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    Posted: May 22 2022 at 03:21
Anathema - Weather Systems
The Flower Kings - Banks Of Eden
Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One)
Glass Hammer - Perilous
Astra - The Black Chord
Anglagard - Viljans Oga
Moulettes - The Bear's Revenge
The Tea Club - Quickly Quickly Quickly
Echolyn - Echolyn
The Enid - Invicta
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Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken - The Death Defying Unicorn
Anathema - Weather Systems
Echolyn - Echolyn
Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existant Places
Astra - The Black Chord
Swans - The Seer
Goat - World Music
Sonar - A Flaw of Nature
Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Atlantis
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II - Future Sequence
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My final Top 10 with 4-star albums, Live albums and compilations removed from my original list. Smile

5 stars 2012: Jon Lord - Concerto for Group & Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCVM88iR4-03QKkGAgzy6ie
5 stars 2012: Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsBSxmCn5NIcIgf-jA0AGwS
5 stars 2012: Tony Banks - Six Pieces for Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZgaAG7-M7TKny5b6yJZ3zE
5 stars 2012: Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited II - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYDG96Zr1XhC3vup_2ACbPn
5 stars 2012: Mostly Autumn - The Ghost Moon Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbOga6VYzuPvS1YEClVEX4L
5 stars 2012: Big Big Train - English Electric Part One - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYxajvm1b2iAt1A38GG_Do6
5 stars 2012: Francis Lickerish - Far and Forgot: From the Lost Lands - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbF6g848TvqbHM7uuN0ZYeW


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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:


Anathema - Weather Systems

Diagonal - The Second Mechanism

Soen - Cognitive

Alcest - Les Voyages de l’Àme

Beardfish - The Void

Gojira - L’Enfant Sauvage

Headspace - I Am Anonymous



these are really good! Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

I know 2012 was a pretty underwhelming year, what with the world not ending and all, but hey, at least some really cool prog albums came out of it!

Looking at my iPod, it can’t have been that underwhelming musically, as I have 20 albums from 2012 on it, and based on what is not there, it’s clearly not the entirety of the 2012 albums in mt collection. I have attempted to take that 20 and turn it into a top 10 (the first list), but I couldn’t help also sharing what I took out (the second list), because I’m still not convinced that some of the second list don’t belong in the first, and vice versa. I’m not even going to look into my collection, to see what else I have from 2012, as I have no doubt I’d have even more I’d want to include in my top 10. 🤪🤪🤪

Anathema - Weather Systems

Aranis - Made in Belgium 

Diagonal - The Second Mechanism

Enslaved - RIITIIR 

iamthemorning - ~

Obsidian Kingdom - Mantis

Roz Vitalis - Patience of Hope

Soen - Cognitive

Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

Thumpermonkey - Sleep Furiously


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Alcest - Les Voyages de l’Àme

Beardfish - The Void

Daal - Dodecahedron

Flor de Loto - Volver e Nacer

Gojira - L’Enfant Sauvage

Headspace - I Am Anonymous

KingBathmat - Truth Button

Perhaps Contraption - Listening Bones

Playgrounded - Athens

Profusion - rewoTower
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5 stars 2012: Jon Lord - Concerto for Group & Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCVM88iR4-03QKkGAgzy6ie
5 stars 2012: Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsBSxmCn5NIcIgf-jA0AGwS
5 stars 2012: Tony Banks - Six Pieces for Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZgaAG7-M7TKny5b6yJZ3zE
5 stars 2012: Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited II - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYDG96Zr1XhC3vup_2ACbPn
5 stars 2012: Karnataka - New Light Live in Concert - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZT0SdDfIL8cQl3KhOdSagt 
5 stars 2012: Mostly Autumn - The Ghost Moon Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbOga6VYzuPvS1YEClVEX4L
4 stars 2012: Ken Hensley - Love and Other Mysteries - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD2bao9zl7tyRpUh2kE5K5-
4 stars 2012: Keith Emerson Band - Three Fates Project - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuaNbvbnr5eMdR-G-zaESmu
4 stars 2012: Hawkwind Light Orchestra - Stellar Variations - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvdcM_fN7fmN4z0kySysfrl
5 stars 2012: Big Big Train - English Electric Part One - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYxajvm1b2iAt1A38GG_Do6
4 stars 2012: Heather Findlay Band - Songs from the Old Kitchen - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaCOtl3o6ncQyCvDLeKASUN
5 stars 2012: Francis Lickerish - Far and Forgot: From the Lost Lands - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbF6g848TvqbHM7uuN0ZYeW
4 stars 2012: Marillion - Sounds That Can't Be Made - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYk98dfz7oaTzP8PyZNQp7c


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Spoiled for choice this year... (and twice a censored word Tongue)

Swans - The Seer
Thinking Plague - Decline and Fall
iamthemorning - ~
Van der Graaf Generator - Alt
Kong - Merchants of Air
Motorpsycho - The Death Defying Unicorn
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
You Slut! - Medium b*****d
Tin Hat - The Rain is a Handsome Animal

Out of competition (there aren't standard PA-listed studio releases but for sure good enough):
Sonar - Live at Bazillus
Bjork - b*****ds
Various Artists - Spirit of Talk Talk
Dieter Moebius & Asmus Tietchens - Moebius & Tietchens


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Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata
Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud
Volcano the Bear - Golden Rhythm / Ink Music
Alec K Redfearn and the Eyesores - Sister Death
Magma - Felicite Thosz
Kaizers Orchestra - Violet Violeta, Volume III (They are not here, but this is their own truly 'prog' album)
Moon Safari - Lovers End Pt III
Deerhoof - Breakup Songs
Anathema - Weather Systems
Tin Hat - The Rain is a Handsome Animal


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1. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
2. Änglagård - Viljans öga
3. Astra - The Black Chord
4. Kharmina Buranna - Seres humanos
5. Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited II
6. Carpe Nota - Carpe Nota
7. Alphataurus - AttosecondO
8. Citizen Cain - Skies Darken
9. Apogee - Waiting for the Challenge
10. I and Thou - Speak

Honorable mentions:
Argos - Cruel Symmetry
Nexus - Magna fabulis
Majeure - Solar Maximum
InVertigo - Veritas
Landmarq - Entertaining Angels
Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One)
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Anglagard- Viljans Oga
Big Big Train - English Electric Part One
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
Enslaved - Ritiir
It Bites - Map Of The Past
Elephant9- Atlantis
Alphataurus - Attosecondo
Anathema - Weather Systems
I And Thou - Speak

Honorable mentions:

Panzerpappa - Astromalist
Alcest - Les Voyages de L’Âme
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Banks of Eden - The Flower Kings

Momentum - Neal Morse

Map of the Past - It Bites

Echolyn - Echolyn

Flying Colors - Flying Colors

Espectro - Violeta de Outono

Everybody's Waiting - Luca Scherani

Wing Beat Fantastic: Songs Written by Mike Keneally & Andy Partridge - Mike Keneally

AttosecondO - Alphataurus

Grandine il Vento - Renaissance
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Anglagard- Viljans Oga
Fontanelle- Vitamin F
Guillaume Perrett & The Electric Epic- s/t
Motorpsycho- The Death Defying Unicorn
Al Doum & The Faryds- Positive Force
Storm Corrosion- s/t
Zoltan-First Stage Zoltan
The Samuel Jackson Five- s/t
Dolorosa- Het!
Elephant9- Atlantis

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1. Progenesi - Ulisse - L'Alfiere Nero
2. Big Big Train - English Electric Part One
3. Anglagard - Viljans Oga
4. Alphataurus - Attosecondo
5. The Flower Kings - Banks of Eden
6. Neal Morse - Momentum
7. L' Estate Di San Martino - Talsete Di Marsantino
8. Syndone - La Bella è la Bestia
9. Il Bacio Della Medusa - Deus Lo Vult
10. Maurizio Di Tollo - L'Uomo Trasparente
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12        Perret, Guillaume / The Electric Epic (Tzadik Release)        Fra       2012   

11        Aka Moon       Unison            Bel       2012   

11        Al Doum & the Faryds            Positive Force             Ita        2012   

11        Änglagård       Viljans Öga     Swe     2012   

11        Cassol, Fabrizio          Strange Fruit   Bel       2012   

11        Comus Out of the Coma         Eng      2012   

11        Elephant9 / Reine Fiske         Atlantis           Nor      2012   

11        Forgas Band Phenomena       Acte V Fra       2012   

11        GoGo Penguin Fanfares          Eng      2012   

11        Halsall, Matthew        Fletcher Moss Park     Eng      2012   

11        Maalouf, Ibrahim        Wind   Leb      2012   

11        Santana           Shape Shifter USA     2012   

11        Van der Graaf Generator       Alt       Eng      2012

11        Young, Neil & Crazy Horse     Psychedelic Pill          Can      2012 


Bubbling under:             

10        Alamaailman Vasarat Valta   Fin       2012   

10        All Them Witches       Our Mother Electricity           USA     2012   

10        AmAndA          Là où Chimène dort    Bel       2012   

10        Aranis  Made in Belgium        Bel       2012   

10        Astra   The Black Chord         USA     2012   

10        Green Diesel   Now Is the Time         Eng      2012   

10        Guapo History of the Visitation         Eng      2012   

10        Magma           Félicité Thösz Fra       2012

10        Methexis         The Fall of Bliss          Gre      2012   

10        Muffins, The   Mother Tongue           USA     2012

10        Needlepoint    Outside the Screen     Nor      2012   

10        Panzerpappa   Astromalist     Nor      2012   

10        Return to Forever       The Mothership Returns        USA     2012   

10        Scherzoo         02        Fra       2012   

10        Thinking Plague          Decline and Fall         USA     2012   


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Weather Systems by Anathema by a country mile for me. STCBM by Marillion was a return to form….
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Albion - The Indefinite State of Being
EliphasZ - Le Royaume des Poussieres
Hexvessel - No Holier Temple
Iamthemolrning - s/t
Resonaxis - Hymnarium
Sorne - House of Stone
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I hadn't realized Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic were on the site. They'd certainly make my list.

DCD, Swans, Ghost Rhythms, Anna von Hausswolff, Alamaailman Vasarat, Magma, & Kotobel would all make my honorable mentions list.
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In no particular order:

Swans - The Seer
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
Syd Arthur - On An On
Mahogany Frog - Senna
Goat - World Music
Elephant9 w/ Reine Fiske - Atlantis
Motorpsycho - The Death Defying Unicorn
Alcest - Les Voyages de L’Âme
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - s/t
Ghost Rhythms - Sept Cercles
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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:


Distorted Harmony - Utopia


that's a really good one, great band!  Thumbs Up
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1. echolyn - echolyn
2. Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One)
3. Battlestations - In a Cold Embrace
4. Profusion - RewoToweR
5. Ange - Moyen-Âge
6. Alamaailman Vasarat - Valta
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