2020 Album Releases
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Topic: 2020 Album Releases
Posted By: Logan
Subject: 2020 Album Releases
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 12:25
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In this I have the top eight albums from the PA Top Album Chart for 2020, eight of the top 11 in the Collab Album of 2020 Chart (I skipped entries already listed from the PA chart and eight of my top 10 (I had two entries already listed in my top eight). There also is an other "option" option. Please vote for "other" if none of the listed options have much appeal. Please mention as many as you like of what you like both on and off this list if applicable. Thanks. Please try to list your favourite album on the list and not on the list especially if your favourite over-all is not in the options. Again, no multiple-choice, but mention all your faves in a post if you want to share. The more the merrier. :) I have given the category at PA for those in PA -- only a couple are not in PA, and those, as must be as I did this, are from my list. https://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?ssubgenres=&syears=2024&scountries=&sminratings=0&smaxratings=0&sminavgratings=0&smaxresults=250&x=58&y=5#list" rel="nofollow - Prog Archives Top Albums of 2022 Chart (CLICK) 1. Wobbler - Dwellers of the Deep (Symph Prog) 2. Scardust - Strangers (Prog Metal) 3. Logos - Sadako e le mille gru di carta (RPI) 4. Motorpsycho -The All Is One (Eclectic Prog) 5. Fish On Friday - Black Rain (Crossover Prog) 6. The Reticent - The Oubliette (Exp./Post Metal) 7. Lazuli - Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhm (Eclectic Prog) 8. Pendragon - Love Over Fear (Neo-Prog) https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125605" rel="nofollow - 2020 Progarchives.com Collaborators' Album of the Year (CLICK) 1. Zopp - Zopp (Canterbury Scene) (ranks in ninth place in PA Top Albums chart) Wobbler - Dwellers Of The Deep (omitted here in second place due to being #1 in PA Albums chart) Logos - Sadako e le Mille Gru di Carta (omitted here as it is also third in PA Top Albums chart) 2. JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland - Oscillospira (RIO/Avant Prog) Pendragon - Love Over Fear (omitted here due to being in PA Top Albums top eight) 3. Fren - Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside (Eclectic Prog) 4. Magick Brother and Mystic Sister - Magick Brother and Mystic Sister (Psych/Space Rock) 5. La Maschera di Cera - S.E.I. (RPI) 6. The Flower Kings - Islands (Symph) 7. Fish - Weltschmerz (Neo-Prog) 8. Thy Catafalque - Naiv (Exp./Post Metal) https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/ap/aoty-2020/users/Logan" rel="nofollow - My eight choices for the poll from my top 10 at Awesomeprog for 2020 : 1. Ciśnienie - The Brass Album (with Lod 9) (Post Rock, a "live") Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - Magick Brother & Mystic Sister (skipped from this poll section due to being in Collab AOTY list) 2. Uboa - The Flesh of the World (in Exp.Post Metal at PA, an EP) JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland - Oscillospira (listed before, so not listing again) 3. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Art Pop/ Progressive Pop, not in PA) 4. Anna von Hausswolff - All Thoughts Fly (Crossover) 5. Aksak Maboul - Figures (RIO/ Avant Prog) 6. Klaus Morlock - The Memory Chamber (Progressive Electronic) 7. Omnipotent Youth Society - Inside the Cable Temple (Eclectic Prog) 8. Klô Pelgag - Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs (Art Pop. Singer-Songwriter, not in PA) |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 13:05
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Here is my Awesome Prog list so far: 1. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77257#tag=%20%7bap:77257%7d" rel="nofollow - Ciśnienie - The Brass Album (with Lod 9) [AP Prog] 2. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70596#tag=%20%7bap:48532%7d" rel="nofollow - Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - Magick Brother & Mystic Sister 3. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77262#tag=%20%7bap:77262%7d" rel="nofollow - Uboa - The Flesh of the World [AP] 4. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/48273#tag=%20%7bap:48273%7d" rel="nofollow - JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland - Oscillospira [AP Prog] 5. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/64776#tag=%20%7bap:64776%7d" rel="nofollow - Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters [AP Prog] 6. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70830#tag=%20%7bap:49538%7d" rel="nofollow - Anna von Hausswolff - All Thoughts Fly 7. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65189#tag=%20%7bap:56454%7d" rel="nofollow - Aksak Maboul - Figures 8. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77258#tag=%20%7bap:77258%7d" rel="nofollow - Klaus Morlock - The Memory Chamber [AP] 9. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=71718#tag=%20%7bap:71663%7d" rel="nofollow - Omnipotent Youth Society - Inside the Cable Temple 10. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77264#tag=%20%7bap:77264%7d" rel="nofollow - Klô Pelgag - Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs [AP] 11. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70952#tag=%20%7bap:48979%7d" rel="nofollow - Trees Speak - Ohms 12. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69457#tag=%20%7bap:49076%7d" rel="nofollow - Gösta Berlings Saga - Konkret musik 13. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77260#tag=%20%7bap:77260%7d" rel="nofollow - Eartheater - Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin [AP] 14. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77261#tag=%20%7bap:77261%7d" rel="nofollow - Luis Pestana - Rosa Pano [AP] 15. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=64939#tag=%20%7bap:56585%7d" rel="nofollow - Breidablik - Omicron 16. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69801#tag=%20%7bap:49334%7d" rel="nofollow - Homunculus Res - Andiamo in giro di notte e ci consumiamo nel fuoco 17. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65410#tag=%20%7bap:48523%7d" rel="nofollow - Elds Mark - Elds Mark 18. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=64941#tag=%20%7bap:56812%7d" rel="nofollow - Chromb! - Le Livre Des Merveilles 19. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65232#tag=%20%7bap:55724%7d" rel="nofollow - Dai Kaht - Dai Kaht Ii 20. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65302#tag=%20%7bap:48323%7d" rel="nofollow - Zopp - Zopp 21. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75153#tag=%20%7bap:59878%7d" rel="nofollow - Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never Thanks to Mike for providing that resource at Awesome Prog, and for allowing in far more than awesome prog, cause non-Prog can be awesome too! :) That said, The Brass Album, from a band that I am happy was accepted into PA as Post-Rock, is my clear album of the year. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 13:12
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Sadako ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 13:57
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Logos. Thirlwell & Steensland would be my second choice. Tiger and lions and old cylinder desks. Oh my. ------------- ---------- 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: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 14:32
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Out of those I have to vote for Wobbler, I simply don't know the other releases well enough. 2020 was a year where I just did not listen to music that much, with the pandemic, my daughter being born in the middle of it, getting married and moving from Germany to Sweden all took precedence over music. Will have to do some catching up. Nevertheless all of these are solid recommendations: 1. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65507#tag=%20%7bap:48654%7d" rel="nofollow - Haken - Virus [ https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/virus-deluxe-edition-24-bit-hd-audio" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1i6DTKXsonvhHZYdLhIbk1" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 2. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=64813#tag=%20%7bap:48387%7d" rel="nofollow - Katatonia - City Burials [ https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/city-burials" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1DX36PVNNEo2o9RAZN6OYJ" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 3. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69600#tag=%20%7bap:48736%7d" rel="nofollow - Pain of Salvation - Panther [ https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/panther" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1Y31kS1a9b6tyXA9aAN9Tw" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 4. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69629#tag=%20%7bap:49112%7d" rel="nofollow - Ayreon - Transitus [ https://ayreon.bandcamp.com/album/transitus" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/70KORU7OqZv2xVny1u3wyJ" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 5. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70831#tag=%20%7bap:49983%7d" rel="nofollow - Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo [ https://mrbungle.bandcamp.com/album/the-raging-wrath-of-the-easter-bunny-demo" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/2fTwy8cX01wYfM7yAyNNpT" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 6. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/47764#tag=%20%7bap:47764%7d" rel="nofollow - The Night Flight Orchestra - Aeromantic [AP Non-Prog] [ https://thenightflightorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/aeromantic" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0nu8H20H4e73VhvW5R8GOS" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 7. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=64683#tag=%20%7bap:48003%7d" rel="nofollow - Novena - Eleventh Hour [ https://open.spotify.com/album/6SNnMMCdtAFlh0ta78VJDn" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 8. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70256#tag=%20%7bap:48763%7d" rel="nofollow - Ulver - Flowers of Evil 9. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/52934#tag=%20%7bap:52934%7d" rel="nofollow - Macabre - Carnival of Killers [AP Prog-Adj] [ https://murdermetal.bandcamp.com/album/carnival-of-killers" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/4abvV2L0TB62E2OyQztQVt" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 10. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/54090#tag=%20%7bap:54090%7d" rel="nofollow - Soilwork - A Whisp of the Atlantic [AP Non-Prog] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/2kfEp1njqSlg9hS1A0fXW7" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 11. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69930#tag=%20%7bap:48708%7d" rel="nofollow - Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville [ https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/alphaville-bonus-tracks-edition" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1VAxNxcYUKpJ1XEJW12oPY" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 12. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70727#tag=%20%7bap:49100%7d" rel="nofollow - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - K.G. [ https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/k-g" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/6uuQKwM3fRETiscHqlnxuo" rel="nofollow - SPO ] ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa/aotm-2025-1/vote" rel="nofollow - 2025 Monthly Release Poll Listened to: 
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 14:35
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Fish on Friday! I listened to it a lot and am pretty fond of its miserable songs. Wobbler, Pendragon, TFK and Fish would obviously come as noteworthy honorable mentions. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 14:46
| I thought that in 2020 I'd have listened to much fewer new prog albums because I didn't do research just to put a list together for album of the year. But in fact I have a good number of 2020 albums, a quite strong year, with the Cisnienie album being the best of the prog crop. Slow Glass by ex-Comsat Angels Stephen Fellows is probably my album of the year. The Zopp album is very good but maybe a bit too modest and unspectacular to win album of the year. the Motorpsycho album is a quite different beast. I also love what Anna von Hausswolff and Aksak Maboul came up with. Schnellertollermeier - 5 and Arch Garrison - The Bitter Lay are PA albums that I love and that are not listed. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 15:23
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Weltschmerz. ------------- 
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 15:28
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La Maschera di Cera – S.E.I. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 18:31
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JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland Was my album of the year, wonderful stuff ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 19:44
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Five of my top seven are here, missing The Tangent and Sonar from that year. So from my top five hmmm... I think I agree with Ian here in that Thirlwell/Steensland release, and my vote. I'm surprised how much I like that Pendragon album, then there's Wobbler, Motorpsycho and Zopp. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 21:15
| 1. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70068#tag=%20%7bap:48790%7d" rel="nofollow - Wobbler - Dwellers of the Deep [ https://wobbler.bandcamp.com/album/dwellers-of-the-deep" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0aOupcoxV0EXjLfoHXqb2o" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 2. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69658#tag=%20%7bap:48676%7d" rel="nofollow - LogoS - Sadako e le mille gru di carta [ https://logosprog.bandcamp.com/album/sadako-e-le-mille-gru-di-carta" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/6gHJiX2oayvpOAMfqKczIF" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 3. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70350#tag=%20%7bap:48699%7d" rel="nofollow - Isobar - Isobar [ https://isobarprog.bandcamp.com/album/isobar" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/2xCYSXnkMTmyqbA74xXKVM" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 4. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70194#tag=%20%7bap:49342%7d" rel="nofollow - La Maschera Di Cera - S.E.I. [ https://lamascheradicera.bandcamp.com/album/s-e-i" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/7IKvDRNDnrbVqdRogZG5ev" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 5. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=64769#tag=%20%7bap:48839%7d" rel="nofollow - Lazuli - Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhm [ https://open.spotify.com/album/3IJjWOSaXUSuyueaqw45bP" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 6. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=64180#tag=%20%7bap:47423%7d" rel="nofollow - Pendragon - Love Over Fear [ https://pendragon3.bandcamp.com/album/love-over-fear" rel="nofollow - BC ] 7. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65030#tag=%20%7bap:48653%7d" rel="nofollow - ΦEarth - Aura 8. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=67048#tag=%20%7bap:48660%7d" rel="nofollow - Magenta - Masters of Illusion [ https://magenta.bandcamp.com/album/masters-of-illusion" rel="nofollow - BC ] 9. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69519#tag=%20%7bap:48804%7d" rel="nofollow - Gungfly - Alone Together 10. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65051#tag=%20%7bap:47899%7d" rel="nofollow - Glass Hammer - Dreaming City 11. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=71190#tag=%20%7bap:49621%7d" rel="nofollow - Deluge Grander - Lunarians [ https://delugegrander.bandcamp.com/album/lunarians" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/48n1UixLIW4zFLxd27PfjP" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 12. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=63971#tag=%20%7bap:47651%7d" rel="nofollow - Sons of Apollo - MMXX [ https://open.spotify.com/album/7Fjm76WFhPzLF2Dd103Dvz" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 13. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65224#tag=%20%7bap:48330%7d" rel="nofollow - Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant [ https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/rise-radiant-bonus-tracks-version" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1BvdqjCZOvhxZU8HZmqRrA" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 14. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69535#tag=%20%7bap:48801%7d" rel="nofollow - Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth [ https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/versions-of-the-truth" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/44EwGPQOdVZu8dWJSgLGSm" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 15. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70342#tag=%20%7bap:48784%7d" rel="nofollow - Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods [ https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/through-shaded-woods-deluxe-edition" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/67pdp4XR0HBZ2e5mxqhQr1" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 16. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69799#tag=%20%7bap:48583%7d" rel="nofollow - Gazpacho - Fireworker [ https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/fireworker" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0ZNcRst0nrHnz9t9gAOfFS" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 17. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=69362#tag=%20%7bap:48584%7d" rel="nofollow - The Tangent - Auto Reconnaissance [ https://andytangent.bandcamp.com/album/auto-reconnaissance-bonus-track-edition" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/2VO87oPGeasBu8BSGgR4I1" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 18. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65453#tag=%20%7bap:48329%7d" rel="nofollow - Kansas - The Absence of Presence [ https://kansasband.bandcamp.com/album/the-absence-of-presence" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1V5nPFtnNhMr5UUKsMRW6V" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 19. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70250#tag=%20%7bap:48767%7d" rel="nofollow - The Flower Kings - Islands [ https://open.spotify.com/album/3ISQ5U4NPUt2hCFRPORHDJ" rel="nofollow - SPO ] 20. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=65052#tag=%20%7bap:48354%7d" rel="nofollow - Deep Purple - Whoosh! |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 04 2025 at 21:24
Amazing album.
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octopus-4 wrote:Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 04:53
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Wobbler over Fish for this list. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |