Ten studio albums from 1987, and ten from 1997

The top half of this list is from 1987 and the bottom half is from 1997.

I had a more ambitious idea for a poll, but it wasn't coming together as well as I would have liked. Ten albums from 1987 and ten from 1997 -- most of these made my top tens of the years in Mirazake's pertinent year topics. I did include two albums not in PA for 1997 as I am very big on Portishead and Stereolab (with Potishead my fave these days is Third from 2008), and there is one soundtrack with Hellraiser, which I wanted to mention.

1987:

Art Zoyd - Berlin
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Kitaro - The Light of the Spirit
Marillion - Clutching at Straws
Mr. Sirius - Barren Dream
Swans - Children of God
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
Thinking Plague - Moonsongs
Voivod - Killing Technology
Christopher Young - Hellraiser

1997:

Art Zoyd - Häxan
Björk - Homogenic
Current 93 - Horsey
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞
Höyry-Kone - Huono Parturi
Portishead - Portishead
Radiohead - OK Computer
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
Tipographica - Floating Opera
Robert Wyatt - Shleep

I had toyed with enabling multiple votes (choosing one for each year for instance), but instead people can list all their favourites on the list in a post. Additionally, people can mention other 1987 and 1997 studio album favourites that are not on the list. It would be a tough choice for me to choose just one or a few on the list. I'm guessing that Marillion will get the most votes and it won't be a tough choice for various people. I figured that if I did one per year, then there would be those that only felt comfortable voting for one album -- 1997 here is somewhat more representative of my tastes than 1987 as I opted to include a few albums that weren't in my top ten for 1987. Feel free to vote even if you only know one album in the poll as it is not a contest. Comments on your choice are appreciated.

If I had to choose one now from 1987, then it would be Children of God as I have been very into that of late. 1997 would be harder still, but I likely would opt for Stereolab's Dots and Loops in the end.

Marillion gets the nod, with Dead Can Dance running 2nd.

Saperlipopette! wrote: Edit: For some reason I didn't actually notice that there was a poll at the beginning:). Well, my vote would go to one of the two first from 1987 - or the first 1997 from my own list - which are all included in your poll I tried linking to full Roberto Laneri - Anadyomene-album (on Vimeo), but it doesn't work. A really wonderful, highly reccomended album. So to make a pleasing 1987-list I had to include albums I consider to be progressive, but may not be PA-material (mostly adventrous New Wavey or New Agey stuff). Swans - Children of God Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun Roberto Laneri - Anadyomene Rabih Abou-Khalil - Between Dusk and Dawn Danielle Dax - Inky Bloaters Elicoide - Elicoide Voivod - Killing Technology Thinking Plague - Moonsongs David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive Art Zoyd - Berlin Similar things could be said about my 1997-list + Stereolab is the ultimate progressive rock band to my ears. Here, Here! So why aren't they in the PA database?  They're even referenced in the definition of Post Rock on the Post Rock/Math Rock page!!! Stereolab - Dots and Loops Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞ Ween - The Mollusk Radiohead - OK Computer Arcana - Arc of the Testimony Portishead - Portishead Robert Wyatt - Shleep Tangle Edge - Tarka Art Zoyd - Häxan Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy Not unlike your 10x2-picks

Mr. Sirius – Barren Dream. A classic!

Höyry-Kone followed by GYBE. 

Radiohead for sure. So much fun when they were being compared to Yes, Genesis and Floyd in some magazines. HAH!

Tough call. 

David Sylvian

BrufordFreak wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: Similar things could be said about my 1997-list + Stereolab is the ultimate progressive rock band to my ears. Here, Here! So why aren't they in the PA database?  They're even referenced in the definition of Post Rock on the Post Rock/Math Rock page!!!

I should have added "for it's era" after "the ultimate progressive rock band". Because that was what I actually meant. Listening to all their albums from 1993's Peng! & Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements and well into the 00's - no other band that I can think of took what progressive rock once was - and pushed it forward into the future quite like them. At least not with an actual listening audience going to their concerts and buying their albums. Certainly moreso than the PA-celebrated bands Anglagard and Anekdoten (I quite like them both still). Like Logan, it's not a big issue for me that they are not on PA, and I'm sure the band themselves couldn't care less.