in my top ten almost by default.


Yeah, but it was a beautiful Gothic, wailing pipe organ no less! :)
What a beautiful album. I finally listened to it the other day and was very pleased with the Three Monks latest output.
Glad to hear you really enjoyed as well. However I do feel their first effort, Neo Gothic Progressive Toccats may have a leg up on The Holy Circle. Loved that Goblin, Profondo Rosso cover. Brilliant!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 11:07
Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:


Based on the 30-something 2013 albums that I thought interesting enough to check, the year was very average.

But then there's still some 300.000 albums I haven't heard yet from 2013.

As to the average ratings given to new albums on the site, it's really a pity, PA ratings don't mean anything anymore.
I remember getting an angry mail once from an artist because I gave his album 3 stars. Seriously! Wacko



I remember a member of UNIFAUN (Nad), creating a thread to attack me because I rated his album with 3 stars and said that "The band that wrote the songs that Genesis never made" was not original. 

That was crazy. Wacko
            
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 11:11
Well, I can truly say as to what David a.k.a Dolly Parton...I mean Guldbamsen was saying in regards to making the effort to explore new music, and I feel 2013 had a whole onslaught of wonderful releases where by i was so happy to explore and listen to a bunch of albums from newer and older artists. It was truly a great year for Prog and an extreamly memorable One. Certainly, the mighty Return of FATES WARNING after a 9 year absence as a group really made me happy. Anyway. I am pleased to share my list again. Incredible year.

Three Monks--The Legend Of The Holy Circle
My Best for 2013....

In no order.
Unreal City--La Crudelta Di Aprile
The Psychedelic Ensemble-The Tale Of The Golden King
Tangerine Dream--Finnigans Wake
Fright Pig--Out Of The Barnyard
Ochre--La Moddie
Edison's Children--The Final Breath Before November
Dead Heroes Club--Everything Is Connected.
Royal Hunt--A Life to Die For
Devin Townsend--Retinal Circus
Spocks Beard--Brief Nocturnes
The Flower Kings--Desolation Rose.
Himilabacken--Vol.1
Genesis Revisted--Live At The Hammersmith Odeon (2013) 2dvd 3cd set
Kompendium--Elements
Believe--The warmest Winter Sun
Days between Stations--In Extremist
Airbag--The Greatest show on earth
Il Cerchio D'Oro---Dedalo E Icaro
IQ---Tales From The Lush Attic (Remix/reissue 2013)
Anathema--Universal
Maurizo Guarini--Creatures From A Drawer
Soulfly--Savages
The Tangent: The Rite Of Work
Magenta--The 27 Club
Dead Can Dance--In Concert 2012 (album released 2013)
Clive Nolan--Alchemy (studio Version)
Clive Nolan--Alchemy live! (Box Set (3cd/2dvd 2013)
Autechre--Xai
Pendragon--Introducing Pendragon (2cd Compilation album 2013)
Depeche Mode--Delta Machine
Ulver---Messe I.X--VI.X
WinterSun--Time I
Hibernal--The Machine
Comedy Of Errors--Fanfare And Fantasy
T--Psychoanorexia
Orphaned Land--All Is One
Nine Inch Nails--Hesitation Marks
Haken--The Mountain
Dream Theater--Live at Luna Park (2dvd--3cd set)
Device--Vilify
Trivium-- Vengeance Falls
Ayreon-- The Theory Of Everything (2cd/DVD set)
Arena--The Rapture
Queensryche---X2
Amon Amarth--Deceiver Of Gods
Levin Rudess Minnemann--The Project
James LaBrie--Impermanent Resonance.
Steven Wilson--The Raven That Refused To Sing:And other short stories.
Riverside--Shrine Of A New Generation
Lifesigns--Lifesigns (debut 2013)
Big Big Train--English Electric Full Power
Tears For Fears--The Hurting 4cd Reissue box set-2013)
Aciients--Heart Of Oak
Cosmograf--The Man Left In Space
Sound Of Contact--Dimensionaut
Nightwish--The Ballads (compilation 2013)
Metallica: Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture)
Katatonia--Dethroned & UnCrowned
The Alan Parsons Project--I Robot ( 35th Anniversary Legacy Edition)
Skinny Puppy--The Weapon
Fish-- A Feast of Consequences.
PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) - In
Classic: Da Mozart - A Celebration (2013)
Leprous--Coal
Draconian--The Arcane Rain Fell (2013 digital reissue)
Ministry--From Beer To Eternity (farewell album)
Psykerion--The Thought Chamber
Motorpsycho--Still Life With Eggplant.
Gary Numan's--Splinter
The Eldritch Dark--Blood Ceremony
DREAM THEATER--DREAM THEATER
FATES WARNING--A DARKNESS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 15:53
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Well, I can truly say as to what David a.k.a Dolly Parton...I mean Guldbamsen was saying in regards to making the effort to explore new music, and I feel 2013 had a whole onslaught of wonderful releases where by i was so happy to explore and listen to a bunch of albums from newer and older artists. It was truly a great year for Prog and an extreamly memorable One. Certainly, the mighty Return of FATES WARNING after a 9 year absence as a group really made me happy. Anyway. I am pleased to share my list again. Incredible year.

Three Monks--The Legend Of The Holy Circle
My Best for 2013....

In no order.
Unreal City--La Crudelta Di Aprile
The Psychedelic Ensemble-The Tale Of The Golden King
Tangerine Dream--Finnigans Wake
Fright Pig--Out Of The Barnyard
Ochre--La Moddie
Edison's Children--The Final Breath Before November
Dead Heroes Club--Everything Is Connected.
Royal Hunt--A Life to Die For
Devin Townsend--Retinal Circus
Spocks Beard--Brief Nocturnes
The Flower Kings--Desolation Rose.
Himilabacken--Vol.1
Genesis Revisted--Live At The Hammersmith Odeon (2013) 2dvd 3cd set
Kompendium--Elements
Believe--The warmest Winter Sun
Days between Stations--In Extremist
Airbag--The Greatest show on earth
Il Cerchio D'Oro---Dedalo E Icaro
IQ---Tales From The Lush Attic (Remix/reissue 2013)
Anathema--Universal
Maurizo Guarini--Creatures From A Drawer
Soulfly--Savages
The Tangent: The Rite Of Work
Magenta--The 27 Club
Dead Can Dance--In Concert 2012 (album released 2013)
Clive Nolan--Alchemy (studio Version)
Clive Nolan--Alchemy live! (Box Set (3cd/2dvd 2013)
Autechre--Xai
Pendragon--Introducing Pendragon (2cd Compilation album 2013)
Depeche Mode--Delta Machine
Ulver---Messe I.X--VI.X
WinterSun--Time I
Hibernal--The Machine
Comedy Of Errors--Fanfare And Fantasy
T--Psychoanorexia
Orphaned Land--All Is One
Nine Inch Nails--Hesitation Marks
Haken--The Mountain
Dream Theater--Live at Luna Park (2dvd--3cd set)
Device--Vilify
Trivium-- Vengeance Falls
Ayreon-- The Theory Of Everything (2cd/DVD set)
Arena--The Rapture
Queensryche---X2
Amon Amarth--Deceiver Of Gods
Levin Rudess Minnemann--The Project
James LaBrie--Impermanent Resonance.
Steven Wilson--The Raven That Refused To Sing:And other short stories.
Riverside--Shrine Of A New Generation
Lifesigns--Lifesigns (debut 2013)
Big Big Train--English Electric Full Power
Tears For Fears--The Hurting 4cd Reissue box set-2013)
Aciients--Heart Of Oak
Cosmograf--The Man Left In Space
Sound Of Contact--Dimensionaut
Nightwish--The Ballads (compilation 2013)
Metallica: Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture)
Katatonia--Dethroned & UnCrowned
The Alan Parsons Project--I Robot ( 35th Anniversary Legacy Edition)
Skinny Puppy--The Weapon
Fish-- A Feast of Consequences.
PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) - In
Classic: Da Mozart - A Celebration (2013)
Leprous--Coal
Draconian--The Arcane Rain Fell (2013 digital reissue)
Ministry--From Beer To Eternity (farewell album)
Psykerion--The Thought Chamber
Motorpsycho--Still Life With Eggplant.
Gary Numan's--Splinter
The Eldritch Dark--Blood Ceremony
DREAM THEATER--DREAM THEATER
FATES WARNING--A DARKNESS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.


Nicholas, Cool you have sharp ears (which explains your padded earphones icon) and absolute correct in your statement. I am still finding exceptional 2013 in mid-february ! Shocked
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2014 at 18:13
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Well, I can truly say as to what David a.k.a Dolly Parton...I mean Guldbamsen was saying in regards to making the effort to explore new music, and I feel 2013 had a whole onslaught of wonderful releases where by i was so happy to explore and listen to a bunch of albums from newer and older artists. It was truly a great year for Prog and an extreamly memorable One. Certainly, the mighty Return of FATES WARNING after a 9 year absence as a group really made me happy. Anyway. I am pleased to share my list again. Incredible year.

Three Monks--The Legend Of The Holy Circle
My Best for 2013....

In no order.
Unreal City--La Crudelta Di Aprile
The Psychedelic Ensemble-The Tale Of The Golden King
Tangerine Dream--Finnigans Wake
Fright Pig--Out Of The Barnyard
Ochre--La Moddie
Edison's Children--The Final Breath Before November
Dead Heroes Club--Everything Is Connected.
Royal Hunt--A Life to Die For
Devin Townsend--Retinal Circus
Spocks Beard--Brief Nocturnes
The Flower Kings--Desolation Rose.
Himilabacken--Vol.1
Genesis Revisted--Live At The Hammersmith Odeon (2013) 2dvd 3cd set
Kompendium--Elements
Believe--The warmest Winter Sun
Days between Stations--In Extremist
Airbag--The Greatest show on earth
Il Cerchio D'Oro---Dedalo E Icaro
IQ---Tales From The Lush Attic (Remix/reissue 2013)
Anathema--Universal
Maurizo Guarini--Creatures From A Drawer
Soulfly--Savages
The Tangent: The Rite Of Work
Magenta--The 27 Club
Dead Can Dance--In Concert 2012 (album released 2013)
Clive Nolan--Alchemy (studio Version)
Clive Nolan--Alchemy live! (Box Set (3cd/2dvd 2013)
Autechre--Xai
Pendragon--Introducing Pendragon (2cd Compilation album 2013)
Depeche Mode--Delta Machine
Ulver---Messe I.X--VI.X
WinterSun--Time I
Hibernal--The Machine
Comedy Of Errors--Fanfare And Fantasy
T--Psychoanorexia
Orphaned Land--All Is One
Nine Inch Nails--Hesitation Marks
Haken--The Mountain
Dream Theater--Live at Luna Park (2dvd--3cd set)
Device--Vilify
Trivium-- Vengeance Falls
Ayreon-- The Theory Of Everything (2cd/DVD set)
Arena--The Rapture
Queensryche---X2
Amon Amarth--Deceiver Of Gods
Levin Rudess Minnemann--The Project
James LaBrie--Impermanent Resonance.
Steven Wilson--The Raven That Refused To Sing:And other short stories.
Riverside--Shrine Of A New Generation
Lifesigns--Lifesigns (debut 2013)
Big Big Train--English Electric Full Power
Tears For Fears--The Hurting 4cd Reissue box set-2013)
Aciients--Heart Of Oak
Cosmograf--The Man Left In Space
Sound Of Contact--Dimensionaut
Nightwish--The Ballads (compilation 2013)
Metallica: Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture)
Katatonia--Dethroned & UnCrowned
The Alan Parsons Project--I Robot ( 35th Anniversary Legacy Edition)
Skinny Puppy--The Weapon
Fish-- A Feast of Consequences.
PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) - In
Classic: Da Mozart - A Celebration (2013)
Leprous--Coal
Draconian--The Arcane Rain Fell (2013 digital reissue)
Ministry--From Beer To Eternity (farewell album)
Psykerion--The Thought Chamber
Motorpsycho--Still Life With Eggplant.
Gary Numan's--Splinter
The Eldritch Dark--Blood Ceremony
DREAM THEATER--DREAM THEATER
FATES WARNING--A DARKNESS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.


Nicholas, Cool you have sharp ears (which explains your padded earphones icon) and absolute correct in your statement. I am still finding exceptional 2013 in mid-february ! Shocked


My my. 2013 doesn't seem to end for me either. I still have more i am interested in discovering. I think the new Caligula's Horse album and Subsignal's latest are gonna be next. Oh and I wanna get the re-recording of Camel's The Snow Goose. Sheesh. Never ends.
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The reason the lists have such high ratings is because the year had many big names attached to released albums. Plus people love giving out 5* ratings/reviews before its released or within 3 days of being released.
I also don't understand how a reissue is ranked #2. Oh well.
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