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Topic: Top-10 albums of 2017. Your list?
Posted By: The Jester
Subject: Top-10 albums of 2017. Your list?
Date Posted: December 30 2017 at 13:28
Hello fellow Progers! Thumbs Up
Here we are, almost at the end of 2017, so now it could be a good time for us to write down our favourite albums of this year.
I will begin frist of course, and I hope that many more will follow.
My Top-10 list is based upon the albums I listened carefully, and they are not less than 68.
So, based on these 68 albums, here's my Top10 list. (Alphabetical order):

BIG BIG TRAIN: Grimspound
CELLAR NOISE: Alight (In case you never heard this album, you should give it a try!)
CHRYSILIA: Et in Arcadia Ego (Fantastic album by the Greek Folk/Metal band Chrysilia, which is nowhere to be found in PA. I want to add them, but I don't know how).
DRIFTING SUN: Twilight
GANDALF'S FIST: A Day in the Life of a Universal Wanderer
(2017 re-issue)
MACHINES DREAM: Black Science (excellent album!)
MOSTLY AUTUMN: Sight of Day
NOLAN CLIVE: King's Ransom (If you like Rock operas/musicals, do not miss this one!)
TIME COLLAPSE: Night to Day (One more excellent album from Greece)
THRESHOLD: Legends of the Shires

I would also like to mention a few more that didn't fit in my Top-10 list, but definitely worth mentioning:

INNERSPACE: Rise
(Dark and wonderful album!)
SOEN: Lykaia
SUBTERRANEAN MASQUERADE:
(Only for the cover version they did on Space Oddity, it's worth buiying it!)
WATERS ROGER: Is this the Life we Really Want? (Excellent comeback after many years, and a looot of "The Wall" tours around the globe).
Well, I hope you will find my list interesting and helpful...
Can't wait to see your lists now. :-)
 
 




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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 30 2017 at 13:36
From the Collaborators list for 2017

1) Art Zoyd - 44 1/2 Live and Unreleased Box
2) Thinking Plague - Hoping Against Hope
3) Vezhlivy Otkaz - Military Verses
4) Mike Oldfield - Return To Ommadawn
5) Schnellertollermeier - Rights
6) Simon Steensland - 25 Years Minimum R&B
7) Yazz Ahmed - La Saboteuse
8) Yolk - Solar
9) Yowie - Synchromysticism

If you don't like Art Zoyd's box being in there add Cheer-Accident - Putting Off Death


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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: December 30 2017 at 13:39
Not listened many 2017 albums, I think here are almost all (in order):
1. Lee Ranaldo: Electric Trim
2. Pere Ubu: 20 Years In a Montana Missile Silo
3. Boss Hog: Brood X
4. Thurston Moore: Rock N Roll consciousness
5. Hawkwind: Into the Woods
6. Procol Harum: Novum
7. Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really  Want?
8. Saxman Syrjänen & Jukka Gustavson: Mojomen
9. the Who: Tommy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
10. King Crimson: Live In Chicago



Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 30 2017 at 15:07
Seems I haven't really payed attention this year and may have been a little fixated. The order might change (all PA-worthy music according to me):

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe
The Ilk - http://https://theilk1.bandcamp.com/album/the-battle-of-winwaed" rel="nofollow - The Battle of Winwaed oh boy you must all check out the Ilk - also previous albums
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Sketches of Brunswick East
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
Andrea Belfi - Ore
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard  - Flying Microtonal Banana
Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble
The Unseen - The Blackheath Tapes
Meridian Brothers - Dónde estás María? 







Posted By: Zugzwang
Date Posted: December 30 2017 at 15:37
1. Cheer-Accident - Putting off Death ( http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/putting-off-death" rel="nofollow - http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/putting-off-death )
2. Yolk - Solar ( http://yolkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/solar" rel="nofollow - http://yolkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/solar )
3. Bent Knee - Land Animal ( http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfMBXSLZAyyfT7ogAZ68pibMrBzOPDaok" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfMBXSLZAyyfT7ogAZ68pibMrBzOPDaok )
4. The Knells - Knells II ( http://theknells.bandcamp.com/album/knells-ii" rel="nofollow - http://theknells.bandcamp.com/album/knells-ii )
5. Charlie Cawood - The Divine Abstract ( http://charliecawood.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://charliecawood.bandcamp.com )
6. Schnellertollermeier - Rights ( http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rights" rel="nofollow - http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rights )
7. Bubblemath - Edit Peptide ( http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/edit-peptide" rel="nofollow - http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/edit-peptide )
8. Schnauser - Irritant ( http://schnauser.bandcamp.com/album/irritant" rel="nofollow - http://schnauser.bandcamp.com/album/irritant )
9. Nick Prol & the Proletarians - Loon Attic ( http://proletarians.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - http://proletarians.bandcamp.com/releases )
10. Miriodor - Signal 9 ( http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/signal-9" rel="nofollow - http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/signal-9 )


Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: December 30 2017 at 16:21
01. Wobbler- From Silence to Somewhere"
02. Barock  Project- Detachment
03. Big Big Train- Grimspound
04. Cirkus- Wild Dogs
05. Unreal City- Frammenti Notturni
06. Magenta- We are Legend 
07.Panther & C- il Giusto Equilibrio
08. Sparks- Hippopotamus 
09. Leprous- Malina
10. Monarch Trail- Sand


Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: December 30 2017 at 18:56
Threshold - Legends of the Shires
Magenta - We Are Legend (very underrated by many!)
Nad Sylvan - The Bride Said No
Big Big Train - Grimspound
Lonely Robot - The Big Dream
Steve Hackett - The Night Siren
Big Big Train - The Second Brightest Star
Anathema - The Optimist
IT - We're All in This Together
Strawbs - The Ferryman's Curse

Honourable mentions for Mogwai, Wobbler, Intervals, Mostly Autumn, The Physics House Band, Amplifier, Voyager, Sons of Apollo, The Mute Gods and even Steven Wilson! Apologies for any others I haven't heard yet - so much great music....so little time!

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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: December 30 2017 at 23:20
Forgot one great album from the list. So I changed it a little.
1. Lee Ranaldo: Electric Trim
2. Pere Ubu: 20 Years In a Montana Missile Silo
3. Boss Hog: Brood X
4. Circle: Terminal
5. Thurston Moore: Rock N Roll consciousness
6. Hawkwind: Into the Woods
7. Procol Harum: Novum
8. Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really  Want?
9. Saxman Syrjänen & Jukka Gustavson: Mojomen
10. the Who: Tommy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall


Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 08:55
I haven't finalized my list just yet, but it's looking something like this:

1. Agusa - Agusa
2. Nau Aletheia - Los Misterios De Eleusis
3. Vespero - Shum-Shir
4. Nova Collective - The Further Side
5. Hadal Sherpa - Hadal Sherpa
6. Deluge Grander - Oceanarium
7. Jordsjo - Jord
8. Maxophone - La Fabbrica Delle Nuvole
9. On The Raw - Big City Awakes
10. Yolk - Solar


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Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 09:10
Keeping it to prog (I don't have much):

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
Penguin Cafe - The Imperfect Sea
Faust - Fresh Air
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Sketches of Brunswick East
Vespero - Shum-Shir
Mike Oldfield - Return to Ommadawn
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
Thundercat - Drunk
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland


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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 10:22
Still working on it. The list reflects more than a bit that 2017 was a great year for Symphonic Prog, but I can't help it:
 
1. Big Big Train - Grimspound
2. Deluge Grander - Oceanarium
3. Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere
4. Jordsjø - Jord
5. Cast - power and Outcome
6. Dean Watson - Sum of Parts
7. Il Tempio delle Clessidre - Il-lūdĕre
8. Unreal City - Frammenti Notturni
9. Nooumena - Controlled Freaks
X. Djam Karet - Sonic Celluloid
 


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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 11:23
I am still trying to wrap my head around the many many releases I bought this year. I'm so glad PA's deadline for AOTY is at the end of January.

But 10 releases off the top of my head that right this minute are fluctuating high on my list are:

Zu - Jhator
Faust - Fresh Air
Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Tusmørke - Bydyra
Cheer Accident - Putting Off Death
Major Parkinson - Blackbox
Grails - Chalice Hymnal
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
Himmellegeme - Myth of Earth
Aquaserge - Laisse ca Etre

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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 11:44
Not finalized but close enough for now...
Accordo Dei Contrari- Violato Intatto
Wobbler- From Silence To Somewhere
Jordsjo- Jords
Thinking Plague- Hoping Against Hope
John Zorn- A Garden Of Earthly Delights
Atavismo- Inerte
The Tangent- The Slow Rust Of Forgotten machinery
MediaBanda- Bombes En El Aire
Nova Collective- The Further Side
Phlox- keri

Nik Turner, Miriodor, Pineapple Thief, Kotebel, Agusa, Ekos, Riverside & Electric Moon all are up there too.


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Posted By: noni
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 15:49
Not quite 10, I know!!......Big smile


Ryan Yard - The Nature of Solitude 
Mike Oldfield - The Return of Ommedawn
Monarch Trial - Sand
Kant Freud Kafka - Onirico
Barock Project - Detachment
Machine Dream - Black Science
Quantum Fantay - Tessellation of Euclidean Space
Lunatic Soul - Fractured
Tiger Moth Tales - The Depths of Winter
Kaipa - Children of the Sounds
Panther & C - II Giusto Equilibrio
Dave Kerzer - Static 
Magic Bus - Phillip the Egg
Galahad - Quiet Storms
The Winter Machine - The man Who Never Was
Karda Estrad - Infernal Spheres 
Colin Tench -  Minor Masterpiece
Glass Hammer - Untold Tales
Jordsjo - Jords

Not too impressed with Wobblers new album..Confused


Posted By: Draehl
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 18:01
Only a portion is really prog, but why not. My full list is here: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Draehl/top-30-albums-of-2017-metal-space-rock-and-ritual_dark-ambient/3/" rel="nofollow - Top 30 Albums of 2017 (Metal, Space Rock & Ritual/Dark Ambient)

10. Desolate Shrine - Deliverance From the Godless Void (Black/Death hybrid)
9. The Spacelords - Water Planet (Space Rock)
8. Paleowolf - Megafauna Rituals (Ritual Ambient)
7. Venenum - Trance of Death (Psychedelic Death)
6. Nokturnal Mortum - Істина (Folk/Black)
5. Progenie Terrestre Pura - oltreLuna (Progressive Black/Electronic)
4. Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven (Atmoblack)
3. Dvne - Asheran (Proggy Stoner)
2. Electric Moon - Stardust Rituals (Space Rock)
1. The Ruins of Beverast - Exuvia (Black/Doom/Folk)


Posted By: mitarai_panda
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 18:14
10.《Wonderland (as TNNE)》

No Name / The No Name Experience

9.《Spooky Action at a Distance》+《Divining Rod》

Anubis Spire

8.《Light of Day》

Aldenfield

7.《Terminal》

Circle

6.《Fractured》

Lunatic Soul

5.《The Man Who Never Was》

This Winter Machine

4.《Rise》

Innerspace

3.《Power》

Staring Into Nothing

2.《Origins》

Existence

1.《Black Science》

Machines Dream


Posted By: noni
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 19:19
Another one to add Big smile


 
Quaser - Last Transmission - 2017

Not quite Tangerine Dream but similar in style from this Italian band.   Highly recommended...

10/10


Posted By: RoeDent
Date Posted: January 01 2018 at 06:59
Everyone, stop being so apologetic about your lists! It's yours, you can add whatever albums you like.

1. Steven Wilson - To the Bone
2. Big Big Train - Grimspound
3. Blackfield - V
4. Rikard Sjöblom's Gungfly - On Her Journey to the Sun
5. Mostly Autumn - Sight of Day
6. Lonely Robot - The Big Dream
7. Big Big Train - The Second Brightest Star
8. The Tangent - The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 01 2018 at 15:43
Pleased to see Magenta - We Are Legend getting a fee mentions. Its easily their best album since Seven.
I liked the new Roger Waters album a lot as well.
Perhaps oddly I preferred The Second Brightest Star over Grimspound as far as the years Big Big Train release's go.
Dave Kerzner's second album is a delight and almost as good a New World. My wish for 2018 is that more people take notice of him!

1) Magenta - We Are Legend
2) Dave Kerzner - Static
3) Big Big Train - The Second Brightest Star
4) Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?
5) Wobbler - From Silence To Nowhere
6) Kaipa - Children Of The Sounds
7) Amplifier - Trippin With Dr Faustus
8) Caligula's Horse - In Contact
9) Lifesigns - Cardington
10) Big Big Train - Grimspound



Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: January 02 2018 at 07:25
10. DAM KAT ALAWN
https://damkatofficial.bandcamp.com/album/alawn-new-record" rel="nofollow - https://damkatofficial.bandcamp.com/album/alawn-new-record
9. THE CONTORTIONIST Clairvoyant
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55694" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=55694
8. WOBBLER From Silence to Somewhere
https://wobbler.bandcamp.com/album/from-silence-to-somewhere" rel="nofollow - https://wobbler.bandcamp.com/album/from-silence-to-somewhere
7. ALIO DIE & LINGUA FUNGI Lento
https://aliodie.bandcamp.com/album/lento" rel="nofollow - https://aliodie.bandcamp.com/album/lento
6. KOTEBEL Cosmology
https://kotebel-music.bandcamp.com/album/cosmology" rel="nofollow - https://kotebel-music.bandcamp.com/album/cosmology
5. TREE TOPS Ghosts Don't Dance with Shoes
https://treetopsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-dont-dance-with-shoes" rel="nofollow - https://treetopsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-dont-dance-with-shoes
4. FIVE-STOREY ENSEMBLE Night en Face
https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/night-en-face" rel="nofollow - https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/night-en-face
3. CHEER-ACCIDENT Putting Off Death
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/putting-off-death" rel="nofollow - https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/putting-off-death
2. WESERBERGLAND Sehr Kosmisch Ganz Progisch
https://weserbergland.bandcamp.com/album/sehr-kosmisch-ganz-progisch" rel="nofollow - https://weserbergland.bandcamp.com/album/sehr-kosmisch-ganz-progisch
1. BATTLESTATIONS Vixit
https://battlestations-be.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - https://battlestations-be.bandcamp.com/




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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: January 02 2018 at 08:54
Ten 2017 albums in alphabetical order by artist:

Accordo dei Contrari - Violato Intatto
Agusa - AGUSA
Amplifier - Trippin' with Dr. Faustus
Anathema - The Optimist
Arabs in Aspic - Syndenes Magi
Ex Eye - Ex Eye
Kotebel - Cosmology
Sky Architect - Nomad
Solstafir - Berdreyminn
The Tangent - The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery

Plus another ten in consideration:

Big Big Train - Grimspound
The Contortionist - Clairvoyant
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
Kant Freud Kafka - Onirico
Kettlespider - Kettlespider
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Sketches of Brunswick East
Lunatic Soul - Fractured
Major Parkinson - Blackbox
Vespero - Shum-Shir

I thought it was a good year for music.


Posted By: amity62
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 10:53
My top-2017
Обійми Дощу - Сон
Cast - Power and Outcome
Deluge Grander  - Oceanarium
Pain Of Salvation – In The Passing Light Of Day
https://vk.com/search?c%5bsection%5d=audio&c%5bq%5d=Organized%20Chaos&c%5bperformer%5d=1" rel="nofollow - Organized Chaos -Divulgence
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Tower
Lunatic Soul – Fractured
Wobbler - From Silence To Somewhere
Soen — Lykaia
Soul Enema - Of Clans and Clones and Clowns


Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: January 14 2018 at 04:36
  1. 01-Caligula's Horse: In Contact
    02-Soup: Remedies
    03-Lunatic Soul: Fractured...
    04-Bjorn Riis: Forever Comes To An End
    05-Leprous: Malina
    06-Exquirla: Para Quienes Aun Viven
    07-Collapse: The Sleep In Me
    08-Amplifier: Trippin' With Dr. Faustus
    09-Quantum Fantay: Tessallation Of Euclidean Space
    10-The Black Noodle Project: Divided We Fall.


Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: January 14 2018 at 08:56
1. The Samurai of Prog - On We Sail
2. Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere
3. Big Big Train - Grimspound
4. Anubis - The Second Hand
5. Hidden Lands - Halcyon
6. Discipline - Captives Of The Wine Dark Sea
7. Comedy Of Errors - House of the Mind
8. Anathema - The Optimist
9. Believe - Seven Widows
10. Steve Hackett - The Night Siren

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