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    Posted: November 11 2021 at 00:46
Heck, I never realized it but I think this just might be one of my favourite years in music (not exclusively prog) ever.

1. Tipographica - God Says I Can't Dance
2. Cardiacs - Sing To God
3. Mats/Morgan - Trends And Other Diseases
4. Allan Holdsworth - None Too Soon
5. D.F.A. - Lavori In Corso
6. King Crimson - THRaKaTTaK
7. Ut Gret - Time Of The Grets
8. Bob Drake - Little Black Train
9. Nels Cline Trio - Chest
10. Vangelis - Oceanic

Honourable mentions (I'm not including these only because they were recorded long before this particular year; the first two might have topped the list otherwise):
* National Health - Missing Pieces
* Frank Zappa - The Lost Episodes
* Soft Machine - Spaced
* Alan Gowen & Hugh Hopper - Bracknell-Bresse Improvisations
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Saperlipopette! Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2021 at 02:26
Half prog, half other:

Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Zypressen - Zypressen
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Boris Kovač - Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries
Pierre Bastien - Eggs Air Sister Steel
Burzum - Filosofem
Kvist - For kunsten maa vi evig vike
To Rococo Rot - To Rococo Rot .cd
Ulver - Kveldssanger
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album

Also like this archival release:
National Health - Missing Pieces
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Very poor year for me, one of the worst in fact....

Down On The Upside - Soundgarden
The Masquerade Overture - Pendragon
Theli - Therion
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Cardiacs - Sing To God
Miriodor - Jongleries Elastiques 
X-Legged Sally - Land Of The Giant Dwarfs
Steve Roach - Magnificent Void
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Dead Can Dance - Sprintchaser
King Crimson - Thrakattack
Tool - Aenima
Kletka Red - Hijacking
Trey Gunn - The Third Star
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I think 95 was a better year - at least quantitively. 


12           Ravana   Common Daze      Nor      

12           X-Legged Sally       The Land of the Giant Dwarves         Bel           

11           'O'rang   Fields and Waves Eng     

11           Germinale             e il Suo Respiro Ancora Agita le Onde             Ita             

11           Miriodor                Elastic Juggling      Can     

11           Present  Live         Bel        

11           Tool        Aenima  USA       


bubbling under     

10           Änglagård              Buried Alive          Swe       

10           Bondage Fruit       II              Jpn         

10           Cro Magnon          Bull?       Bel       

10           D.F.A.      Lavori In Corso     Ita       

10           dEUS       In a Bar, Under the Sea       Bel     

10           Discipline               Unfolded Like Staircase      USA         

10           Finisterre               In Limine                Ita       

10           Galaad    Vae Victis               Swz     

10           Landberk               Indian Summer     Swe  

10           Narajama               Vytancuj chmury  Cze        

10           Poetica in Silentio                Poetica in Silentio                Net           

10           Runaway Totem   Zed         Ita          

10           Standarte               Curses and invocations       Ita        

10           Vervloesem, Pierre             Fiasco     Bel    

10           X-Legged Sally       Fired       Bel       

10           Yes          Keys to Ascension                Eng         

10           Zorn, John / Masada            Zayin (Seven)        USA        



Edited by Sean Trane - November 21 2021 at 01:59
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Tool - Aenima
Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture 
Anathema - Eternity
Nightingale - The Closing Chronicles
Enchant - Wounded
Soul Cages - Moments
Poverty's No Crime - The Autumn Years
Altura - Mercy 
King's X - Ear Candy
Mayadome - Paranormal Activity


Edited by Cristi - November 11 2021 at 06:55
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      1996     
1. LANDBERK Indian Summer
2. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Walking Wounded
3. RUYICHI SAKAMOTO 1996
4. OLIVE Extra Virgin
5. ULVER Kveldssanger
6. SHIELA CHANDRA Bone Crone Drone
7. AFTER CRYING De Profundis
8. DEAD CAN DANCE Spiritchaser
9. QUIDAM Quidam
10. ANGRA Holy Land

Honorable Mentions:
BONDAGE FRUIT II
CARDIACS Sing to God
PORCUPINE TREE Signify
STEVE HACKETT Genesis Revisited
TORTOISE Millions Now Living Will Never Die
THE FLOWER KINGS Retropolis
TOOL Ænima
DISCIPLINE Unfolded Like Staircase
PENDRAGON The Masquerade Overture

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Art Zoyd - Faust
Cardiacs - Sing to God
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
After Crying - De Profundis
Porcupine Tree - Signify
Archive - Londinium
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Labradford - s/t
Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser
Camel - Harbour of Tears
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What i can think of at the moment

CARDIACS - Sing To God
DEVIL DOLL - Dies Irae
EDGE OF SANITY - Crimson
MIRIODOR - Jonleries Elastique
PENDRAGON - The Masquerade Overture
PORCUPINE TREE - Signify
STEVE VAI - Fire Garden
SWANS - Soundtracks For The Blind
TOOL - Aenima
TORTOISE - Millions Now Living Will Never Die


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King Crimson - THRaKaTTaK
Adrian Belew - Op Zop Too Wah
Gastr del Sol - Upgrade & Afterlife
IQ - Forever Live
Cardiacs - Sing to God
Art Zoyd - Faust
Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture

And that's about it, for me... I'm sure there are still things to discover, though.


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1. Versus X - Disturbance
2. Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness
3. Visible Wind - Narcissus Goes to the Moon
4. Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture
5. Arena - Pride
6. Rick Wright - Broken China
7. Ken Baird - August
8. Madrigal - On My Hands
9. Porcupine Tree - Signify
10. Ars Nova - The Goddess of Darkness

Honorable mentions:
Abraxas - Abraxas
Landberk - Indian Summer
Providence - There Once Was a Night of "Choko-Muro" the Paradise
Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit II
Devil Doll - Dies Irae
Taylor's Universe - Pork
Darxtar - SJU
Mastermind - Mastermind IV: Until Eternity
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Cardiacs - Sign To God
Landberk - Indian Summer
Porcupine Tree - Signify
Tool - Aenima
After Crying - De Profundis
Anathema - Eternity
Opeth - Morningrise
Camel - Harbour Of Tears
Ryuchi Sakamoto - 1996
Somnambulist - Somnambulist

Honorable mentions

Twin Age - Mouth Of The Year
Labradford - Labradford
Katatonia - brave Murder Day
Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture
Psychotic Waltz - Bleeding
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
Ravana - Common Daze
Ulver - Kveldssanger
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One of my favourite years in music. The Stereolab is not in PA, but I consider it to be a kind of Crossover album with Krautrock (Neu! and can) elements (Prog Related at least to me) and Broadcast I consider somewhat related for any art and psych elements.


Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup*
Broadcast - The Book Lovers*
Art Zoyd - Faust (I usually think of it as a 1995 release)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Current 93 - All the Pretty Little Horses
Cardiacs - Sing to God
Zypressen - Zypressen
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tipographica - God Says I Can't Dance
Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit II

Bonus: Cozmic Corridors - Cozmic Corridors and Miriodor - Jongleries Élastiques

Eels - Beautiful Freak as a little non-Prog bonus.

Edited by Logan - November 11 2021 at 12:59
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Beware of Darkness - Spock’s Beard

Retropolis - The Flower Kings

Signify - Porcupine Tree

The Masquerade Overture - Pendragon

Holy Land - Angra

De Profundis - After Crying

An Invitation to Rachel's Birthday - Rachel's Birthday

The Third Star - Trey Gunn

Harbour of Tears - Camel

Actual Fantasy - Ayreon

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Porcupine Tree - Signify
Par Lindh and Bjorn Johansson - Bilbo
Vangelis - Oceanic
Mike Oldfield - Voyager
Rush - Test For Echo







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1. Bondage Fruit II
2. Mats/Morgan - Trends and Other Diseases
3. Johansson, Johansson and Holdsworth -Heavy Machinery
4. Sean Malone - Cortlandt
5. Cheer/Accident - Not a Food
6. Somnambulist - s/t
7. DFA - Lavori in Corso
8. Dimeola, Mclaughlin, De Lucia - The Guitar Trio
9. Art Zoyd - Faust
10. Buckethead - The Day of the Robot
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1. Yes - Keys to Ascension
2. John Wetton - Akustika: Live in Amerika
3. Vangelis - Oceanic
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'Twas a very good year - surprisingly so. Smile

Camel - Harbour of Tears
Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser
The Enid - Healing Hearts
Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited
Hawkwind - Love in Space: Live at Hammersmith
Iona - Journey into the Morn
IQ - Forever Live
Mike Oldfield - Voyager
Sally Oldfield - Secret Songs
Chris Rea - La Passione (soundtrack)
Vangelis - Oceanic
Rick Wakeman - Fields of Green
YES - Keys to Ascension

I've heard Richard Wright's Broken China is very good too, although I've only heard fragments of the album so far. Wink




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ok year

alphabetically

Camel - Harbour of Tears
Current 93 - All the Pretty Horses
Foglie di Vetro - s/t
Glaz - Holen ar Bed
Le Orme - Il Fiume
Visible Wind - Narcissus Goes to the Moon

Hon mentions:
Collage - Safe
Pendragon - Masquerade Overture
Quidam - s/t



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