Collaborators' Top Albums of 2019
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Posted By: Tapfret
Subject: Collaborators' Top Albums of 2019
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 15:46
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Welcome to the 2019 Prog Archives Collaborators Album of the Year
Thank you to all the participating voters. The list is compiled from votes placed by Progarchives.com collaborators, prog-reviewers, and VIP forum users. Here is the complete score list. Voters were asked to provide a list of 20 albums. 20 points awarded for first place, 19 for second place..... 1 point for twentieth. 1. Iq Resistance 133.0 2. Izz Dont Panic 123.0 3. Magma Zëss Le Jour Du Néant
114.0 t-3. Opeth In Cauda Venenum
114.0 5. Big Big Train Grand Tour
105.0 6. Elephant9 Psychedelic
Backfire Ii 103.0 7. Bent Knee You Know What
They Mean 102.0 8. Waste Of Space Orchestra
Syntheosis 92.0 9. De Lorians De Lorians 91.0 10. Ni Pantophobie 86.0 11. Le Grand Sbam Vaisseau
Monde 77.0 12. Jordsjø Nattfiolen 73.0 13. Poil Sus 72.0 14. October Equus Presagios
67.0 15. Tool Fear Inoculum 66.0 16. Helium Horse Fly Hollowed
65.0 t-16. Tangerine Dream In
Search Of Hades 65.0 18. Charlie Cawood Blurring
Into Motion 63.0 19. Arch Matheos Winter
Ethereal 62.0 20. Lost Crowns Every Night
Something Happens 61.0 21. Consider The Source You
Are Literally A Metaphor 60.0 22. The Flying Luttenbachers
Shattered Dimension 58.0 23. Hooffoot The Lights In The
Aisle Will Guide You 57.0 t-23. The Flower Kings Waiting
For Miracles 57.0 25. Elephant9 Psychedelic
Backfire I 56.0 26. Secret Chiefs 3 Malkhut
54.0 t-26. Thieves Kitchen Genius
Loci 54.0 t-26. Motorpsycho The Crucible
54.0 29. Iamthemorning The t-29. Jambinai Onda 52.0 31. Steve Hackett At The Edge
Of Light 50.0 t-31. Monkey3 Sphere 50.0 33. 34. The Tea Club If When 48.0 35. The Far Meadow Foreign
Land 47.0 t-35. Thank You Scientist
Terraformer 47.0 37. Led Bib Its Morning 46.0 38. Cheetos Magazine
Amazingous 44.0 39. Swans Leaving Meaning 42.0 t-39. Modernrock Ensemble
Night Dreams & Wishes 42.0 t-39. Emmett Elvin The End Of
Music 42.0 42. Fire! Fire! Orchestra:
Arrival 41.0 t-42. Neal Morse The Neal
Morse Band: The Great Adventure 41.0 44. Magic Pie Fragments Of The
5th Element 40.0 t-44. Diagonal Arc 40.0 t-44. Kayo Dot Blasphemy 40.0 47. Samuel Cadima Outros
Horizontes 38.0 t-47. Fly Pan Am Cest Ça 38.0 49. Emme Phyzema Emme Phyzema
36.0 t-49. Steve Unruh Precipice
36.0 51 The Pneumatic Transit Chordae
Tendineae 35.0 Panzerpappa Summarisk A Formal Horse Here Comes A
Man From The Council With A Flamethrower 35.0 54 Ikarus Mosaismic 34.0 The Winstons Smith 34.0 Loosense Saloon 34.0 57 Supersister Supersister
Projekt 2019: Retsis Repus 33.0 The Psychedelic Ensemble
Mothers Rhymes 33.0 59. Mad Fellaz Mad Fellaz Iii
31.0 60 Mimedyr Mínym 30.0 Periphery Periphery Iv: Hail
Stan 30.0 61. Los Exploradores Inventure
29.0 62 Quantum Fantay Yemaya Orisha
28.0 The Worm Ouroboros Endless Way
From You 28.0 The Wrong Object Into The Herd
28.0 Plastic Dogs Growl 28.0 66 Isildurs Bane Isildurs Bane
And Peter Hammill: In Solaris Nostradamus 2.0:
Returnity 27.0 Lucy In Blue In Flight 27.0 69. Djam Karet A Sky Full Of
Stars For A Roof 26.0 70 Deathspell Omega The Furnaces
Of Palingenesia 25.0 Papir Vi 25.0 Leprous Pitfalls 25.0 The Mercury Tree Spidermilk
25.0 Yokai Yokai 25.0 75 The Claypool Lennon Delirium
South Of Reality 24.0 77. Goblin The Devil Is Back
23.0 78. Krokofant Q 22.0 Mono Nowhere Now Here 22.0 80 Ghost Rhythms Live At Yoshiwara
21.0 Dizzy Mystics Wanderlost 21.0 Eloy The Vision, The Sword,
And The Pyre Part Ii 21.0 83 Neal Morse Jesus Christ The
Exorcist 20.0 Seven Steps To The Green Door
The? Lie 20.0 Mostly Autumn White Rainbow
20.0 Tirill Said The Sun To The
Moon 20.0 Electric 88 Computerchemist Volcan Dreams
19.0 Hexvessel All Tree 19.0 Il Giardino Onirico Apofenia
19.0 Tracteur Tracteur 19.0 Blood Incantation Hidden
History Of The Human Race 19.0 Delta Sleep Younger Years 19.0 Le Silo Yamai 19.0 Borknagar True North 19.0 Black Bombaim Black Bombaim
With Jonathan Saldanha, Luís Fernandes & Pedro Augusto 19.0 97 Retrospective Latent Avidity
18.0 Conqueror In Orbita 18.0 Ste Van Holm Thaw 18.0 Gunter Schickert Nachtfalter
18.0 Wyxz Yiy 18.0 Moon Tooth Crux 18.0 The Mute Gods Atheists And
Believers 18.0 103 Kenta Shimakawa Glimpse 17.0 Fuzz Puddle Speciecide 17.0 Ultra Zook Ultra Zook 17.0 Hasse Fröberg Musical
Companion Parallel Life 17.0 Jakub Zytecki Nothing Lasts,
Nothings Lost 17.0 Umpfel As The Waters Cover The
Sea 17.0 109 District 97 Screens 16.0 Chon Chon 16.0 The Who Who 16.0 Czyszy Epic May 16.0 Voyager Iv Pictures At An
Exhibition 16.0 Ulver Drone Activity 16.0 Kouma Aibohphobia 16.0 Richard Pinhastatsuya Yoshida
Ascension 16.0 Mother Of Millions Artifacts
16.0 118 Jonas Munk Jonas Munk &
Nicklas Sørensen: Always Already Here 15.0 Evergrey The Atlantic 15.0 In Blå Lotus Högtid 15.0 The Glutton Eating Music 15.0 123 Farmhouse Odyssey Fertle
Ground 14.0 Oranssi Pazuzu Live At
Roadburn 14.0 Lebowski Galactica 14.0 Hammock Silencia 14.0 Prometheo D’un Fuoco Rapito,
D’un Giovane Uomo, D’un Amore Insensato 14.0 Devin Townsend Empath 14.0 Infringement Alienism 14.0 Voyager Colours In The Sun
14.0 132 The Flying Luttenbachers
Imminent Death 13.0 Cosmic Ground Cosmic Ground 5
13.0 Rpwl Tales From Outer Space
13.0 The Loomings Hey, Weirdo! 13.0 United Progressive Fraternity
Planetary Overload, Part 1 Loss 13.0 The Samurai Of Prog Toki No
Kaze 13.0 138 Voyag3r War Mask 12.0 American Draft The Rescue 12.0 King Crimson Live In Epignosis A Month Of Sundays
12.0 Blind Guardian Twilight
Orchestra Legacy Of The Dark Lands 12.0 Horrendous Sacramamental Death
Qualia 12.0 144 Gong Love From The Planet Gong
11.0 Mörglbl The Story Of Scott
Rötti 11.0 Opra Mediterranea Isole 11.0 Invernadero Entropia 11.0 Marillion With Friends From
The Orchestra 11.0 Mother Turtle Three Sides To
Every Story 11.0 Dream Theater Distance Over
Time 11.0 Patternseeking Animals
Patternseeking Animals 11.0 Föllakzoid I 11.0 Richard Henshall The Cocoon
11.0 154 Thom Yorke Anima 10.0 Dysrythmia Terminal Threshold
10.0 Eveline’s Dust K. 10.0 Darkwater Human 10.0 Flying Colors Third Degree
10.0 Monomyth Orbis Quadrantis 10.0 Arnaud Bukwald La Marmite
Cosmique V 10.0 Moon Letters Until They Feel
The Sun 10.0 162 Stephan Thelen Fractal Guitar
9.0 Jack O The Clock Witness 9.0 Aliante Sul Confine 9.0 Tangerine Dream Bootleg Box
Vol. 3 9.0 Rustin Man Drift Code 9.0 Ryoko Ono Loop Heaven 9.0 168 Swifan Eolh & The Mudra
Choir The Key 8.0 Teeth Of The Sea Wraith 8.0 Spacious Mind No. 4 Or 5 Gravy
Band 8.0 Glorious Wolf Zodiac 8.0 Soen Lotus 8.0 Guranfoe Sum Of Erda 8.0 Ben Levin Group Jelly Mound
8.0 Unit Wail Egares 8.0 177 We Lost The Sea Triumph &
Disaster 7.0 Battles Juice B Crypts 7.0 Jeanclaude Vannier Brighteye Brison V 7.0 Giant The Vine Music For Empty
Places 6.0 Barock Project Seven Seas 6.0 Alber Jupiter We Are Just
Floating In Space 6.0 Harpo Jarvi Toe Zone 6.0 Steve Hauschildt Nonlin 6.0 186 O.r.k. Ramagehead 5.0 Franck Carducci The Answer 5.0 In Continuum Acceleration
Theory Part One: Alien A 5.0 The End Of The Ocean Aire 5.0 Tim Hecker Anoyo 5.0 191 Serge Fiori Seul Ensemble 4.0 Jan Akkerman Close Beauty 4.0 Gong The Universe Also
Collapses 4.0 Ghost Funk Orchestra A Song
For Paul 4.0 195 Frank Zappa Halloween 73 3.0 Karfagen Echoes From Within
The Focus Focus 11 3.0 Elder The Gold And Silver
Sessions 3.0 Russian Circles Blood Year 3.0 Felix Martin Caracas 3.0 The Legendary Flower Punk Wabi
Wu 3.0 202 Widek The Disillusion The Liberation 2.0 Daniel Eliseev Project D.e.p.
Night Shadow 2.0 This Winter Machine A On The Raw Climbing The Air
2.0 Tangerine Dream Sessions V 2.0 208 Finisterre Finisterre Xxv 1.0 Cabezas De Cera Contigo Y En
Directo En Vivo En El Alicia 1.0 Sonar Tranceportation V1 1.0 Breidablik Nhoohr 1.0 Cheeraccident Chicago Xx 1.0 Car Bomb Mordial 1.0 ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 16:42
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Excellent fantastic work. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 16:45
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Tremendous list. Thanks so much. Nice that Thank You Scientist, and Thieves' Kitchen made the top 50. Would like to include some not on the list. Marco Minnemann, Body Hound, and The Aristocrats.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 16:48
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I have no explanation why this year the top cells of the table are symmetric when last year's were not. I tried everything to get them to be equal with one another last year to no avail. Somehow they magically lined up this time. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 17:18
I salute the Toad who has done good! Great job, Ian!  -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 18:11
Excellent work Ian! And what a beautiful presentation. Cheers!!!! ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 18:20
| Nice! How many voters were there? |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 19:18
Not too many.
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mathman0806 wrote:Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 19:22
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I vote this for the worst album of the year. Resistance is a 3 star album tops. Good work on the list, but man resistance was a major letdown in my book. ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 19:35
You deserve so much thanks for doing preliminary corrections. I still ended up finding issues like apparently there are 2 different ascii codes for apostrophes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
30 voters ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 19:56
A lot of people really like that album. I myself, do not. But that's what voting is all about. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 20:33
sounds like you need a better tabulation system.  but great work as always my friend. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 20:34
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3 of my top 20 made it in to the top 10 here, which is probably above my average. For those curious, my full list: Top albums of 2019: 1. The Flying Luttenbachers – Shattered Dimension 2. Elephant9 – Psychedelic Backfire I 3. WYXZ – Yiy 4. Korkofant – Q 5. Ni – Pantophobie 6. Tangerine Dream - In Search Of Hades 7. Pinhas/Yoshida – Ascension 8. Oranssi Pazuzu – Live At Roadburn 9. King Crimson – Live In Newcastle 72 10. Gong – Love From The Planet Gong 11. Poil – Sus 12. Tangerine Dream – Bootleg Box Vol. 3 13. Ulver – Drone Activity 14. October Equus – Presagios 15. Unit Wail – Egares 16. De Lorians – S/t 17. Izz – Don’t Panic 18. Frank Zappa – Halloween 73 19. Tangerine Dream – Sessions V 20. Cabezas De Cera - Contigo Y En Directo / En Vivo En El Alicia
Honorable mentions: 21) Fly Pam Am – Cest Ca; 22) Elephant 9 – Psychedelic Backfire II; 23) Aria Primitiva – Sleep No More; 24) Neuland – S/t; 25) Consider The Source – You Are Literally A Metaphor Those should have been numbered, I don't know why they weren't. (It is in order)
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 23:35
Yeah baby  Very nice job Ian Not that surprised to see IQ on top but then again I don’t really care about the ranking. I just love this way of highlighting albums of the year. Sort of like a recommendation list on behalf of the collabs. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 24 2020 at 23:42
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great work surprised at the number 1 tbh
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 25 2020 at 00:09
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Great job again, Ian! Resistance on top of the list was not a surprise; neither is Izz as runner-up. IQ has won the rematch against Opeth. The only surprise - and a nice one - was Magma sharing #3 with Opeth. My contribution this year has been less than the previous four years. Personal circumstances which gave me less time to have some listens, combined with ageing ears, made me offer a shorter list. Yet I am happy to have found ten worthy albums which would have made it to any of my previous AotY lists from 2015 to 2018: 1. Izz - Don't Panic (2) 2. Jordsjø - Nattfiolen (12) 3. Kayo Dot- Blasphemy (44-46) 4. iamthemorning - The Bell (29-30) 5. Big Big Train - Grand Tour (5) 6. Magma - Zëss - Le Jour du Néant (3-4) 7. The Psychedelic Ensemble - Mother's Rhymes (57-58) 8. IQ - Resistance (1) 9. Epignosis - A Month of Sundays (138-143) X. Supersister - Supersister Projekt 2019: Retsis Repus (57-58) Honourable mention: Panzerpappa - Summarisk Suite (51-53) This is the first time I have the #1, the #2 and a #3 in my list. ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 25 2020 at 00:56
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I'm a big IQ fan so pleased to see it top the list. It's probably their 4th or 5th best album overall but for a band that has been around a long time they should be commended for still putting out decent stuff. Neil Durrant has added a tremendous amount of the programming/keyboard side for me and Paul Cook as a drummer is actually better than he was 15 years ago . Mike Holmes has long been one of the most underrated guitarists while Tim Esau is a rock solid bassist. Peter Nicholls is the soul of the band and without it would just be a good pop band (ref those 2 Paul Menel 80's albums!) HOWEVER - it has to be said that there is a massive problem with the list and that it's this. The album by Waste of Space Orchestra although officially released in 2019 is only getting a proper general release this year. It finished in the top five of 5 separate collaborators but featured nowhere else on anyone else's list. I only discovered it after the voting closed but based on streaming it I can say that it is utterly brilliant and unique and is exactly what should be topping the list. I say that as an IQ fan and not a lover of anything too 'out there'. I do think it needs to be pointed out.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 25 2020 at 07:52
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^Exposure and logistics around releases are the bane of many bands existences. All but a few of the bands on the menu for our little ceremony have limited resources to gain exposure, some to the point of only having the cash in their own pockets and Facebook/Bandcamp to promote themselves. And some don't even go that far. So I don't see the parameters of the release as a massive problem for the list for this particular band, anymore than it ever is. You can see how many bands are on the complete list, meaning most of the 30 voters' lists had a majority unique albums. And that only scrapes the surface of what was available to vote on. I personally listened to at least 150 albums released in 2019 and as usual, was blown away at how many I hadn't heard that showed up in our final list. What I did get a full listen to was Wate of Space Orchestra. And although I agree with you on many of the album's merits, it did not make my list, primarily on the basis of the vocals. I'm sure I am not the only one that feels that way. That vocal angle wears thin on a lot of people. I knocked another incredible album out of my top 20 for the same thing. I used to tolerate it, but now a band has to be really really really...really really special to overlook that.
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: February 25 2020 at 13:50
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Great work as always putting this together! I'm pleased with how the list turned out, a lot of great releases getting recognition. Also inspires me to give Don't Panic another chance. -------------  
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 25 2020 at 16:13
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Here's how my list compared + some almost albums. I left out my "meh" lists. Folks take it a little personally when someone points out they don't like their favorite band. 1. Helium Horse Fly - Hollowed (16) 2. Mimedyr - Mínym (60) 3. ni - Pantophobie (10) 4. Consider The Source - You Are Literally A
Metaphor (21) 5. The Pneumatic Transit - Chordae Tendinae (50) 6. Tracteur - Tracteur (88) 7. Emme Phyzema - Emme Phyzema (49) 8. Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (3) 9. Le Grande Sbam - Vaisseau Monde 10. Emmit Elvin - The End of Music (39) 11. Dysrythmia - Terminal Threshold (154) 12. The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of
Reality (75) 13. Jambinai - ONDA (29) 14. Djam Karet - A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (69) 15. Mother Turtle - Three Sides to Every Story
(144) 16. Motorpsycho - The Crucible (26) 17. Plastic Dogs - Growl (62) 18. Felix Martin - 19. Lost Crowns - Every Night Something Happens (20)
20. Poil - sus (13) Albums that were in my top20 at one time but
were knocked out Magma - Zëss: Le Jour Du Néant (3) Izz - Dont Panic (2) Jordsjø - Nattfiolen (12) Supersister - Supersister Projekt 2019: Retsis
Repus (57) Ultra Zook - Ultra Zook (103) Smash the Crash - PL Lady (0) Rings of Saturn - Giddim (0) Fervent Send - Oblitrerate the moon (0) The Bob Lazar Story - Vanquisher (0) Great albums, but not quite top20 Elephant9
Psychedelic Backfire II (6) Elephant9
Psychedelic Backfire I (25) De
Lorians - De Lorians (9) Charlie
Cawood - Blurring Into Motion (18) The
Flying Luttenbachers - Shattered Dimension
(22) Hooffoot
- The Lights In The Aisle Will Guide You
(23) Samuel
Cadima - Outros Horizontes (47) Los
Exploradores - Inventure (61) The
Wrong Object - Into The Herd (62) Computerchemist
- Volcan Dreams (88) Kenta
Shimakawa Glimpse (103) Voyager
IV - Pictures At An Exhibition (109) The
Flying Luttenbachers - Imminent Death
(132) Cosmic
Ground - Cosmic Ground 5 (132) Guranfoe
- Sum Of Erda (168) Fervent
Send - Denna's Room (0) The
Physics House Band - Death Sequence
(0) Would have been way up there,
but way too short. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 25 2020 at 18:38
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Here's how my selections did, not bad for an avant panhead 1. Tangerine Dream - In Search Of Hades (16) 2. Lost Crowns - Every Night Something Happens (20) 3. Poil - sus (13) 4. Charlie Cawood - Blurring Into Motion (18) 5. October Equus - Presagios (14) 6. Le Grand Sbam - Vaisseau Monde (11) 7. Led Bib - It's Morning (37) 8. Ikarus - Mosaicmic (54) 9. ni - Pantophobie (10) 10. Elephant9 - Psychedelic Backfire II (6) 11. Emmitt Elvin - The End Of Music (39) 12. Jack O The Clock - Witness (162) 13. Plastic Dogs - Growl (62) 14. Formal Horse - Here Comes A Man From The Council With A Flamethrower (51) 15. Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean (7) 16. Hooffoot - The Lights In The Aisle Will Guide You (23) 17. Kouma - AibohphobiA (109) 18. Emme Phyzema - Emme Phyzema (49) 19. Unit Wail - Egares (168) 20. Sonar - Tranceportation V1 (208) ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 25 2020 at 23:56
My problem is that I just don't listen to enough and my list was very mediocre and not taken from a very wide pool of releases ( probably about 40 at most). I was desperate for an album like this and for me it's a very rare event to hear something like this album. The vocals I have no issue with. They are perfect and I normally hate that kind of thing ( I assume you are talking about the guttural growling for want of a better description and not the female vocals on one track) . I had another listen yesterday and for me it's the most important release for decades. I hear traces of Post rock mixed with psyche and metal. There are lost of different ideas. This is the album that Tool would make if they could! IMO
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 00:05
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My list and as mentioned I would have put Waste Of Space Orchestra at number one if I had known about it. The Steve Hackett tugged at my emotional heart strings so that is the reason for placing it number one. IQ I've previously talked about. Nick Beggs is a very clever lyric writer and The Mute Gods 'rock' so that was number 3 . Thieves Kitchen was a nice find for me and a big thank you to whoever recommended that on the forum so number 4. After that its just solid okay releases from my perspective. 1. Steve Hackett - At The Edge Of Light 2. IQ - Resistance 3. The Mute Gods - Atheists and Believers 4. Thieves Kitchen - Genius Loci 5. Opeth - In Cauda Venenum 6. Elephant9 - Psychedelic Backfire I 7. Iamthemorning - The Bell 8. Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean 9. IZZ - Don't Panic 10.The Far Meadow - Foreign Land 11. Big Big Train - Grand Tour 12. Eloy - The Vision, The Sword and The Pyre - Part II 13. Thank You Scientist - Terraformer 14. Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Psychedelic Backfire II 15. Magic Pie - Fragments Of The 5th Element 16. In Continuum - Acceleration Theory Part One: Alien A 17. Jan Akkerman - Close Beauty 18. Gong - The Universe Also Collapses 19. This Winter Machine - A Tower Of Clocks 20. Pattern-Seeking Animals - Pattern-Seeking Animals
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 02:06
I started out with 2019 waaay too late. There’s just so much music out there I still have to hear...which is both wonderful and a little irritating  The latter only because I would’ve loved to have done my homework, properly, before submitting my 20 cansidates.Then again I’ve changed my mind so many times when it comes to albums that it probably wouldn’t have made a difference. I am literally terrible with rankings  The best thing about AOTY? It injects the music collection with new stuff! ...though I have yet to receive a lot of the cd’s I’ve ordered. Most of my AOTY listening has been done over jootoob or bandcamp. I am genuinely looking forward to spending some more time with all of these releases..including the ones I pick up out of sheer curiosity when trawling through this list  The De Lorians album is about the only one I’ve gotten my hands on as of yet. Very befitting to have it adorn the top-spot methinks ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 06:20
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First, thanks to Tapfret for all of the hard work in compiling the list. Second, thanks to TCat for putting the monthly lists together. I'm usually always falling behind on new releases and this year I listened to more new releases than I guess I have in the last 10 years combine. Because of this dedication and your hard work, you've both helped me discover a lot of new stuff that I might not have discovered for another 10 years! My selections fared as follows: 1. Solaris - Nostradamus 2.0: Returnity (66) 2. Quantum Fantay - Yemaya Orisha (62) 3. IZZ - Don't Panic (2) 4. Conqueror - In Orbita (97) 5. Czyszy - Epic May (109) 6. Le Grand Sbam - Vaisseau Monde (11) 7. Jordsjø - Nattfiolen (12) 8. Cheeto's Magazine - Amazingous (38) 9. Voyag3r - War Mask (138) 10. RPWL - Tales from Outer Space (132) 11. Moon Letters - Until They Feel the Sun (154) 12. Aliante - Sul Confine (162) 13. Karakorum - Fables and Fairytales (168) 14. IQ - Resistance (1) 15. Alber Jupiter - We Are Just Floating in Space (177) 16. ni - Pantophobie (10) 17. Goblin - The Devil Is Back (77) 18. The Mercury Tree - Spidermilk (70) 19. Richard Pinhas & Tatsuya Yoshida - Ascension (109) 20. Finisterre - Finisterre XXV (208) ------------- ---------- 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: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 07:37
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Nice job, Tapfret and TCat. Sorry it was such a bear this year. I love the opening checkerboard display. Sadly, this will be the first year that I didn't help put anybody into the Top 10 . . . or Top 20 . . . or Top 25 . . . Guess I'm really out of touch. Oh, well! We'll see in ten years how everybody feels about 2019! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 07:41
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^Nahh Drew - I wouldn’t call it being out of touch as much as having individual tastebuds ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 13:23
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Great job, even if not many voting collabs anymore my list: 1- Hooffoot - The
Lights In the Aisle Will Guide You (23) 2- Yokaï – s/t (70) 3- Ikarus – Mosaismic (51) 4- Elephant9 with Riene
Fiske - Psychedelic Backfire II (6) 5- The Wrong Object- Into the Herd (62) 6- Jordsjø – Nattfiolen (12) 7- Magma - Zess (3) 8- Supersister - Retsis Repus (57) 9- Panzerpappa - Summarisk Suite (54) 10- October Equus - Presagios (14) 11- Isildurs Bane and Peter Hammill - In Amazonia (66) 12- Rustin Man - Drift Code 13- Spacious Mind - No. 4 or 5 Gravy Band 14- Vannier & Patton - Crystal Corpses 15- Elephan9 - Psychedelic BackfireI (25) 16- Ghost Rhythms - Live at Yoshiwara 17- Ghost Funk Orchestra -A Song For Paul 18- De Loreans - s/t (9) 19- Charlie Cawood - Blurring Into Motion (18) 20- Gong - The Universe Also Collapses 21- Unit Wail - Egares
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: February 28 2020 at 09:19
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I'm late to the party. Great job, Ian and Mike I hope we can still keep doing it this year. It was the first time my number one was in the top 10. I'm becoming predictable I've been listening to some stuff I missed and the Ni album is terrific. I listened to the new Gong, since they'll play here in a couple of months, and was pleasantly surprised. I also have to say I was very surprised to find my album in the top 50 too, it gave me a motivational boost to continue working on new music, so thanks a lot for that  Anyway, here's my list with the respective places: 1. Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean (7) 2. Loosense - Saloon (54) 3. Diagonal - Arc (44) 4. Fire! - Fire! Orchestra : Arrival (42) 5. Hooffoot - The Lights in the Aisle Will Guide You (23) 6. Jonas Munk & Nicklas Sorensen - Always Already Here (118) 7. Black Bombaim - Black Bombaim with Jonathan Saldanha, Luís Fernandes & Pedro Augusto (88) 8. Cosmic Ground - Cosmic Ground 5 (132) 9. Motorpsycho - The Crucible (26) 10. Richard Henshall - The Cocoon (144) 11. Le Grand Sbam - Vaisseau Monde (11) 12. Magma - Zëss (3) 13. Ben Levin Group - Jelly Mound (168) 14. Lucy In Blue - In Flight (66) 15. Yokai - Yokai (70) 16. Mimedyr - Mínym (60) 17. Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Psychedelic Backfire II (6) 18. The Legendary Flower Punk - Wabi Wu (195) 19. Panzerpappa - Summarisk Suite (51) 20. Breidablik - Nhoohr (208)
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 16:18
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Well, my votes seem a bit far afield compared to what ended up in the top 10. Really surprised Electric Asturias and The Psychedelic Ensemble were so far down on the list. Here are my 10 selections (because 10 is enough, 20 seems a bit watered down):
1. Electric Asturias – Trinity (83) 2. The Psychedelic Ensemble - Mother's Rhymes (57) 3. Thieves' Kitchen - Genius Loci (26) 4. Big Big Train – Grand Tour (5) 5. Tool – Fear Inoculum (15) 6. Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light (31) 7. Steve Unruh – Precipice (59) 8. Iamthemorning – The Bell (29) 9. Monkey3 – Sphere (31) 10. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso -- Transiberiana (33) P.S. Thanks again to Tapfret for the fantabulous tabulation. ------------- ...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... |
Posted By: Zugzwang
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 17:51
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Funny that Le Grand Sbam did better than PoiL.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 19:15
Just glad to see them both so high. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 03:11
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Always nice to get inspired by those lists. Today made me get Japanese "De Lorians" debut - as i attempt to expand on Japanese albums. Very good listen so far. ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 03:38
| A bit further down the list but I had a listen to Helium Horse Fly for the first time. Love what I'm hearing so I ordered all their albums as a bundle from Bandcamp as it was a very good price even with the shipping on top. Will have to wait for a while for the delivery but in the meantime I can stream the albums. BTW Their current album Hollowed is officially available for free on YT if anyone is interested ( be interested!) |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 03:57
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 04:05
^Well I didn’t come across it until you just now posted about it...so yeah thank you both 
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Posted By: Zugzwang
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 08:35
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I bought the Yokai album after finding it in the progressiveears new releases thread in September and it's been on fairly regular rotation ever since.
I thought the new Gong was pretty good and was surprised it only got 4 points in this poll.
I'll need to give Le Grand Sbam another listen. I love PoiL but couldn't get into Vaisseau Monde.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 14:48
I loved Brossaklit, but sus was quite a bit of a step down IMO. I felt like Le Grand Sbam had way more energy and adventurousness. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 17:29
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Thanks to all! ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 17:36
I think seeing Sus live helped bring it to life for me. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: April 06 2020 at 11:39
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I had 11 of my personal top 2019 albums on the PA top 50 end of the year chart (in the parantheses); I have never been this misaligned with my fellow PA voters
1. Kayo Dot - Blasphemy (44) 2. The Flower Kings - Waiting for Miracles (23) 3. Ste van Holm - Thaw 4. Tool - Fear Inoculum (15) 5. Los Exploradores - Inventure 6. Isildurs Bane - Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill: In Amazonia 7. Farmhouse Odyssey - Fertle Ground 8. Cheeto’s Magazine - Amazingous (38) 9. American Draft - The Rescue 10. Monkey3 - Sphere (31) 11. De Lorians - De Lorians (9) 12. Emmett Elvin - The End of Music 13. Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal (19) 14. IZZ - Don’t Panic (2) 15. Giant The Vine - Music for Empty Places 16. The Mercury Tree - Spidermilk 17. Neal Morse - The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure (42) 18. Motorpsycho - The Crucible (26) 19. Djam Karet - A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof 20. Emme Phyzema - Emme Phyzema (49) |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: April 06 2020 at 11:53
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Im just now coming around to Fear Innoculum. I actually think its a really cool, solid album! ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 06 2020 at 12:27
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 06 2020 at 12:36
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I have been using Spotify to check out the top 10. A lot of new to me artists there. I have also been enjoying artists that I was already familiar with. Now have added in some new 2020 releases. There are only two artists on your lists that I am familiar with. If I have some time before my premium trial expires I may check some ot those out. Perhaps it is in part a familiarity thing? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 06 2020 at 13:06
Yes. Live two man lineup from a concert in 2018. (There is also guest vocals on one track). And yes, it did sneak in under the radar. I only found it while searching discogs for a different album from them.
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: April 06 2020 at 13:29
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 06 2020 at 15:39
Ok thanks, I'll check it out.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 07 2020 at 13:48
| Now having got a proper CD of The Waste Of Space Orchestra I'm still sticking to my assertion it was the best album I heard from last year. Despite it's initial limited release it still found it's way into the PA top ten. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: September 15 2020 at 01:40
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Cool! How does one vote in these? Do you need a specific rank/specific number of stars? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 15 2020 at 01:45
it's like the title of the thread says - " collaborators' top albums". So collabs 2019 album choices. A good list, check it out.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: September 15 2020 at 06:51
Right! Soo, how does one become a collaborator then?
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: September 15 2020 at 09:45
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: February 21 2021 at 12:56
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I'm looking forward to Collaborators' Top Albums of 2020 ------------- 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 21 2021 at 12:58
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The deadline for collaborators/reviewers etc to submit their lists is tomorrow, so the list should be forthcoming fairly soon after that. ------------- 
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