Random Album Clash - 2016
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Topic: Random Album Clash - 2016
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Random Album Clash - 2016
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 01:17
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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'*
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 01:29
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KC ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 01:34
| Thank You Scientist |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 02:21
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Frost* An amazing album that still gets better with each listen. A modern prog genius Gem Godfrey is... |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 02:46
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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. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 03:17
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No way around Blackstar. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 03:32
| I would've voted for Rick Wakeman's remake of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myths_and_Legends_of_King_Arthur_and_the_Knights_of_the_Round_Table" rel="nofollow - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table if it had been in the poll, |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 04:52
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I'll vote for Gong here, really nice album, my personal pick would be another Kavus Torabi album, Knifeworld - Bottled Out Of Eden ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 05:18
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Bowie with The Mute Gods a distant second. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 05:29
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From this list I would pick Opeth, followed by Bowie. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: bender99
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 06:31
| Opeth from this list. My favorites though from 2016 are BBT's Folklore, and Neal Morse's Similitude Of A Dream. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 07:23
| I'm voting for King Crimson on this one. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 07:47
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Rejoice! I'm Dead has the Gong magic ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 07:54
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The Blackstar ------------- 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… < |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 09:47
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1: Blackstar 2: Sorceress 3: Stranger Heads Prevail ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 09:49
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digdug wrote:Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 10:03
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. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 12:50
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Sorceress +1 Blackstar ------------- 
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 13:26
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 13:49
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Blacktar from this selection. ------------- 
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Posted By: arturfd
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 13:52
| I vote in Opeth. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 13:55
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Prog Noir ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 14:40
| TYS. Hiromi's "Spark" is also a must hear. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 19:35
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Went Blackstar but would mention Pineapple Thief's "Your Wilderness" with Gavin Harrison on drums. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 17 2021 at 23:41
| I think Blackstar is amazing. No album would beat it. |
Posted By: Morelia
Date Posted: February 18 2021 at 11:46
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I cannot possibly go with anything else than Blackstar. In the past five years it must be one of the album I've gone back to the most. I still cannot believe this is the way David Bowie departed. I will give honorable mention to Gong's Rejoice I'm Dead though. Biggest surprise of 2016, Kavus Torabi made something new without losing the band spirit. Can't help but notice that these two albums have a strong -I mean, hell, STRONG!- relationship to death. Curious coincidence.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 00:41
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As expected, 'Blackstar' is leading strongly. |