PA Albums of 2023: Official Results - Progressive Rock Music Forum

siLLy puPPy wrote:

I don't get it. Don't albums have to be on PA to qualify? How did Overkill get here and many others. Not on PA.

Mike specified who's on PA and who is not, what's prog and what's not.

Edited by Cristi - February 01 2024 at 08:34

^ sorry but i'm only seeing a single list with all releases mixed.

The link to your site doesn't work for me at all :(

As for me i'm only interested in seeing PA releases only on this site but still great job and thanks for all the effort :)

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Mike thanks for including Rock Andaluz band Sherish with their 2023 album Escampa, it's not on PA but now it gets some kind of attention here when progheads look at the 2023 non PA list, this should not be underestimated for excellent but overlooked bands like Sherish.

Logan wrote:

Perhaps you are just scrolling too fast to notice the lists in separate posts and not paying close attention to the numbering. As for Mike's site, it did not work on one of my browsers, but it worked on all others for all of my devices that I regularly use (PC, Macbook, iPhone, iPad). Have you tried different browsers and tried different settings/ temporarily disabling add-ons....? You have had issues dealing with code.

Anyway, great job, Mike. I really like seeing the different lists, and am pleased to now not just mention the "in PA" ones. This approach also helped to notice albums and acts missing in PA. There is such a wealth of fabulous music these days, be it Prog, Prog umbrella/spectrum, semi-Prog, Prog related, and non-Prog and progressive/experimental/art music generally.

Nope. I may be crazy but not that crazy. This morning it was all one long list with mixed prog and non-prog however NOW it has changed. I don't know why but this happens sometimes. I'll come back to a thread and things rearrange or disappear. I don't get it and just attribute it to just another browser glitch :)

Doesn't matter. Great list(s)!

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TenYearsAfter wrote:

Mike thanks for including Rock Andaluz band Sherish with their 2023 album Escampa, it's not on PA but now it gets some kind of attention here when progheads look at the 2023 non PA list, this should not be underestimated for excellent but overlooked bands like Sherish.

Yes, last year I generally started looking at non-prog music websites and added a lot of releases to AP that weren't exactly prog, but "prog-adjacent" in some way or another. Mainly from RYM, but also from Sputnik and AOTY, and from my German RockHard magazine. I find it very interesting to see the entire spectrum of music that fellow progheads listen to. Most of it is prog, but some is adjacent, and some isn't "prog" at all, but still quite interesting and often awesome. And of course the definition of what is prog is ever shifting ...

Interesting Mike, to have a look at all those music websites outside the usual spectrum of prog music. In my opinion a lot of the current prog is less adventurous and elaborate than bands on those websites. I highly recommend the Periplo musical project by Juan Antonio Vergara (see my PA review), from classic 70s prog to folk, prog, flamenco, raga, blues, electronic ... so many new eclectic Spanish bands that sound progressive in their own special way.

Edited by TenYearsAfter - February 01 2024 at 14:59

What a great year for prog and 'almost' prog. Excellent work Mike Thumbs Up

^ So you haven’t listened to any 2023 release?

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - February 04 2024 at 01:39

Well, I have purchased or just listened to the following:

Neal Morse - The Dreamer

Eloy - Echoes From The Past

Roger Waters - DSOTM Redux

Roz Vitalis - Quid Nesciunt Quid Faciunt

RPWL - Crime Scene

Yes - Mirror To The Sky

Riverside - ID Entity

Quite too few to vote...

Anyway, brwosing the list I've seen more than 10 albums to put on my wishlist

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octopus-4 wrote:

This is why I didn't vote. All the listed albums are almost unknown to me. My bad.

Hi,

After I got done taking a look at the listing, the first thing that came to my mind is that everything was listed that anyone could think of, to make the numbers.

I can appreciate the work that went into it ... good job ... but I don't like the amazing numbers of albums that dilute what I would consider "progressive music" into simple washing machine juice ... helping you forget your favorites ... that's a good thing! But, sadly, the incredible number of stuff ... I went though Logan's and someone else's 50 list and listened to everything ... but I doubt I will ever get around to listening to this huge list ... besides the point that it is one huge continuous list and if I get to 175, and come back tomorrow, I have to scroll back through everything to get back to 174 or 176. I don't know ... maybe break the list up in 50's?

It's too big ... and I don't know many folks that will even try to get through it. And that might hurt what we really care about when it comes to the music itself ... it's not the database (and its numbers) ... it's the art, or the music!

Edited by moshkito - February 04 2024 at 07:47

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