Another 2's: 1972, 1982 and 1992 releases

This poll is meant as an accessory (a secondary poll) to John's (Mellotron Storm) topic Two by covering different albums than was covered in his 1972, 1982 and 1992 poll. Some of his I surely would have wanted on my list

This list is largely based on what I am most interested in these days, but I did leave off many favourites due to space and sometimes because I felt they might be too obscure. Please excuse what to you might seem obvious omissions from my list that are not in John's recent 2's poll. My Awesome Prog lists are much longer and those are very incomplete based on what I know and like. I like 1972 very much (and there are many, many more I love) and decided to go with 15 from 1972 and five from each of the other years.

This is a multiple votes enabled poll. Vote for up to five (or more) albums in the poll and please mention what you voted for in a post. Thanks.

Oh and love to hear about your favourites that are not on either of our lists if you want to share.

1972:
Jean-Claude Vannier - L'enfant assassin des mouches     
Can - Ege Bamyasi     
Dom - Edge of Time     
Herbie Hancock - Crossings     
Faust - So Far     
Brave New World - Impressions on Reading Aldous Huxley     
Alpes & Catherine Ribeiro - Paix     
Nick Drake - Pink Moon     
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans
Gentle Giant - Three Friends
Haikara - Haikara
Neu! - NEU!
Agitation Free - Malesch
Gnidrolog - In Spite of Harry's Toenail

1982:
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (not in PA)
Cocteau Twins - Garlands (not in PA)
Peter Gabriel - Security

1992:
Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind
Swans - Omniscience (live) AND/OR Love of Life
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (not in PA)
Cardiacs - Heaven Born and Ever Bright
Dëath in Jüne - But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter? (not in PA)

Edited by Logan - June 08 2025 at 11:25

Gentle Giant, easy choice as Three Friends is my favorite album from them. Gabriel and Hancock get a vote too.

Crossings
Malesch
Big Science
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Ege Bamyasi
NEU!

Voted for five including Haikara, GG, Can, Agitation Free and Dom. Could have picked more. The Agitation Free is one I left out at the last minute along with Roxy Music's debut, Kraan's debut and Nucleus' Belladonna.

Started looking down the list amd by the time I arrived at Malesch I thought to myself ‘hmmm how on earth am I going to choose between the above titles let alone the rest of the bunch?’
…so looked at titles without any votes instead:)
Gave some love to Vannier (how am I the first person to vote for this album???…perhaps it’s too obscure?), Brave New World, Ribeiro and Cocteau Twins. The latter I really dig but can’t help but think that it would have been so much better if the production had been better. As it is Garlands sounds like it was recorded inside a zinc skip.

^I felt similarly about Aphex Twin for a long while. Loved everything up until the start of the 00s..and then my interest dropped off.
His 2014 album Syro though was a huge return to form imho and rates up among his best from the 90s.

KB,PG and GG