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1. Rush - Hemispheres
2. U.K. - U.K.
3. Babylon - Babylon
4. Bubu - Anabelas
5. Weidorje - Weidorje
6. Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories
7. Collegium Musicum - Continuo
8. Magma - Attahk
9. Steve Hillage - Green
10. National Health - National Health

Honorable mentions:
Dixie Dregs - What If
Mirror - Daybreak
David Gilmour - David Gilmour
Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons
Gong - Expresso II
Genesis - And Then There Were Three
Kaipa - Solo
Atila - Reviure
Richard Wright - Wet Dreams
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13           Ripaille                La Vieille que l'On Brula         
12           Bubu     Anabelas
12           F.M.       Direct To Disk (aka Headroom)      

12           Grobschnitt       Solar Music Live  

12           Iceberg En Directe  
12           Itoiz       Itoiz   
12           Maneige             Libre Service  

12          
Frank Marino, Frank & Mahogany Rush  - Live 
12           Muffins     Manna / Mirage  

12           Rush      Hemispheres     

12           Van Halen          Van Halen       


Bubbling under:  

11           Blue Oyster Cult     - Some Enchanted Evening
11           Cano     Eclipse Can
11           Carol of Harvest              Carol of Harvest
11           Circus   All Stars - Live   

11           Coto En Pel        Holocaust          
11           Gilmour, David David Gilmour     

11           Ibrahim, Abdullah (Dollar Brand)            Soweto (aka African Herbs)       
11           Marley, Bob / The Wailers          Babylon By Bus     

11           Max Webster    Mutiny Up My Sleeve     
11           Musica Urbana - Iberia      

11           National Health               National Health           

11           National Health               Of Queues And Cures    
11           Police, The         Outlandos d'Amour  
11           Queen  Jazz      

11           Scofield, John   Live     
11           Tangerine Dream            Cyclone

11           Thursaflokkur (Şursaflokkur)    Hinn Islenzki Thursaflokkur    

11           Troisieme Rive - Banlieues

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Nat Health- Queues and Cures
Nat Health-st
UK-UK
Pat Metheny GRoup-st
Happy the Man- Crafty Hands
Cathedral-Stained Glass Stories
Tull-Heavy Horses
Babylon-st
Beefheart-Shiny Beast
Rush-hemispheres
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Bruford-Feels Good
Muffins-Manna


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Still some great ones when the majors have fallen into decline:

1. Rush - Hemispheres
2. Indexi - Modra Rijeka
3. Anthony Phillips - Wise after the Event
4. Bubu - Anabelas
5. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch
6. UK - UK
7. Tangerine Dream - Cyclone
8. Mike Oldfield - Incantations
9. Weidorje - Weidorje
X. Klaus Schulze - X

A honourable mention from outside the prog niche:
Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band

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Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
David Gilmour - David Gilmour
Peter Gabriel - PG2 (Scratch)
The Moody Blues - Octave
Jethro Tull - Bursting Out
Rush - Hemispheres
Steeleye Span - Live at Last
Renaissance - A Song for all Seasons
Dixie Dregs - What If
U.K. - U.K.

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1. U.K. - U.K.
2. National Health - Of Queues & Cures
3. National Health - s/t
4. Pat Metheny Group -s/t
5. Bruford - Feels Good to Me
6. Rush - Hemispheres
7. Dixie Dregs - What If
8. Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger
9. Brand X - Masques
10. Happy the Man - Crafty Hands

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Henry Cow - Western Culture
National Health - Of Queues & Cures
Klaus Schulze - X
Weidorje - s/t
Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
Mike Oldfield - Incantations
National Health - s/t
Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Art Bears -Hopes & Fears
Yochk'o Seffer - Ghilgoul
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Giger Lenz Marron-Where The Hammer Hangs
Rush-Hemispheres
Genesis-And Then There Were Three
Wishbone Ash-No Smoke Without Fire
PFM-Passpartu
John McLaughlin-Electric Guitarist
Spyro Gyra-Spyro Gyra
Il Baricentro-Trusciant
Budgie-Impeckable
Passport-Sky Blue
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I began with a list of six favourite British albums from this year, but with a little help from Prog Line, I came up with my final international Top 10. Smile

Barclay James Harvest - Live Tapes
Camel - A Live Record
David Gilmour - David Gilmour
Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons
U.K - U.K
Richard Wright - Wet Dream

Christian Boule - Photo Musik
Happy the Man - Crafty Hands
Phylter - Phylter
Sustain - Sustain


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 10 2021 at 05:24
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