Non-Collabs Best of 2023

Time again for the non-collabs picks for best albums of 2023. If any are released this month that deserve inclusion I'll update my list. Listed in order of most to least faves. Great year for prog!

1. Rascal Reporters - The Strainge Case of Steve
2. Eyeless Owl - Murmurations
3. Mike Keneally - The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat
4. Marco Minnemann - Their Colors Fade
5. Mats Öberg - Visa från Inneröra
6. Hiromi - Sonicwonderland
7. Matteo Mancuso - The Journey
8. French TV - A Ghastly State Of Affairs
9. Ok Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird
10. Haken - Fauna
11. The Filibuster Saloon - Going Off Topic
12. Zopp - Dominion
13. Amoeba Split - Quiet Euphoria

LOL, I was preparing a similar topic when you posted this. Mine is for collabs and non-collabs. Would people please post their lists in this topic as well with a given format? https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132143

We have wanted to open the AOTY up to all of our community, and had been planning on the topic for a couple of days. I don't want it to take away from this one, but that other one is intended to aid in an official Prog Archives Album of the Year tally.

Edited by Logan - December 01 2023 at 11:05

Sorry, but I had started preparing that quite some time ago and had not seen this thread at the time as I was writing it. This was already the plan to include all in the process and just had the mind to get it done now. I was going to post the thread yesterday, and got caught up in some other stuff. Sorry you went to the effort of preparing this one, although this one can still work for non-collabs specifically and for people who want to present lists in the way that, say, Paul did. I hope you don't mind and will present your list in the Prog Archives AOTY thread as one of the contributors.

Yes, votes are equal. And we don't have fixed date yet, but the earlier the better. I think February might work.

Edited by Logan - December 01 2023 at 11:48

moshkito wrote: Hi, So sad to not see T. A. P. listed anywhere. Not voting. Don't see the point in voting for the same old goons that do not have anything new in their work!

^ You know you can just list it yourself in your own albums of the year. And as for taking part in the Album of the Year, as long as it is in Prog Archives, it's up to you to choose what you want. The results are tallied from people's lists. Mike of awesomeprog has utility to use for the purpose. SO if you were to choose to vote for the same old goons that have nothing new in their work, that's on you. It's your list. I';m wondering if you misunderstood the point of these and how they work.

Edited by Logan - December 01 2023 at 18:02

Sadly I agree about BBT although I love them. They have created their own brand though and they aren't suddenly going to become something different having been around for nearly 30 years in one form or other. You can either take or leave them at your convenience.