PA AOTY 2024 (Deadline extended until Feb 2)

This was basically how I felt about Zopp being ahead of Agusa last year—thankfully it ended up turning out how I was hoping it would.

I thought it might(ve been more difficult, but apparently the work done upstream paid when crossing the deadline

I left a space after spot 12, because there is a significant drop after them

Besically the first 12 are Gnosis 11 or 12

1- Sky Full Of Hope - Fractal Sextet
2- Spin - Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
3- Quindecennial – EYOT (live)
4- VII - Bondage Fruit
5- This Is Not The End - Present
6- Deerand - QUARTET DIMINISHED
7- Spring - Møster
8- Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash - To March Is To Love
9- The Fellowship of the Mystery – Compassionizer
10- Ventre Unique - Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp
11- Vasta alkusoittoa - Tatu & Tutkimusmatkailijat
12- Tom Penaguin - S/T

13- Zopp – Danfest (live)
14- Live at l'Ermitage - Ghost Rhythms (live & despite the accordion)
15- From The North - GoGo Penguin
16- Cloudward - Mary Halvorson
17- Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons
18- Sleepers - Baku Llama
19- Merkurius – Vesilinja
20- Väistyy Mielen Yö - Viima
21- Lys fremtid i mørke – Actionfredag
22- Mythical River - Elephant9
23- Le Passage - Thierry Zaboitzeff
24- Catching Fire - Elephant 9 with Terje Rypdal
25- Tarot I & II - Magick Brother & Mystic Sister
26- New Moon In The Evil Age - Janel and Anthony
27- Endlessness - Nala Sinephro


also rans:
La Fin de l'Economie – Aquaserge
Progressions Imaginaires – PERILYMPH
Lauritz Skeidsvolls Rapid Light - S/T
Remnants Of Light – Needlepoint
Strawberry Line – Beak

I did not particularly like Luck and Strange, found it quite boring and uneventful. But maybe I'll go back and listen to it once again. 

I was really impressed with those two. I believe I discovered both of them from some list you made in one of those "best of 2024" threads, so I owe you thanks for bringing them my attention. Now I need to set aside some time to explore their previous albums. 

I don't know what you mean by S or A tier. I grade my albums on a 10-point scale (divide by 2 to get Prog Archives 5-star scale):

Albums 1-4 are between 9.00 and 10 (masterpiece)

Albums 5-17 are between 8.50 and 8.99 (just under a masterpiece)

Albums 18-40 are between 8.00 and 8.49 (great album)

Albums 41-59 are between 7.50 and 7.99 (very good album)

Albums 60-63 are between 7.00 and 7.49 (good album, but not likely to listen to very often)

I didn't enter anything under 7.00 (which would be poor to OK)

Does that help?