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    Posted: September 08 2014 at 20:21
Here we go.

1980 - permanent waves - Rush
1981 - Moving Pictures - Rush
1982 - Signals - Rush
1983 - 90125 - Yes
1984 - Grace Under Pressure - Rush
1985 - Misplaced Childhood- Marillion
1986 - Master Of Puppets - Metallica
1987 - Momentary Lapse Of Reason - Pink Floyd
1988 - Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
1989 - S/T - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe


Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - September 08 2014 at 20:26
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2014 at 20:31
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1980 - Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem by SBB
1981 - Alturas de Macchu Picchu by Los Jaivas
1982 - Ambient 4:On Land by Brian Eno
1983 - Deopois do Fim by Bacamarte
1984 - Three of a Perfect Pair by King Crimson
1985 - The Wake by IQ
1986 - So by Peter Gabriel
1987 - Clutching at Straws by Marillion
1988 - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window by Cardiacs
1989 - Nothingface by Voivod
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2014 at 20:46
1980 - Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
1981 - Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
1982 - Noetra - Definitivement Bleus
1983 - Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim
1984 - Univers Zero - Uzed
1985 - Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
1986 - Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
1987 - David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
1988 - Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window
1989 - Thinking Plague - In This Life


Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - September 08 2014 at 21:25
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2014 at 21:15
1980 - Rush~Permanent Waves
1981 - Rush~Moving Pitchers
1982 - Rush~Signals
1983 - Iron Maiden~PoM
1984 - Rush~GUP
1985 - IQ~The Wake
1986 - Peter Gabriel~So
1987 - Marillion~Clutching At Straws
1988 - Queensryche~Operation Mindcrime
1989 - Marillion~Seasons End
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2014 at 02:26
80 - Peter Hammill - A Black Box
81 - Rush - Moving Pictures
82 - Peter Gabriel - 4
83 - Mike Oldfield - Crises
84 - Tangerine Dream - Poland
85 - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
86 - XTC -Skylarking
87 - Marillion - Clutching at Straws
88 - Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
89 - Marillion - Season's End

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2014 at 12:00
1980: Genesis - Duke
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: King Crimson - Beat
1983: Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
1984: King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair
1985: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
1986: Peter Gabriel - So
1987: Marillion - Clutching At Straws
1988: Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
1989: Rush - Presto
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2014 at 12:59
1980: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
1983: Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
1984: Iron Maiden - Powerslave/Queensryche - The Warning
1985: Rush - Power Windows
1986: Queensryche - Rage for Order/Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time/Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason 
1988: Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime/Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son/Metallica - And Justice for All
1989: Rush - Presto


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2014 at 13:34
1980 - Art Zoyd - Génération Sans Futur 
1981 - Dün - Eros (alt. The Residents - Mark of the Mole or Eskaton - 4 Visions) best year for prog after 1974.
1982 - Kate Bush - The Dreaming 
1983 - Zanov - In Course of Time
1984 - After Dinner - After Dinner
1985 - Hellebore - Il Y A Des Jours
1986 - Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite alt. Wendy Carlos - The Beauty in the Beast (if accepted as prog)
1987 - Swans - Children of God 
1988 - Non Credo - Reluctant Hosts 
1989 - After Dinner - Paradise of Replica
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2014 at 15:13
1980: Génération sans futur - Art Zoyd
1981: Nude - Camel
1982: Before a Word Is Said - Miller, Sinclair, Tomkins, Gowen
1983: Tales from the Lush Attic - IQ
1984: Uzed - Univers Zéro
1985: Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
1986: Les Morts Vont Vite - Shub-Niggurath
1987: Barren Dream - Mr. Sirius
1988: Once Around the World - It Bites
1989: Sacred Baboon - Yezda Urfa
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2014 at 16:57

1980 - Remain in Light - Talking Heads

1981 - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

1982 - The Dreaming - Kate Bush

1983 - Mummer - XTC

1984 - Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian

1985 - Tiny Dynamine/Echoes in a Shallow Bay - Cocteau Twins

1986 - Les morts vont vite - Sub-Nuggurath

1987 - The Walking - Jane Siberry

1988 - Big Circumstance - Bruce Cockburn

1989 - Disintegration - The Cure


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2014 at 21:43
1980. Peter Hammill - A Black Box
1981. King Crimson - Discipline
1982. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
1983. Eno - Apollo
1984. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
1985. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
1986. Tangerine Dream - Green Desert
1987. Swans - Children of God
1988. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
1989. Peter Gabriel - Passion
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2014 at 21:53
1980 Rush-Permanent Waves
1981 Rush-Moving Pictures
1982 Brian Eno-Ambient:On Land
1983 Eskaton-Fiction
1984 Univers Zero-Uzed
1985 Art Zoyd-Le Mariage Du Ciel Et Du L'Enetr
1986 Univers Zero-Heatwave
1987 Thule-Ultima Thule
1988 Queensryche-Operation:Mindcrime
1989 Fates Warning-Perfect Symmetry
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2014 at 00:16
Steve Hackett - Defector (1980)
Frank Zappa - Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar (1981)
Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino (1982)
Adrian Belew - Twang Bar King (1983)
Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984)
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (1985)
Adrian Belew - Desire Caught By the Tail (1986)
French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson - Live, Love, Larf and Loaf (1987)
Frank Zappa - Guitar (1988)
Henry Kaiser - Those Who Know History are Doomed to Repeat It (1989)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2015 at 07:35
1980 : Rush - Permanent Waves
1981 : Rush - Moving Pictures 
1982 : Twelfth Night - Fact And Fiction
1983 : Marillion - Script From A Jester's Tear
1984 : Univers Zéro - Uzed
1985 : Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
1986 : Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
1987 : Marillion - Clutching At Straws
1988 : Queensr˙che - Operation:Mindcrime
1989 : Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine. Not really prog so I put Season's End of Marillion.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 21:02
80: Rush - Permanent Waves
81: Rush : Moving Pictures
82: Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
83: Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
84: Solaris - Marsbeli Kronikak
85: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 
86: Queensryche - Rage for Order
87: Marillion - Clutching at Straws
88: Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
89: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 21:42
Again, more of an ear to reveal the obscure. I also couldn't help but go over the limit:

1980: Doc At The Radar Station - Captain Beefheart
1981: Deceit - This Heat
1982: Les Poumons Gonfles - Etron Fou Leloublan
1983: Sirens and Silences/Work Resumed On The Tower - News From Babel
1984: Marsbeli Kronikak - Solaris
1985: Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
1986: There Is Nothing - Ozric Tentacles
1987: Within The Realm of A Dying Sun - Dead Can Dance
1988: Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk
1988: A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window - Cardiacs
1989: Nothingface - Voivod

Some Honourable Mentions:
The World As It Is Today - Art Bears (1980)
4 Visions - Eskaton (1981)
Depois Do Fim - Bacamarte (1983)
Les Sillons de La Terre - Etron Fou Leloublan (1984)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2015 at 01:35
1980 - Yes - Drama
1981 - Rush - Moving Pictures
1982 - Saga - In Transit (I know it's a live album but I'm very fond of this album, I was introduced to this band with this, by a dear friend who has sadly passed away, too young, too soon)
1983 - Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
1984 - David Gilmour - About Face
1985 - Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
1986 - Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
1987 - Marillion - Clutching at Staws
1988 - Europe - Out of This World (deserves to be here for very personal reasons, I'm very fond of this album)
1989 - Marillion - Seasons End


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