Random Album Clash - 2003
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Topic: Random Album Clash - 2003
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Random Album Clash - 2003
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 01:35
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Random Album Clash is back with 2003 - one of the strongest years for progressive music in the 21st century. As usual, pick your favorite album out of the 15 you see in the list, leave a comment and give some suggestions for other great albums released that year. I could easily vote for 5 or 6 of these, but I will kick things off with a vote for Arena, whom I gave 5 stars in a recent review, just over King Crimson (one of my favorite KC albums), The Tangent, OSI and Opeth.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 01:49
I don't know any of these albums, but The Tangent are on my current A-Z playlist. 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 02:36
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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: April 17 2021 at 02:44
| Opeth - Damnation |
Posted By: Theprogelitist
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 02:51
| De-Loused by a long shot! Every song is memorable while still being complex. Energetic. I actually couldn’t stand this album the first time I heard it but after a year or so, when my taste had evolved quite a bit, I started enjoying it thoroughly. I think it’s my favourite album since the 70’s! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 02:53
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Anekdoten. ------------- 
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 03:05
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None of these bands or albums do it for me. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 03:30
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The Tangent - Andy deserves a vote for this one ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 03:34
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There are a lot of truly great albums in this poll, but one stands out for me, and that is The Mars Volta. However, if that album were not in this poll, I have no idea what I would choose. 😳 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 03:58
| King Crimson. Don't know the rest well or at all. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 07:35
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These are the years where your taste (or even what you know) is very different from mine. I have and love a good number of stuff from these years but little that is on your lists. Which gives Anekdoten another vote... surely in these polls I pimp them a bit more than deserved, but that's how it is. I have a ton of non-prog from 2003 but a maybe little known prog (post rock) gem is "The impossible leap in one hundred simple steps" by From Monument to Masses. I'd also vote this year's output by Robert Wyatt, Set Fire to Flames, Radiohead, Fred Frith, Mogwai,... over what is listed here.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 08:19
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Arena, closely followed by The Tangent. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 08:26
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TMV. Missing... Dream Theater, Enchant, Frogg Cafe, and Coheed & Cambria. |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 08:39
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EXTREMELY hard choice between The Mars Volta and Kayo Dot, but I gave it to Kayo Dot since they didn't have any votes. ^Agreed that it's missing Coheed & Cambria, their strongest album imo. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 09:07
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KC narrowly over Anekdoten. Arena would be my third choice. ------------- ---------- 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: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 09:23
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Kayo Dot ahead of KC ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 09:29
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Not the style of music I normally listen to but there is something special about Sikth's album and there are some fantastic tracks on it. So the first (and probably only) vote for Sikth ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 10:19
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De-loused surprised the eff out of me. A modern classic. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 10:21
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KC ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: arturfd
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 11:36
| My vote is Contagion. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 11:52
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Arena ------------- 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: Olape
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 12:32
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Damnation ------------- 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 13:01
| Kaipa for me. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 17 2021 at 15:49
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Huge fan of this year, so many amazing releases for me and "Gravity" tops the list but OSI, OPETH and KING CRIMSON are right there too. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 04:41
As for Coheed, I am only using 15 of the slots, and it's hard to include everything. I tend to include albums from bands that I know or like; In this case, I am not a big fan of Coheed and Cambria.
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Grumpyprogfan wrote:Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 05:06
| Kayo Dot over TMV, KC, and OSI. |
Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:02
| There is only one king, the crimson one :) |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:09
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If 2003 is supposed to be "one of the strongest years for progressive music in the 21st century" than it explains why I very much turned my back on prog in that period... Most of these sound very formulaic to me. Fortunately, there is still The Power To Believe. KC were one of the few who were still progressive in the true sense of the word. In my modest opinion, of course. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: April 21 2021 at 09:26
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I am more than happy to see 'The Power to Believe' is winning! Amazing record by one of the prog rock titans. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: April 21 2021 at 19:18
| Opeth. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 21 2021 at 20:01
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: April 21 2021 at 21:16
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Anekdoten followed by No Man and Kayo Dot. ANother great record was the debut of Riverside 2Out Of Myself"
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 02:06
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Lars Volta ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 09:46
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 17:45
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Arena!!! Contagion is a beast. Not just in germ theory either. ;) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 04 2024 at 13:05
gentle bump! 
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 04 2024 at 16:27
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De-Loused in the Comatorium ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 04 2024 at 16:37
| Anathema if only for the haunting vocal of Lee Douglas on the title song. The younger sister of band drummer John, she eventually joined full time and heavily contributed to their classic albums We're Here Because We're Here and Weather Systems. |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: March 05 2024 at 02:31
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Arena - Contagion King Crimson - The Power To Believe Anekdoten - Gravity
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