PA Albums of 2024: Official Results

^Something happened with my list. I see that Monarch of Monsters only has yours and Lewian's votes for 27 points. And it was 4th on my list (counting PA only) for the 16 points to get it to 43. It's no longer on my list.

Lewian wrote: But I see this, here (clicking on "Details"): https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa/aoty-2024/results-pa?at=2025-02-02 Both rank 63. Fractal Sextet Sky Full Of Hope 2024 Sean Trane 20 Lewian 6 Total 26 Thierry Zaboitzeff Le Passage 2024 Lewian 20 Sean Trane 6 Total 26

^ I think I remember that we had an issue with this release, there were duplicate entries. It's possible that I failed to preserve your list entry when I fixed that (by deleting the duplicates). I'll try to prevent these issues in the future by making sure that when I delete a duplicate, poll list entries, ratings, tags and reviews are automatically moved to the remaining entry.

But I see this, here (clicking on "Details"):

Lewian wrote: Thanks Mike, great work! This... There are 32 participating users in total, which is half of last year's turnout (56). ...is a bit worrying, as the reason must be that there are generally fewer people around (for sure the reason is not how this was run ).

Edited by Sean Trane - February 04 2025 at 03:21

Thanks Mike, great work!

The more who participate, and the more who listen to a host of albums more than once, the better the results and exercise, methinks. Hopefully despite the decline in the forum, more will get used to adding to the list throughout the year and we will have a greater percentage of forum users presenting lists.

This is my top 40. I don't take the order that seriously on the whole and I would say that despite very much liking various albums, based on my limited listening it is not a particularly remarkable year overall. Mind you, I have not of course heard the vast majority of albums from 2024 and I expect to hear many more from this year in later years that I will love and to find some fresh musical avenues to plough. Various of these need more spins to properly assess.

1. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown [AP Prog-Adj]
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead"
3. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
4. Tapir! - The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain [AP Prog]
5. Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves [AP Non-Prog]
6. 김반월키 - 빈자리 (Binjari) [AP Prog]
7. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming [AP Prog]
8. The Smile - Cutouts
9. samlrc - A Lonely Sinner [AP Prog]
10. Tigran Hamasyan - The Bird Of A Thousand Voices
11. Mount Eerie - Night Palace [AP Prog]
12. Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violent [AP Non-Prog]
13. Xiu Xiu - 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips [AP Non-Prog]
14. Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que no Sabes [AP Prog]
15. Drew McDowall - A Thread, Silvered and Trembling [AP Prog]
16. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas [AP Prog]
17. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
18. Uboa - Impossible Light
19. Beak> - >>>>
20. Eunuchs - Harbour Century [AP Prog]
21. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World [AP Prog]
22. Geordie Greep - The New Sound
23. Phuyu y la Fantasma - B| Décimas de Phuyu y la Fantasma [AP Prog]
24. Cosmo Sheldrake - Eye to the Ear [AP Non-Prog]
25. Martha Skye Murphy - Um [AP Non-Prog]
26. And Also the Trees - Mother-of-Pearl Moon [AP Prog]
27. Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - Tarot, Part I
28. Herhums - To Save Us All [AP Prog-Adj]
29. Mono - OATH
30. God is an Astronaut - Embers
31. Angel Olsen - Cosmic Waves Volume 1 [AP Non-Prog]
32. Wand - Vertigo [AP Prog-Adj]
33. Prizes Roses Rosa (Panda Rosa) - To Fire Clay [AP Prog]
34. MGMT - Loss of Life [AP Prog]
35. Melt-Banana - 3+5 [AP Non-Prog]
36. Goat - Goat
37. The Necks - Bleed [AP Non-Prog]
38. The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
39. Glass Beach - Plastic Death
40. Fire! - Testament

Edited by Logan - February 03 2025 at 13:38

Good job, Mike. Love being able to see what is liked both in PA and not in PA.

I have been thinking that the more we rather naturally incorporate the lists made there into topics made here might bring on more forum regulars, especially various of the kind who are really into the Top 10s and Lists and Polls topics. Today I have put together a 2021 list at AP and will incorporate that into a poll.

I understand that various people don't like to rank their favourites and that various people do not seek out contemporary music. I still love to discover new-to-me music of many decades.

Anyway, excellent job. It's a shame that this forum is not so active as it used to be. Used to be a lot more active discussion/ dialogue/ conversation. Feeling like I know need to start trying to have more face-to-face conversations to get my fix. The horror, the horror.

Very interesting results. Opeth only at 7 was maybe not expected. I personally couldn't get into that or the SGM album. BBT's album was okay and nice to see it supported. Expected Geordie Greep to get more votes but didn't seem to go down as well as the last Black Midi album. Beardfish's album has generally been praised everywhere and by everyone on the yt channels that I watch but although it was well supported it was never a contender just scraping into the top ten.