Collaborators' Top Albums of 2018

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   Welcome to the 2018 Prog Archives Collaborators Album of the Year

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Galahad
- Sea Of Change
Neo-Prog

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Io
Earth - Solitude
Crossover Prog

#48

3rdegree
- Ones And Zeroes, Vol. 0
Crossover Prog

#45-t

The
Windmill - Tribus
Heavy Prog

#45-t

Gleb
Kolyadin - Gleb Kolyadin 
Crossover Prog

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Palm
Rock - Island 
Post Rock/Math rock

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Mystery
- Lies And Butterflies 
Neo-Prog

#41-t

Portal
- Ion 
Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

#41-t

Lady With - The Lodge 
Psychedelic/Space Rock

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Methexis - Topos
Crossover Prog

#39-t

Daal
- Navels Falling Into A Living Origami 
Eclectic  Prog

#39-t

Sammal
Suuliekki
Psychedelic/Space Rock

#38

Yuka
And Chronoship - Ship
Neo-Prog

#35-t

Perfect
Beings Vier
Crossover Prog

#35-t

Sigh
Heir To Despair
Experimental/Post Metal

#35-t

Homunculus
Res - Della Stessa Sostanza Dei Sogni
Rock Progressivo Italiano

#34

Southern
Empire - Civilisation
Crossover Prog

#33

Zevious
- Lowlands
RIO/Avant-Prog

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Bubu
El Eco Del Sol
Eclectic Prog

#31-t

Sonar:
With David Torn - Vortex
RIO/Avant-Prog

#29-t

King
Crimson - Meltdown: Live In Mexico City 
Eclectic Prog

#29-t

Gryphon
- Reinvention 
Prog Folk

#28

Ring
Van Möbius - Past The Evening Sun 
Symphonic Prog

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Alec
K. Redfearn And The Eyesores - The Opposite 
RIO/Avant-Prog

#26-t

Alco
Frisbass - Le Bateleur 
Eclectic Prog

#24-t

Soft
Machine - Hidden Details 
Canterbury Scene

#24-t

The
Pineapple Thief - Dissolution 
Crossover Prog

#23

Jack O' the Clock - Repetitions Of The Old City II 
Prog Folk

#22

Monobody
- Raytracing 
Jazz/Rock Fusion

#21

Rivendel
Sisyfos 
Neo-Prog

#20

La
Coscienza Di Zeno - Una Vita Migliore 
Rock Progressivo Italiano

#19

Aquaserge
- Déjà-vous? 
Psychedelic/Space Rock

#18

Voivod
- The Wake 
Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

#17

Glass
- Hammer Chronomonaut
Symphonic Prog 

#16

Vak
- Budo 
Zeuhl

#15

Daal
- Decalogue Of Darkness 
Eclectic Prog

#14

Malady
- Toinen Toista 
Psychedelic/Space Rock

#13

Gösta
Berlings Saga - Et Ex 
Eclectic Prog

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Riverside
Wasteland 
Progressive Metal

#11-t

Dead
Can Dance - Dionysus 
Prog Folk

#10
Haken - Vector

Heavy Prog
Breaking into the top-10 with their 5th
full-length album, Vector,  UK's Haken
continues to solidify their place in the world of Progressive Metal. 2018's
offering shows once again their knack for compositional complexity and
dynamic contrast.

#9
Cheer-Accident - Fades

RIO/Avant-Prog 
After just missing a spot in the top-10 in
2017 with Putting Off Death, Chicago's Cheer-Accident storms
into the 2018 list at #9 with Fades. Thymme Jones and company show no
signs of letting up as they approach their 5th decade. 

#8
Phideaux Infernal

Crossover Prog
Phideaux Xavier is considered by many
a pillar of 21st century US
progressive rock. After producing LP's at a rate of nearly one per year in
the 2000's, the teens have been less proliferative, with 2018's
Infernal only the 2nd of the decade. Fans will find it well worth the
wait as it is the long-awaited 3rd part of the trilogy started with The
Great Leap and Doomsday Afternoon. 

#7 
Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth

Jazz Rock/Fusion
Oslo
based trio Elephant9 carry the jazz rock flag into the top-10 with their
5th studio album Greatest Show On Earth. A delicious retro stew
ensues, punctuated by the growling keyboard stylings of Ståle Storlökken

#6
The Tangent - Proxy

Eclectic Prog 
After The Slow Rust of Forgotten
Machinery was well received for the the number 16 spot in 2017, Andy
Tillison's outfit comes right back and moves up 10 spots with Proxy.   

#5
Koenji Hyakkei - Dhorimviskha

Zeuhl
Arguably the Godfather of Japanese Zeuhl, drummer
Yoshida Tatsuya is the driving force behind Koenji Hyakkei. The band's
5th album, Dhorimviskha arrives after a 13 year break from their last
studio release and makes it into this year's top-5. 

#4
PiNioL - Bran Coucou

RIO/Avant-Prog
The unholy union of two Lyon, France
based bands; mathy experimental rockers ni and bombastic
eclect-o-philic power-trio Poil, this congealed hybrid disproves the
stereotype that RIO/Avant has no groove. A solid #4 debut for this heavy
hitter. 

#3
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic

Crossover Prog
If ever the proverbial book could be judged
by its cover, it would be Dead Magic. The Gothic ambience issued forth
from Sweden's
Anna von Hausswolff's 4th album is as riveting as it is chilling. A
very frosty bronze medal. 

The 2017 Prog Archives
Collaborator's Runner-Up
Far Corner - Risk

RIO/Avant-Prog
While Far Corner has its roots in Wisconsin, well known
for its dairies, you will find no cheese here. Eleven years removed from
their previous album, Endangered, 2018's Risk is approached by
the band with what appears on the surface to be a far more globally
accessible delivery. Indeed, the instrumentation is more electrified than the
chamber based predecessors, but avant-garde purists need not worry. There are
plenty of dirty little morsels scattered about to devour. This album has a
little something for everyone.

...And The 2018 Prog Archives Collaborator's
Album of the Year! 
 All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light 

Symphonic Prog
The title stays in Scandinavia
for the 2nd year in a row after last year's absolute runaway by
Wobbler. The rout was even more pronounced in 2018 as Sweden's
All Traps On Earth more than doubled the vote score of the runner-up. This
album seemed to come out of nowhere at the end of the year and grabbed the
hardened progger with authority more often than not. The bands origins are
well documented to this point, but they did not rest on the laurels of
pedigree. Compositionally complex and adventurous, the tone is much darker
than that of the bands precursor, with a breath of Zeuhl exhaled into the mix.
Its not often in modern progressive rock, or any other genre for that matter,
that a debut is delivered with this level of impact.  

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. All Traps On Earth A Drop Of Light 386.0
2. Far Corner Risk 188.0
3. Anna Von Hausswolff Dead Magic 185.0
4. Piniol Bran Coucou 151.0
5. Koenji Hyakkei Dhorimviskha 142.0
6. The Tangent Proxy 134.0
7. Elephant9 Greatest Show On Earth 117.0
8. Phideaux Infernal 105.0
9. Cheeraccident Fades 99.0
10. Haken Vector 95.0
11. Dead Can Dance Dionysus 83.0
 t-   Riverside Wasteland 83.0
13. Gösta Berlings Saga Et Ex 81.0
14. Malady Toinen Toista 80.0
15. Daal Decalogue Of Darkness 75.0
16. Vak Budo 70.0
17. Glass Hammer Chronomonaut 68.0
18. Voivod The Wake 67.0
19. Aquaserge Déjàvous? 66.0
20. La Coscienza Di Zeno Una Vita Migliore 65.0
21. Rivendel Sisyfos 61.0
22. Monobody Raytracing 60.0
23. Jack O The Clock Repetitions Of The Old City Ii 59.0
24. The Pineapple Thief Dissolution 58.0
t-    Soft Machine
Hidden Details 58.0
26. Alco Frisbass Le Bateleur 57.0
t-    Alec K. Redfearn
And The Eyesores The Opposite 57.0
28. Ring Van Mobius Past The Evening Sun 56.0
29. Gryphon Reinvention 52.0
t-   King Crimson
Meltdown: Live In Mexico City 52.0
31. Sonar With David Torn Vortex 51.0
 t-  Bubu El Eco Del Sol 51.0
33. Zevious Lowlands 50.0
34. Southern Empire Civilisation 47.0
35. Homunculus Res Della Stessa Sostanza Dei Sogni 45.0
t-  Sigh Heir To
Despair 45.0
t-  Perfect Beings
Vier 45.0
38. Yuka And Chronoship Ship 44.0
39. Sammal Suuliekki 43.0
t-  Daal Navels
Falling Into A Living Origami 43.0
41. Methexis Topos 42.0
t-  Lady With The
Lodge 42.0
t-  Portal Ion 42.0
t-  Mystery Lies And
Butterflies 42.0
45. Palm Rock Island 40.0
t-  Gleb Kolyadin Gleb
Kolyadin 40.0
t-  The Windmill
Tribus 40.0
48. 3rdegree Ones And Zeroes, Vol. 0 38.0
49. Io Earth Solitude 36.0
t-  Galahad Sea Of
Change 36.0
51. Subsignal La Muerta 35.0
t- Ángel Ontalva & Vespero Carta Marina 35.0
53. Our Solar System Origins 34.0
t- Mother Turtle Zea Mice 34.0
t- Guerilla Toss Twisted Crystal 34.0
t- Banaauhollowscene Hollowscene 34.0
57. Riversea The Tide 33.0
t- Fem Prog Band Mutazione 33.0
59. Skyharbor Sunshine Dust 32.0
t- Neal Morse Band Morsefest 2017: Testimony Of A Dream 32.0
t- Ovrfwrd Blurring The Lines 32.0
62. Fire! The Hands 31.0
t- Tusmørke Fjernsyn I Farver 31.0
64. Plini Sunhead 30.0
t- Oh Metallia 30.0
t- Regal Worm Pig Views 30.0
t- La Dottrina Degli Opposti Arrivederci Sogni 30.0
t- Trip Lava Ounds 30.0
69. Kosmischer Läufer Volume Iv 29.0
t- Oaksenham Upon All The Living And The Dead 29.0
t- Ihsahn Àmr 29.0
t- The Sea Withinthe Sea Within 29.0
73. Spocks Beard Noise Floor 28.0
74. Sisare Leaving The Land 27.0
t- Evership Ii 27.0
t- Tacita Intesa Faro 27.0
t- Roine Stolt The Flower King Manifesto Of An Alchemist
27.0
78. The Amazing In Transit 26.0
t- Current93 The Light Is Leaving Us All 26.0
t- Lunatic Soul Under The Fragmented Sky 26.0
t- Minami Deutsch ‎ With Dim Light 26.0
82. Gungfly Friendship 25.0
t- Tony Banks 5 25.0
t- Unaka Prong Salinity Now! 25.0
85. Damanek In Flight 24.0
86. Arena Double Vision 23.0
87. Atavismo Valdeinfierno 22.0
t-   3 – 3.2: The
Rules Have Changed 22.0
t-  Møster! States Of
Minds 22.0
90. Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik Hugsjá 21.0
t-  Presto Ballet The
Days Between 21.0
t-  Thumpermonkey Make
Me Young, Etc. 21.0
93. Obscura Diluvium 20.0
t-  Delta Sleep Ghost
City 20.0
t-  Astrodome Ii 20.0
t-  Krakow Minus 20.0
t- Sinistro Sangue Cássia 20.0
t- Uriah Heep Living The Dream 20.0
t-  Drudkh Їм Часто
Сниться Капіж They Often See Dreams About The Spring 20.0
t-  Oresund Space
Collective Kybalion 20.0
t- Antimatter Black Market Enlightenment 20.0
102. Dean Watson Track Of Days 19.0
t-  Pinn Dropp
Perfectly Flawed 19.0
t-  The Ocean
Phanerozoic 1: Paleozoic 19.0
t-  Ancient Veil Rings
Of Earthly… Live 19.0
t-  Tesseract Sonder
19.0
t-  Rivers Of Nihil
Where Owls Know My Name 19.0
t- Field Music Open Here 19.0
108. Frequency Drift Letters To Maro 18.0
t-  Jirm Jeremy Irons
And The Ratgang Malibus Surge Ex Monumentis 18.0
t-  Soul Doubt The
Dance Of Light And Shade 18.0
t-  Oteme Il Corpo Nel
Sogno 18.0
t-  Steve Hauschildt
Dissolvi 18.0
t-  Sbb Karlstad Plus
18.0
t-  Tonochrome A Map
In Fragments 18.0
t-  Ryorchestra Dmk
18.0
t-  Manna Mirage Rest
Of The World 18.0
t- Tangerine Dream The Sessions Iii 18.0
t-  Sequentia Legenda
Renaissance 18.0
119.  Loosense Doze
17.0
t-   The Dustman
Dilemma On Second Thought 17.0
t-   The Samurai Of
Prog Archiviarum 17.0
t-   Mile Marker Zero
The Fifth Row 17.0
t-   Art Of Illusion
Cold War Of Solipsism 17.0
t-   Seven Reizh
Lalbatros 17.0
t-  Ellesmere From Sea
And Beyond 17.0
t-  Mythic Sunship
Another Shape Of Psychedelic Music 17.0
t-  Zeal And Ardour
Stranger Fruit 17.0
t-  Horrendous Idol
17.0
129. New Horizons Inner Dislocation 16.0
t-   Yynot Yynot 16.0
t-  Tribulation Down
Below 16.0
t-  Vantomme Vegir
16.0
t-  A Forest Of Stars
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes 16.0
t-  Shalash Band
Shalash 16.0
t- Ex Canix Primi 16.0
136. Pymlico Nightscape 15.0
t-  David Byrne
American Utopia 15.0
t-  Forgas Band
Phenomena L’oreille Électrique 15.0
t-  Alevas Greed Of
White Lily 15.0
t-  Keor Petriochor
15.0
t-  Dead End Space The
Resistance 15.0
t-  Reign Of Kindo
Happy However After 15.0
t-  Sonar Live At
Moods 15.0
t-  Zwoyld Zgond 15.0
145. Sumac Love In Shadow 14.0
t-  Fred Frith Closer
To The Ground 14.0
t-   Basta! Vertigo
14.0
t-  Goad Landor 14.0
t-  The End Svårmod
Och Vemod Är Vardisinnen 14.0
t-  Alkaloid Liquid
Anatomy 14.0
t-  Kikagaku Moyo
Masana Temples 14.0
t-  Ranestrane A Space
Odyssey, Final Part Starchild 14.0
t-   Stop Motion
Orchestra Lightworks 14.0
t-   Cosmic Ground Iv
14.0
t-   Vespero Hollow
Moon 14.0
156. Mythic Sunship Upheaval 13.0
t-  Orphaned Land
Unsung Prophets And False Messiahs 13.0
t-  Jean-Michel Jarre
Equinoxe Infinity 13.0
t-  Starving Daughters
Strange Valleys 13.0
t-  Night Verses From
The Gallery Of Sleep 13.0
t-  John Zorn The Book
Beriah 13.0
t-  Albion Youll Be
Mine 13.0
t-  The Wrong Object
Zappa Jawaka 13.0
164. Hypno5e A Backward Glance On A Travel Road: Alba Les
Ombres Errantes 12.0
t-   Hail The Sun
Mental Knife 12.0
t-   Node Node Live
12.0
t-   Xavi Reija The
Sound Of The Earth 12.0
t-   Beak>
>>> 12.0
t-   Esp 22 Layers Of
Sunlight 12.0
t-   Argos
Unidentified Dying Objects 12.0
t-   Solar Project
Utopia 12.0
t-   Not A Good Sign
Icebound 12.0
t-   Jon Hassell
Listening To Pictures Pentimento Volume One 12.0
t-   Deafheaven
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love 12.0
175. Toundra Vortex 11.0
t-   Between The
Buried And Me Automata 11.0
t-  Fish A Parley With
Angels 11.0
t-   Esfera Plano 11.0
t-   Astral Bazaar
Pictures Unrelated 11.0
t-   Vespero Sea Orm
Liveventure 11.0
t-   Conception My
Dark Symphony 11.0
t-   Reale Accademia
Di Musica Angeli Mutanti 11.0
t-   Kingcrow The
Persistence 11.0
184. The World Is Quiet Here Prologue 10.0
t-   Jean Louis Live A
Limoges 10.0
t-   Thy Catafalque
Geometria 10.0
t-   Tim Hecker Konoyo
10.0
t-   Ghost Rhythms
Mind The Goat 10.0
t-   In The Woods
Cease The Day 10.0
t-   Syndone Misogonia
10.0
t-   Nicklas Sørensen
Solo 2 10.0
t-   Locanda Delle
Fate Lucciole Per Sempre 10.0
t-   The Residents
Intruders 10.0
t-   Worldservice
Project Serve 10.0
195. Slugdge Esoteric Malacology 9.0
t-   Kayak Seventeen
9.0
197.  Gåte Svevn 8.0
t-   Sanguine Hum Now
We Have Power 8.0
t-   Telegraph Mir 8.0
t-   Toby Driver They
Are The Shield 8.0
t-   Sons Of Apollo
Psychotic Symphony 8.0
t-   Structural
Disorder ...and The Cage Crumbles In The Final Scene 8.0
t-   Hedvig Mollestad
Trio Smells Funny 8.0
t-   Nine Inch Nails
Bad Witch 8.0
t-   Richard Wileman
Veil 8.0
t-   Armonite And The
Stars Above 8.0
207. Uz Jsme Doma Kry 7.0
t-   Madder Mortem
Marrow 7.0
t-   Nosound Allow
Yourself 7.0
210. Beyond Creation Algorithm 6.0
t-   John Zorn In A
Convex Mirror 6.0
t-   Sulphat Ketamine
Over The Runk 6.0
t-   Superfjord All
Will Be Golden 6.0
214. Forgotten Silence Kras 5.0
t-   Motorpsycho A
Boxful Of Demons 5.0
216. Il Segno Del Comando Lincanto Dello Zero 4.0
t-   Brain Echoes 4.0
t-   Circles The Last
One 4.0
t-   Roz Vitalis The
Hidden Man Of The Heart 4.0
t-   Magenta We Are
Seven 4.0
t-   Acid Mothers
Temple Either The Fragmented Body Or The Reconstituted Soul 4.0
t-   Scherzoo 04 4.0
t-   Sorne Spiritus Ep
4.0
224. Modern Man Modern Man 3.0
t-   The Necks Body
3.0
t-   Big Big Train
Merchants Of Light 3.0
t-   Sarcophagus Now
Sarcophagus Now 3.0
t-   Motorpsycho
Roadwork Vol. 5: Field Notes The Fantastic Expedition Of Järmyr, Ryan, Sæther
& Lo Live In Europe 2017 3.0
t-   Bob Drake Lisola
Dei Lupi 3.0
t-   John Zorn The
Urumz Epigrams 3.0
231. Robots Against Entropy Robots Against Entropy 2.0
t-   Jet Black Sea The
Overview Effect 2.0
t-   Tunng Dreams You
Make At Night 2.0
t-   Glass Hammer
Mostly Live In Italy 2.0
t-   Agusa Ekstasis
2.0
t-   Laktating Yak
Origin Off The Yak 2.0
t-   Bla Lotus Tube
Alloys 2.0
t-   Human Factor Let
Nature Take Its Course 2.0
t-   José Maria Blanc
La Herencia De Pablo 2.0
t-   Spurv Myra 2.0
241. Semantic Saturation Paradigms 1.0
t-   Dirty Projectors Lamp
Lit Prose 1.0
t-   Yes Featuring Jon
Anderson Trevor Rabin Rick Wakeman Live At The Apollo 1.0
t-   Detieti
Frogressive Punk 1.0

Edited by Tapfret - February 21 2019 at 16:56

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