Another 6s: 9 from 1996, 7 from 2006, 9 from 2016

I was excited when John (Mellotron Storm) put up his "6" polls because especially 1996 and 2006 are very favourite years of mine. And the other sixes are great too. I decided that I wanted to do sorts of complementary or accessory polls to his "Six" polls covering 1966, 1976 and 1986, as well as a second with 1996, 2006 and 2016. Here is his Six II poll for ease of reference.

This is based on my AP list, and Bowie Blackstar is listed at number one for 2016, and Swans' Soundtracks for the Blind is listed at number one for 1996, but I am not duplicating John's choices. He has many favourites of mine in his great polls.

This poll might seem a bit more limited in scope or vision than his in a way, as I am plowing certain furrows these years. This is focused on music that is very meaningful to me now (I'm not covering albums that I have not listened to in many years) and this is all stuff that I have covered in other topics. It is pretty same-old same old from me. So it's limited in scope in that my current (last few years) tastes aren't the broadest, but I do cover music in and out of PA. That said, I do think the great majority could be PA worthy and would hope that there would be much to like for people into art and progressive music.

Keeping in the spirit of John's polls, this is not multiple choice (I generally prefer to do multiple choice), but instead I ask people to choose but one to vote for (if they like) and mention as many as they wants in a post. I am more interested in the contents of the post, and seeing what actual members like (would disable silent voting if I could for my polls) commonly than the poll itself (seeing the results of the options), but both do have interest to me.

Again I'm going for some symmetry with how many I choose for each year while wanting to maximise all 25 slots (wish we had more poll options).

1996: Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1996: Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
1996: Cardiacs - Sing to God
1996: Fishmans - Long Season
1996: Boards of Canada - Boc Maxima (not in PA)
1996: Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (not in PA)
1996: Komeda - The Genius of Komeda (not in PA)
1996: Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (not in PA)
1996: Zypressen - Zypressen

2006: Joanna Newsom - Ys (not in PA)
2006: North Sea Radio Orchestra - North Sea Radio Orchestra
2006: Natural Snow Buildings - The Dance of the Moon and the Sun
2006: OOIOO - Taiga
2006: Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
2006: Espers - II
2006: The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

2016: Swans - The Glowing Man
2016: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
2016: Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them (not in PA)
2016: Xiu Xiu - Plays the Music of Twin Peaks (not in PA)
2016: Niechęć - Niechęć (not in PA, but worthy imo)
2016: Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth (not in PA)
2016: Kikagaku Moyo - House in the Tall Grass
2016: North Sea Radio Orchestra - Dronne
2016: Klaus Morlock - Penumbra

Edited by Logan - 5 hours 48 minutes ago at 11:30

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup