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    Posted: November 29 2021 at 03:37
This is a good one, I tell ya!

1. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
2. Mats/Morgan - Radio Da Da
3. Música D' Repuesto - aV abuC
4. Kurt Rongey - That Was Propaganda
5. Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note
6. Robert Fripp - The Gates Of Paradise
7. Ruins - Symphonica
8. Death Praxis - Mystery
9. John Zorn - Music For Children
10. Tim Hodgkinson - Pragma

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- Derek & The Ruins - Tohjinbo
- Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment
- Bennie Maupin & Dr. Patrick Gleeson - Driving While Black
- California Guitar Trio - Pathways
- ProjeKct Two - Space Groove
- Dragon Blue - Hades Park
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Into The Electric Castle - Ayreon

Seven Stories Into '98 - IQ
The Visitor - Arena
Vovin - Therion
LTE
Oceanborn - Nightwish
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Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
Eloy - Ocean 2: The Answer
Steve Hackett - The Tokyo Tapes
IQ - Seven Stories into 98
Janus - Agnus Dei 2000
Karanataka - Karnataka
Jon Lord - Pictured Within
Mostly Autumn - For All We Shared
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells III
Rick Wakeman - Themes
John Wetton - Arkangel


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 30 2021 at 02:40
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1. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
2. Spock's Beard - The Kindness of Strangers
3. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
4. Kurt Rongey - That Was Propaganda
5. Present - Certitudes
6. Therion - Vovin
7. Galleon - Mind Over Matter
8. Versailles - Blaise et Benjamin
9. Valinor's Tree - Kingdom of Sadness
10. Flamborough Head - Unspoken Whisper

Honorable mentions:
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
E Motive - E Motive
Arena - The Visitor
Cairo - Conflict and Dreams
Qoph - Kalejdoskopiska Aktiviteter
Mercery Rev - Deserter's Songs
Mastermind - Excelsior!
Eloy - Ocean 2: The Answer
Roine Stolt - Hydrophonia
Malibran - La città sul lago
Ars Nova - The Book of the Dead



Edited by progaardvark - November 29 2021 at 05:42
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1. MASSIVE ATTACK Mezzanine
2. CARLOS NAKAI & NAWANG KHECHOG Winds of Devotion
3. MONO Formica Blues
4. BRUFORD LEVIN UPPER EXTREMITIES Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
5. THINKING PLAGUE In Extremis
6. CHROMA KEY Dead Air for Radios
7. THE GATHERING How to Measure a Planet?
8. ANATHEMA Alternative 4
9. AYREON Into The Electric Castle
10. NIGHTWISH Oceanborn

Honorable Mentions:
MORTE MACABRE Symphonic Holocaust
MESHUGGAH Chaosphere

TORTOISE TNT
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Thinking Plague - In Extremis
Present - Certitudes
Gordian Knot - s/t
Tortoise - TNT
DAAU - We Need New Animals
Mark Hollis - s/t
Boud Deun - The Stolen Bicycle
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 3
Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns
Guigou Chenevier - Les Rumeurs de la Ville
Deus Ex Machina - Equilibrismo da Insofferenza
Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel


Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - November 29 2021 at 09:44
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1. Gordian Knot - S/T
2. Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
3. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
4. Marco Minnemann - The Green Mindbomb
5. Ruins - Vrresto
6. Bumblefoot - Hands
7. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
8. The Residents - Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible
9. Vital Tech Tones - S/T
10. Boredoms - Super AE







Edited by Tapfret - November 29 2021 at 09:58
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Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
The Church - Hologram Of Baal
Mansun - Six
Fruitcake - Power Structure
Porcupine Tree - Metanoia
Anathema - Alternative 4
Tortoise - TNT
The Gathering - How to Measure a Planet?
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

Honorable mentions

Sculptured - The Spear Of The Lily Is Aureoled
Power Of Omens - Eyes Of The Oracle
White Willow - Ex Tenebris
Bjorn Johansson - Discus Ursi
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Chroma Key - Dead Air for Radios 
Threshold - Clone
The Gathering - How to Measure a Planet?
IQ - Seven Stories into 98
Mind's Eye - Into The Unknown
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
White Willow - Ex Tenebris
Crises - Broken Glass
Pain of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake 
Gordian Knot - Gordian Knot
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^Well crap. I always thought Gordian Knot was a '99 release. In fact, it is in the 1999 bucket in his PA discography, even though the release dates in the details say 1998. Discogs confirms this. That changes my list as it is an all-time favorite. 

Guess I need to fix it.


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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

^Well crap. I always thought Gordian Knot was a '99 release. In fact, it is in the 1999 bucket in his PA discography, even though the release dates in the details say 1998. Discogs confirms this. That changes my list as it is an all-time favorite. 

Guess I need to fix it.

I'll need to add it too
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What i can think of at the moment

Thinking Plague - In Extemis
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
Sotos - s/t
Graal - Sigullum Naturae
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

Bumblefoot - Hands
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
Symphony X - Twilights In Olympus
Tortoise - TNT
Gordian Knot - s/t

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12        Portishead      Roseland NYC Live         Eng     

11        Anekdoten      Live in Japan   Swe      

11        Forgas Band Phenomena       Roue Libre      Fra    

11        Godspeed You Black Emperor           f#a#oo            Can   

11        Grovjobb         Landet Leverpastej     Swe  

11        Hollis, Mark    Mark Hollis     Eng       

11        Massacre        Funny Valentine         Var     

11        Present           Certitudes       Bel  

11        Thinking Plague          In Extremis      USA


bubbling under:   

10        4/3 De Trio     Faiblesse        Fra  

10        Do Make Say Think     Do Make Say Think     Can  

10        Finnegans Wake         Green Bel     

10        Hackett, Steve The Tokyo Tapes        Eng     

10        Interférence Sardines   Mare Crisium            Can   

10        Sinkadus         Live at Progfest '97    Swe   

10        Six Organs of Admittance      Six Organs Of Admittance     USA      

10        University of Errors, Daevid Allen's   Money Doesn't Make It         Var    

10        Zorn, John / Masada  Tet (Nine)       USA

10        Zorn, John / Masada  Yod (Ten)        USA 

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I'm not really impressed with this year, I feel 1997 and 1999 were much better.

Mark Hollis - s/t
Tortoise - TNT
Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
Thinking Plague - In Extremis
Karda Estra - A Winter in Summertime
Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns
Asmus Tietchens - Repetitive Movement
Boredoms - Super Ae
Percy Howard, Charles Hayward, Fred Frith & Bill Laswell - Meridiem  
Burford Lewin Upper Extremities - Upper Extremities
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1- CAP- Robin delle StelleStar
2- Patrick Broguiere- Mont St-Michel
3- Like Wendy- The Storm Inside
4- Grandstand- In the Middle...
5- Mary Newsletter- Distratto dal Sole
6- Faun- Wondrous World
7- Colorstar- Heavenicetrip
8- The Morrigan- Masque
9- Atmosphera- Fogo e mar
10- Eloy- Ocean 2 

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Morte Macabre, Colin Bass, Attila Kollar, Mona Lisa . 


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Damn now i'm seeing i missed

Gorguts - Obscura

Therion - Vovin

Nightwish - Oceanborn

Secret Chiefs 3 - Hurqalya

Boredoms - Super æ

Rhapsody of Fire - Symphony of Enchanted Lands

Present - Certitudes

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The Kindness of Strangers - Spock’s Beard

Hydrophonia - Roine Stolt

Ocean 2: The Answer - Eloy

The Visitor - Arena

Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera - Ayreon

Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment

Symphonic Holocaust - Morte Macabre

Vovin - Therion

7 Year Itch - Pip Pyle

In Extremis - Thinking Plague


Jon Lord's 'Pictured Within' is very good, but not prog per se. Also, I checked and Gordian Knot's debut came out in '99.



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Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

Ocean 2: The Answer - Eloy


Thanks for reminding me of Eloy's outstanding album, which I've now added to my list too. Thumbs Up
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Arena - The Visitor
Vangelis - El Greco
Spock's Beard - The Kindness Of Strangers
Mansun - Six
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE
Eloy - Ocean 2 The Answer
Enchant - Break
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells III
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

(had to throw in a few non prog albums but otherwise a great year)


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1) Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar
2) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells III
3) Vangelis - El Greco
4) Steve Hackett - The Tokyo Tapes
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