Non-UK top Prog albums from the post-1970s
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Topic: Non-UK top Prog albums from the post-1970s
Posted By: David_D
Subject: Non-UK top Prog albums from the post-1970s
Date Posted: April 18 2025 at 06:38
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This thread is a sequel to "Non-UK top Prog albums from the 1970s", and devoted mainly to some of the generally much appreciated non-UK Prog albums from the post-1970s. But this time beginning with: Non-European Djam Karet (USA) - Reflections From The Firepool (1989) Gordian Knot (USA) - Gordian Knot (1998) The Mars Volta (USA) - De-loused in the Comatorium (2003) OSI (USA) - Office of Strategic Influence (2003, Metallish Prog) The Mars Volta (USA) - Frances the Mute (2005) Iconoclasta (Mex) - Reminiscencias (1985) Bacamarte (BRA) - Depois Do Fim (1983) Flor De Loto (Peru) - Flor De Loto (2005) Los Jaivas (Chile) - Alturas de Machu Pichu (1981) Agnus (ARG) - Pinturas Y Expresiones (1980) Bi Kyo Ran (J) - Bi Kyo Ran (1982) Bondage Fruit (J) - II (1996) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 18 2025 at 13:15
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It could have been longer, but one has got to draw the line somewhere. So I decided on limiting it to a list of 30 favorites: 10/10 Art Zoyd - Generations Sans Futur (FRA) 1980 Non Credo - Happy Wretched Family (US) 1995 Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust (SWE) 1998 The Residents - Mark of the Mole (USA) 1981 Swans - Children of God (AUS) 1988 Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞ (CAN) 1997 Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (AUS) 1985 Kraftwerk - Computer World (GER) 1981 9/10 L' Albero del Veleno - Tale of a Dark Fate (ITA) 2017 Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (JAP) 1999 Breidablik - Penumbra (NOR) 2017 Dün - Eros (FRA) 1981 Eider Stellaire - Eider Stellaire (FRA) 1981 Elephant9 - Dodovoodoo (NOR) 2008 Hellebore - Il Y A Des Jours (FRA) 1985 Ishraqiyun (Secret Chiefs 3) - Perichoresis (USA) 2014 Jordsjø - Salighet (NOR) 2023 Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward (USA) 2008 King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (AUS) 2017 Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar (SWE) 1981 Reinhard Lakomy - Der Traum von Asgard (GER) 1983 Motorpsycho - Motorpsycho (NOR) 2025 Mr. Bungle - California (USA) 1999 Nya Ljudbolaget - Nya Ljudbolaget (SWE) 1981 Rachel's - Selenography (USA) 1999 Shub-Niggurath - Shub-Niggurath (FRA) 1985 Tortoise - Tortoise (USA) 1994 Univers Zéro - Ceux Du Dehors (BEL) 1981 Wha-Ha-Ha - 死ぬ時は別 (JAP) 1981 Zanov - In Course of Time (FRA) 1983 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 18 2025 at 23:10
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Sweden Par Lindh Project - Mundus Incompertus Anglagard - Hybris All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light The Flower KIngs - Banks Of Eden Moon Safari - Himlabacken Vol 2 Agusa - Prima Materia Katatonia - City Burials Opeth - In Cauda Venenum Karmakanic - Transmutation Beardfish - Songs For Beating Hearts Norway Wobbler - From Silence To Somewhere Lars Fredrik Froislie - Fire Foretellinger Seven Impale - Summit Infringement - Black Science And White Lies Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts Jordsjo - Salighet Netherlands Mangrove - Bridge To Fiction Kayak - Merlin Focus - 12 The Aurora Project - Evos12 Finland Waste Of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis Australia Southern Empire - Another World Canada Rush - Moving Pictures Godspeed You! Back Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O. Mystery - Delusion Rain Crown Lands - Fearless France Slift -Ilion Lazuli - Le Fantastisque envol de Dieter Bohm Tom Penaguin - s/t Moonshine Blast - Realm Of Possibilities Germany Tangerine Dream - Tangram Eloy - Time To Turn Greece Jupiter Fungus - Garden Electric Verbal Delirium - Conundrum Vangelis - El Greco Italy Daal - Decalogue Of Darkness Logos - Sadako e le mile gru de carta La Maschera Di Sera - S.E.I. Japan Ars Nova - Android Domina Poland Riverside - Anno Domino High Definition Spain Kotebel - Ouroboros Neuronium - Heritage Switzerland Monkey 3 - Welcome To The Machine Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds United States Dream Theater - Octavarium Tool - Lateralus Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura Spocks Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep The Mars Volta - Amputechture Liquid Tension Experiment - II Kansas - Somewhere To Elsewhere Presto Ballet - Love What You've Done With The Place Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: April 21 2025 at 06:43
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Nordic and Central European Anekdoten (S) - Vemod (1993) Änglagård (S) - Hybris (1992) Landberk (S) - Rigtigt Äkta (1992) Opeth (S) - Damnation (2003)* White Willow (N) - Sacrament (2000) Green Carnation (N) - The Acoustic Verses (2006)* Agamemnon (CH) - Agamemnon, Part I&II (1981) Hypnos 69 (B) - Legacy (2010) Univers Zero (B) - Clivages (2010) * a kind of Prog ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: April 24 2025 at 06:04
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East European and Greek Solaris (HUN) - Marsbeli Kronikak (1984) Riverside (PL) - Out Of Myself (2003, Metallish Prog) Lunatic Soul (PL) - Lunatic Soul (2008, a kind of Prog) Vespero (Rus) - By the Waters of Tomorrow (2010) P.L.J. Band (GR) - Armageddon (1982) Ciccada (GR) - A Child in the Mirror (2010) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: April 28 2025 at 05:59
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French, Italian and Spanish Asia Minor (F) - Between Flash And Divine (1980) Halloween (F) - Part One (1988) Taal (F) - Skymind (2002)* Nemo (F) - Prelude a la Ruine (2004)* Xing Sa (F) - Creation De L’univers (2010) Accordo dei Contrari (I) - Kublai (2011) Universal Totem Orchestra (I) - Mathematical Mother (2016) Amarok (ESP) - Sol De Medianoche (2007) * Metallish Prog ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 01 2025 at 05:34
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Green Carnation's The Acoustic Verses is one of my personal most favourite modern Prog albums, or a kind of Prog, with its beautiful ballads and a couple of long tracks, the longest one being: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYw_OE6DkkA . ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 01 2025 at 06:22
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You're talking about accounting for five decades of prog? In one list? Impossible! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 01 2025 at 12:41
That's why I've done it over four, different regions, lists.  ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
BrufordFreak wrote:Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 03 2025 at 05:58
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If one album per artist, RYM's top 20 of non-UK Prog albums from the post-1970s looks like (with popularity weighting on 4): Rush (CA) - Moving Pictures (1981) The Mars Volta (USA) - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) Opeth (S) - Damnation (2003) King Gizzard (AU) - Polygondwanaland (2017) glass beach (USA) - plastic death (2024) Omnipotent Youth Society (China) - Inside the Cable Temple (2020) Los Jaivas (Chile) - Alturas de Machu Pichu (1981) betcover!! (JP) - Tamago (2022) Gospel (USA) - The Loser (2022) Magma (F) - K.A (2004) Riverside (PL) - Second Life Syndrome (2005) Ground Zero (JP) - "Plays Standards" (1997) Eskaton (F) - 4 Visions (1981) Seru Giran (ARG) - Bicicleta (1980) Coheed and Cambria (USA) - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003) Anglargård (S) - Hybris (1992) Extremoduro (ES) - La Ley Innata (2008) Dün (F) - Eros (1981) The Gathering (NL) - How to Measure a Planet? (1998) Kayo Dot (USA) - Hubardo (2013) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 04 2025 at 07:47
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If still one album per artist, here's RYM's top 20 - 40 (with popularity weighting on 4): Karnivool (AU) - Sound Awake (2009) Maudlin of the Well (USA) - Part the Second (2009) Aksak Maboul (B) - Un Peu de L'ame des Bandits (1980) The Deer Hunter (USA) - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise (2015) Kingston Wall (FI) - II (1993) Bacamarte (BR) - Depois do Fim (1983) dredg (USA) - El Cielo (2002) Thank You Scientist (USA) - Maps of Non-Existent Places (2012) Wobbler (N) - From Silence to Somewhere (2017) Univers Zéro (B) - Ceux du Dehors (1982) Buckethead (USA) - Hold Me Forever (2014) Monika Roscher Bigband (D) - Witchy Activities and the Maple Death (2023) Ayreon (NL) - Into the Electric Castle (1998) Koenji Hyakkei (JP) - Ni (1997) Caligula's Horse (AU) - Bloom (2015) SBB (PL) - Memento z Banalnym Tryptykiem (1981) Transatlantic (USA) - Bridge Across Forever (2001) Sergey Kuryokhin (RU) - Sparrow Oratorium (1993) Salle Gaveau (JP) - Alloy (2007) Leprous (N) - Malina (2017) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 07 2025 at 05:47
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If still using RYM's Prog definition and classifications, only one album per artist, plus, 400 ratings as minimum to be included, PA's top 20 of non-UK Prog albums from the post-1970s looks something like: Rush (CA) - Moving Pictures (1981) Anglargård (S) - Hybris (1992) Wobbler (N) - From Silence to Somewhere (2017) Bacamarte (BR) - Depois do Fim (1983) All Traps on Earth (S) - A Drop of Light (2018) Riverside (PL) - Second Life Syndrome (2005) Magma (F) - K.A (2004) Univers Zero (B) - Uzed (1984) Discipline (USA) - Unfolded Like Staircase (1997) Neal Morse (USA) - ? [Aka: Question Mark] (2005) Phideaux (USA) - Doomsday Afternoon (2007) Solaris (HU) - Marsbeli Kronikak (1984) Dün (F) - Eros (1981) Maudlin of the Well (USA) - Part the Second (2009) SBB (PL) - Memento z Banalnym Tryptykiem (1981) Birds and Buldings (USA) - Bantam to Behemoth (2008) The Mars Volta (USA) - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) Ayreon (NL) - The Human Equation (2004) Transatlantic (USA) - Bridge Across Forever (2001) Beardfish (S) - Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two (2008) Spock's Beard (USA) - V (2000) Anekdoten (S) - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone (2015) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |