PA Albums of 2023: Official Results

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Posted: May 27 2024 at 21:50

Here is mine . The only significant changes are that I've pushed up PG and Crown Lands, the latter especially has become an all time favourite album. Still Zopp at number one but it's close between that and Crown Lands.

1. Zopp - Dominion [BC] [SPO] 2. Crown Lands - Fearless [BC] [SPO] 3. Peter Gabriel - i/o [BC] [SPO] 4. Seven Impale - Summit [BC] [SPO] 5. Agusa - Prima Materia [BC] [SPO] 6. eMolecule - The Architect [AP Prog] [SPO] 7. Lars Fredrik Frøislie - Fire Fortellinger [BC] [SPO] 8. Moon Safari - Himlabacken Vol. 2 [BC] [SPO] 9. Caravela Escarlate - III [BC] [SPO] 10. Jordsjø - Salighet [BC] [SPO] 11. Tauk - Equalizer [BC] [SPO] 12. Homunculus Res - Ecco l'impero Dei Doppi Sensi [BC] [SPO] 13. Psicolorama - Totalitarianism [BC] [SPO] 14. Built For The Future - 2084: Heretic [BC] [SPO] 15. Lumsk - Fremmede Toner [BC] [SPO] 16. Shadow Circus - From The Shadows [BC] [SPO] 17. Glass Hammer - Arise [BC] 18. Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution - The Golden Age of Music [BC] [SPO] 19. Eloy - Echoes From The Past [SPO] 20. Big Big Train - Ingenious Devices [BC] [SPO] 21. Isobar - Isobar III [BC] [SPO] 22. Riverside - ID.Entity [BC] [SPO] 23. Temic - Terror Management Theory [BC] [SPO] 24. The Syn - Illusion 25. Trevor Rabin - Rio [SPO] 26. Southern Empire - Another World [BC] [SPO] 27. Mondo Drag - Through The Hourglass [BC] [SPO] 28. Lazuli - 11 [SPO] 29. David Longdon - Wild River [AP Prog] [BC] [SPO] 30. Motorpsycho - Yay! [BC] [SPO] 31. Ring van Möbius - Commissioned Works Part 2 - Six Drops Of Poison [BC] 32. Uriah Heep - Chaos & Colour [SPO] 33. Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex [SPO] 34. Legs on Wheels - L E G R O O M [AP Prog] [BC] [SPO] 35. David Cross - David Cross Band : Ice Blue, Silver Sky [SPO] 36. Jethro Tull - RökFlöte [SPO] 37. The Mars Volta - Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon [BC] [SPO] 38. Exploring Birdsong - Dancing In The Face Of Danger [AP Prog] [BC] [SPO] 39. Hackberry - Breathing Space [SPO] 40. Proud Peasant - Communion [BC] [SPO]

Edited by richardh - May 27 2024 at 21:52

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Posted: May 27 2024 at 01:16

How about having another round of voting, now that a few months have gone by? My list has not changed much since February, but if yours has, by all means post an updated list here! If enough people participate, I'll build a "diff" view to highlight the runners-up (or down)! Smile

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Posted: May 26 2024 at 22:57

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richardh wrote:

Love the PG release. Wasn't sure about it when it frst came out but it just gets better and better the more time you spend with it.

I'm not sure why there are two versions of the same album (if that's the one you're talking about). I only listened to it once so far. I need to play it more.

I listen to both versions back to back. I accidentally sorted it in track name order so I have Bright side and Dark Side mix for each song next to each other and then decided this works for me.

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Posted: May 26 2024 at 21:11

^ Perfect, thanks. :)

EDIT: Forgot, Agusa's was number one when the deadline ended.

Edited by Logan - May 27 2024 at 21:59

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Posted: May 26 2024 at 20:43

I just added the mention ⭐ Prog Archives Top Album of 2023 ⭐ to ~~the ZOPP page~~ ...

oops, I mean the Agusa page.

I hope this is correct, as it is no longer a "Collaborators" thing...

Edited by projeKct - May 28 2024 at 04:44

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Posted: May 26 2024 at 18:08

richardh wrote:

Love the PG release. Wasn't sure about it when it frst came out but it just gets better and better the more time you spend with it.

I'm not sure why there are two versions of the same album (if that's the one you're talking about). I only listened to it once so far. I need to play it more.

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Posted: May 26 2024 at 17:04

brilliant list

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Posted: April 14 2024 at 22:14

Love the PG release. Wasn't sure about it when it frst came out but it just gets better and better the more time you spend with it.

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Posted: April 14 2024 at 14:56

^ I'm still exploring the year, there's at least 50 more releases from 2023 on my listening queue.

You're welcome to add your list to the ongoing poll here: https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa/aoty-2023/vote

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Posted: April 14 2024 at 14:51

2023 was an awesome year.

I think Seven Impale, Jack O’ the Clock, and Sonar hit the ball out of the park.

Peter Gabriel’s album is the disappointment of the year for me. It’s the first Gabriel major release I just can’t get into.

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https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa/aoty-2023/results-pa?at=2024-02-29

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Posted: March 09 2024 at 15:47

^ Yes, these polls are fully dynamic - everyone can keep submitting votes. The combined chart as well as the user lists can be viewed and exported for any given day, see for example:

This shows the results based on lists posted until the last day of February 2024.

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - March 09 2024 at 16:13

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Posted: March 09 2024 at 11:25

While it would be better for Mike to answer.... The official results for the PA Album of the Year event were set by Feb 1, 2024; however, one can keep using progfreak, oops, I mean awesomeprog, to update one's own lists. While having official results set by February, I had hoped that people might keep adapting their lists and we could revisit the tallies later to see how it has changed. Mike knows his site and its capabilities as he has set them and wants them best. I like dynamic lists/ charts.

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Posted: March 08 2024 at 09:21

Is this AOTY 2023 poll dynamic or was it locked February 1, 2023?

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Posted: February 07 2024 at 12:40

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octopus-4 wrote:

This is why I didn't vote. All the listed albums are almost unknown to me. My bad.

I didn't vote this year mainly cause I just did not have time, too busy with work and the new process I did not have time to figure it out.

I don't listen to pretty much anything on the final list, assuming I am looking at the final results list......Seems like all of it is extremely obscure bands.

I've clicked on some of it to get a feel for what people voted for............

Being that you are huge into Rush did you at least listen to Crown Lands?

Me like.....

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Posted: February 06 2024 at 21:23

Drew should probably avoid math rock Wink

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Posted: February 06 2024 at 16:04

^ I added an unranked mode where the points are evenly distributed between all releases. But that mode does not give someone more points to distribute in total. For a ranked list of five releases it's 90 points (20,19,18,17,16) and for an unranked list of five as well (5x18 = 90).

What about the Billie Bottle release? It's in the AP database and linked to PA, so it can be voted for in the poll ...

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Posted: February 06 2024 at 15:58

Where's Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth? It's in PA's database. Here's my posted review: https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=83457

I don't understand how one contributor (Mellotron Storm) can get five (5) albums to earn 18 points each! Does that mean if I had listed 10 albums as tied for first place they each would have earned 20 points?

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Posted: February 05 2024 at 10:22

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Catcher10 wrote:

octopus-4 wrote:

This is why I didn't vote. All the listed albums are almost unknown to me. My bad.

I didn't vote this year mainly cause I just did not have time, too busy with work and the new process I did not have time to figure it out.

I don't listen to pretty much anything on the final list, assuming I am looking at the final results list......Seems like all of it is extremely obscure bands.

I've clicked on some of it to get a feel for what people voted for............

Being that you are huge into Rush did you at least listen to Crown Lands?

I'm not sure, I clicked on so many its like a fog now LOL

........I will for sure hit this one up!

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Posted: February 05 2024 at 02:05

Of the 271 albums on the 2023 list, these are the only albums I've listened to so far:-

002.

2023: Zopp - Dominion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvqUDj1Iy54

034.

2023: YES - Mirror to the Sky - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdLFJt9iPnV0i5cqbPQzOA3-wD3VEgJxA

145.

2023: Causa Sui - Loppen 2021- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDaVXi1aQkaB4j-nshCn6NoL7XcafEkwk

151.

2023: Soft Machine - Other Doors - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kBmpQwX4JfWQ-iou603t02469-r__I8TA

176.

2023: Comedy of Errors - Threnody for a Dead Queen - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTAuI_uwWXUF0yvKU47HxL6Pw3n71kTo8

239.

2023: Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon Redux - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDhajrZgo0TLJDDMa0XI_zqybDzGBoWfH

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