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Polymorphia ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 06 2012 Location: here Status: Offline Points: 8856 |
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My top 10 list (Warning: contains non-prog):
Swans– To Be Kind Iceage– Plowing Into the Field of Love Inter Arma– The Cavern Hundred Waters– The Moon Rang Like a Bell Parquet Courts– Sunbathing Animal Flying Lotus– You're Dead! Aphex Twin– Syro Liars– Mess Cymbals Eat Guitars– Lose Real Estate– Atlas Honorable mention: Cloud Nothings– Here and Nowhere Else D'Angelo– Black Messiah The War on Drugs– Lost in the Dream St. Vincent– St. Vincent I didn't buy any albums from November on as I need to save my cash. But I wanted to get: Sun Kil Moon– Benji Boris– Noise Agalloch– The Serpent and the Sphere Grouper– Ruins Ariel Pink– Pom Pom |
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Anaon ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 01 2005 Location: Kobaïa Status: Offline Points: 849 |
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It means a lot to me and it helps to be mentionned as my music is quite obscure, I mean not very well known, so it helps! It may not appear in many 2014 tops but I'm very glad it is still in Progarchives 2014 top (#31 today)
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PhideauxFan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 14 2007 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 4579 |
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01-Crippled Black Phoenix: White Light Generator
02-Gazpacho:Demon 03-Sleepmakeswaves: Love Of Cartography 04-The Pineapple Thief: Magnolia 05-Dream The Electric Sleep: Heretics 06-Pinkroom: Unloved Toy 07-Quantum Fantay: Terragaia 08-Kaukasus: I 09-Amplifier: Mystoria 10-Anathema: Distant Satellites 11-Tim Bowness: Abandoned Dancehall Dreams 12-Lunatic Soul: Walking On A Flashlight Beam 13-Cosmograf: Capacitor 14-Strattman: The Lie Of The Beholder 15-Bjorn Riis: Lullabies In A Car Crash. |
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Mellotron Storm ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: August 27 2006 Location: The Beach Status: Offline Points: 14507 |
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My only 5 star review for a 2014 album(so far) but as Phil says it's actually a 1973 recording.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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tszirmay ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 17 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6673 |
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2014
Logos- L’Enigma della Vita Colin Mold- Now You See Me Mostly Autumn- Dressed in Voices Pymlico- Guiding Light Frequency Drift- Summer Daal- Dances of Drastic Navels IQ- Road to Bones Corvus Stone- II Phoenix Again- Looking Out Mad Fellaz- same Fractal Mirror- Garden of Ghosts Bjorn Riis- Lullabies in a Car Crash Solaris- Marsbeli Kronikak II Midge Ure- Fragile * not on PA Three Winters- Chroma * not on PA |
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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moreitsythanyou ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
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I've actually been doing a Best of 2014 countdown with samples and reviews on my tumblr and you can check it out here http://realpsychologist.tumblr.com/tagged/best%20of%202014
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The Dark Elf ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: February 01 2011 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 13369 |
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I won't be releasing my top ten albums until I send my list off for the collaborator's vote, but I definitely agree that the A Passion Play remaster is far and away the best of anything I've heard this year. Incredible album, but remasters, alas, are not allowed in the collaborator tabulator voting by-laws, codices and codicils. Too bad.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
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infernalfrog ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: June 30 2013 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 83 |
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![]() ![]() The only prog albuns i've listened this year. On non-prog music, i really enjoyed Elvenking's The Pagan Manifesto, great album.
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BrufordFreak ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 8626 |
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I'll take you up on your challenge, David: Of the 101 albums currently charting on PA's Top albums of 2014 list, I have heard 56, rated/reviewed 36 and given 5 stars to three (3): ---No tengas miedo by KANT FREUD KAFKA because it is truly an exemplary work of intelligently crafted symphonic prog with amazing flow and cohesion, great instrumental performances and contributions throughout, all inspired by a modern Pandora/Persephone-Demeter myth the story of which the music is synchronized. ---City of the Sun by SEVEN IMPALE because they have produced an amazingly deep and memorable album of multi-layered hard rocking jazz which takes the music of VDGG and DISCIPLINE farther than their 'grandfathers' (Peter Hammill & co.) and 'fathers' (Matthew Parmenter & co.) did. ---Behind the Sun by MOTORPSYCHO because they have produced an album of amazing confidence and clarity of purpose in which exemplary vocal stylings, guitar play, active drumming, melodic and harmonic mastery, composition, enthusiasm and maturity are on full display in nearly every minute of every song (which cannot be said of many 1970s Genesis albums). I also gave 5 star ratings to several albums which PA has not (yet) included or which have fallen below the arbitrary cutoff rating number necessary to stay on the "Top" list, including: ELECTRIC ORANGE's Volume 10, ANTOINE FAFARD's Ad Perpetuum, PINGVINORKESTERN's Push, UT GRET's Ancestor's Tale, and HOMÍNIDO's Estirpe Lítica. Of these eight (8) albums I have to admit that three or four of them I'd give 9/10 or 4.5 star ratings were they used here on PA, but I choose to err on the side of my enthusiasm out of respect and admiration for the talented, hard-working musicians who receive their inspiration from and choose to work within the 'world' of prog. |
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Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Kati ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
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If there is a band that I will buy any new release without giving it a quick pre-listen, it's Opeth. Outstanding brilliant, they always deliver.
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Raff ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24439 |
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Spoke of Shadows was included in my original Top 10, which I had to modify because they are not yet on PA. Hopefully they will get the green light soon, and I may do the addition myself. I met Mark Cook last year at ProgDay when he performed there with Herd of Instinct, and he's an incredibly talented guy. |
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earlyprog ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Neo / PSIKE / Heavy Teams Joined: March 05 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 2167 |
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Well-deserved, Anaon - Congratulations on a great album
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Kati ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
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hahahaha!!! earlyprog ![]() ![]() I am not a musician ![]() hugs
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Kati ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
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Awww Guldbamsen, my sweet friend, you I love too much. Obviously what I said has come out the wrong way, what I meant to say: Yes I think it’s pompous to hypothesize why bands “who if you will, have not paid their so called dues” compared to the greats who have been around since forever and time again have proven how great they truly are, I too feel that urge sometimes to go back and listen to those wonderful bands/albums, however every now and then a new band does pop up who have produced an album that gives us a fulfilling amazing listening experience, they too (judging by their current release) also deserve as credit much by those who really enjoyed it. Reviewers have a difficult task in differentiating between a band they have grown fond of in comparison to one they don’t know thus don’t have any soft spot towards the band members. I think here they do a great job, I could never do this myself, nor do I have the articulate skills for this. This happens all the time, inc. Rolling Stone Magazine etc. it’s human nature, however this doesn’t mean they have not reviewed it accordingly, if you like a band you’ll be more open minded and give them more attention and a few more spins. This is how things work, besides small indie bands have no chance against the major bands backed by the music giants of the music industry, this we have to accept.
A big hug to you, Edited by Kati - December 29 2014 at 05:45 |
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earlyprog ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Neo / PSIKE / Heavy Teams Joined: March 05 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 2167 |
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Kati, do you really have to write a new post for every new sentence you type? ![]() BTW, what band are you in?
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The Glide ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: December 11 2013 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 63 |
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Thanks for the reminder on Roxy by Proxy, forgot about this release!
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I've created an atmosphere where I'm friend first, boss second. Probably entertainer third.
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 30251 |
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Yep never had a CD release although it is available for download which is how I have it.
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Man With Hat ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166183 |
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Zappa's Roxy By Proxy is certainly a masterpiece...even though it's from the early 70s.
Still have to review things andactuallly make a list of things I've heard, but I'd agree...not many 5 star albums this year.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Stereolab ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 22 2014 Location: NorCal Status: Offline Points: 126 |
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It's been a slow year for prog. For me the new Corvus is the standout but I'll need to give it another listen to decide if it's a five-star effort for me. If they had trimmed 25 minutes off it then without a doubt. Then again, that still leaves a good 50 minutes of undisputed outstanding material, when most bands can't dig up 5 minutes of the same to save their lives. I am just not grooving on Deluge Grander or DtES. Both sound somewhat generic and meandering for me. (Much like IQ, but I know I'm in the minority position on that.) Oh, and I still have yet to hear the Haken EP, although I bought it a month ago. Given they are my favorite prog-metal band that will certainly compete for the top spot.
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Guldbamsen ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23122 |
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Heh, I just listened to Electric Orange newest whilst walking the snowcovered streets of Brovst (hometown of my folks), and I may just have to bump up my rating to a 5.....so yeah there is definitely a candidate for the masterpiece status, although I may have said otherwise
![]() Thing is this album is such a monster, and it's taken me quite a while to really appreciate it's rather experimental sounds. I got the cd from the band with the promise of a review....which I did. I would've preferred waiting a while before passing judgement on it, but I think one owes it to the artist in question to produce a write up inside a couple of months after receiving an album. I waited for as long as I deemed proper. |
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