Zero II
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Topic: Zero II
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Subject: Zero II
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 15:57
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Zero II looks at 2000, 2010 and 2020. One vote. Clivages was the album of the year for 2010 while Zopp received that honour for 2020. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 16:15
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There are few here that I have liked very much, but choosing Radiohead's Kid A is a no-brainer for me. It has become one of my very favourite of favourite albums. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 16:17
| Fates Warning - Disconnected |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 16:34
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Kid A and Clivages are the best two here, and there's not much between them. Vote for Kid A. The next group of albums I love is The All Is One, Lightbulb Sun, and Zopp. ------------- I make typos so you see I'm not a machine, but I may be a machine pretending to not be a machine. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 16:44
| Spock's Beard |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 17:12
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IQ ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 17:13
While Kid A is my clear favourite these days, Clivages was my top album for 2010 in 2010 (I have not listened to it in full for years). A fave of mine here is Xing Sa's Creation de l'Univers. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Lewian wrote:Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 18:36
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Univers Zero > Radiohead & Xing Sa ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 20:16
I feel this is a weaker poll despite being a huge fan of many of these. Nostalgia for me, especially the year 2000. I'm still surprised with the part II of these polls that the albums in the late 10's or 20's seem to get neglected. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 20:23
Great trio of albums Ian! I could spend a day off with those three on repeat. I listened to Clivages a couple of nights ago. It is better than I remembered. I feel that opener is a little light and too melodic, but then it's all gravy. It was also interesting going back to the posts for the 2010 album of the year listing where Clivages won. A lot of prog fans were not happy with the avant titles getting the votes. Top three UZ, Frogg Cafe and Kayo Dot. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 20:40
My vote as well. Probably my favourite prog metal album. Almost included Brave New World by Iron Maiden. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 20:44
Thankyou sir! Kid A and Amnesiac are the two Radiohead albums I reach for most. I'd probably pick Zopp as my fav of your second tier albums. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 20:47
A top three for me here. Love this record! It's so uplifting. Meros is such an underrated bass player. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 20:49
No Eno for you? I hear that one is quite different from most of his music. I haven't heard it. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 21:22
I mistyped -- missed an "a" (often happens to me) which made it sound negative. I meant to say that there are a few here that I have liked very much, especially Radiohead's Kid A, Univers Zero's Clivages and Xing Sa's Creation de l'Univers, but also Frogg Cafe's Bateless Edge. I should play the Motorpsycho and have liked what I heard of that Porcupine Tree album (will give that proper spin at some time). No nostalgia-factor for me, I really got into Kid A considerable years later, and I did hear the Xing Sa and Univers Zero around the time of release but don't feel nostalgia for 2010. I think the last years I feel really nostalgic for are 1995/1996 (and various moments since), but most of the music I am into of that time I discovered a decade and more later. Most of my favourite music I listen to the most now are fairly recent discoveries or interests. It wasn't that long ago that I really got into Kid A. :) ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 23:14
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IQ > Spock's ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 23:26
I didn't really get into prog until around 2005. I had been a pretty big fan of blues based rock like Zeppelin, early Aerosmith, Cream and on and on but also Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Rush, Ac/Dc and so on. So yes it's interesting to say I have nostalgia for some 00's albums but that's why. It was such a discovery to find prog. And those early albums I bought from PT, Anekdoten and so on are nostalgic for me as much as the music from the bands I mentioned earlier. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 01 2025 at 23:27
Thanks Jared, a nice one two punch. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 00:06
That's the best later day Iron Maiden album for me, the only one that comes close to classic Maiden. 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 00:11
I agree with you. I really like the cover art as well. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 00:38
| Fates Warning |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 00:52
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Xing Sa ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 01:00
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Radiohead-Kid A towers over everything else for me. Both of those I know - and those I don't know. I'm sorry, I just know:) But I do think The All Is One are among Motorpsycho's best, and that the Zopp-album is cozy. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 02:48
| Kid A is great but I want to give some love to Pendragon and the wonderful song writing of Nick Barrett. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 05:09
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Wobbler gets the nod. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 05:11
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voted for Xing Sa - Creation De l'Univers also fond of Univers Zero - Clivages ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 05:14
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Fish, obviously. Runners-up: Zopp, UZ and Wobbler. ------------- 
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Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 07:59
| One more vote for Spocks' best record. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 08:14
So you have a top three at least. Not into Clivages? ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 08:34
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Spock's Beard. Please merge. The right lane of this post is under construction. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 08:37
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IQ ------------- Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 10:33
I was exposed to and liked various Prog albums in the late 70s and 80s. I loved various Focus, Gryphon, Yes, Camel, Caravan, Fragile, Rush (Kate Bush and Laurie Anderson if I thought of them as Prog), was big Pink Floyd fan going back to my youth, and I love Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway which I had heard at a playhouse's closing show party, and I knew and liked Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, had heard some Henry Cow and Cardiacs etc. And I had loved the usual "classic rock" things like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Santana, but it was not until the early to mid 2000s that I would say I was really deeply exploring prog and related music. By 2005 I was in the very deep end of exploration, and I listened to an insane (to me now) amount of new music. I had had an earlier PA account which I had hardly used, but I partially I wanted to come into PA afresh knowing a large amount of music. Weird aim, perhaps, but I wanted to be able to easily participate in most any forum discussion, and I wanted to discover as much music as I could... I like to be able to connect with people over music, and that remains my main aim at the forum and to hopefully give music I like more exposure (I feel like sharing with others is part of me being loyal to the music). I have had a tendency to go whole-hog into hobbies (made the time for it), be it film at one time, and then music later, and... Well, maybe that's about it. University film studies killed my film passion to some extent. Big passions that I went in big for. I'm glad you have that nostalgic feeling for the music. The nostalgic feeling I most have for music is stuff I enjoyed with other people like friends or with my eldest brother. Gary Numan's Replicas, various Kate Bush, Icehouse..., that stuff brings me back to a good/ interesting place. Bjork brings me back to my wonderful and life-changing time in Japan as she was quite popular there as is lots of quirky stuff. And the Japanese band Fishmans which is my numero uno band in PA currently brings me back to Japan of the 90s, although I did not know the music then -- I so want to do an appreciation thread but worry I'll be the only one posting, which is not much fun... Could always try reddit. Listened to a wonderful bootleg yesterday... I love to share and just hope that some other people will feel some of the same enthusiasm. :) Sorry post got overly long, but now I am feeling very sentimental. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 12:00
Clivages needs a revisit soon. I listen to UZ' first the most, the second the second most, their third the third most etc... and then I don't really listen to anything past Heatwave. I know I enjoyed quite a bit it when it was new. |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: June 02 2025 at 15:37
| Porcupine Tree. I do like the Spocks Beard and Wobbler albums too. |