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    Posted: 5 hours 21 minutes ago at 20:03
I'm home sick on a saturday night, so to keep myself occupied, decided to compile this list of the top albums from each year on PA (as of the date of this post: November 23, 2024).  The album's overall ranking, as shown in the top 250 (max number for this search) is listed by each album.

1969:   In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson, #4
1970:   H to He Who Am The Only One by Van Der Graaf Generator, #33
1971:   Fragile by Yes, #10
1972:   Close to the Edge by Yes, #1
1973:   Selling England By the Pound by Genesis, #2
1974:   Red by King Crimson, #8
1975:   Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, #5
1976:   Moonmadness by Camel, #16
1977:   Animals by Pink Floyd, #9
1978:   Hemispheres by Rush, #19
1979:   Heresie by Univers Zero, #121
1980:   Permanent Waves by Rush, #63
1981:   Moving Pictures by Rush, #18
1982:   Mystical Adventures by Jean-Luc Ponty (not listed in the top 250, (though it used to be)).
1983:   Depois Do Fim by Bacamarte, #69
1984:   Uzed by Univers Zero, #114
1985:   Misplaced Childhood by Marillion, #65
1986:   Letters Home by News From Babel, (not listed in the top 250)
1987:   Clutching at Straws by Marillion, #145
1988:   Operation Mindcrime by Queesryche, #99
1989:   On Land and In The Sea by Cardiacs, #72
1990:   Slow Dance by Anthony Phillips, (not listed in the top 250 (though it used to be)).
1991:   Human by Death, #174
1992:   Hybris by Anaglagard, #29
1993:   Focus by Cynic, #240
1994:   Awake by Dream Theater, #188
1995:   Symbolic by Death, #74
1996:   Crimson by Edge of Sanity, #97
1997:   Haxan by Art Zoyd, #66
1998:   Obscura by Gorguts, #81
1999:   Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes From A Memory by Dream Theater, #36
2000:   The Perfect Element - Part 1 by Pain of Salvation, #109
2001:   Blackwater Park by Opeth, #62
2002:   In Absentia by Porcupine Tree, #71
2003:   Out of Myself by Riverside, #139
2004:   K. A. by Magma, #102
2005:   Ghost Reveries by Opeth, #67
2006:   Posthumous Silence by Sylvan, #193
2007:   Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree, #57
2008:   Bantam to Behemoth by Birds and Buildings, #160
2009:   Anno Domini High Definition by Riverside, #116
2010:   Legacy by Hypnos 69, #222 
2011:   Grace for Drowning by Steve Wilson, #118
2012:   Viljans Oga by Anglagard, #80
2013:   The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) by Steven Wilson, #37
2014:   The Road of Bones by IQ, #90
2015:   Hand Cannot Erase by Steven Wilson, #53
2016:   Mathematical Mother by Universal Totem Orchestra, #169
2017:   From Silence to Somewhere by Wobbler, #31
2018:   A Drop of Light by All Traps on Earth, #73
2019:   Destinazioni by Melting Clock, (not listed in top 250 (perhaps because of not enough ratings yet)).
2020:   Dwellers of the Deep by Wobbler, #54
2021:   Shamblemaths 2 by Shamblemaths, #158
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Nogbad_The_Bad Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 5 hours 4 minutes ago at 20:20
Nice to see Univers Zero, Cardiacs, Art Zoyd, News From Babel and Magma in there.

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - 5 hours 3 minutes ago at 20:21
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mellotron Storm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 2 hours 19 minutes ago at 23:05
That is an awesome list! Probably because I agree with most of it.
A list like that is something I might try to do, I haven't done one before.
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