Aoty 2025: Ongoing Release Polls

1	AP BC SPO	The Aurora Project Evos12 ★★★★★ Prog Rock
2	AP BC SPO	Fluctus Quadratum Laplacian ★★★★★ Prog Rock
3	AP SPO RYM	Karmakanic Transmutation ★★★★★ Prog Rock
4	AP BC SPO RYM	Dominic Sanderson Blazing Revelations ★★★★★ Prog Rock
5	AP BC SPO RYM	Wyatt E. Zamāru ultu qereb ziqquratu Part 1 [Music from inside the Ziggurat Part 1] ★★★★★ Prog Rock
6	AP BC SPO	The Lab Experience The Lab Experience ★★★★★ Prog Rock
7	AP BC SPO RYM	Gerald Massois Demain à L'aube ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
8	AP YT BC SPO RYM	Jacob Roberge The Passing ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
9	AP BC SPO RYM	Motorpsycho Motorpsycho ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
10	AP SPO RYM	Steven Wilson The Overview ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
11	AP BC SPO	Chercán Chercán ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
12	AP BC SPO	Dim Gray Shards ★★★★☆ Prog-Adj Rock
13	AP BC SPO RYM	Corde Oblique Cries and Whispers ★★★★☆ Prog-Adj Folk
14	AP YT BC SPO RYM	Dream Theater Parasomnia ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
15	AP BC SPO RYM	Steve Hackett Live Magic at the Trading Boundaries Live ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
16	AP BC SPO RYM	Echolyn Time Silent Radio II ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
17	AP YT SPO RYM	Hiromi Uehara Out There ★★★★☆ Prog-Adj Jazz
18	AP BC SPO RYM	Riverside Live ID. Live ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
19	AP BC SPO RYM	Jonathan Hultén Eyes of the Living Night ★★★★☆ Prog Rock
20	AP BC SPO RYM	The Far Cry Once There Was ★★★★☆ Prog Rock

moshkito wrote: Hi, As much as I like to listen to many of these things, I really dislike the numbers, and wish folks could list these without the numbers ... I have yet to think that any top listing by anyone is anywhere near my listening ... thing ... and I have a weird phobia about the album listed as #1 being above, or better than the album listed #15 ... for example ... yeah, yeah ... that Mosh again!

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moshkito wrote: Hi, As much as I like to listen to many of these things, I really dislike the numbers, and wish folks could list these without the numbers ... I have yet to think that any top listing by anyone is anywhere near my listening ... thing ... and I have a weird phobia about the album listed as #1 being above, or better than the album listed #15 ... for example ... yeah, yeah ... that Mosh again!

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Logan wrote: I have yet to find an album I adore from this year.

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - April 13 2025 at 13:50

^ I think Richard's list is ranked ... but maybe I'm wrong 

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - April 13 2025 at 14:01

^ I'm not completely sold on it either. It's similar with last year's Absolute Elsewhere - sometimes the dissonance/growls strike me as out-of-place and uncalled-for.

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - April 14 2025 at 00:00

^ Still waiting to be put on a list  https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77255

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - April 14 2025 at 13:12

MikeEnRegalia wrote: ... Do you not have favorite albums? We all have. Not everything we come across is equally good. It might seem unfair to the "less good" releases, but some are actually better than others. And with thousands of releases each year, it does help (me) to know which releases people prefer.  ...

Hi,

It's hard for me to look at something and think "favorite" since another album, 15 minutes later, changes the equation. The thought that scares me the most is how a "like" ends up being something that you like better than others within the music, and that kinda eats into the objectiveness of the listening and the listing.

After 3K+ LP's 10 years ago, and now 2K CD's and about 1K LP's ... the idea of favorites is more of a joke than it is some kind of meaningful thought about the music and its players. I don't sit here and mark Stravinsky, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, or Berlioz ... and they might show up depending on moods, I suppose, but in general I am emotional "neutral" when listening to music ... other than Space Ritual that I will blast out my neighbors when they play their mariachi on repeat 10 times daily at the same time! It usually gets the point across, and they can't argue with the power of a good and strong sound system!

I will say that I have some bands that I have a special heart and touch for, but that is not a comment on all the other music, or that they are better than everyone else and need to be "ranked" and "rated" ... so folks know that is a favorite.

I have 2K CD's and 1K LP's of favorites ... end of story! Why have them at all, if it doesn't matter? But I will not, for example, rank or rate an album I do not have or intend to get ... though I might comment on the fly, from what I heard, as has been the case with JMA that has examples, much better listed than how they are done here ... your ability to listen is much more detailed and you have a better idea of what you are going to listen to!

I often think that these lists will alienate a lot of folks that are not going to spend the time listening to 15 albums, and leave behind their favorites. Not sure that is a good way to attract new fans! (though I'll be darned if I have any idea what is!)

And I tend to use the rateyourmusic charts as a guide (it's not the only way I find music). And I like how customisable that is and the multi-genre tagging. I would not wish to limit myself to albums on this site, and do find albums worth suggesting to PA from those charts. Aside from that, I don't much care if the music is Prog or not. My favourites often change on a daily basis, or even depending on what I am listening to at the moment, but I often do settle on particular preferences within a set over time even if there remains a fair amount of interchangeability. The lists tell one something about my interests and hhavle led to excellent recommendations based on my tastes.

For 2025, I have Hesse Kassel - La Brea currently at one. I'm sure that will change. For 2024, I have Beth Gibbons' Lives Outgrown. For 2023, I have Swans' The Beggar. For 2022 I have Weyes Blood's And in the Darkness Hearts Aglow, for 2021 it's Lingua Ignota's Sinner Get Ready... It just says something about my interests. Looking at my top 10 would give a better idea. We all have preferences.