Best of 2022 so far

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Posted: December 16 2022 at 04:00

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<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">great year, I need to listen to a lot more but these stand out for me</span>

<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts</span>

<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Daal - Daedalus</span>

<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Glass Hammer - At The Gate</span>

<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Marillion - An Hour Before Dark</span><div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Black Midi - Hellfire<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Galahad - The Last Great Adventurer<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">The Tangent - Songs From The Hard Shoulder<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Animals As Leaders - Parrhesi<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Lonely Robot - Model Life<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Muse - Will Of The People<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Evership - The Uncrowned King - Act 2<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Comedy Of Errors - Time Machine <div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Threshold - Dividing Lines<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">

Major Parkinson - Valesa Chapter 1

Devin Townsend - Lightworker

Virgil and Steve Howe - Lunar Mist

Absolute incredible list.

Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."

Music Is Live

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.

Keep Calm And Listen To The Music…
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Posted: December 21 2022 at 10:28

^ that's very kind

I've added the Banco album to make a working twenty.

Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts

Daal - Daedalus

Glass Hammer - At The Gate

Marillion - An Hour Before Dark

The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree

Black Midi - Hellfire

Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet

Galahad - The Last Great Adventurer

The Tangent - Songs From The Hard Shoulder

Animals As Leaders - Parrhesi

Lonely Robot - Model Life

Muse - Will Of The People

Evership - The Uncrowned King - Act 2

Comedy Of Errors - Time Machine

Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation

Threshold - Dividing Lines

Major Parkinson - Valesa Chapter 1

Devin Townsend - Lightworker

Virgil and Steve Howe - Lunar Mist

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore

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Posted: January 02 2023 at 02:40

Here is my top albums of 2022:

01-Kalle Wallner: Voices,

02-Oak; The Quiet Rebellion Of Compromise,

03-Collapse: Anarkh,

04-Returned To The Earth: Fall Of The Watcher,

05-Oh Hiroshima; Myriad,

06-Crippled Black Phoenix; Banefyre,

07-Long Distance Calling: Eraser,

08-Haven Of Echoes: The Indifferent Stars,

09-Threshold: Dividing Lines,

10-Retrospective: Introvert,

11-Amorphis: Halo,

12-Pure Reason Revolution: Above Cirrus,

13-The Black Noodle Project: When The Stars Align, It Will Be Time ... ,

14-Evergrey: A Heartless Portrait,

15-Bjorn Riis: Everything To Everyone.

16-T (Thomas Thielen): Pareidoliving,

17-AZ: AZ,

18-Tim Bowness: Butterfly Mind,

19-Karfagen: Land Of Green And Gold,

20-Karcius: Grey White Silver Yellow And Gold,

21-Pymlico: Supermassive,

22-Antony Kalugin: Rebirth,

23-Cosmograf: Heroic Materials,

24-Porcupine Tree: Closure / Continuation,

25-Star One: Revel In Time,

26-The Pineapple Thief: Give It Back.

-Concerts:

-Kauan: Pirut Live,

-Major Parkinson: A Night At The Library,

-Minimum Vital: Live Minnuendo 2021,

-Vanden Plas: Live And Immortal,

Vola: Live From The Pool.

-Hard-Rock / Heavy-Metal:

-Ghost: Impera.

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Posted: January 03 2023 at 03:15

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Recap:

Pattern-Seeking Animals 'Only passing through'

Michael Romeo 'War of the Worlds pt. 2'

Moonwagon 'The efficient use of Space'

Ryo Okumoto 'The Myth of the Mostrophos'

The Tangent - Songs from the hard Shoulder

Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet

RanestRane - Apocalypse Now

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore

Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts

Regal Worm - Worm!

Phoenix Again ‘Vision’

Head Spin ’Escape Velocity’ (cleared by PSIKE team)

Lobate Scarp ‘You Had It All’

Additions:

Jean-Pierre Louveton - Sapiens, Chapitre 3/3: Actum

Roland Bühlmann - Emnalóc

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Posted: January 03 2023 at 05:45

Additions

Verbal Delirium - Conundrum

Collage - Over and Out

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Changes

RanestRane - Apocalypse Now

Audio'm - Godzilla

Greco Bastian - With A Little Hell From My Friends

all apart from the last one will probably make by 'Best of 2022'

Edited by richardh - January 03 2023 at 05:46

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Posted: January 15 2023 at 15:53

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Watch out everybody: Chrissie Loftus and iNFiNiEN are back with another album! And it's killer! So smooth, mature, and engaging start to finish!

Just gave this one a first listen in my quest to keep up with 2022. Indeed a killer album that contests my current #1 so far.

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Posted: January 16 2023 at 04:36

a few more

Rick Wakeman - A Gallery of The Imagination

technically a 2022 release even though the CD,DVD and Vinyl release date has been put back to February. I've downloaded the MP3 and a like the album, maybe enough to scrape into my final 20.

Arena - The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance

now available on streaming platforms thankfully. Excellent album , probably will settle in my top ten.

Gandalf's Fist - Widdershins

never been a massive fan but I'm enjoying this a lot. Another one to consider for the lower placings

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Posted: January 16 2023 at 09:00

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a few more

Arena - The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance

now available on streaming platforms thankfully. Excellent album , probably will settle in my top ten.

Not on Spotify or Amazon...at least in the US as far as I can tell. Where are you seeing it on-line streaming?

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Posted: January 18 2023 at 10:36

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richardh wrote:

a few more

Arena - The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance

now available on streaming platforms thankfully. Excellent album , probably will settle in my top ten.

Not on Spotify or Amazon...at least in the US as far as I can tell. Where are you seeing it on-line streaming?

Amazon UK available as Auto rip but also under 'Streaming Unlimited'. MP3 can be purchased for £7.99

I-Tunes - I purchased Mp3 for £7.99 but not sure if its available for streaming if you have a subscription (possibly not)

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Posted: January 19 2023 at 01:17

Albums released and listened to in 2022: 59

Average rating: 12.03

Currently rated better than 2021 (74 albums @ 11.71)

Not better than 2020 (120 albums @ 12.22)

[note for clarity - many albums listened to while working at home, often as background noise so not fully engaged!]

Top Ten:

=1 (18 out of 20)

Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side - Miles from Nowhere

The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder

Yesterdays - Saint-Exupéry álma

=4 (17 out of 20)

The Ryszard Kramarski Project - Books that End In Tears (Duets Version)

Solace Supplice - Liturgies Contemporaines

Bjorn Riis - Everything to Everyone

=7 (16 out of 20)

Pure Reason Revolution - Above Cirrus

Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation

Fren - All the Pretty Days

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava

59th (3 out of 20)

Sigh - Shiki

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Posted: February 06 2023 at 12:52

These are my favs:

black midi - Hellfire

Sigh - Shiki

David Maxim Miccic - Bilo IV

Jambinai - Apparition

Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet

Elder - Innate Passage

King's X - Three Sides of One

Ibaraki - Rashomon

Blind Guardian - The God Machine

Russian Circles - Gnosis

Sadist - Firescorched

Wilderun - Epigone

Voivod - Synchro Anarchy

Animals as Leaders -Parrhesia

Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die

Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation

Moon Tooth - Phototroph

The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta

Buckethead - Pike 325 Language of the Mosaics

Primus - Conspiranoid

All Things Fallen - Shadow Way

"Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen)

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Posted: February 08 2023 at 05:21

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These are my favs:

The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta

I don't 'get' that album at all but note its appearing on a few lists. The first track is okay and then its downhill fast to my ears.

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Posted: February 14 2023 at 04:25

Some good/great albums of 2022 that I've just bought or I will buy in a few weeks:

-Elder: Innate Passage,

-Collage: Over And Out,

-Arena: The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance,

-Magenta: The White Witch - A Symphonic Trilogy,

-Onségen Ensemble: Realms.

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