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Posted: February 06 2015 at 23:48

The Bearded Bard wrote:

1. A Silver Mt. Zion - F**k Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (15)

2. Kayo Dot - Coffins on Io (8)

3. Motorpsycho - Behind the Sun (6)

4. Guillaume Perret & the Electric Epic - Open Me (28)

5. Fire! Orchestra - Enter (49)

6. Krokofant - s/t (186)

7. SOT - Redwings Nest (204)

8. Goat - Commune (70)

9. Knifeworld - The Unravelling (10)

10. Seven Impale - City of the Sun (3)

Cool, I was really digging that Goat album too Audun, didn't know they were on PA.

And of course, Kayo dot and Silver Mt Zion were sick

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Posted: February 06 2015 at 11:48

Wow Andy! I saw the archived multi year collaborator album of the year list.

I love the aesthetics of the way you posted it. But most of all, I like how I can click on an individual year and cruise thru albums the collaborators thought great and powerful.

What a Fort Knox of golden information! Enough to send me on a

decade long prog rock shopping spree. Thank you Andy!

Edited by omphaloskepsis - February 06 2015 at 11:54

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Posted: February 05 2015 at 19:26

omphaloskepsis wrote:

Very good job Andy!

I got a question. If this is the 9th annual contest, where are the results for early contests? And if you got them in the archives, can you pin the results from the 2011, 2010, 2009-2006 contests..?

Edit...I searched for the contests and I found them all going back to 2005. The 2005 contest was a top 5. The contest has come a long way. Congrats again Andy and The Collaborators!

Thank you! I think it's a good idea to maybe have an archive post of all the Collab's top lists... I'll do that right now! Big smile

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Posted: February 05 2015 at 16:57

Very good job Andy!

I got a question. If this is the 9th annual contest, where are the results for early contests? And if you got them in the archives, can you pin the results from the 2011, 2010, 2009-2006 contests..?

Edit...I searched for the contests and I found them all going back to 2005. The 2005 contest was a top 5. The contest has come a long way. Congrats again Andy and The Collaborators!

Edited by omphaloskepsis - February 05 2015 at 17:58

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Posted: February 05 2015 at 04:07

Grab a cold beer and enjoy the results of your excellent work, Andy Beer

The more new prog I hear, the less agreement there is between my top 10 and PA's. Only two off my list ended up on PA's Top of the 2014 Progs, Opeth (my 2) and Seven Impale (my 7), although Knifeworld only just missed my top 10.

Overall, an average or even less than average year for prog IMO. Pale Communion wasn't even that great in the greater picture but with the year's competition was 'great'.

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Posted: February 04 2015 at 11:04

Thanks for putting the list together. Knifeworld? Where are all the collabs reviews for this top ten album? Gryphon does RIO.

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Posted: February 04 2015 at 10:20

Great work, Andy!

A bit disappointed Kayo Dot didn't go all the way, like I thought it perhaps would, and with Opeth on top, thought that one was pretty bland. But Seven Impale was a nice surprise, both their music and their placement in this list. And more than respectable placements for Motorpsycho and Knifeworld as well! Clap

My top 10 list, and how they fared in the overall ranking:

1. A Silver Mt. Zion - F**k Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (15)

2. Kayo Dot - Coffins on Io (8)

3. Motorpsycho - Behind the Sun (6)

4. Guillaume Perret & the Electric Epic - Open Me (28)

5. Fire! Orchestra - Enter (49)

6. Krokofant - s/t (186)

7. SOT - Redwings Nest (204)

8. Goat - Commune (70)

9. Knifeworld - The Unravelling (10)

10. Seven Impale - City of the Sun (3)

Got four albums in the top 10, not bad. About half of the albums in the top 10 list I like, the other half not so much, or haven't heard.

someone_else wrote:

2014 has been a great year for prog

I agree. Discovered a lot of cool stuff, from both older and newer artists, and got myself a few new favourites in the process. All thanks to PA! Thumbs Up

Here's to a just as good 2015. Beer

Windhawk wrote:

Nice with the placement for Seven Impale. Saw them live yesterday, and they came across as an excellent and tight live unit well worth experiencing.

Ooohh!

Missed this!

Well, I'll have a watch out for the next time they play in Oslo that's for sure!

Andy Webb wrote:

Looks like we have a shout out from Seven Impale!

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Posted: February 02 2015 at 16:10

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Posted: February 02 2015 at 15:28

Looks like we have a shout out from Seven Impale!

Edited by Andy Webb - February 02 2015 at 15:29

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Posted: February 02 2015 at 03:50

Another great job done Andy. Thanks for your efforts.

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Posted: February 02 2015 at 02:29

1. Moetar - Entropy of the Century[24]

Here's how my picks fared. Obviously surprised my first 2 weren't rated higher. But nice to see Opeth get the recognition I felt they deserved on previous album. I also hit 2 bullseyes...Motorpsycho a number 6 and Seven Impale at 3..

1. Moetar - Entropy of the Century [24]

2. Happy Family - Minimal Gods[21]

3. Seven Impale - City of the Sun[3]

4. Opeth - Pale Communion[1]

5. Hiromi - Alive[70]

6. Motorpsycho - Behind the Sun[6]

7. Magma - Rïah Sahïltaahk[65]

8. Animals as Leaders - The Joy of Motion[43]

9. Haken - Restoration[254]

10. Cynic - Kindly Bent to Free Us[76]

Edited by Tapfret - February 02 2015 at 09:34

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Posted: February 02 2015 at 01:51

My final list:

Top 10 Albums For 2014:

1. Frank Zappa - Roxy By Proxy

2. Trioscapes - Digital Dream Sequence

3. Moonchild Trio - The Last Judgment

4. Poil - Brossaklitt

5. Secret Chiefs 3 - Perichoresis

6. Led Bib - The People In Your Neighborhood

7. John Zorn - Valentine's Day

8. Pinhas/Ambarchi - Tikken

9. Machine Mass Trio - Inti

10. Pinhas/Yoshida - Welcome...In The Void

Honorable Mentions: Krokofant - S/t, Factor Burzaco - 3, OOIOO - Gamal, Many Arms - Suspended Animation, Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestite

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Posted: February 02 2015 at 01:44

I can appreciate Swans more than perhaps actually like them. (I'm the one who added the album to the database!) The songs are just too long and repetitious on these last two albums. I much prefer their "reunion" album My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky.

Also a bit amazed the praise for the Kayo Dot album. To me only one great song (Library Subterranean); and really the second half of the album is much better than the first.

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Posted: February 01 2015 at 20:21

Oh, cheers for quoting my Coffins review, and great work on the list as always, Andy. Strong list, PoiL almost made it!

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Posted: February 01 2015 at 16:12

I would have put money on either Swans or IQ being #1...guess I didn't look at enough lists!

So close for Poil...and selfishly my list...Overall a decent year for prog IMO. Not many 'world shaking' albums for me but a fair helping of very very good to great.

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Posted: February 01 2015 at 14:43

Great work, as ever, so thanks Andy.

I tell you what strikes me as much as anything......just how much new music is still being released under the Prog banner.

We live in fine times, my friends

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Posted: February 01 2015 at 14:15

Slartibartfast wrote:

Swans - To Be Slitting My Wrists To. I ordered this one without previewing it first. I will be dreading it whenever it comes up in rotation for the rest of my life. Thankfully Amazon wasn't able to get me a copy of their album that came before it...

Not to be hateful or anything, two of my top tens made it in, I am not going to try anything else that made it into the top ten.

Swans isn't for everyone, that's for sure. But for those it resonates with, it definitely is powerful.

I wouldn't give up on the whole top 10, though. There are some great albums on there.

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Posted: February 01 2015 at 13:45

Swans - To Be Slitting My Wrists To. I ordered this one without previewing it first. I will be dreading it whenever it comes up in rotation for the rest of my life. Thankfully Amazon wasn't able to get me a copy of their album that came before it...

Not to be hateful or anything, two of my top tens made it in, I am not going to try anything else that made it into the top ten.

Edited by Slartibartfast - February 01 2015 at 13:48

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: February 01 2015 at 13:44

Andy Webb wrote:

Polymorphia wrote:

Great work Andy! Only regrettable thing was that I thought Pale Communion was #10 at first and it was anti-climactic once I discovered that I had already read the #1. LOL

Yea, I usually choose to go 1-10 rather than backwards. Maybe next year I'll add an element of suspense. Tongue

Nah, I don't mind the lack of suspense. Just that the reading of the top slot went by without me even noticing. I just didn't read well enough. Embarrassed

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