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    Posted: April 15 2024 at 16:55
Top five no order
Jordsjo- Jord Sessions
One Shot- A James
Birth- Born
Arkitekture- Rational Impetus
Long Distance Calling- Erasure
I liked the Elder and Motorpsycho albums too.
"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

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Some good/great albums of 2022 that I've just bought or I will buy in a few weeks:

-Elder: Innate Passage,
-Collage: Over And Out,
-Arena: The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance,
-Magenta: The White Witch - A  Symphonic Trilogy,
-Onségen Ensemble: Realms.
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Originally posted by tupan tupan wrote:

These are my favs:


The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta


I don't 'get' that album at all but note its appearing on a few lists. The first track is okay and then its downhill fast to my ears.
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These are my favs:

black midi - Hellfire
Sigh - Shiki
David Maxim Miccic - Bilo IV
Jambinai - Apparition
Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet
Elder - Innate Passage
King's X - Three Sides of One
Ibaraki - Rashomon
Blind Guardian - The God Machine
Russian Circles - Gnosis
Sadist - Firescorched
Wilderun - Epigone
Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
Animals as Leaders -Parrhesia
Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die
Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation
Moon Tooth - Phototroph
The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta
Buckethead - Pike 325 Language of the Mosaics 
Primus - Conspiranoid
All Things Fallen - Shadow Way
"Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen)
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Albums released and listened to in 2022: 59
Average rating: 12.03

Currently rated better than 2021 (74 albums @ 11.71)
Not better than 2020 (120 albums @ 12.22)

[note for clarity - many albums listened to while working at home, often as background noise so not fully engaged!]

Top Ten:

=1 (18 out of 20)
Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side - Miles from Nowhere
The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder
Yesterdays - Saint​-​Exup​é​ry álma

=4 (17 out of 20)
The Ryszard Kramarski Project - Books that End In Tears (Duets Version)
Solace Supplice - Liturgies Contemporaines
Bjorn Riis - Everything to Everyone

=7 (16 out of 20)
Pure Reason Revolution - Above Cirrus
Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation
Fren - All the Pretty Days
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava


59th (3 out of 20)
Sigh - Shiki
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

a few more


Arena - The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance
now available on streaming platforms thankfully. Excellent album , probably will settle in my top ten.



Not on Spotify or Amazon...at least in the US as far as I can tell.  Where are you seeing it on-line streaming?

Amazon UK available as Auto rip but also under 'Streaming Unlimited'. MP3 can be purchased for £7.99

I-Tunes - I purchased Mp3 for £7.99 but not sure if its available for streaming if you have a subscription (possibly not) 
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

a few more


Arena - The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance
now available on streaming platforms thankfully. Excellent album , probably will settle in my top ten.



Not on Spotify or Amazon...at least in the US as far as I can tell.  Where are you seeing it on-line streaming?
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a few more

Rick Wakeman - A Gallery of The Imagination
technically a 2022 release even though the CD,DVD and Vinyl release date has been put back to February. I've downloaded the MP3 and a like the album, maybe enough to scrape into my final 20.

Arena - The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance
now available on streaming platforms thankfully. Excellent album , probably will settle in my top ten.

Gandalf's Fist - Widdershins
never been a massive fan but I'm enjoying this a lot. Another one to consider for the lower placings
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Watch out everybody: Chrissie Loftus and iNFiNiEN are back with another album! And it's killer! So smooth, mature, and engaging start to finish!



Just gave this one a first listen in my quest to keep up with 2022. Indeed a killer album that contests my current #1 so far.
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Additions

Verbal Delirium - Conundrum
Collage - Over and Out
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Changes
RanestRane - Apocalypse Now
Audio'm - Godzilla
Greco Bastian - With A Little Hell From My Friends

all apart from the last one will probably make by 'Best of 2022'
 


Edited by richardh - January 03 2023 at 05:46
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Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

Recap:

Pattern-Seeking Animals 'Only passing through'

Michael Romeo 'War of the Worlds pt. 2'

Moonwagon 'The efficient use of Space'

Ryo Okumoto 'The Myth of the Mostrophos'

The Tangent - Songs from the hard Shoulder

Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet

RanestRane - Apocalypse Now

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore

Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts

Regal Worm - Worm!

Phoenix Again ‘Vision’

Head Spin ’Escape Velocity’ (cleared by PSIKE team)

Lobate Scarp ‘You Had It All’



Additions:

Jean-Pierre Louveton - Sapiens, Chapitre 3/3: Actum
Roland Bühlmann - Emnalóc
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Here is my top albums of 2022:

01-Kalle Wallner: Voices,
02-Oak; The Quiet Rebellion Of Compromise,
03-Collapse: Anarkh,
04-Returned To The Earth: Fall Of The Watcher,
05-Oh Hiroshima; Myriad,
06-Crippled Black Phoenix; Banefyre,
07-Long Distance Calling: Eraser,
08-Haven Of Echoes: The Indifferent Stars,
09-Threshold: Dividing Lines,
10-Retrospective: Introvert,
11-Amorphis: Halo,
12-Pure Reason Revolution: Above Cirrus,
13-The Black Noodle Project: When The Stars Align, It Will Be Time ... ,
14-Evergrey: A Heartless Portrait,
15-Bjorn Riis: Everything To Everyone.

16-T (Thomas Thielen): Pareidoliving,
17-AZ: AZ,
18-Tim Bowness: Butterfly Mind,
19-Karfagen: Land Of Green And Gold,
20-Karcius: Grey White Silver Yellow And Gold,
21-Pymlico: Supermassive,
22-Antony Kalugin: Rebirth,
23-Cosmograf: Heroic Materials,
24-Porcupine Tree: Closure / Continuation,
25-Star One: Revel In Time,
26-The Pineapple Thief: Give It Back.

-Concerts: 

-Kauan: Pirut Live,
-Major Parkinson: A Night At The Library,
-Minimum Vital: Live Minnuendo 2021,
-Vanden Plas: Live And Immortal,
Vola: Live From The Pool.

-Hard-Rock / Heavy-Metal:

-Ghost: Impera.
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^ that's very kind

I've added the Banco album to make a working twenty.

Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts
Daal - Daedalus
Glass Hammer - At The Gate
Marillion - An Hour Before Dark
The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree
Black Midi - Hellfire
Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet
Galahad - The Last Great Adventurer
The Tangent - Songs From The Hard Shoulder
Animals As Leaders - Parrhesi
Lonely Robot - Model Life
Muse - Will Of The People
Evership - The Uncrowned King - Act 2
Comedy Of Errors - Time Machine 
Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation
Threshold - Dividing Lines
Major Parkinson - Valesa Chapter 1
Devin Townsend - Lightworker
Virgil and Steve Howe - Lunar Mist
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">great year, I need to listen to a lot more but these stand out for me</span>
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<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts</span>
<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Daal - Daedalus</span>
<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Glass Hammer - At The Gate</span>
<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Marillion - An Hour Before Dark</span><div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Black Midi - Hellfire<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Galahad - The Last Great Adventurer<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">The Tangent - Songs From The Hard Shoulder<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Animals As Leaders - Parrhesi<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Lonely Robot - Model Life<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Muse - Will Of The People<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Evership - The Uncrowned King - Act 2<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Comedy Of Errors - Time Machine <div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Threshold - Dividing Lines<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">
Major Parkinson - Valesa Chapter 1
Devin Townsend - Lightworker
Virgil and Steve Howe - Lunar Mist
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Absolute incredible list.
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Here's some jazz/folk/psych/prog/heavy stuff that I have enjoyed through the year.

Merit Hemmingson - Huvva! Tredje Sviten
Dungen - En är for mycket...
Brad Mehldau - Jacob's Ladder
Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
Koma Saxo - Koma West
Uusi Aika - s/t
Sammal - Aika Laulaa
Trevor Dunn - Seances
Darkthrone - Astral Fortress
Svenska Folkjazzkvartetten - Folkjazz anfaller
Joakim Åhlund og Jockum Nordstrøm - Meets Moussa Fadera
Birth - Born
Florist - Florist
Andy Shauf - Satan (single)
Rural Tapes - Inner space music
Mary Halvorson - Amaryllis

The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo - Kosmoksen erakko
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great year, I need to listen to a lot more but these stand out for me

Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts
Daal - Daedalus
Glass Hammer - At The Gate
Marillion - An Hour Before Dark
The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree
Black Midi - Hellfire
Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet
Galahad - The Last Great Adventurer
The Tangent - Songs From The Hard Shoulder
Animals As Leaders - Parrhesi
Lonely Robot - Model Life
Muse - Will Of The People
Evership - The Uncrowned King - Act 2
Comedy Of Errors - Time Machine 
Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation
Threshold - Dividing Lines
Major Parkinson - Valesa Chapter 1
Devin Townsend - Lightworker
Virgil and Steve Howe - Lunar Mist
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore



Edited by richardh - December 21 2022 at 10:26
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Recap:

Pattern-Seeking Animals 'Only passing through'

Michael Romeo 'War of the Worlds pt. 2'

Moonwagon 'The efficient use of Space'

Ryo Okumoto 'The Myth of the Mostrophos'

The Tangent - Songs from the hard Shoulder

Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet

RanestRane - Apocalypse Now

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore

Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts

Regal Worm - Worm!

Phoenix Again ‘Vision’

Head Spin ’Escape Velocity’ (cleared by PSIKE team)

Lobate Scarp ‘You Had It All’
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These have tickled my fancy this year:

Black Country New Road - Ants From Up There
Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet
Von Hertzen Brothers - Red Alert in the Blue Forest
The Tangent - Songs From The Hard Shoulder
Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation
Birth - Born
Marillion - An Hour Before its dark
Tiger Moth Tales - A Song of Spring
Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts
Bubblemath - Turf Ascension
Evership - The Uncrowned King Act 2
iNFiNiEN - Beyond the Veil
Galahad - The Last Great Adventurer

As last year my favourite album of the year is by black midi - Hellfire
Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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In random order:

With a little hell from my friends by Greco Bastián

La civilisation de la graine by M'Z

Zenith by Poly-Math
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