2019 Album Releases

This poll is comprised of three main sections, plus an "other" option to be used if none of the listed options hold much appeal or are known to you.

- The first set of eight is the eight top eight albums in the PA chart for 2019 (with no filters set except for the year).
- The second section of eight is from the top nine of the PA Collab AOTY Event. The album of the year (IQ's Resistance) is the top ranked album in the PA chart and so not duplicated.
- The Third section are my top eight as listed at Awesome Prog.
- Then "other" as said if none of the choice hold much appeal.

Please vote for your favourite in the poll if there is one you like and mention any favourites not listed. For instance, one might vote for Big Big Train's Grand Tour but then state that your actual favourite is The Flower Kings' Waiting for Miracles.

Again, no multiple-choice, but mention all your faves in a post if you want to share. Sharing is caring! :)

Prog Archives Default Progressive Rock Top Albums for 2019 Chart

1. IQ - Resistance (Neo-Prog)
2. Melting Clock - Destinazioni (RPI)
3. Modern-Rock Ensemble - Night Dreams & Wishes (Neo-Prog)
4. Jordsjø - Nattfiolen (Symph)
5. Karfagen - Echoes From Within Dragon Island (Symph)
6. Returned to the Earth - Erebus (Crossover)
7. Monkey3 - Sphere (Psychedelic/Space Rock)
8. Il Giardino Onirico - Apofenia (Crossover)


The 2019 Prog Archives Collaborators Album List

IQ - Resistance (already listed - the actual number one in the collab chart)
1. Izz - Dont Panic (Symph)
2. Magma - Zëss: Le Jour du Néant (Zeuhl)
3. Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (Tech/Extreme Metal)
4. Big Big Train - Grand Tour
5. Elephant9 - Psychedelic Backfire II
6. Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean
7. Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis
8. ni - Pantophobie

Eight of my 2019 favourites from awesome prog:

1. Lingua Ignota - Caligula (not in PA, Neoclassical Darkwave, Death Industrial)
2. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (not in PA, Baroque Pop, Art Pop )
3. Vanishing Twin - The Age of Immunology (not in PA, Neo-Psychedelia)
4. Ciśnienie - JazzArt Underground (Post-Rock)
5. Fire! Orchestra - Arrival (Avant Prog)
6. Swans - leaving meaning. (Post-Rock)
7. black midi - Schlagenheim (Avant Prog)
8. The Comet Is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (not in PA,
Jazz Fusion, Nu Jazz)

Edited by Logan - February 05 2025 at 12:25

Melting Clock – Destinazioni

My album of the year for 2019 was Tirill Mohn's exquisite Said the Sun to the Moon.

I think I'll go for ni's Pantophobie. I've been trapped all day inside a container of pistachio pudding.

1. Steve Hackett - At The Edge Of Light [BC] [SPO] 2. IQ - Resistance [BC] [SPO] 3. The Mute Gods - Atheists and Believers [BC] [SPO] 4. Thieves' Kitchen - Genius Loci 5. Opeth - In Cauda Venenum [SPO] 6. Elephant9 - Psychedelic Backfire I [AP Prog] 7. iamthemorning - The Bell [BC] [SPO] 8. Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean [SPO] 9. Izz - Don't Panic [BC] [SPO] 10. The Far Meadow - Foreign Land [BC] [SPO] 11. Big Big Train - Grand Tour [BC] [SPO] 12. Eloy - The Vision, The Sword, and the Pyre, Pt. 2 [AP Prog] [SPO] 13. Thank You Scientist - Terraformer [BC] [SPO] 14. Elephant9 - Psychedelic Backfire II [AP Prog] 15. Magic Pie - Fragments Of The 5th Element 16. In Continuum - Acceleration Theory [AP Prog] 17. Jan Akkerman - Close Beauty [BC] [SPO] 18. Gong - The Universe Also Collapses [BC] [SPO] 19. This Winter Machine - A Tower of Clocks [SPO] 20. Pattern-Seeking Animals - Pattern-Seeking Animals

Other - 

2019 I didn't explore prog much at all, I ran into a year long obsession with classical music that ran most of the year. In my LastFM stats, it's the year that most of my evergreen bands have a shocking dip in plays due to this. From this list, I think I've only even heard the Magma and Lingua Ignota albums, and in both cases I listened to them less than their prior albums. I gave my vote to Magma.

IQ again...