Collaborators' Top Albums of 2019

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   Welcome to the 2019 Prog Archives Collaborators Album of the Year

#49-t

Steve Unruh - Precipice
Prog Folk

#49-t

Emme Phyzema -Emme Phyzema
RIO/Avant Prog

#47-t

Fly Pan Am - Cest Ça
Post Rock/Math Rock

#47-t

Samuel Cadima - Outros Horizontes
Progressive Electronic

#44-t

Kayo
Dot - Blasphemy 
RIO/Avant Prog

#44-t

Diagonal
- Arc 
Eclectic Prog

#44-t

Magic
Pie - Fragments Of The 5th Element 
Symphonic Prog

#42-t

The
Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure 
Symphonic Prog

#42-t

Fire! - Fire! Orchestra: Arrival
RIO/Avant Prog

#39-t

Emmett Elvin - The End Of Music
Eclectic Prog

#39-t

Modernrock
Ensemble Night Dreams & Wishes
Neo-Prog

#39-t

Swans
- Leaving Meaning
Post Rock/Math Rock

#38

Cheetos
Magazine - Amazingous
Crossover Prog

#37

Led
Bib - Its Morning
RIO/Avant Prog

#35-t

Thank
You Scientist - Terraformer
Crossover Prog

#35-t

The
Far Meadow - Foreign Land
Neo-Prog

#34

The
Tea Club - If/When
Crossover Prog

#33

Banco Del
Mutuo Soccorso - Transiberiana
Rock Progressivo Italiano

#31-t

Monkey3
- Sphere
Psychedelic/Space Rock

#31-t

Steve
Hackett At The Edge Of Light
Eclectic Prog

#29-t

Jambinai
- ONDA 
Post Rock/Math Rock

#29-t

Iamthemorning
- The Bell

Crossover Folk

#26-t

Motorpsycho
- The Crucible 
Eclectic Prog

#26-t

Thieves
Kitchen - Genius Loci 
Eclectic Prog

#26-t

Secret
Chiefs 3 - Malkhut 
RIO/Avant Prog

#25

Elephant9
- Psychedelic Backfire I 
Jazz/Rock Fusion

#23-t

The
Flower Kings - Waiting For Miracles 
Symphonic Prog

#t-23

Hooffoot - The Lights In The Aisle Will Guide You 
Jazz/Rock Fusion

#22

The
Flying Luttenbachers - Shattered Dimension 
RIO/Avant Prog

#21

Consider
The Source - You Are Literally A Metaphor
Eclectic Prog

#20

Lost
Crowns - Every Night Something Happens 
RIO/Avant Prog 

#19

Arch/Matheos
- Winter Ethereal
Progressive Metal

#18

Charlie
Cawood - Blurring Into Motion 
Prog Folk

#16-t

Tangerine
Dream - In Search Of Hades
Progressive Electronic

#16- t

Helium
Horse Fly - Hollowed 
Experimental/Post Metal

#15

Tool
- Fear Inoculum 
Experimental/Post Metal 

#14

October
Equus - Presagios 
RIO/Avant Prog

#13

Poil
- sus 
RIO/Avant Prog

#12

Jordsjø
- Nattfiolen 
Symphonic Prog

#10

Le
Grand Sbam - Vaisseau Monde 
RIO/Avant Prog

#10
ni - Pantophobie

RIO/Avant Prog 
A year after teaming up with French neighbors
Poil to form Piniol, Bourg En Bresse based ni releases their 2nd LP, Pantophobie.
This primarily instrumental album is a heavy hitter, rich with outrageous
polyrhythmic texture. This quartet has emphatically made themselves a fixture
on the heavy end of the modern RIO scene.

#9
De Lorians - De Lorians

Canterbury Scene
New faces to Progarchives.com in 2019, Tokyo's De Lorians, bring a youthful
interpretation of the Canterbury
sound to the 21st century stage with their self-titled debut LP. Highly
textured recording that recalls the classic sound of Supersister and Soft
Machine.  

#8
Waste Of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis

Experimental/Post Metal
Forged by the unholy union of Oranssi Pazuzu
and Dark Budha Rising, Finland's
Waste of Space Orchestra combine a sonic metal assault with
psychedelic ambience on their debut, Syntheosis.

#7 
Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean

Crossover Prog
Another release for Boston's Bent Knee, another spot in
Progarchives.com collaborator's top 10. 2019's You Know What They Mean
sees the band continuing to tread a path of deep, yet accessible compositions
punctuated by Courtney Swain's dynamic vocals.

#6
Elephant9 - Psychedelic Backfire II

Jazz/Rock Fusion
Ståle Storløkken's fusion outfit goes big in
2019 with two full-length live releases, Psychedelic Backfire I and II
recorded in their home stomping grounds of Oslo. Both land in the PA collaborator's
top 25 with the latter hitting the 6 spot.  

#5
Big Big Train - Grand Tour

Crossover Prog
UK proggers Big Big Train released
two LPs in 2017 and saved 2018 for a live release. 2019 saw them return with
another Progarchives.com collaborators top 10 spot with Grand Tour.
Their sound continues to harken to early-middle period Genesis.

#3-t
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum

Tech/Extreme Metal
Tied for 3rd this year is Sweden's Opeth with their
lucky 13th studio LP, In Cauda Venenum. While Mikael Åkerfeldt has
kept his vocals clean since 2011's Heritage, the current material is
arguably the heaviest since their departure from their more extreme early
days. The album was released with both English and Swedish language vocal
options. 

#3-t
Magma - Zëss: Le Jour Du Néant

Zeuhl
Our other co-owner of the number 3 spot is non
other than France's
immortal parent of the Zeuhl sub-genre, Magma. 2019's release, Zëss
is the Kobaian word for "the end of everything" (make of it what
you will). The recording is a departure from previous works, as it includes The
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as Christian Vander stepping
out from behind the drum kit for Swedish Zappa alumn, Morgan Ågren.

The 2019 Prog Archives
Collaborator's Runner-Up
Izz - Dont Panic

 Symphonic
Prog

New
York's Izz has been around for over 20 years
and released their 9th LP, Don't Panic in 2019. The album's Douglas
Adams references not being lost on this author, it should noted how the album
soared to this year's runner-up spot in the same way that bricks don't. Rich
compositions, exemplified by the 18 minute epic, 42, often compared to
classic Yes and Gentle Giant texture Don't Panic like a virgin
pangalactic gargleblaster. Amazingly clean production. This is a band that
really knows where its towel is.
"...The music is top-notch
progressive music with non-standard patterns, changing meters and melodies,
and complex themes..." - TCat,
PA Collaborator

"...It is simple because it is
incredibly accessible, an album it is possible to fully enjoy with a smile on
the face the very first time it is played, yet these guys are creating
arrangements which are massively over the top..." -Kev Rowland, PA
Special Collaborator

...And The 2019 Prog Archives Collaborator's
Album of the Year!

IQ - Resistance

Neo-Prog

After the previous two years' that were
absolute runaways, Scandinavia's reign at the top is over as UK's IQ
nabs the 2019 album of the year in a close vote.  IQ has remained a fixture in the
Neo-prog scene for nearly 40 years. Their previous LP, 2014's The Road of
Bones was the runner-up that year. 2019's Resistance, their 12th
LP release since 1983 is a double CD with nearly 2 hours of music capped by
the 20 minute epics,The Great Spirit Way and Fallout. IQ
again show they are top-tier production wise with a pristine, noise free
recording.

   "...RESISTANCE comes across as
a sprawling epic that takes the neo-prog paradigm further into the 21st
century..." -siLLy puPPy, PA Collaborator

"...Resistance is another double- album
of high-quality neo-prog from a band who've been the undisputed kings of the
style for the last quarter of a century..." - Wathur, PA Prog Reviewer

"...The consistency of their writing and
performance, and the technical virtuosity of their playing, as well as
Nicholls' expressive vocals, make them among the best of the best of prog..."
-maani, PA Special Collaborator

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 Bell 52.0
t-29. Jambinai Onda 52.0
31. Steve Hackett At The Edge
Of Light 50.0
t-31. Monkey3 Sphere 50.0
33. Banco Del
Mutuo Soccorso Transiberiana 49.0
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 Suite 35.0
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 Amazonia 27.0
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
Edison’s Children The Disturbance Fields 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 Asturias
Trinity 20.0

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 Mourning Garden
Of Storms 15.0
Blå Lotus Högtid 15.0
The Glutton Eating Music 15.0

123
Alameda 5 Eurodrome 14.0
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 Newcastle 72 12.0
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
Karakorum Fables And Fairytales 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 Crystal Corpses By Michael
Patton And Jeanclaude Vannier 7.0
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 Dragons Island 3.0
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 Garden Of Existence
2.0
Disillusion The Liberation 2.0
Daniel Eliseev Project D.e.p.
Night Shadow 2.0
This Winter Machine A Tower Of Clocks 2.0
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

Edited by Tapfret - February 24 2020 at 16:56

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