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2014 Album Releases
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Poll Question: Choose a favourite from the list if you can to vote for, else "other"
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    Posted: February 14 2025 at 16:36
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I voted for Seven Impale but could have voted for Kayo Dot.
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I voted for Bruno Pernadas in the poll but here's a list of albums that I'd rank higher:

1. Hiromi - Alive
2. Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
3. Pajjama - Karakasa
4. Ryoko Ono - Electronic Elements
5. Thumbscrew - Thumbscrew
6. Happy Family - Minimal Gods
7. Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer - Gaps, Absences
8. Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul - Ex-Futur Album
9. Scissor Shock - Wear The Horns
10. Dominique Gaumont - Energy

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I've still not listened to The Endless River to this day. Posthumous albums are just a bit 'creepy' to me.
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What!? The Endless River was collaborators' number 3? I thought everybody found it underwhelming?
Anyway, Swans > Knifeworld & Electric Orange for me. (I have something of a weak spot for The Endless River, but that means three stars...)


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Favourite Prog Albums of 2014

4 stars 2014: Dave Mason - Future's Past
4 stars 2014: Pink Floyd - The Endless River - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZUG653xJ7Q
4 stars 2014: Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qRcBOKhZcw
4 stars 2014: Yes - Heaven and Earth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAoE560rz-s
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Even though I think Shiny Eyed Babies is one of the greatest prog rock albums of the 21st Century, this was a very tough group to vote from! City of the Sun! Passio secundum Mattheum! Brossa klit! Behind the Sun!  Pale Communion! Ancestor's Tale! Coffins on Io! Electric Orange's Volume 10! These are GREAT albums!

(Road of Bones is and always has been one of the most disappointing, cold, and antiseptic albums I've heard. And, other than "Knucklehead"--the album's best song--I think the second disc offering is ridiculous it's so poor in quality.) 



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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

IQ - The Road Of Bones Smile

He really shouldn't have included it, should he?  LOL

anyway... me too!   Embarrassed
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Kayo Dot from this list. Other good albums by LogoS, IQ and Dream the Electric Sheep.

My three faves from this year:
1. Deluge Grander - Heliotians
2. FreddeGredde - Brighter Skies
3. Druckfarben - Second Sound (the title track is one of the best post-70s epics)
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1. Dream The Electric Sleep - Heretics [BC] [SPO] 2. Deluge Grander - Heliotians [BC] 3. Corvus Stone - Corvus Stone II [BC] [SPO] 4. Threshold - For The Journey [BC] [SPO] 5. Anton Roolaart - The Plight of Lady Oona 6. IQ - The Road of Bones [BC] [SPO] 7. Synaesthesia - Synaesthesia [SPO] 8. Glass Hammer - Ode To Echo [BC] 9. Curved Air - North Star 10. Tin Spirits - Scorch [SPO] 11. Dave Kerzner - New World [BC] [SPO] 12. Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies [BC] [SPO] 13. Anathema - Distant Satellites [BC] [SPO] 14. Seven Impale - City Of The Sun [BC] [SPO] 15. Opeth - Pale Communion [SPO] 16. Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope [BC] [SPO] 17. iamthemorning - Belighted [BC] [SPO] 18. Cosmograf - Capacitor [BC] [SPO] 19. Nick Magnus - n'monix 20. Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus
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Logos and Zwoyld (I actually added Zwoyld to PA)
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Zwoyld over Electric Orange and Motorpsycho.
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It is a grand year, indeed!

While Swans' To be Kind was my actual number one, I want to share a favourite track of mine off the 2014 release of a beloved to me project, Kosmischer Läufer. I only recall right now having come across one other person at PA who appreciates KL, but honestly I love it at least as much (and more than most) as the "originals". I say that because it's music with a story of being of a past era.

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For those who like Progressive Electronic kosmische musik, I do recommend looking into it. For me every one of its volumes has been very good. To do such a thing under a pseudonym... Well, I guess lots of ua post some pretty impressive things under pseudonyms (usernames). ;)

https://kosmischerlaufer.bandcamp.com/music

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A grand year!
It's a tough one, to me it's a tie between IQ's the Road of Bones, Pendragon's Men who climb mountains, and Silhouette's Beyond the Seventh Wave. But since IQ's already receives the credit it deserves, I'm gonna give my vote to Silhouette (I acknowledge I am biased towards Pendragon's because it's the first prog album I listened to, the one that introduced me to prog).
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IQ - The Road Of Bones Smile
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Poil is the winner. What a bizarre, crazy, awesome album. I continue to follow the band but I think either they captured their manic energy best on this one, or maybe just because it was my first from them the novelty hit hardest. There must have been something in the water in Lyon back then, between this band and the avant-metal scene with bands like Oxxo Xoox, Igorr, Ricinn, Ooooooo, etc. that city has released some wild music.

Next is Bent Knee. Great songs, my intro to the band. 'Dry', 'Too Long', 'Sunshine' are highlights. Just great intense art rock. Note: I cast my vote for this one because I missed Poil until after I voted 

Swans is probably my third choice. I had seen 'Oxygen' performed live at Pitchfork festival the year before, which was a pretty cool experience, and I was excited for the album. The double-album fatigue set in with their next release, this one I still enjoyed it.

A few other good ones on this list, Goat, IQ, Ut Gret, Kinfeworld.

Off the list, some great ones:

Distant Satellites - Anathema - I know this is considered the start of the downfall but it's actually my first and favorite by them, I really love the atmosphere and how much space they create for the feelings the album invokes. Ariel in particular is a song that, as I became a parent, came to mean a lot to me.

La Isla Bonita - Deerhoof - one of their best albums and I was at my peak Deerhoof phase at this time. I ended up seeing their tour supporting it in New York and meeting an online friend I'd known for a decade (as well as a few people who used to be here like Greg and Bryan), so it's entwined with those memories.

With A Little Help From My Fwends - Flaming Lips - a strange, great recreation of Sergeant Peppers. 

Gazpacho - Demon - my favourite album by them outside the classic Night/Tick Tock duo logy.

Twilight Cinema - Major Parkinson - They lost their guitarist between the second album and this one. I had been OBSESSED with their first two albums, some of my top albums of all time, and a big part of it was the skittery guitar sound. I wasn't sure if they would connect with me in a more straightforward prog form, but they did, although I still think their second album is their best. But this is a great album, and I think the one that gave them more prominence here, so it was nice to be able to talk about them with others.

Xiu Xiu - Angel Guts / Red Classroom - This was my intro to the band, bought it at a record store on the same trip to NY previously mentioned. Still a favourite by them. "Stupid in the Dark" is one of their coolest, creepiest songs.
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Knifeworld > Poil, Ut Gret, Bent Knee, Swans
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IQ and Transatlantic from this list.
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Pink Floyd - The Endless River
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