The 25 Best Albums of the 21st Century
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Topic: The 25 Best Albums of the 21st Century
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Subject: The 25 Best Albums of the 21st Century
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 13:17
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According to ProgArchives, as of today, May 26, 2020, these are the "best" 25 albums that progressive rock music has to offer from the 21st Century. Have you heard them? Are you open to trying the ones you haven't heard? (Why or Why not?) I myself have had trouble giving the Prog Metal albums the attention they (apparently) deserve. I've tried the Opeth and Pain of Salvation albums but they just don't hold my attention or interest--I have trouble finishing any of their albums. Same with most Riverside albums. I find Steven Wilson's albums impressive for the first few listens but then never go back to them. This does not speak well to the 21st Century, does it? At the same time, there are many albums from the past 20 years that I proudly would hold up to anything the 1960s and 1970s produced.
------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 13:33
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I've done pretty well. Only haven't listen to Nil – Nil Novo Sub Sole ------------- 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: Olape
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 13:53
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Haven't listened to the Hiromi Uehara and the Magma albums. From the list, my favorites are PT, Fear Of A Blank Planet, Birds and Buildings, Phideaux and Discipline. I prefer other Opeth ones like Pale Comunion and In Cauda Venenum. It is remarkable that there are only one Italian and no German or Latin American among the most popular albums listed. ------------- 
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 14:18
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Heard all but five. I like Hiromi's Spark album more than PA's choice. Can you pick our own 25? |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 14:21
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Opeth - Ghost Reveries, Nil, Daal, Riverside - Out Of Myself I've tried Opeth a few times and they just don't work for me, I have one Riverside album but never felt the need to get more. I've never explore Nil or Daal, don't think there's any reason wht I wouldn't its just a question of time and interest getting piqued, I listen to tons of new to me music. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 14:22
There's another thread up on the same subject where I did just that. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=123083" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=123083
------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Grumpyprogfan wrote:Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 14:50
Daal are quite good (they're Italian, even if it's not evident from the name and the album title), though I am not familiar with that particular album. I've heard most of the other albums, but I have to admit to not remembering anything about some of them. The only ones I don't believe I've ever heard are the Pain of Salvation and Nil albums. Always open to listen to new stuff, but of course there are things I like more than others.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 14:53
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Opeth 2x, PoS 2x, Nil, Hiromi, Tool, B&B, Kayo Dot and Out of Myself. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 15:14
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All Traps on Earth (and I get the impression I need to), Nil and Hiromi Uehara. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 15:41
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Haven't heard all by Riverside, Pain of Salvation, Nil, Hiromi Uehara, DAAL, Birds and Building, Anglagard, Phideaux. Have heard all the others. Not sure whether I will check out any more of these. The thing is that there's so much music to check out and so little time... I'm not normally going by the top xxx when choosing what I check out, although I admit I listened to Wobbler and All Traps on Earth because of the raving recommendations, and I gave Steven Wilson's albums more chances than I otherwise might have given them (despite being a PT fan). Actually the most likely to be checked out now is probably DAAL because if Raff says something positive about a band that's for me a better thing to go by than a top 25 position.
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 15:49
| Have not listened to Pain of Salvation, no particular reason as I am not opposed to prog metal, and Nil who I am not familiar with at all. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 16:05
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I've never heard Nil, Hiromi Uehara, Birds and Buildings. I'll have to check them out. Also haven't heard Tool but that's by choice. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 16:23
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Quite a bit really , got bored voting! Birds and Buildings are excellent. Their keyboard player Dan Britton also has another band called Deluge Grander who are more my taste. Check out both if you get a chance.
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 16:30
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Thanks! I have a couple of Deluge Grandeur albums; I'll have to check out Birds & Buildings. Appreciate the info! ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 16:44
Thank you so much, that's very sweet of you
 ! I hope you won't be disappointed. Now I need to think about some albums that would amply deserve to appear in a "Best of 21 century" list. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 16:56
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All you poor souls who haven't heard Ghost Reveries, prepare for 1 hour of non-stop uncontrollable head banging! ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 19:48
It's probably one of those rare albums that scratches the itch for both of us. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: May 26 2020 at 20:58
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I own every single one of those. I guess Wobbler but Magma KA is probably an equal -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 03:09
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Doh! Voted for IQ then realised what I'd done... Where's The Human Equation?🤔😲🙄😁 Plenty of these I don't have... |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 03:34
| The list only proves how many great recordings there are out there. I could add another 25 to the list. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 06:27
| I haven't heard them all. Of the ones I know, Woobler took my vote, but I admit it could change later. Hard to pick the best, since I might be in a different mood later on and pick another one. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 08:27
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Wobbler by a country mile. (Neal Morse's Sola Scriptura is, sadly, not an option.) ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 08:32
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How many people didn't read the poll question before voting? ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 08:36
Here's your next poll
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 08:45
I have not heard several albums out of these (seven), for various reasons, such as not knowing a few, not particularly enjoying a few other. 
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 12:40
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Phideaux, over IQ, All traps on earth... |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 16:23
------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 16:24
A LOT! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 16:25
Awesome, Sagi!  ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 16:28
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It looks like page one contributors are more on point, page two readers swoop in and out without reading properly. (I know I've been guilty of the latter.) Which albums have you NOT heard? (Multiple votes allowed.)
------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: May 27 2020 at 23:43
| Shame on me. Haven't heard half of those. This poll made me realize I still have much to learn |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: May 28 2020 at 00:56
| I have not heard most of these albums and I have seen only three of the bands: IQ, Magma and Opeth. Opeth were 'Opeless. Metal band pretending to be prog. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: May 28 2020 at 00:58
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Wobbler ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 28 2020 at 03:15
| Haven't heard 5 out of these. Opeth, POS and Hiromi. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: May 28 2020 at 06:46
| I have heard Wobbler, PT Fear Of a Blank Planet, Opeth Ghost Reveries & Magma. I have tried some Steven Wilson, Riverside, IQ & Tool and result has been I am not really into new prog (really love Magma and like that Opeth album, Wobbler is not bad too). |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: May 28 2020 at 11:05
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The only ones that I can't recall specifically listening to are Nil, DAAL and Riverside - Out of Myself. I can't guarantee that I didn't listen and just don't remember them. 12 of them reside in my collection. I will listen to Nil and DAAL to know for sure, but I have listened to enough Riverside and probably won't listen to that one.
...aaaaaaand now I'm buying the Nil album. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 29 2020 at 00:47
Great album! |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 29 2020 at 00:52
Ditto.
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 29 2020 at 06:25
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Thank you for this poll I had never heard of All Traps On Earth Now I have.... basically another Anglagard album which is a good thing! ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: June 01 2020 at 10:13
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From the list I'm most familiar with Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Opeth, Riverside, Magma, Tool, Anglagard and Wobbler. I know some of the other names, and have sampled a good number of them. Always open to hearing more things I don't know. ------------- The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough. --Robyn Hitchcock |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: June 01 2020 at 15:32
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I heard all of them except: Birds and Buildings and Magma, and i hate the operatic voices in the Magma Albums I cant finish the album of All Traps on Earth, hate with passion her vocals
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