PA Album of the Year Discussion thread

^ I corrected the entry for Mendoza Hoff Revels. As for the status of the other release, you can tag it as non-prog to make sure. Currently it's only auto-tagged from rym, where it is also non-prog (but avant-garde). EDIT: Hadn't seen that you've done just that 

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - January 22 2024 at 14:52

^ And even posting a list! That's more than many others who have entered here 

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - January 24 2024 at 15:49

^ I looked that album up, and it says it's from 2022 (not in PA that I see).

By the way, since the deadline is fast approaching and we would hope that we still get more participants, here again is how one participates.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Here's how this works: Go to https://awesomeprog.com/aoty-poll. You do not need to register at AP in order to participate. Select your favorite releases there. The AP database contains almost all PA releases. If any release is missing, please let me know either via PM or at AP, or in the feedback thread, and we will make it available. If you have an account at AP, you can also create and link it to PA yourself. You can select any release you want, but it should be awesome. Please do not fill the list with less-than-awesome releases just to hit the maximum number. You can stick with only PA releases, but you should also include non-pa releases if they are awesome, and even if they are non-prog. The system will make sure that only PA releases will end up in the PA result. This poll uses a maximum of 20 releases per list. Shorter lists are welcome! The first release will yield 20 points, the second 19, and so on. You can also configure your list to be unranked, in that case each release will get an equal number of points (matching the sum of points your list would have yielded had it been ranked). Since you can submit any release, regardless of whether it is listed at PA or not, your list can be much longer than 20 releases. As a general rule, you should list ALL awesome releases you can think of. Sort it if you can, submit it, and let the system figure out the score. So any list length is fine, if it represents all the awesome releases you know. And regardless of the resulting combined and official chart, users will be able to see your entire list. Once your list looks good, you need to copy the generated code and paste it into a new reply in this thread. This is how we make sure that only legitimate PA forum users can vote, and that everyone can only submit one list.  I am periodically scanning this thread and when I do, submitted lists will be registered and will show up on the tool page. If you want to update your list, feel free to do so as often as you like. You update your list by posting a new one in this thread. Your previous list should still be available in the tool (it persists the lists in your browser), but if you have lost it there is a textarea where you can paste any list (just copy it from a post) to import your list. When the poll is closed (currently we envision January 31 as the last day of voting) I will export the final result in another thread. If you absolutely refuse to use the tool, you can also post your list here, and I will import it into the tool for you when I have some spare time.

^ Okay, I had used Rate Your Music which said December, 2022. Discogs confirms 2023. Anyway, the band is not included in Prog Archives which could be a problem for the Album of the Year event. It was not accepted before, but I think that was before this album came out. Anyway, it is at awesomeprog for 2023, so you can still vote for it in the album list at awesomeprog even if it is not eligible for the PA proper contest,. Hope you create a list there and share it here (see instructions above) if you haven't already.

EDIT: I moved various posts here from the official Album of the Year lists topic to this discussion topic in case people miss seeing the lists in the other topic (just worried some might not so easily see how it works / the process of the other topic otherwise).

Edited by Logan - January 24 2024 at 19:10

@Lewian: I deleted the duplicate entry for the Torabi/Wileman release, thanks for letting me know!

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - January 26 2024 at 15:46