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Topic: 2017 Album ReleasesPosted By: Logan
Subject: 2017 Album Releases
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 15:04
I put this together quickly, brother-in-law's funeral today, not going, too far to fly when my wife and I both have respiratory ailments. A reminder to make the most of the time we have, which may or may not involve creating more polls...
Again this poll comes in three sections and an "other", and again multiple voting is not enabled.
The first eight are taken from the unfiltered, except by year, Prog Archives Top Album Chart for 2017. The second eight is taken from the Collab Album of the Year for 2017 topic, but if an album of that was already listed, then I omit it from that poll section. The third eight is from my top 20 list at Awesome Prog for 2017. "Other" as a voting option is intended to use if none of the listed options have much appeal. That said, I would ask people to mention their favourites on and off the list. If your favourite on the list is Agusa, but your actual favourite is Steven Wilson's To the Bone, then I suggest voting for and mentioning Agusa in a post while mentioning Wilson's album as being your actual favourite.
Sharing is caring and detailed posts are welcome (that can help with conversation). Mention as many of your favourites as you like, both and off the list. And feel free to mention what you don't like that is listed too.
https://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?syears=2017" rel="nofollow - Prog Archives Top Albums for 2017 Chart
1. Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere (Symph) 2. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (Psych/Space) 3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (Psych/Space) 4. Obiymy Doschu - Son (Crossover) 5. Accordo dei Contrari - Violato Intatto (Jazz/Rock Fusion) 6. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pacifisticuffs (Prog Metal) 7. Soul Doubt - The Dance of Light and Shade (Prog Metal) 8. Intervals - The Way Forward (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal)
https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=113928" rel="nofollow - Collaborator's Top Albums of 2017
Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere (the actual number one, but not in this poll section as already listed) Accordo dei Contrari - Violato Intatto (the actual number two, but not in this poll section as already listed) 1. Big Big Train - Grimspound (Crossover) 2. Deluge - Grander Oceanarium (Symph) 3. Mike Oldfield - Return to Ommadawn (Crossover) 4. Thinking Plague - Hoping Against Hope (RIO/Avant Prog) 5. Agusa - Agusa (Psych/Space) 6. Jordsjø - Jord (Symph) 7. Roger Waters - Is This the Life We Really Want? (Crossover) 8. Bent Knee - Land Animal (Crossover)
https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/ap/aoty-2017/vote" rel="nofollow - From My Top Nine at Awesome Prog (in somewhat haphazard order)
1. Richard Dawson - Peasant (in PA, Prog Folk) 2. Susanne Sundfør - Music for People in Trouble (in PA, Crossover) 3. James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits (can't see in PA, Progressive Electronic) 4. Swans - Deliquescence (live, Post-Rock) 5. Hiziru - 飛鶴 Hizuru (not in PA, Chamber Jazz, Japanese Folk Music) King Gizzard and the Lizard - Polygondwanaland (my actual number 6, but not in this poll section as already listed) 6. L'Rain - L'Rain (not in PA, Neo-Psych, Art Pop, Soul) 7. The Comet Is Coming - Death to the Planet EP (Nu Jazz, Jazz Fusion) 8. King Krule - The Ooz (not in PA, Art Rock)
2016 is a huge year for me, but I will take a break from these. Don't want to inundate PA with my topics.
Replies: Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 15:18
...and he is relentlessly going on with the series, patience is for losers...
I go for Thinking Plague out of this bunch (still haven't listened to Deliquescence, stupid me). I do like Polygondwanaland, The Comet is Coming, and this year's Roger Waters album, even though I may be the only one.
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 15:39
Big Big Train > Deluge Grander >= Wobbler > Jordsjø > Roger Waters
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 16:00
Polygondwanaland > Return to Ommadawn > Violato Intatto
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 16:14
Lewian wrote:
...and he is relentlessly going on with the series, patience is for losers...
I go for Thinking Plague out of this bunch (still haven't listened to Deliquescence, stupid me). I do like Polygondwanaland, The Comet is Coming, and this year's Roger Waters album, even though I may be the only one.
Patience has never been a virtue of mine. Once I start something, no matter how pointless and mundane the exercise may prove to be, I like to finish it, but not at the expense of other people's efforts not getting attention.
"The Knot" off Deliquescence is especially epic.
That said, 1998's Swans Are Dead is my favourite Swans live album, but then I love Swans' late 80s through 90s period.
I have not heard the latest Live Rope (2024).
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 16:36
Wobbler
However, I adore BBT- "Grimspound", Obiymy Doschu "Son", "Pacifisticuffs" and Accordo dei Contrari - "Violato Intatto".
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 16:46
Pasticuffs edges out Land Animal and Peasant from this list. Looking at my library, a few that stand out that aren't in the list:
- Guerilla Toss - GT Ultra (you may like this one)
- Murder of the Universe was my favourite of the KG+TLW albums that year
- Lingua Ignota's All Bitches Die was pretty great
- Merkabah's Million Miles kicked ass
- I remember enjoying Mary Ocher's the West Agains the People, but haven't listened to it since then I don't think. But it may be up your alley
- St Vincent's Masseduction was fantastic
- Xanthochroid's of Earth and Axen II was a pretty great metal concept album.
- Zeal and Ardors debut was also pretty fantastic
But album of the year for me probably goes to the pretty straightforward emotive alternative rock, "Broken Machine" by Nothing but Thieves, this has been on constant play for me basically since then.
Sorry to hear about your brother in law. It's always sad to lose family.
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 17:04
So many releases I still need to listen to, it never ends
These are my current favorites of 2017. In this poll I'll vote for Polygondwanaland, although I prefer Murder of the Universe (also from 2017).
I really like The Source. I also love the Pain of Salvation album, there was a great synergy on that one between Gildenlöw and Ragnar Zolberg.
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 17:05
^ The music quits for nobody. The shows must go on.
TheGazzardian wrote:
Pasticuffs edges out Land Animal and Peasant from this list. Looking at my library, a few that stand out that aren't in the list:
- Guerilla Toss - GT Ultra (you may like this one)
- Murder of the Universe was my favourite of the KG+TLW albums that year
- Lingua Ignota's All Bitches Die was pretty great
- Merkabah's Million Miles kicked ass
- I remember enjoying Mary Ocher's the West Agains the People, but haven't listened to it since then I don't think. But it may be up your alley
- St Vincent's Masseduction was fantastic
- Xanthochroid's of Earth and Axen II was a pretty great metal concept album.
- Zeal and Ardors debut was also pretty fantastic
But album of the year for me probably goes to the pretty straightforward emotive alternative rock, "Broken Machine" by Nothing but Thieves, this has been on constant play for me basically since then.
Sorry to hear about your brother in law. It's always sad to lose family.
Thanks, my wife has taken it very hard. He was the brother of hers I was closest to. We shared the same worldview. It's been a long series of illnesses, but he had heart surgery and other procedures and he had seemed to be improving. Always sad and also a fact of life. My wife's father was the same age in his 50s when he died. Since my wife has had heart attacks it's a reminder to be extra vigilant. She should leave her job -- far too stressful, and I should work harder (I do lack the same kind of earning potential).
I will check out Guerilla Toss. I have Lingua's Ignota's in my longer list. I have listened to that St. Vincent once just recently, but needs more spins. It's one I expect to list here after I spin it again. The order does not mean much as I should return to various of these.
1. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/62922#tag=%20%7bap:62922%7d" rel="nofollow - Richard Dawson - Peasant Passionate Acoustic Neo Prog Avant Folk/Independent 2. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/56587#tag=%20%7bap:56587%7d" rel="nofollow - Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble Introspective Poetic Non-Prog Folk Pop/Rock 3. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77379#tag=%20%7bap:77379%7d" rel="nofollow - James Holden - The Animal Spirits Warm Psych Prog Folk Trance/Jazz 4. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/75037#tag=%20%7bap:75037%7d" rel="nofollow - Swans - Deliquescence Somber Epic Exp Prog Post Rock 5. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77382#tag=%20%7bap:77382%7d" rel="nofollow - 飛鶴 - 飛鶴 Hizuru Spiritual Melodic Japanese Prog Chamber Jazz/Folk 6. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/46590#tag=%20%7bap:46590%7d" rel="nofollow - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland Surreal Psych Exp Prog Space Rock 7. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/69143#tag=%20%7bap:69143%7d" rel="nofollow - L'Rain - L'Rain Bittersweet Psych Neo Non-Prog Art Psychedelia/Pop 8. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77383#tag=%20%7bap:77383%7d" rel="nofollow - The Comet Is Coming - Death to the Planet Hypnotic Apocalyptic Cosmic Non-Prog Fusion/Nu 9. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/70671#tag=%20%7bap:70671%7d" rel="nofollow - King Krule - The Ooz Dark Nocturnal Prog Art Punk/Triphop 10. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/71447#tag=%20%7bap:71447%7d" rel="nofollow - Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live Melancholic Epic Non-Prog Folk Pop/Singer Songwriter 11. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/44628#tag=%20%7bap:44628%7d" rel="nofollow - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana Hypnotic Psych Exp Anatolian Prog Desert Rock/Krautrock 12. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77386#tag=%20%7bap:77386%7d" rel="nofollow - Juana Molina - Halo Warm Nocturnal Exp Latin Non-Prog Art Pop/Rock 13. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/44705#tag=%20%7bap:44705%7d" rel="nofollow - Bent Knee - Land Animal Playful Melodic Exp Prog Art Rock/Pop 14. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/46591#tag=%20%7bap:46591%7d" rel="nofollow - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup Warm Psych Neo Prog Space Rock/Soul 15. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77380#tag=%20%7bap:77380%7d" rel="nofollow - Lingua Ignota - All Bitches Die Misanthropic Noisy Exp Metal/Gospel 16. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/67158#tag=%20%7bap:67158%7d" rel="nofollow - Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun Prog Rock 17. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/44680#tag=%20%7bap:44680%7d" rel="nofollow - Soup - Remedies Uplifting Atmospheric Prog Post Rock/Electronic 18. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77381#tag=%20%7bap:77381%7d" rel="nofollow - Xiu Xiu - FORGET Ominous Eclectic Exp Non-Prog Art Pop/Electronic
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 18:44
Thinking Plague > Mike Oldfield, Diablo Swing Orchestra, The Comet Is Coming, Bent Knee, Accordo dei Contrari
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 21:33
I'm really sorry to hear about your Wife's brother. None of the men on my dad's side of the family have hit 60 that we know of until me. I feel it's coming though, I struggle physically. It's all good though. 2017 was a deep year for me, I am still reviewing cds I picked up back then. My top three... Violato Intatto From Silence To Somewhere Hoping Against Hope
And I did have a blast when I discovered King Gizzard. I probably over did it with these guys though and jumped off the bus pretty much after 2017. But Flying Microtonal Banana and Polygondwanaland still standout for me. Albums not listed that I like are quite a few. Psychedelic music from Atavismo, Nik Turner and Electric Moon. John Zorn and Mediabanda as well, for powerful jazz related music. Miriodor in Avant released an amazing record in Signal 9. Such a good year.
------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 21:39
And one really random recommendation would be a NYC band called Ex-Eye. Includes a Secret Chiefs 3 member and is led by the sax player. Post metal that is both heavy and powerful.
------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 22:19
From the list, I voted Violato Intatto but my favorite albums from 2017 are as follows:
1. VYLET PONY Mystic Acoustics
2. DEMEN Nektyr
3. BATTLESTATIONS Vixit
4. RYUICHI SAKAMOTO async
5. CICADA White Forest 6. FIVE-STOREY ENSEMBLE Night en Face 7. TREE TOPS Ghosts Don't Dance with Shoes 8. ANATHEMA The Optimist
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 23:45
1. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54146#tag=%20%7bap:44640%7d" rel="nofollow - Magenta - We Are Legend
2. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55847#tag=%20%7bap:44715%7d" rel="nofollow - Dave Kerzner - Static [ https://open.spotify.com/album/4LTWar8Aj1wtNelfy5Dhwe" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
3. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54842#tag=%20%7bap:44852%7d" rel="nofollow - Big Big Train - The Second Brightest Star [ https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-brightest-star" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0vrHQhDASQKq7sr4wGaj73" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
4. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54434#tag=%20%7bap:44716%7d" rel="nofollow - Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? [ https://open.spotify.com/album/2XhQwji1ixgjca0XzkiTek" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
5. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55583#tag=%20%7bap:44973%7d" rel="nofollow - Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere [ https://wobbler.bandcamp.com/album/from-silence-to-somewhere" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/7uxllPwgjev1FQ0gkGAkDe" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
6. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54921#tag=%20%7bap:44876%7d" rel="nofollow - Kaipa - Children of the Sounds [ https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/children-of-the-sounds" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/78Cgs3jjWZhjXS44l5Z2CJ" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
7. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54893#tag=%20%7bap:44865%7d" rel="nofollow - Kotebel - Cosmology
8. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54263#tag=%20%7bap:44922%7d" rel="nofollow - Amplifier - Trippin' With Dr Faustus [ https://amplifier.bandcamp.com/album/trippin-with-dr-faustus" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1fjtOXNqlSHFUsWCBsWjut" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
9. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54816#tag=%20%7bap:56166%7d" rel="nofollow - Caligula's Horse - In Contact [ https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/in-contact" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/76ffWagOEq3L48KPzK1zIj" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
10. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54951#tag=%20%7bap:44888%7d" rel="nofollow - Lifesigns - Cardington
11. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=53949#tag=%20%7bap:44557%7d" rel="nofollow - Big Big Train - Grimspound [ https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/grimspound-hi-resolution-audio" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/3YBGYpPgEcC8Tszi9ufIYS" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
12. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55791#tag=%20%7bap:44999%7d" rel="nofollow - Deluge Grander - Oceanarium [ https://delugegrander.bandcamp.com/album/oceanarium-2" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/5BIgRCY8r3RkkVICDVaB4I" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
13. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54074#tag=%20%7bap:44784%7d" rel="nofollow - Gungfly - On Her Journey to the Sun [ https://metalageproductionslpcd.bandcamp.com/album/rikard-sj-bloms-gungfly-on-her-journey-to-the-sun-2cd" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/5gYn79JeUKwiGN39HDqAub" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
14. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54574#tag=%20%7bap:44754%7d" rel="nofollow - Steven Wilson - To the Bone [ https://open.spotify.com/album/1ahl6UmqCDuNy6rJVfRKeC" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
15. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54370#tag=%20%7bap:44705%7d" rel="nofollow - Bent Knee - Land Animal [ https://open.spotify.com/album/7K5KSdrusSD2O70NyAFhJk" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
16. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=53391#tag=%20%7bap:44552%7d" rel="nofollow - The Mute Gods - Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth [ https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/tardigrades-will-inherit-the-earth" rel="nofollow - BC ] [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0Yfw9jIb7xvjiWNQt92ycQ" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
17. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=53914#tag=%20%7bap:44648%7d" rel="nofollow - Lonely Robot - The Big Dream
18. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=53419#tag=%20%7bap:44461%7d" rel="nofollow - Mike Oldfield - Return To Ommadawn [ https://open.spotify.com/album/3V3hCBFtp1PMcWPx2bqPyv" rel="nofollow - SPO ]
19. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/45174#tag=%20%7bap:45174%7d" rel="nofollow - Glass Hammer - Untold Tales [AP Prog]
20. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54066#tag=%20%7bap:44594%7d" rel="nofollow - Nad Sylvan - The Bride Said No
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: February 08 2025 at 01:30
Big Big Train - Grimspound
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 08 2025 at 04:19
Mike Oldfield - Return to Ommadawn
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 08 2025 at 06:22
Agusa self titled album
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 08 2025 at 13:04
From this list, BBT and Wobbler.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 08 2025 at 13:06
Thinking Plague. I am somewhere inside this sentence.
------------- ---------- 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: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 13 2025 at 02:06
Favourite Prog Albums of 2017
2017: Lee Abraham - Colours - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqwCwJs0GgYiMCm0liwAzcy0w1l6b0H7g" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqwCwJs0GgYiMCm0liwAzcy0w1l6b0H7g
2017: Anathema - The Optimist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjiYk9qjaWaaCauaiWQkpeQn5G2apQhW0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjiYk9qjaWaaCauaiWQkpeQn5G2apQhW0
2017: Ayreon - The Source - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k25tw7snlnbdnODw_E00PSEjzap9aJjWw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k25tw7snlnbdnODw_E00PSEjzap9aJjWw
2017: Joe Bailey - Nightingale - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kynYoXTw8X9Uzmqf5suPfxneVDnM2e60U" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kynYoXTw8X9Uzmqf5suPfxneVDnM2e60U
2017: Big Big Train - Grimspound - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYg2t6MZc-_iEZSxTZPWF3W" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYg2t6MZc-_iEZSxTZPWF3W
2017: Tim Bowness - Lost in the Ghost Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nw10l9WLt_Qa76anDXE5pK_JZma7HoZJA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nw10l9WLt_Qa76anDXE5pK_JZma7HoZJA
2017: Judy Dyble & Andy Lewis - Summer Dancing - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l3IMFfGEsh_WuVOue7MBGfQSsu7nnD-dg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l3IMFfGEsh_WuVOue7MBGfQSsu7nnD-dg
2017: Eloy - The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre, Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ly65UeVEniXYA7rHWmhFSP_4FxUSyshNQ" rel="nofollow - 2017: David Gilmour - Live at Pompeii - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDZ7QcsbDR8Wx2-l1oDvJA-77ioQ6mDZ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDZ7QcsbDR8Wx2-l1oDvJA-77ioQ6mDZ
2017: Steve Hackett - The Night Siren - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZBMKIP4k7UcnWs1b2VT7Jc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZBMKIP4k7UcnWs1b2VT7Jc
2017: Iain Jennings - The House - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n7AxezDqhlHe53xdvA-kAGYhaRmCB83_0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n7AxezDqhlHe53xdvA-kAGYhaRmCB83_0
2017: Kaipa - Children of the Sounds - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_laf8AU4BXK2uMY0N2f28X-NXwD7nyaiMY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_laf8AU4BXK2uMY0N2f28X-NXwD7nyaiMY
2017: Phil Lanzon - If You Think I'm Crazy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kx-X9ZVjLdBjeA4ItOspn5OHQN74RicPU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kx-X9ZVjLdBjeA4ItOspn5OHQN74RicPU
2017: Lonely Robot - The Big Dream - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nh3Af1mQeCGfwsh_aDHJhyN6whdMaHzmo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nh3Af1mQeCGfwsh_aDHJhyN6whdMaHzmo
2017: Mostly Autumn - Sight of Day - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYb5zkWi3lW3fpB8kxEPOoQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYb5zkWi3lW3fpB8kxEPOoQ
2017: Mike Oldfield - Return to Ommadawn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-nptvm9-hE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-nptvm9-hE
2017: Jan Schelhaas - Living on a Little Blue Dot - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvE58-v4zJH7g-ynT_hs7R4HpMGeCfakU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvE58-v4zJH7g-ynT_hs7R4HpMGeCfakU
2017: The Tangent - The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYsBPb0xl9tT6xsC4pf5e7S" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYsBPb0xl9tT6xsC4pf5e7S
2017: Threshold - Legends of the Shires - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4be1Dk7jf2E" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4be1Dk7jf2E
2017: Nik Turner - Life in Space - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mZt9Zk-oUb_v6fHxiVmx8_X20nR7eySM8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mZt9Zk-oUb_v6fHxiVmx8_X20nR7eySM8
2017: Rick Wakeman - The Phantom of the Opera - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt8uOgwGQazOgvPCEZ5fHIi" rel="nofollow - 2017: Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1ScO4XREsr1xxDquMbPmGDQ4jdKkXOcM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1ScO4XREsr1xxDquMbPmGDQ4jdKkXOcM
2017: Steven Wilson - To the Bone - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kyfC0GR15WV6FpFny9RgLu9hfe2QjW6m4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kyfC0GR15WV6FpFny9RgLu9hfe2QjW6m4
2017: Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lT7Y1IBP7aeUnlPMPx2zcOehGdtO0SkBU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lT7Y1IBP7aeUnlPMPx2zcOehGdtO0SkBU
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: February 13 2025 at 02:32
Mike Oldfield
------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
Posted By: Lights Faces
Date Posted: February 13 2025 at 05:56
Wasn't that the year of Believe's Seven Widows? I'm giving them my vote!
I was not really a fan of Mike Oldfield's Return to Ommadawn. Maybe I need to listen to it again, but... It felt like an unnecessary piece, paling before the original.
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: February 13 2025 at 07:46
True to my memory, this year has a lot more bangers than 2018, I have to say
1. Kamasi Washington - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n4BqgVgiaElYKige2SzruN-Cm-cQ0XEsM" rel="nofollow - Harmony Of Difference
2. Yowie - http://skingraftrecords.bandcamp.com/album/synchromysticism" rel="nofollow - Synchromysticism 3. Reuben Gingrich - http://reubengingrich.bandcamp.com/album/blue-island" rel="nofollow - Blue Island 4. Dani Lee Pearce - Dandilionheart 5. Bubblemath - http://bubblemath.bandcamp.com/album/edit-peptide" rel="nofollow - Edit Peptide 6. Kairon;IRSE! - http://kaironirse.bandcamp.com/album/ruination" rel="nofollow - Ruination 7. L'Rain - http://lrain.bandcamp.com/album/lrain-deluxe-edition" rel="nofollow - L’Rain 8. Wyxz - http://wyxz.bandcamp.com/album/wyxz" rel="nofollow - Wyxz 9. Thinking Plague - http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hoping-against-hope" rel="nofollow - Hoping Against Hope 10. Tera Melos - http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/trash-generator" rel="nofollow - Trash Generator 11. Pajjama - http://orangemilkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/womb" rel="nofollow - Womb 12. Falling Into Birds - http://fallingintobirds.bandcamp.com/album/falling-into-birds" rel="nofollow - Falling Into Birds 13. Blaque Dynamite - http://blaque-dynamite.bandcamp.com/album/killing-bugs" rel="nofollow - Killing Bugs 14. Slowdive - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l8gNk4QIz3gX-og4p77QI-gELx-w7wuk8" rel="nofollow - Slowdive 15. Louis De Mieulle & Matt Garstka - http://ldemieulle.bandcamp.com/album/dual" rel="nofollow - Dual 16. Fox Capture Plan - http://foxcaptureplan.bandcamp.com/album/fragile" rel="nofollow - Fragile 17. John Zorn - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l_Uo-EZ9LOfBjrrt2guPXZONGvPjOumXQ" rel="nofollow - There Is No More Firmament 18. Nodens Ictus - http://nodensictus.bandcamp.com/album/the-cozmic-key" rel="nofollow - The Cozmic Key 19. Alex Ward Quartet - http://alexward.bandcamp.com/album/inductance" rel="nofollow - Inductance 20. Mediabanda - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYD6XQgTSP9_eUTdT5nTw8vuZxrKnPcmZ" rel="nofollow - Bombas En El Aire
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 17 2025 at 07:23
^ I appreciate that Mira. Thank you. Has been very hard on my wife but she seems to be coping well now. He was the brother of hers that she did not always get along well with but I enjoyed the company of the most as we shared such similar views on the world, politics, philosophy... Having been ill, but slowly improving (got hit with multiple COVIDs and Flus and my lungs and ability to think are paying the price) I did not attend much of the virtual service (could not travel to Asia for it), but it seemed a beautiful and very large gathering of people. We will travel there before too long, once my wife can get away from work and son is settled in university (he will be doing computer engineering, and has a passion for composing music which is awesome).
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: February 17 2025 at 07:33
^ Sounds like you've been going through quite a rough patch, Greg! So sorry! I fear that expanded realization of our new Muskian Darktopia will only accelerate the tough times for many of us. We'll always have music (just as the nations under Soviet rule in the Cold War had jazz and jazz-rock fusion), but it may come to feel a bit hollow as the "good times" we've been so spoiled with come to an end.
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 17 2025 at 08:37
^ Thanks. Ooh that dark and musky scent of the Elon dystopia (even dressing like a blackshirt). I know we are asked not to talk politics (never a policy I wanted, just seemed needed), but well, wow, just wow.
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 17 2025 at 09:06
^ My condolences as well, really sorry for your loss. Only two weeks ago my mother had to be taken to the hospital, now she is back home with an oxygen pack. Nobody is getting younger, unfortunately ...
Regarding the dystopia, well, it seems like the less we (publicly) talk about politics, the faster our dear leaders behind the scenes can advance their agendas. Not saying that this forum is the best place to discuss these topics, but there seem to be fewer and fewer places overall.
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 20:32
Good year. I had to make some decisions on who to leave off my top 30.
Voted for Accordo Dei Contrari.
1. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54206#tag=%20%7bap:44663%7d" rel="nofollow - Accordo Dei Contrari - Violato Intatto 2. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=64557#tag=%20%7bap:46590%7d" rel="nofollow - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland 3. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54448#tag=%20%7bap:45369%7d" rel="nofollow - Yolk - Solar 4. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54893#tag=%20%7bap:44865%7d" rel="nofollow - Kotebel - Cosmology 5. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54146#tag=%20%7bap:44640%7d" rel="nofollow - Magenta - We Are Legend 6. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/69032#tag=%20%7bap:69032%7d" rel="nofollow - All Them Witches - Sleeping Through the War [AP] 7. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54451#tag=%20%7bap:44724%7d" rel="nofollow - Sky Architect - Nomad 8. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55869#tag=%20%7bap:45308%7d" rel="nofollow - Agusa - Agusa 9. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=57065#tag=%20%7bap:44669%7d" rel="nofollow - Pixie Ninja - Ultrasound 10. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54583#tag=%20%7bap:44755%7d" rel="nofollow - The Tangent - The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery 11. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77379#tag=%20%7bap:77379%7d" rel="nofollow - James Holden - The Animal Spirits [AP Prog] 12. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55222#tag=%20%7bap:45006%7d" rel="nofollow - Motorpsycho - The Tower 13. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54574#tag=%20%7bap:44754%7d" rel="nofollow - Steven Wilson - To the Bone 14. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=53949#tag=%20%7bap:44557%7d" rel="nofollow - Big Big Train - Grimspound 15. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55660#tag=%20%7bap:45059%7d" rel="nofollow - Major Parkinson - Blackbox 16. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54568#tag=%20%7bap:54250%7d" rel="nofollow - Elder - Reflections of a Floating World 17. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=54145#tag=%20%7bap:44641%7d" rel="nofollow - Kant Freud Kafka - Onírico 18. https://awesomeprog.com/releases/77857#tag=%20%7bap:77857%7d" rel="nofollow - The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding [AP Non-Prog] 19. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55949#tag=%20%7bap:45041%7d" rel="nofollow - Robert Plant - Carry Fire 20. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=64560#tag=%20%7bap:44628%7d" rel="nofollow - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 23:46
https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=56953" rel="nofollow - Squintaloo - Über Bord Unfortunately the band did not get added to PA until a year after this album came out so didn't get any AOTY love. But this is easily my favorite album of 2017.
Lewian wrote:
2017: Tim Bowness - Lost in the Ghost Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nw10l9WLt_Qa76anDXE5pK_JZma7HoZJA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nw10l9WLt_Qa76anDXE5pK_JZma7HoZJA 
