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Topic: 2018 Studio Album Releases

Posted By: Logan
Subject: 2018 Studio Album Releases
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 12:59

This poll again comes in three sections plus an other:

The first eight are taken from the unfiltered, except by year, Prog Archives Top Album Chart. The second eight is taken from the Collab Album of the Year for 2018 topic, but if an album of that was already listed, then I omit it from that section. The third eight is from my top 20 list at Awesome Prog for 2018. "Other" as a voting option is intended to use if none of the listed options have much appeal. That said, I would ask people to mention their favourites on and off the list. If your favourite on the list is Far Corner's Risk, but your actual favourite is Galahad's Sea of Change, then I suggest voting for and mentioning Risk in a post while mentioning Galahad's Sea of Change being your actual favourite.

Sharing is caring and detailed posts are welcome (that can help with conversation). Mention as many of your favourites as you like, both and off the list. And feel free to mention what you don't like that is listed too.

https://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?ssubgenres=&salbumtypes=1&syears=2018&scountries=&sminratings=0&smaxratings=0&sminavgratings=0&smaxresults=100&x=77&y=9#list" rel="nofollow - PA's Top Prog Albums Chart

1. All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light (Symphonic Prog)
2. Hypno5e - Alba - Les ombres errantes (Exp./Post Metal)
3. Dewa Budjana - Mahandini (Jazz-Rock/ Fusion)
4. Keor - Petrichor (Eclectic Prog)
5. Daal - Decalogue of Darkness (Eclectic Prog)
6. Roz Vitalis - The Hidden Man (RIO/Avant Prog)
7. Hackberry - Hackberry (Heavy Prog)
8. Koenji Hyakkei - Dhorimviskha (Zeuhl)

https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=118517" rel="nofollow - Collaborators Top Albums of 2018

All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light (Collab album of the year removed from second poll section to avoid duplication)
1. Far Corner - Risk (RIO/Avant Prog)
2. Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic (Crossover Prog)
3. Piniol - Bran Coucou (RIO/Avant Prog)
Koenji Hyakkei Dhorimviskha (actual fifth place collab album removed as listed earlier)
4. The Tangent - Proxy (Eclectic Prog)
5. Elephant9 - Greatest Show on Earth (Jazz Rock/Fusion)
6. Phideaux - Infernal (Crossover Prog)
7. Cheer Accident - Fades (RIO/Avant-Prog)
8. Haken - Vector (Heavy Prog)

https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/ap/aoty-2018/vote" rel="nofollow - Eight of my top nine, Prog or not, at Awesome Prog for 2018.

Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic (my number one removed from my poll section as it is number 2 in the collab list)
1. Julia Holter - Aviary (not in PA, experimental art/progressive pop)
2. Mid-Air Thief - 무너지기 [Crumbling] (not in PA, Neo-Psychedelia, Folktronica)
3. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (not in PA, Noise Rock, Industrial Rock)
4. Kosmischer Läufer - Volume Four (Krautrock in PA)
5. Cages - Inside a Ringing Chord (not in PA, Neoclassical Darkwave, Post-Industrial)
6. Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples (Psych/Space in PA)
7. Beach House - 7 (Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia)
8. The Necks - Body (not in PA, Post-Rock, Avant-Garde Jazz)

These are time-consuming to make and I would not expect them to be of much interest to many people here, especially as a third of this is devoted to my favourites most of which are not even included in PA. I would like to get to 2016 at least before taking a long break because that is a favourite year of mine, but then so is 1996...

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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 13:43

One for Hackberry.

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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 13:49

Cracking year for music!

Far Corner > Koenjihyakkei, Anna von Hausswolff, Piniol, The Necks

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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 13:58

Out of these it would be Haken - Vector. Haven't heard many of the other releases here - during the mid 2010s I did not have the same lust for exploring new releases that I have now. I mostly stuck to my favorite artists of the 2000s, like Haken and BtBaM (who also released the excellent Automata albums in 2018).

My favorite release from 2018 is Ghost - Prequelle. Cool

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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 15:10

Far Corner – Risk

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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 16:03

Anna von Hausswolff, my third favourite after Oaksenham's Upon All the Living and the Dead and Dean Watson's Track of Days.

Other excellent albums by Daal, Koenji Hyakkei and The Tangent. Great year.

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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 16:05

2018 was a great year. Voted for All Traps on Earth. Far Corner and Koenjihyakkei are my 2nd and 3rd picks. One last sandwich before the Earth turns into a 1975 Cadillac Eldorado convertible.

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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 16:17

All Traps on earth ... definitely ! A gem!

Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 16:44

I don't know that many of these albums, I like a few, but none of these is really high on my list. There would be, for example, Sonar & David Torn - Vortex, Stephan Thelen (which PA has as 2019 but bandcamp says it's Dec 2018), Soft Machine - Hidden Details, Barbara Morgenstern - Unschuld und Verwuestung.

Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 17:16

1. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=60628#tag=%20%7bap:45998%7d" rel="nofollow - All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light [ https://alltrapsonearth.bandcamp.com/album/a-drop-of-light" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0JkgzcirujvUCqmUIVwjPk" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 2. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=58007#tag=%20%7bap:45761%7d" rel="nofollow - The Tangent - Proxy [ https://open.spotify.com/album/6i32P2f9opwjt7fo4hTbRg" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 3. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57859#tag=%20%7bap:45694%7d" rel="nofollow - Haken - Vector [ https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/vector-deluxe-edition" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1PhYHO7Pva9e1YQY5GQ8zx" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 4. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59427#tag=%20%7bap:45875%7d" rel="nofollow - Far Corner - RisK [ https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/risk" rel="nofollow - BC ] 5. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56645#tag=%20%7bap:45386%7d" rel="nofollow - ΦEarth - Solitude [ https://open.spotify.com/album/5SV1GQJFA4pU6qdJ0JK4aU" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 6. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56655#tag=%20%7bap:45420%7d" rel="nofollow - Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth 7. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57509#tag=%20%7bap:45793%7d" rel="nofollow - Pineapple Thief - Dissolution [ https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/dissolution" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/5mKAoSFsmgLBjBZofrqkd3" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 8. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57359#tag=%20%7bap:45714%7d" rel="nofollow - Phideaux - Infernal [ https://phideaux.bandcamp.com/album/infernal" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/4fA7rQ0oTMvl2o6BgEt9s2" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 9. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57861#tag=%20%7bap:45775%7d" rel="nofollow - Gryphon - ReInvention [ https://gryphontrax.bandcamp.com/album/reinvention" rel="nofollow - BC ] 10. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57526#tag=%20%7bap:45715%7d" rel="nofollow - Southern Empire - Civilisation [ https://southernempire-gep.bandcamp.com/album/civilisation" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0pAL8vc6E8NpJo6ACQeRa1" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 11. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59085#tag=%20%7bap:46051%7d" rel="nofollow - Roine Stolt - The Flower King: Manifesto Of An Alchemist [ https://grimmdistribution.bandcamp.com/album/046gd-roine-stolts-the-flower-king-manifesto-of-an-alchemist-re-release-2019" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/7GJT2B5bzs4ScGjlotXDuj" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 12. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56116#tag=%20%7bap:45449%7d" rel="nofollow - Kayak - Seventeen https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa/aoty-2018/vote#tag=%7bap-meta:topic-aoty-2018::user-10218:mode-ranked:ts-1738887356706%7d" rel="nofollow - Counting Info

Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 18:15

Your list, Greg, reminds me of what a great year 2018 was! While A Drop of Light stands head and shoulders above everything else from that year--even KoenjiHyakkei's crazy wizardry--my favorite album from this year is UNAKA PRONG's Salinty Now!

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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 20:38

Honestly out of these, I like the Beach House record.

Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 23:58

This was a great year, and lots of amazing albums here.
I went with Dewa Budjana, but honestly I'm more into the Red Hot Chili Pepper guy on here, as well as bassist Mohini Dey, than Budjana's guitar. Love this record.

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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 00:05

All Traps followed by Far Corner and Haken here.

Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 01:17

All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light Smile

Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 06:04

All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light. Then Haken.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 08:05

Thanks for the responses.

Here is my AP top 20:

1. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45921#tag=%20%7bap:45921%7d" rel="nofollow - Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
    Somber Atmospheric Nordic Non-Prog Drone Pop/Independent
2. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/70672#tag=%20%7bap:70672%7d" rel="nofollow - Julia Holter - Aviary
    Ethereal Lush Exp Prog Art Pop/Jazz
3. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77366#tag=%20%7bap:77366%7d" rel="nofollow - Mid-Air Thief - 무너지기 (Crumbling)
    Warm Melodic Neo Prog Folk Electronic/Psychedelia
4. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/68143#tag=%20%7bap:68143%7d" rel="nofollow - Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
    Anxious Noisy Exp Non-Prog Post Hardcore/Punk
5. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/48434#tag=%20%7bap:48434%7d" rel="nofollow - Kosmischer Läufer - Volume Four
    Psych Prog Krautrock/Rock
6. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77368#tag=%20%7bap:77368%7d" rel="nofollow - Cages - Inside a Ringing Chord
    Ominous Nocturnal Exp Prog-Adj Post Industrial/Blues
7. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/46204#tag=%20%7bap:46204%7d" rel="nofollow - Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
    Warm Psych Japanese Non-Prog Folk Raga/Krautrock
8. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/67842#tag=%20%7bap:67842%7d" rel="nofollow - Beach House - 7
    Dreamy Lush Neo Non-Prog Alt Pop/Shoegaze
9. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77374#tag=%20%7bap:77374%7d" rel="nofollow - The Necks - Body
    Hypnotic Minimalistic Exp Prog Post Electronic/Krautrock
10. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77375#tag=%20%7bap:77375%7d" rel="nofollow - Cosmo Sheldrake - The Much Much How How and I
11. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77370#tag=%20%7bap:77370%7d" rel="nofollow - Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses
    Melancholic Melodic Exp Prog Post Singer Songwriter/Shoegaze
12. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77263#tag=%20%7bap:77263%7d" rel="nofollow - Uboa - The Sky May Be
13. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77215#tag=%20%7bap:77215%7d" rel="nofollow - Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon voyage
    Warm Eclectic Neo Prog Alt Psychedelia/Pop
14. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/56187#tag=%20%7bap:56187%7d" rel="nofollow - KoenjiHyakkei - Dhorimviskha
    Energetic Tech Non-Prog Zeuhl/Fusion
15. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45875#tag=%20%7bap:45875%7d" rel="nofollow - Far Corner - RisK
    Ominous Complex Exp Prog Avant RIO/Jazz
16. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77369#tag=%20%7bap:77369%7d" rel="nofollow - Qujaku - Qujaku
    Ominous Noisy Exp Japanese Prog Post Krautrock/Doom
17. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/70662#tag=%20%7bap:70662%7d" rel="nofollow - MGMT - Little Dark Age
    Playful Melodic Neo Non-Prog Electronic/Rock
18. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/67123#tag=%20%7bap:67123%7d" rel="nofollow - Thee Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
    Warm Psych Prog Space Krautrock
19. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77373#tag=%20%7bap:77373%7d" rel="nofollow - John Zorn - The Book Beri'ah
20. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/55703#tag=%20%7bap:55703%7d" rel="nofollow - PinioL - Bran Coucou
    Brutal Rhythmic Prog Avant Zeuhl/RIO

Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 08:17

^ Dead Magic is something! But as I said there are so many incredible records here. I should have mentioned Vortex by SONAR because that album opened up a whole new world to me with the Stephan Thelen and related bands. That whole style with all these new heroes. This album seemed to kick start what would follow. And give David Torn much credit for being a big part of that. I wouldn't be surprised if the latest FRACTAL SEXTET is my album of the year for 2024.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 09:42

^ So much great music and so much for me to discover and re-discover still from this year and many other years. I need more time and spins with Fractal Sextet and related, but I really like the music.

King of Loss wrote:

Honestly out of these, I like the Beach House record.

Well I of course approve. I love Beach House. It's one of my favourite bands that I got into over the past two years (was youtube recommended after I had been listening to some Weyes Blood and/or St. Vincent). My favourite Beach House albums are Bloom (2012) and Once Twice Melody (2022), but I like all of the 2010 up albums, including the EP Become from 2023.

Posted By: rik wilson
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 09:51

O.K. "All Traps on Earth" is a classic musically and vocally. Incredible work of art.

Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 13:58

Hmm, this top 20 is definitely starting to feel a lot patchier and random; this is kind of before I really started paying active attention to music being currently released as opposed to looking solely to previous decades for my prog fix, so there's undoubtedly a lot I've missed out on. Nevertheless, here is a list (Dhorimviskha got my vote in the poll):

1. The Nels Cline 4 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfJndz0utgOOxndStxX699wvyhY2jLSbB" rel="nofollow - Currents, Constellations
2. John Coltrane - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9tY0BWXOZFt16Ghr7QhiY_NLhCMwn0y2" rel="nofollow - Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album
3. Koenjihyakkei - http://koenjihyakkei.bandcamp.com/album/dhorimviskha" rel="nofollow - Dhorimviskha
4. Dani Lee Pearce - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n7dNf4tS8QTLaxa1et7L6t3KUWxCerGdU" rel="nofollow - Feed The Demon Love
5. Jacob Collier - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nhzGQeVePsahNKbIK1U6qLRYkSvHwDTtw" rel="nofollow - Djesse, Vol. 1
6. Nicotina Es Primavera - http://buhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/perder-planetas" rel="nofollow - Perder Planetas
7. Animal Collective - http://anmlcollectve.bandcamp.com/album/tangerine-reef" rel="nofollow - Tangerine Reef
8. Orthodox - http://orthodoxband.bandcamp.com/album/r-as" rel="nofollow - Kréas
9. Mats/Morgan - http://morganagren.bandcamp.com/album/mats-morgan-live-with-norrlandsoperan-symphony-orch-40th" rel="nofollow - Live With Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
10. Homunculus Res - http://homunculusres.bandcamp.com/album/della-stessa-sostanza-dei-sogni" rel="nofollow - Della Stessa Sostanza Dei Sogni
11. Palm - http://palmnewyork.bandcamp.com/album/rock-island" rel="nofollow - Rock Island
12. Reuben Gingrich - http://reubengingrich.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-flash" rel="nofollow - Gravity Flash
13. Owane - http://owane.bandcamp.com/album/yeah-whatever" rel="nofollow - Yeah Whatever
14. Patrick Grant - http://tiltedaxes.bandcamp.com/album/fields-amaze-and-other-strange-music" rel="nofollow - Fields Amaze And Other Strange Music
15. Ryan Carraher - http://ryancarraher.bandcamp.com/album/obscure-sorrows" rel="nofollow - Obscure Sorrows
16. Bryncom - Suburban Leisure Hyper Capitalism
17. Sherpa The Tiger - http://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/great-vowel-shift" rel="nofollow - Great Vowel Shift
18. Hakushi Hasegawa - http://hakushihasegawa.bandcamp.com/album/somoku-hodo" rel="nofollow - Somoku Hodo
19. Kamasi Washington - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpup7fMtRdqAkAQfcBWBOay93TlIzKNP4" rel="nofollow - Heaven And Earth
20. Zevious - http://zevious.bandcamp.com/album/lowlands" rel="nofollow - Lowlands

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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 14:05

^ Nice, much less "mainstream" than my list. Have you considered compiling the list at AP? :-)

1		Ghost https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45643" rel="nofollow - - Prequelle Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45643" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOmPLS6P4i8" rel="nofollow - https://ghost.bandcamp.com/album/prequelle" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/1KMfjy6MmPorahRjxhTnxm" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ghost/prequelle/" rel="nofollow -
2		The Night Flight Orchestra https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45653" rel="nofollow - - Sometimes the World Ain't Enough Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45653" rel="nofollow - https://thenightflightorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/sometimes-the-world-aint-enough" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/3WoO6Sr9HZH6PeDdKoTPiy" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-night-flight-orchestra/sometimes-the-world-aint-enough/" rel="nofollow -
3		Haken https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57859" rel="nofollow - - Vector Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45694" rel="nofollow - https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/vector-deluxe-edition" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/1PhYHO7Pva9e1YQY5GQ8zx" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/haken/vector/" rel="nofollow -
4		Between The Buried And Me https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57397" rel="nofollow - - Automata II Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45724" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/0IwxzTQlZdpwENSg05bcVN" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/between-the-buried-and-me/automata-ii/" rel="nofollow -
5		All Traps On Earth https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=60628" rel="nofollow - - A Drop Of Light Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45998" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk8zm_5-Bs4" rel="nofollow - https://alltrapsonearth.bandcamp.com/album/a-drop-of-light" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/0JkgzcirujvUCqmUIVwjPk" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/all-traps-on-earth/a-drop-of-light/" rel="nofollow -
6		Voïvod https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57760" rel="nofollow - - The Wake Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45773" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/097DmmcskEDBUEgFJaIbvG" rel="nofollow -
7		Steven Wilson https://awesomeprog.com/releases/46030" rel="nofollow - - Home Invasion: In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall Live Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/46030" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/6pOqXZvUYdDkobapwQVEDE" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/steven-wilson/home-invasion-in-concert-at-the-royal-albert-hall/" rel="nofollow -
8		Warrel Dane https://awesomeprog.com/releases/53384" rel="nofollow - - Shadow Work Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/53384" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_ZdiY5MiE" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/1LV35TFfqfqHrw5VciTG2B" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/warrel-dane/shadow-work/" rel="nofollow -
9		Pineapple Thief https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57509" rel="nofollow - - Dissolution Links: https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45793" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWSkoUL6R4Y" rel="nofollow - https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/dissolution" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/5mKAoSFsmgLBjBZofrqkd3" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-pineapple-thief/dissolution/" rel="nofollow -

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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 14:10

The Tangent - Proxy

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 15:35

^^ I like seeing Mira's lists at AwesomeProg.

Because the question resulted in me looking at the top overall album right now for quite a few years in the Awesome Prog AOTY polls... Of course various years have very few participants this far...

This is the top album overall per year at AwesomeProg in its best of polls based on the various users data. I stopped at 2008 which is only how far I got so far with my lists.

2024: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - of the Last Human Being (180 points)
2023: Agusa - Prima Materia (284 points)
2022: black midi - Hellfire (59 points)
2021: black midi - Cavalcade (41 points)
2020: Aksak Maboul - Figures (31 points)
2019: IQ - Resistance (31 points)
2018: KoenjiHyakkei - Dhorimviskha (24 points)
2017: King Gizzard... - Polygondwanaland AND L'Rain - L'Rain (tie, 28 points each)
2016: David Bowie - Blackstar (57 points)
2015: Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. (38 points)
2014: Hiromi Uehara - Alive (38 points)
2013: Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (40 points)
2012: Big Big Train - English Electric Part One (30 points)
2011: Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow AND Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning (tie, 35 points each)
2010: Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here (39 points)
2009: IQ - Frequency (37 points)
2008: Portishead - Third AND It Bites - The Tall Ships AND Ayreon - 01011001 (tied, 20 points each)

So happy to see Portishead doing as well as it did for 2008 (tied for number one).

Those 20 points are from my having it in number one. And yes, I am a Portishead fanboy.

Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 16:42

Phideaux's my winner this year, even though it didn't quite live up to the hype of its predecessor / the years of waiting, it was still a very strong entry. I hope they release more music, hadn't realized it had been so long already.

All Traps on Earth, definitely a strong contender for next best from this list.

Looking at the albums from that year, I listened to a LOT of music but few stand out in my memory anymore - I think it was probably this overconsumption of music that lead to me falling back to classical music the year after. I was just getting used to being able to stream anything that caught my eye. Most of the stuff in my library released in 2018 that I have a strong impression of, I listened to for the first time in the last couple of years, when I've started giving more time to music before moving on from it.

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 12 2025 at 16:54

TheGazzardian wrote:

... Most of the stuff in my library released in 2018 that I have a strong impression of, I listened to for the first time in the last couple of years, when I've started giving more time to music before moving on from it.

It's a similar case with me.

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 13 2025 at 00:47

Favourite Prog Albums of 2018

2018: All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lNYdZV5QxYRug1cGkwWa53WTB1Lqc9G5Y" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lNYdZV5QxYRug1cGkwWa53WTB1Lqc9G5Y

2018: Arena - Double Vision - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nj51TVrBj3Ubol5R5-FG950gaVskWySIg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nj51TVrBj3Ubol5R5-FG950gaVskWySIg

2018: Tim Blake - Noggi Tar - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4apBVTAH27TDR5lFpjoCRku2RcJD3m98" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4apBVTAH27TDR5lFpjoCRku2RcJD3m98

2018: David Cross - Crossing the Tracks - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lrzcdEJGEw1lXhqjJWBRgEiHQZk0-jtus" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lrzcdEJGEw1lXhqjJWBRgEiHQZk0-jtus

2018: Judy Dyble - Earth is Sleeping - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k9rdDtyA3bUauPLomNfLCuwAS3wwXB_Lg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k9rdDtyA3bUauPLomNfLCuwAS3wwXB_Lg

2018: Galahad - Seas of Change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRPsgusgtBk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRPsgusgtBk

2018: Peter Gee - The Bible - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nupbgkClrZr6O911of-tYQp2SKgb7V0zk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nupbgkClrZr6O911of-tYQp2SKgb7V0zk

2018: Glass Hammer - Chronomonaut - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1c8TN3HAQml125xmJm3sjRuc1ktlUYel" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1c8TN3HAQml125xmJm3sjRuc1ktlUYel

2018: Gryphon - Reinvention - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlydIQu-Cyk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlydIQu-Cyk

2018: Joanne Hogg - Road from Ruin - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kIz_oY_Le8el943za0SAbkU-IFxkduDtk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kIz_oY_Le8el943za0SAbkU-IFxkduDtk

2018: John Holden - Capture Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1USQK-jse_XJ0QtYpKCBODKISFl4xSIU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1USQK-jse_XJ0QtYpKCBODKISFl4xSIU

2018: Kayak - Seventeen - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_npNXs9YjUONOHlMsbY5SJkl5B4zQYPAY4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_npNXs9YjUONOHlMsbY5SJkl5B4zQYPAY4

2018: Sharron Kraus - Joy's Reflection is Sorrow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lJjrxbBqNig3EssaVTVw2SjfCoaoPUCms" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lJjrxbBqNig3EssaVTVw2SjfCoaoPUCms

2018: Lunatic Soul - Under the Fragmented Sky - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8kSDEj_5cCjqcjUgindPvHncXgy4rmkY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8kSDEj_5cCjqcjUgindPvHncXgy4rmkY

2018: Mostly Autumn - White Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYS1FQj-rj1KtgixMRIh_c2" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYS1FQj-rj1KtgixMRIh_c2

2018: Mystery - Lies and Butterflies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4BsFVVPP14" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4BsFVVPP14

2018: Sally Oldfield - The Enchanted Way - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mwVsk1qxKpNTuunmcTcB-Iq6X2-1RUN3I" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mwVsk1qxKpNTuunmcTcB-Iq6X2-1RUN3I

2018: Overworld Dreams - Voyage - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmxgGzYFVtYiU0C9SMyaS085RAg9FJdEI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmxgGzYFVtYiU0C9SMyaS085RAg9FJdEI

2018: Phideaux - Infernal - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lnIPrLfxqb77Rqx7VvOJ3DYd11WPbVZt8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lnIPrLfxqb77Rqx7VvOJ3DYd11WPbVZt8

2018: Robert Reed - Sanctuary III - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEU0aQMFjo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEU0aQMFjo

2018: Talitha Rise - An Abandoned Orchid House - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLglikDVPehq5Nf4DTcwk-W352YLhA9EJv" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLglikDVPehq5Nf4DTcwk-W352YLhA9EJv

2018: Riverside - Wasteland - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5XrgzEbz2mc3OFwJ0ys5TxBDLJ00Ryvg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5XrgzEbz2mc3OFwJ0ys5TxBDLJ00Ryvg

2018: The Sea Within - The Sea Within - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgUIPR4y2svJt7A9ypNSSuCNXHBR51soE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgUIPR4y2svJt7A9ypNSSuCNXHBR51soE

2018: Subsignal - La Muerta - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lVhsXyTJjeWm9TGitr4QFjpAKh8Sqvn2g" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lVhsXyTJjeWm9TGitr4QFjpAKh8Sqvn2g

2018: The Tangent - Proxy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaNQ3bRVJCJjfuwxzkICD1o" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaNQ3bRVJCJjfuwxzkICD1o

2018: Michael Alan Taylor - Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs

2018: Nik Turner & Youth - Pharaohs from Outer Space - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgDyHrbPuw3H67x80BVJ7tLVYyxMd9Wqo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgDyHrbPuw3H67x80BVJ7tLVYyxMd9Wqo

2018: Rick Wakeman - Piano Odyssey - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsIUV5zhgusxuB2uEXgY7Q" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsIUV5zhgusxuB2uEXgY7Q _

2018: Darryl Way - Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Rock - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLF6lnVBPZCPoxrhgi1386r" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLF6lnVBPZCPoxrhgi1386r

2018: David Younger - Here & Now - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l18bHXV8Uj5pf06PdiporJAhAFWM7svO4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l18bHXV8Uj5pf06PdiporJAhAFWM7svO4

Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: February 13 2025 at 01:29

All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light Smile

Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: February 13 2025 at 01:47

Mostly Autumn: White Rainbow

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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 13 2025 at 01:55

Jared wrote:

Mostly Autumn: White Rainbow

I somehow managed to miss White Rainbow off my list, believing it was a 2019 release. Embarrassed

Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 04:58

A tough vote in a top-heavy and deep year goes to far Corner. A deep prog year. I made a top 20 with only one non-PA artist.

1. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59427#tag=%20%7bap:45875%7d" rel="nofollow - Far Corner - RisK
2. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56945#tag=%20%7bap:45921%7d" rel="nofollow - Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
3. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/75644#tag=%20%7bap:75644%7d" rel="nofollow - Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp - Sauvage Formes [AP]
4. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56650#tag=%20%7bap:45794%7d" rel="nofollow - Sonar - Vortex
5. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59111#tag=%20%7bap:54391%7d" rel="nofollow - Ovrfwrd - Blurring The Lines ...A Democracy Manifest
6. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56837#tag=%20%7bap:46044%7d" rel="nofollow - Mother Turtle - Zea Mice
7. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56364#tag=%20%7bap:45266%7d" rel="nofollow - Galahad - Seas of Change
8. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=60628#tag=%20%7bap:45998%7d" rel="nofollow - All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light
9. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56933#tag=%20%7bap:45651%7d" rel="nofollow - The Fierce & The Dead - The Euphoric
10. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59082#tag=%20%7bap:45900%7d" rel="nofollow - Daal - Decalogue of Darkness
11. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56833#tag=%20%7bap:45948%7d" rel="nofollow - Roz Vitalis - The Hidden Man of the Heart
12. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57902#tag=%20%7bap:45580%7d" rel="nofollow - Karmic Juggernaut - The Dreams That Stuff Are Made Of
13. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57298#tag=%20%7bap:55703%7d" rel="nofollow - PinioL - Bran Coucou
14. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57311#tag=%20%7bap:45623%7d" rel="nofollow - Jack O' The Clock - Repetitions of the Old City II
15. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56222#tag=%20%7bap:45301%7d" rel="nofollow - Perfect Beings - Vier
16. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57509#tag=%20%7bap:45793%7d" rel="nofollow - Pineapple Thief - Dissolution
17. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57546#tag=%20%7bap:56180%7d" rel="nofollow - Ángel Ontalva - Ángel Ontalva & Vespero: Carta Marina
18. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59095#tag=%20%7bap:45961%7d" rel="nofollow - Vespero - Hollow Moon
19. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59081#tag=%20%7bap:45899%7d" rel="nofollow - Daal - Navels Falling Into A Living Origami
20. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57001#tag=%20%7bap:45587%7d" rel="nofollow - Lunatic Soul - Under The Fragmented Sky

Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 23 2025 at 19:12

1. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59427#tag=%20%7bap:45875%7d" rel="nofollow - Far Corner - RisK [ https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/risk" rel="nofollow - BC ]
2. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69488#tag=%20%7bap:61544%7d" rel="nofollow - Weiss, Dan - Starebaby
3. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/78119#tag=%20%7bap:78119%7d" rel="nofollow - Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin - Awase [AP] [ https://nikbaertsch.bandcamp.com/album/awase" rel="nofollow - BC ]
4. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=60640#tag=%20%7bap:58567%7d" rel="nofollow - Alec K. Redfearn And The Eyesores - The Opposite
5. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57298#tag=%20%7bap:55703%7d" rel="nofollow - PinioL - Bran Coucou [ https://piniol.bandcamp.com/album/bran-coucou" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/5OndXyNtN9anJMeyjG3xRp" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
6. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/78120#tag=%20%7bap:78120%7d" rel="nofollow - Théo Ceccaldi FREAKS - Amanda Dakota [AP]
7. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57363#tag=%20%7bap:56187%7d" rel="nofollow - KoenjiHyakkei - Dhorimviskha [ https://koenjihyakkei.bandcamp.com/album/dhorimviskha" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/2EVDMqKBJxN0Gyvkegpp3h" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
8. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57780#tag=%20%7bap:46194%7d" rel="nofollow - Zevious - Lowlands
9. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57311#tag=%20%7bap:45623%7d" rel="nofollow - Jack O' The Clock - Repetitions of the Old City II [ https://jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/album/repetitions-of-the-old-city-ii" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/65Ix13LfjVmOdRx0gcMtGC" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
10. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=59073#tag=%20%7bap:48151%7d" rel="nofollow - Vak - Budo
11. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=60519#tag=%20%7bap:46218%7d" rel="nofollow - Uz Jsme Doma - Kry
12. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57375#tag=%20%7bap:78122%7d" rel="nofollow - Mary Halvorson - Code Girl [ https://maryhalvorson.bandcamp.com/album/code-girl" rel="nofollow - BC ]
13. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70427#tag=%20%7bap:61487%7d" rel="nofollow - In Love With - Coitus Interruptus
14. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77374#tag=%20%7bap:77374%7d" rel="nofollow - The Necks - Body [AP Prog] [ https://thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/body" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/5OqIRe7Te38vDQTdvDjicG" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
15. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/75644#tag=%20%7bap:75644%7d" rel="nofollow - Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp - Sauvage Formes [AP] [ https://orchestretoutpuissantmarcelduchamp.bandcamp.com/album/sauvage-formes" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/6ZSXktFnYrBymvwpgJA1Q1" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
16. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=81440#tag=%20%7bap:64110%7d" rel="nofollow - Quartet Diminished - Station Two [ https://quartetdiminished.bandcamp.com/album/station-two" rel="nofollow - BC ]
17. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/78121#tag=%20%7bap:78121%7d" rel="nofollow - Ill Considered - LIVE IN CAMDEN TOWN [AP] [ https://illconsidered.bandcamp.com/album/ill-considered-live-in-camden-town" rel="nofollow - BC ]
18. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56650#tag=%20%7bap:45794%7d" rel="nofollow - Sonar - Vortex [ https://sonar-band.bandcamp.com/album/vortex" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/5a92dzbabd0DE1Y1VEx15m" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
19. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=60628#tag=%20%7bap:45998%7d" rel="nofollow - All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light [ https://alltrapsonearth.bandcamp.com/album/a-drop-of-light" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0JkgzcirujvUCqmUIVwjPk" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
20. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57322#tag=%20%7bap:45758%7d" rel="nofollow - Cheer Accident - Fades

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