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    Posted: May 22 2022 at 03:37
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase
Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine
Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Silver Mountain
The Tangent - A Spark in the Aether
Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle
Glass Hammer - The Breaking Of The World

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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Final Top 10 with all 4-star and all but one Live albums removed from my list above.

5 stars 2015: David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock - 

I know your ratings are often way out there but just NO

PA - 3.42, RYM - 3.24, Gnosis - 2.7

At best average at worst meh
One of These Days, we might agree on something, but on the other hand, Life would be inordinately dull if we all agreed on favourite albums and ratings. Tongue


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Final Top 10 with all 4-star and all but one Live albums removed from my list above.

5 stars 2015: David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock - 

I know your ratings are often way out there but just NO

PA - 3.42, RYM - 3.24, Gnosis - 2.7

At best average at worst meh
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We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs
Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone
Vola - Inmazes
Steve Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase
Ciccada - The Finest Of Miracles
The Tea Club - Grappling
Elder - Lore
Caspian - Dust & Disquiet
Martigan - Distant Monsters
William D. Drake - Revere Reach

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The Tangent - A Spark In The Aether
Barock Project - Skyline
Homunculus Res - Come Si Diventa Ciò Che Si Era
Guapo - Obscure Knowledge
Argos - A Seasonal Affair
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Final Top 10 with all 4-star and all but one Live albums removed from my list above.


5 stars 2015: Edison's Children - Somewhere Between Here & There - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaqe7_4Rwsx_4PT1GclZHts
5 stars 2015: The Enid - The Bridge Show - Live at Union Chapel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK-DF7We7DqQKSKynVTN91v
5 stars 2015: Marillion - A Monstrously Festive(al) Christmas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbNFSN-9oL2yNFevItRkdcQ
5 stars 2015: Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYvBHYrujpeixojCAsymFzg



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4 stars 2015: Anderson-Ponty Band - Better Late Than Never - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhjZGVfjdGhaWtysQ_v_KHfKfuQIi6CwE
4 stars 2015: Brian Auger - Back to the Beginning: The Brian Auger Anthology - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKVQNof2fsTULWE3DcvJ9jm
4 stars 2015: Big Big Train - Live at Kings Place, London - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYq3CSF_7UecPIGF4Y0PCFn
5 stars 2015: Eric Clapton - Slowhand at 70: Live at the Royal Albert Hall -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaXuvHboS5n3jDQE0iMC5PJ
4 stars 2015: Curved Air - Live Under the Bridge: The 45th Anniversary Concert - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIgdQmlcHkXIzVb2CVz_o6Y
4 stars 2015: Downes-Braide Association - Suburban Ghosts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEayt26xYMOphS5B6WLWYA_T
5 stars 2015: Edison's Children - Somewhere Between Here & There - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaqe7_4Rwsx_4PT1GclZHts
5 stars 2015: The Enid - The Bridge Show - Live at Union Chapel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK-DF7We7DqQKSKynVTN91v
5 stars 2015: Marillion - A Monstrously Festive(al) Christmas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbNFSN-9oL2yNFevItRkdcQ
4 stars 2015: Renaissance - Live at the Union Chapel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA-hYWcF3-pkDpPi9UvcS24
5 stars 2015: Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYvBHYrujpeixojCAsymFzg
4 stars 2015: David Wright - Beyond the Airwaves, Volume 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDwA6m_mbKTcH_66_EpLHjuNPOoobGjV8
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William D. Drake - Revere Reach
Sonar - Black Light
Schnellertollermeier - X
Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone
Jaga Jazzist - Starfire
Battles - La Di Da Di
Battlestations - The Extent of Damage
Cabezas de Cera - Musica En Escala De Grises
Holger Czukay - Eleven Years Innerspace
Anna von Hausswolff - The Miraculous
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Unreal City - Il Paese del Tramonto
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
The Tangent - A Spark In The Aether - The Music That Died Alone, Volume Two
Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone
Neal Morse Band - The Grand Experiment
Homunculus Res - Come Si Diventa Ciò Che Si Era
Agusa - Två
Ubi Maior - Incanti Bio Meccanici
Jordsjø - Jordsjø
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It's the opposite for me. I stopped paying as much attention to recent releases around 2014-2015. Once I dug into it though, I found that 2015 was a decent year.

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Neal Morse Band - The Grand Experiment
Beardfish - +4626-Comfortzone
Davy O'List - Second Thoughts
Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot
Steve Hackett - Wolflight
Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine
Ozric Tentacles - Technicians of the Sacred
Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone
Symphony X - Underworld


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A number of these are not in PA.

Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
Mid-Air Thief - Gongjoong Doduk
The Unthanks - Mount the Air
William D Drake - Revere Beach
Björk - Vulnicura
Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Silver Mountain
Ennio Morricone - Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight
Alio Die & Lorenzo Montana - Holographic Codex
John Zorn - Simulacrum
Dungen - Allas Sak
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Earthside - A Dream in Static 
Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase 
Nemo - Coma
Kingcrow - Eidos
Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle
Weedpecker - II
Caligula's Horse - Bloom
Third Ion - 13-8 Bit
AudioPlastik - In The Head Of A Maniac


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Earthside - A Dream in Static 
Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase 
Nemo - Coma
Kingcrow - Eidos
Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle
Weedpecker - II
Caligula's Horse - Bloom
Third Ion - 13-8 Bit
AudioPlastik - In The Head Of A Maniac

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In no particular order as usual:

Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Earthside - A Dream in Static
Panzerballett - Breaking Brain
Riverside - Love, Fear, and the Time Machine
Caligula's Horse - Bloom
Leprous - The Congregation
Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
Enslaved - In Times
Queensryche - Condition Human
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1. Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone
2. Nice Beaver - The Time It Takes
3. Alejandro Matos - La Potestad
4. Cailyn Lloyd - Voyager
5. District 97 - In Vaults
6. Battlestations - The Extent of Damage
7. La Coscienza di Zeno - La Notte Anche di Giorno
8. IOEarth - New World
9. Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles
X. Grand Tour - Heavy on the Beach
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Schnellertollermeier - X
Upsilon Acrux - Sun Square Dialect
Guapo - Obscure Knowledge
Reve General - Howl
Vak - Aedividea
Simon Steensland - A Farewell to Brains
William D Drake - Revere Beach
Ni - Les Insurges de Romilly
Sonar - Black Light
John Zorn - Simulacrum
Ikarus - Echo
Akku Quintet - Molecules

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - April 15 2022 at 20:38
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     2015     
1. CICADA Light Shining Through the Sea
2. ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ Holographic Codex
3. BATTLESTATIONS The Extent of Damage
4. LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO La notte anche de giorno
5. ANEKDOTEN Until the Ghosts Have All Gone 
6. STEVEN WILSON Hand. Cannot. Erase.
7. METHEXISuiciety 
8. NEMO Coma
9. OZRIC TENTACLES Technicians of the Sacred
10. CICCADA The Finest of Miracles 

11. THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE The Sunstone
12. DUNGEN Allas Sak
13. JAGA JAZZIST Starfire
14. MYSTERY Delusion Rain
15. VOLA Inmazes 
16. KLONE Here Comes the Sun
17. THE AMAZING Picture You
18. THIEVES' KITCHEN The Clockwork Universe
19. MAGMA Sl*g Tanz
20. ZA! Lolosimo

21. ABIGAIL'S GHOST Black Plastic Sun
22. PROGRESSION BY FAILURE Sonic Travelogue
23. SYLVAN Home 
24. MONOBODY Monobody
25. JAM IT! Following the Unknown
26. 3RDEGREE Ones & Zeroes, Part 1
27. LEPROUS The Congregation
28. SVETAMUZIKA Present Simple
29. ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF The Miraculous

30. HOMUNCULUS RES Come si diventa ciò che si era

Honorable Mentions:
31. CORVUS STONE Unscrewed 
32. MANNA/MIRAGE Blue Dogs
33. TOE Hear You 
34. ABSTRAKT Limbosis 
35. ADVENT The Silent Sentinel 
36. THE TEA CLUB Grappling
37. NATIVE CONSTRUCT Quiet World
38. COSMIC GROUND 2
39. KARDA ESTRA Strange Relations
40. HOOFFOOT Hooffoot
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Anekdoten- Until All The Ghosts Are Gone
Needlepoint- Aimless Mary
Riverside- Love, Fear And The Time Machine
Komara- Komara
Vak- Aedividea
Lamagaia- Lamagaius
Steven Wilson- Hand Cannot Erase
Elephant9- Silver Montain
La Fabbrica Dell'Assoluto- 1984 l'Ultimo Uomo d'Europa
Nik Turner-Space Fusion Odyssey


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da best year in a very long time Clap


13        Maalouf, Ibrahim       Red and Black Light   Leb      2015   

13        Washington, Kamasi  The Epic          USA     2015   

12        Anekdoten      Until All the Ghosts are Gone            Swe     2015   

12        Hooffoot         Hooffoot         Swe     2015   

12        Maalouf, Ibrahim       Kalthoum        Leb      2015   

12        Rêve Général  Howl! Var      2015   

12        Scherzoo         03        Fra    

12        Vak      Aedividea        Fra       2015   

12        Walker, Ryley Primrose Green          USA     2015   

11        Agusa  Två      Swe     2015   

11        Alco Frisbass   Alco Frisbass   Fra       2015   

11        All Them Witches       Dying Surfer Meets His Maker          USA     2015   

11        Birchall, Nat   Invocations     Eng      2015   

11        Comelade, Pascal / Les Limiñanas    Traité de Guitares Triolectiques

11        Compro Oro   Transatlantic Bel       2015   

11        Elephant9 / Reine Fiske         Silver Mountain          Nor      2015   

11        Ghost Rhythms           Madeleine      Fra       2015   

11        Hamasyan, Tigran      Mockroot        Arm     2015   

11        Jaga Jazzist     Starfire           Nor      2015   

11        King Crimson  Live at the Orpheum Eng      2015   

11        Manna/Mirage          Blue Dogs       USA     2015   

11        Needlepoint    Aimless Mary Nor      2015   

11        Nordmann      Alarm!            Bel       2015   

11        Unit Wail        Beyond Space Edges Fra       2015   

11        Van der Graaf Generator      Merlin Atmos Eng      2015   

11        Walker, Riley  Primrose Green          USA     2015   

11        Witchwood     Litanies from the Woods       Ita        2015   

11        Yokaï   EP01 (EP)        Bel       2015 


bubbling under 

10        AKKU Quintet  Molecules       Swz      2015   

10        Big Hogg         Big Hogg         Eng      2015   

10        Guapo Obscure Knowledge   Eng      2015   

10        Halsall, Matthew / Gondwana Orchestra     Into Forever    Eng      2015   

10        Homunculus Res         Come si Diventa Ciò Che si Era         Ita        2015   

10        Jordsjø Jordsjø        Nor      2015   

10        Magma           sl*g. Tanz        Fra       2015    Zeuhl

10        Malady           Malady           Fin       2015   

10        Rêve d'Éléphant Orchestra    Odyssée 14     Bel       2015   

10        Slang & Purbayan Chatterjee            Pace of Mind Bel       2015   

10        Sons of Kemet Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do       

10        Threadgill, Henry / Zooid      In for a Penny, In for a Pound         

10        Vespero          Fitful Slumber until 5 A.M.    Rus      2015   

10        Weedpecker   II          Pol       2015   

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1. Alco Frisbass - Alco Frisbass
2. Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone
3. Zombi - Shape Shift
4. Izz - Everlasting Instant
5. Castle Canyon - Criteria Obsession
6. Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle
7. Alpha Lighting System - Walking on an Earthlike Planet
8. Magnesis - La dame de braise
9. Argos - A Seasonal Affair
10. Beardfish - +4626-Comfortzone

Honorable mentions:
Apogee - The Art of Mind
Farmhouse Odyssey - Farmhouse Odyssey
Nice Beaver - The Time It Takes
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1. Thieves' Kitchen  - The Clockwork Universe
2. FAT - Living the Dream
3. Echolyn  - I Heard You Listening
4. Sanguine Hum - Now We Have Light
5. Steven Wilson - H.C.E.
6. ni - Les Insurges de Romilly
7. Special Providence  - Essence of Change
8. Simon Phillips  - Protocol  III
9. Panzerballett  - Breaking Brain
10. Lonely Robot  - Please Come Home

Others

Caligula's Horse - Bloom
The Aristocrats  - Tres Caballeros
Riverside  - Love, Fear And The Time Machine
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