List one great album per year for the 2000s

Doing two lists in descending year order. While this topic is in a Prog forum, I really like so much music not considered Prog in terms of not being included at PA it would be sad for me not mention those others, especially as it includes some of my very favourite bands. I rather lazily copied these lists off a topic I did covering music in and out of PA where I did a pair per year from 2023 to 1965. Were I to make a fresh list today, I have no doubt that they would not be identical... and also if I made one tomorrow that would not be the same as today's list.

In PA:

2009: Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré
2008: Elephant9 - Dodovoodoo
2007: William D. Drake - Briny Hooves
2006: OOIOO - Taiga
2005: Guapo - Black Oni
2004: Secret Chiefs 3 - Book of Horizons
2003: Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
2002: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
2001: Secret Chiefs 3 - Book M
2000: Radiohead - Kid A

Not in PA:

2009: Natural Snow Buildings - Daughter of Darkness
2008: Portishead - Third
2007: PJ Harvey - White Chalk
2006: Natural Snow Buildings - The Dance of the Moon and the Sun
2005: Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
2004: Electrelane - The Power Out
2003: Melt-Banana - Cell-Scape (it's noisy and I find it fun)
2002: Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
2001: Air - 10 000 Hz Legend
2000: Broadcast - The Noise Made by People

Edited by Logan - August 01 2023 at 05:32

I needed to add an "alternative choice/runner up"

2000 = Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
2001 = Ark - Burn the Sun
2002 = Saens - Escaping From the Hands of God
2003 = Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise and Sunset
2004 = IQ - Dark Matter
2005 = Pallas - The Dreams of Men
2006 = Beyond Twilight - For the Love of Art and the Making
2007 = Kamelot - Ghost Opera
2008 = The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
2009 = Hall of Mirrors - Forgotten Realm

I will do one for progressive rock and one overall

Edited by DreamTechPlus - June 19 2022 at 07:18

2000  Spock's Beard - V

2000 The Flower Kings Space Revolver

2000 - Kid A by Radiohead

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