Random Album Clash - 2016 - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Second poll for the week will tackle 2016, another more recent year full of some good (and some not so good) albums. Enjoy!

*I will be voting 'Blackstar'*

Thank You Scientist

I didn’t even need to read the rest of the list, because nothing could possibly top Bowie’s album for this year.

I did, just to try and be fair, read the rest of the list before voting. But it’s definitely Bowie.

[EDIT] For the record there is a lot to love in this selection (a LOT!), so yeah, I’m giving pretty high praise to Bowie, but I honestly hold this final album of his in very high regard,

Nothing else comes close for me, but top of the next tier of albums for me would be Gojira, Gong, Opeth, and Stick Men.

Edited by nick_h_nz - February 17 2021 at 02:50

Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect

I would've voted for Rick Wakeman's remake of The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table if it had been in the poll,

Bowie with The Mute Gods a distant second.

Welcome to the middle of the film.

Opeth from this list. My favorites though from 2016 are BBT's Folklore, and Neal Morse's Similitude Of A Dream.

Rejoice! I'm Dead has the Gong magic

Prog On!

1: Blackstar

2: Sorceress

3: Stranger Heads Prevail

The sun has left the sky...
...Now you can close your eyes

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron

A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

digdug wrote:

Rejoice! I'm Dead has the Gong magic

It sure does. I love that record!

I’ll probably cop some flak for this, but it’s my favourite Gong album. I know a lot of people rebelled against the idea of Gong continuing, but I think they did a terrific job with this album.

It would probably have been my number one album from 2016, if not for Bowie. But Blackstar was already a terrific album, even before Bowie’s death imbued and revealed so much extra meaning to it.