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    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. Far Corner - RisK
2. Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
3. Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp - Sauvage Formes [AP]
4. Sonar - Vortex
5. Ovrfwrd - Blurring The Lines ...A Democracy Manifest
6. Mother Turtle - Zea Mice
7. Galahad - Seas of Change
8. All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light
9. The Fierce & The Dead - The Euphoric
10. Daal - Decalogue of Darkness
11. Roz Vitalis - The Hidden Man of the Heart
12. Karmic Juggernaut - The Dreams That Stuff Are Made Of
13. PinioL - Bran Coucou
14. Jack O' The Clock - Repetitions of the Old City II
15. Perfect Beings - Vier
16. Pineapple Thief - Dissolution
17. Ángel Ontalva - Ángel Ontalva & Vespero: Carta Marina
18. Vespero - Hollow Moon
19. Daal - Navels Falling Into A Living Origami
20. Lunatic Soul - Under The Fragmented Sky
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Mostly Autumn: White Rainbow

I somehow managed to miss White Rainbow off my list, believing it was a 2019 release. Embarrassed
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Mostly Autumn: White Rainbow
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
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All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light Smile
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Favourite Prog Albums of 2018

5 stars 2018: Galahad - Seas of Change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRPsgusgtBk
4 stars 2018: Gryphon - Reinvention - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlydIQu-Cyk
4 stars 2018: Sharron Kraus - Joy's Reflection is Sorrow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lJjrxbBqNig3EssaVTVw2SjfCoaoPUCms
4 stars 2018: Mystery - Lies and Butterflies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4BsFVVPP14
5 stars 2018: Robert Reed - Sanctuary III - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEU0aQMFjo
4 stars 2018: Talitha Rise - An Abandoned Orchid House - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLglikDVPehq5Nf4DTcwk-W352YLhA9EJv
5 stars 2018: Michael Alan Taylor - Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs
4 stars 2018: Nik Turner & Youth - Pharaohs from Outer Space - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgDyHrbPuw3H67x80BVJ7tLVYyxMd9Wqo
4 stars 2018: Darryl Way - Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Rock - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLF6lnVBPZCPoxrhgi1386r


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Originally posted by TheGazzardian 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.
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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.
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^^ 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.

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

1album cover
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The Night Flight Orchestra
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Haken
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Between The Buried And Me
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All Traps On Earth
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Voïvod
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Warrel Dane
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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 - Currents, Constellations
2. John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album
3. Koenjihyakkei - Dhorimviskha
4. Dani Lee Pearce - Feed The Demon Love
5. Jacob Collier - Djesse, Vol. 1
6. Nicotina Es Primavera - Perder Planetas
7. Animal Collective - Tangerine Reef
8. Orthodox - Kréas
9. Mats/Morgan - Live With Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra
10. Homunculus Res - Della Stessa Sostanza Dei Sogni
11. Palm - Rock Island
12. Reuben Gingrich - Gravity Flash
13. Owane - Yeah Whatever
14. Patrick Grant - Fields Amaze And Other Strange Music
15. Ryan Carraher - Obscure Sorrows
16. Bryncom - Suburban Leisure Hyper Capitalism
17. Sherpa The Tiger - Great Vowel Shift
18. Hakushi Hasegawa - Somoku Hodo
19. Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth
20. Zevious - Lowlands


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

Originally posted by King of Loss 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.
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^ 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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Thanks for the responses.

Here is my AP top 20:

1. Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
    Somber Atmospheric Nordic Non-Prog Drone Pop/Independent
2. Julia Holter - Aviary
    Ethereal Lush Exp Prog Art Pop/Jazz
3. Mid-Air Thief - 무너지기 (Crumbling)
    Warm Melodic Neo Prog Folk Electronic/Psychedelia
4. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
    Anxious Noisy Exp Non-Prog Post Hardcore/Punk
5. Kosmischer Läufer - Volume Four
    Psych Prog Krautrock/Rock
6. Cages - Inside a Ringing Chord
    Ominous Nocturnal Exp Prog-Adj Post Industrial/Blues
7. Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
    Warm Psych Japanese Non-Prog Folk Raga/Krautrock
8. Beach House - 7
    Dreamy Lush Neo Non-Prog Alt Pop/Shoegaze
9. The Necks - Body
    Hypnotic Minimalistic Exp Prog Post Electronic/Krautrock
10. Cosmo Sheldrake - The Much Much How How and I
11. Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses
    Melancholic Melodic Exp Prog Post Singer Songwriter/Shoegaze
12. Uboa - The Sky May Be
13. Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon voyage
    Warm Eclectic Neo Prog Alt Psychedelia/Pop
14. KoenjiHyakkei - Dhorimviskha
    Energetic Tech Non-Prog Zeuhl/Fusion
15. Far Corner - RisK
    Ominous Complex Exp Prog Avant RIO/Jazz
16. Qujaku - Qujaku
    Ominous Noisy Exp Japanese Prog Post Krautrock/Doom
17. MGMT - Little Dark Age
    Playful Melodic Neo Non-Prog Electronic/Rock
18. Thee Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
    Warm Psych Prog Space Krautrock
19. John Zorn - The Book Beri'ah
20. PinioL - Bran Coucou
    Brutal Rhythmic Prog Avant Zeuhl/RIO
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All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light. Then Haken.
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All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light Smile
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All Traps followed by Far Corner and Haken here.
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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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Honestly out of these, I like the Beach House record.
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