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Topic: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 2015

Posted By: Mirakaze
Subject: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 2015
Date Posted: April 15 2022 at 10:37

This is the point where I began to pay much more attention to currently released music, so I don't expect to have a shortage of albums to put on these lists from here onward.

1. Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot

2. Tricot - A N D

3. Breznev Fun Club - Il Misantropo Felice

4. Homunculus Res - Come Si Diventa Ciò Che Si Era

5. Chon - Grow

6. Alex Ward Quintet - Glass Shelves And Floor

7. Jaga Jazzist - Starfire

8. Satanique Samba Trio - Mó Bad

9. John Zorn - Simulacrum

10. Ozric Tentacles - Technicians Of The Sacred

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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 15 2022 at 12:03

1. Thieves' Kitchen - The Clockwork Universe
2. FAT - Living the Dream
3. Echolyn - I Heard You Listening
4. Sanguine Hum - Now We Have Light
5. Steven Wilson - H.C.E.
6. ni - Les Insurges de Romilly
7. Special Providence - Essence of Change
8. Simon Phillips - Protocol III
9. Panzerballett - Breaking Brain
10. Lonely Robot - Please Come Home

Others

Caligula's Horse - Bloom
The Aristocrats - Tres Caballeros
Riverside - Love, Fear And The Time Machine

Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 15 2022 at 12:17

1. Alco Frisbass - Alco Frisbass

2. Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

3. Zombi - Shape Shift

4. Izz - Everlasting Instant

5. Castle Canyon - Criteria Obsession

6. Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle

7. Alpha Lighting System - Walking on an Earthlike Planet

8. Magnesis - La dame de braise

9. Argos - A Seasonal Affair

10. Beardfish - +4626-Comfortzone

Honorable mentions:

Apogee - The Art of Mind

Farmhouse Odyssey - Farmhouse Odyssey

Nice Beaver - The Time It Takes

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that's a happy bag of lettuce
this car smells like cartilage
nothing beats a good video about fractions

Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 15 2022 at 16:49

da best year in a very long time Clap

13 Maalouf, Ibrahim Red and Black Light Leb 2015

13 Washington, Kamasi The Epic USA 2015

12 Anekdoten Until All the Ghosts are Gone Swe 2015

12 Hooffoot Hooffoot Swe 2015

12 Maalouf, Ibrahim Kalthoum Leb 2015

12 Rêve Général Howl! Var 2015

12 Scherzoo 03 Fra

12 Vak Aedividea Fra 2015

12 Walker, Ryley Primrose Green USA 2015

11 Agusa Två Swe 2015

11 Alco Frisbass Alco Frisbass Fra 2015

11 All Them Witches Dying Surfer Meets His Maker USA 2015

11 Birchall, Nat Invocations Eng 2015

11 Comelade, Pascal / Les Limiñanas Traité de Guitares Triolectiques

11 Compro Oro Transatlantic Bel 2015

11 Elephant9 / Reine Fiske Silver Mountain Nor 2015

11 Ghost Rhythms Madeleine Fra 2015

11 Hamasyan, Tigran Mockroot Arm 2015

11 Jaga Jazzist Starfire Nor 2015

11 King Crimson Live at the Orpheum Eng 2015

11 Manna/Mirage Blue Dogs USA 2015

11 Needlepoint Aimless Mary Nor 2015

11 Nordmann Alarm! Bel 2015

11 Unit Wail Beyond Space Edges Fra 2015

11 Van der Graaf Generator Merlin Atmos Eng 2015

11 Walker, Riley Primrose Green USA 2015

11 Witchwood Litanies from the Woods Ita 2015

11 Yokaï EP01 (EP) Bel 2015

bubbling under

10 AKKU Quintet Molecules Swz 2015

10 Big Hogg Big Hogg Eng 2015

10 Guapo Obscure Knowledge Eng 2015

10 Halsall, Matthew / Gondwana Orchestra Into Forever Eng 2015

10 Homunculus Res Come si Diventa Ciò Che si Era Ita 2015

10 Jordsjø Jordsjø Nor 2015

10 Magma sl*g. Tanz Fra 2015 Zeuhl

10 Malady Malady Fin 2015

10 Rêve d'Éléphant Orchestra Odyssée 14 Bel 2015

10 Slang & Purbayan Chatterjee Pace of Mind Bel 2015

10 Sons of Kemet Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do

10 Threadgill, Henry / Zooid In for a Penny, In for a Pound

10 Vespero Fitful Slumber until 5 A.M. Rus 2015

10 Weedpecker II Pol 2015

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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 15 2022 at 19:35

Anekdoten- Until All The Ghosts Are Gone

Needlepoint- Aimless Mary

Riverside- Love, Fear And The Time Machine

Komara- Komara

Vak- Aedividea
Lamagaia- Lamagaius
Steven Wilson- Hand Cannot Erase

Elephant9- Silver Montain

La Fabbrica Dell'Assoluto- 1984 l'Ultimo Uomo d'Europa
Nik Turner-Space Fusion Odyssey

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"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN

Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 15 2022 at 19:50

2015

1. CICADA Light Shining Through the Sea
2. ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ Holographic Codex
3. BATTLESTATIONS The Extent of Damage
4. LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO La notte anche de giorno
5. ANEKDOTEN Until the Ghosts Have All Gone
6. STEVEN WILSON Hand. Cannot. Erase.
7. METHEXIS Suiciety
8. NEMO Coma
9. OZRIC TENTACLES Technicians of the Sacred
10. CICCADA The Finest of Miracles

11. THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE The Sunstone

12. DUNGEN Allas Sak
13. JAGA JAZZIST Starfire
14. MYSTERY Delusion Rain
15. VOLA Inmazes
16. KLONE Here Comes the Sun
17. THE AMAZING Picture You
18. THIEVES' KITCHEN The Clockwork Universe
19. MAGMA Sl*g Tanz
20. ZA! Lolosimo

21. ABIGAIL'S GHOST Black Plastic Sun
22. PROGRESSION BY FAILURE Sonic Travelogue
23. SYLVAN Home
24. MONOBODY Monobody
25. JAM IT! Following the Unknown

26. 3RDEGREE Ones & Zeroes, Part 1
27. LEPROUS The Congregation
28. SVETAMUZIKA Present Simple
29. ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF The Miraculous
30. HOMUNCULUS RES Come si diventa ciò che si era

Honorable Mentions:
31. CORVUS STONE Unscrewed
32. MANNA/MIRAGE Blue Dogs
33. TOE Hear You
34. ABSTRAKT Limbosis
35. ADVENT The Silent Sentinel
36. THE TEA CLUB Grappling
37. NATIVE CONSTRUCT Quiet World
38. COSMIC GROUND 2
39. KARDA ESTRA Strange Relations
40. HOOFFOOT Hooffoot

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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 15 2022 at 20:36

Schnellertollermeier - X
Upsilon Acrux - Sun Square Dialect
Guapo - Obscure Knowledge
Reve General - Howl
Vak - Aedividea
Simon Steensland - A Farewell to Brains
William D Drake - Revere Beach
Ni - Les Insurges de Romilly
Sonar - Black Light
John Zorn - Simulacrum
Ikarus - Echo
Akku Quintet - Molecules

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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 03:34

1. Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

2. Nice Beaver - The Time It Takes

3. Alejandro Matos - La Potestad

4. Cailyn Lloyd - Voyager

5. District 97 - In Vaults

6. Battlestations - The Extent of Damage

7. La Coscienza di Zeno - La Notte Anche di Giorno

8. IOEarth - New World

9. Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles

X. Grand Tour - Heavy on the Beach

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Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 03:46

In no particular order as usual:

Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Earthside - A Dream in Static

Panzerballett - Breaking Brain

Riverside - Love, Fear, and the Time Machine

Caligula's Horse - Bloom

Leprous - The Congregation

Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth

Enslaved - In Times

Queensryche - Condition Human

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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 03:48

Earthside - A Dream in Static

Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase

Nemo - Coma

Kingcrow - Eidos

Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle

Weedpecker - II

Caligula's Horse - Bloom

Third Ion - 13-8 Bit

AudioPlastik - In The Head Of A Maniac

Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 03:54

Cristi wrote:

Earthside - A Dream in Static

Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase

Nemo - Coma

Kingcrow - Eidos

Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle

Weedpecker - II

Caligula's Horse - Bloom

Third Ion - 13-8 Bit

AudioPlastik - In The Head Of A Maniac

Nice to see another Earthside fan here! Smile

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 17:51

A number of these are not in PA.

Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
Mid-Air Thief - Gongjoong Doduk
The Unthanks - Mount the Air
William D Drake - Revere Beach
Björk - Vulnicura
Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Silver Mountain
Ennio Morricone - Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight
Alio Die & Lorenzo Montana - Holographic Codex
John Zorn - Simulacrum
Dungen - Allas Sak

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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 00:58

It's the opposite for me. I stopped paying as much attention to recent releases around 2014-2015. Once I dug into it though, I found that 2015 was a decent year.

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Neal Morse Band - The Grand Experiment

Beardfish - +4626-Comfortzone

Davy O'List - Second Thoughts

Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot

Steve Hackett - Wolflight

Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine

Ozric Tentacles - Technicians of the Sacred

Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

Symphony X - Underworld

Posted By: emisan
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 14:04

Unreal City - Il Paese del Tramonto

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise

The Tangent - A Spark In The Aether - The Music That Died Alone, Volume Two

Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

Neal Morse Band - The Grand Experiment

Homunculus Res - Come Si Diventa Ciò Che Si Era

Agusa - Två

Ubi Maior - Incanti Bio Meccanici

Jordsjø - Jordsjø

Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 16:58

William D. Drake - Revere Reach

Sonar - Black Light

Schnellertollermeier - X

Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

Jaga Jazzist - Starfire

Battles - La Di Da Di

Battlestations - The Extent of Damage

Cabezas de Cera - Musica En Escala De Grises

Holger Czukay - Eleven Years Innerspace

Anna von Hausswolff - The Miraculous

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 17 2022 at 10:36

2015: Anderson-Ponty Band - Better Late Than Never - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhjZGVfjdGhaWtysQ_v_KHfKfuQIi6CwE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhjZGVfjdGhaWtysQ_v_KHfKfuQIi6CwE

2015: ARC - Arclight - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnpHau2SggXR1AmtgTjJ-_8nGNiMIy-bk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnpHau2SggXR1AmtgTjJ-_8nGNiMIy-bk

2015: Brian Auger - Back to the Beginning: The Brian Auger Anthology - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKVQNof2fsTULWE3DcvJ9jm" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKVQNof2fsTULWE3DcvJ9jm

2015: Big Big Train - Live at Kings Place, London - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYq3CSF_7UecPIGF4Y0PCFn" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYq3CSF_7UecPIGF4Y0PCFn

2015: Eric Clapton - Slowhand at 70: Live at the Royal Albert Hall - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaXuvHboS5n3jDQE0iMC5PJ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaXuvHboS5n3jDQE0iMC5PJ

2015: Curved Air - Live Under the Bridge: The 45th Anniversary Concert - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIgdQmlcHkXIzVb2CVz_o6Y" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIgdQmlcHkXIzVb2CVz_o6Y

2015: Downes-Braide Association - Suburban Ghosts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEayt26xYMOphS5B6WLWYA_T" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEayt26xYMOphS5B6WLWYA_T

2015: Edison's Children - Somewhere Between Here & There - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaqe7_4Rwsx_4PT1GclZHts" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaqe7_4Rwsx_4PT1GclZHts

2015: The Enid - The Bridge Show - Live at Union Chapel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK-DF7We7DqQKSKynVTN91v" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK-DF7We7DqQKSKynVTN91v

2015: Galahad - Solidarity: Live in Konin - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2g2Ht2uSDoy0pk39Vl4qrjKEzlWXTCvs" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2g2Ht2uSDoy0pk39Vl4qrjKEzlWXTCvs

2015: David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lsIpqcUJCkku0Vou19a-hszRzre3aXChM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lsIpqcUJCkku0Vou19a-hszRzre3aXChM

2015: Steve Hackett - Wolflight - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZLRKPsNDLn34xm2_bL0gMt" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZLRKPsNDLn34xm2_bL0gMt

2015: Hawkwind - Space Ritual Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsKj0lRHZqg29xef6cgrSl8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsKj0lRHZqg29xef6cgrSl8

2015: Steve Howe - Anthology - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lkFer7SDHm-BhhFTK2nFEDwysKzRiZQdY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lkFer7SDHm-BhhFTK2nFEDwysKzRiZQdY

2015: Karnataka - Secrets of Angels - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYpWYvC0i1dyK2d31eO8oGo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYpWYvC0i1dyK2d31eO8oGo

2015: John Lodge - 10,000 Light Years Ago - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKrz7XBATtY-Ol7GNf8-x_Q" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKrz7XBATtY-Ol7GNf8-x_Q

2015: Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjG96uKMj7HP4QEjuMM3tYGCbbFxyECeg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjG96uKMj7HP4QEjuMM3tYGCbbFxyECeg

2015: Magenta - The Singles Complete - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIidnoclOfR-v40Q7Bel5fe" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIidnoclOfR-v40Q7Bel5fe

2015: Marillion - A Monstrously Festive(al) Christmas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbNFSN-9oL2yNFevItRkdcQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbNFSN-9oL2yNFevItRkdcQ

2015: Mostly Autumn - Box of Tears - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYvJZvjmtdNPgUI0OPuXLpl" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYvJZvjmtdNPgUI0OPuXLpl

2015: Renaissance - Live at the Union Chapel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA-hYWcF3-pkDpPi9UvcS24" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA-hYWcF3-pkDpPi9UvcS24

2015: Vivid Glimpse - Suspended Animation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEawjCIYtgHVVi6NXp6q3bCe" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEawjCIYtgHVVi6NXp6q3bCe

2015: John Wetton - In Session - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEY6BPZtQ6_ZGAS2jCkc6Phn" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEY6BPZtQ6_ZGAS2jCkc6Phn

2015: Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYvBHYrujpeixojCAsymFzg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYvBHYrujpeixojCAsymFzg

2015: David Wright - Beyond the Airwaves, Volume 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDwA6m_mbKTcH_66_EpLHjuNPOoobGjV8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDwA6m_mbKTcH_66_EpLHjuNPOoobGjV8

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 19 2022 at 12:11

Final Top 10 with all 4-star and all but one Live albums removed from my list above.

2015: Mostly Autumn - Box of Tears - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYvJZvjmtdNPgUI0OPuXLpl" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYvJZvjmtdNPgUI0OPuXLpl

Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: May 19 2022 at 12:49

We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs

Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

Vola - Inmazes

Steve Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase

Ciccada - The Finest Of Miracles

The Tea Club - Grappling

Elder - Lore

Caspian - Dust & Disquiet

Martigan - Distant Monsters

William D. Drake - Revere Reach

Honorable mentions

The Tangent - A Spark In The Aether

Barock Project - Skyline

Homunculus Res - Come Si Diventa Ciò Che Si Era

Guapo - Obscure Knowledge

Argos - A Seasonal Affair

Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 19 2022 at 13:07

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Final Top 10 with all 4-star and all but one Live albums removed from my list above.

2015: David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock -

I know your ratings are often way out there but just NO

PA - 3.42, RYM - 3.24, Gnosis - 2.7

At best average at worst meh

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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 19 2022 at 14:35

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Final Top 10 with all 4-star and all but one Live albums removed from my list above.

2015: David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock -

I know your ratings are often way out there but just NO

PA - 3.42, RYM - 3.24, Gnosis - 2.7

At best average at worst meh

One of These Days, we might agree on something, but on the other hand, Life would be inordinately dull if we all agreed on favourite albums and ratings. Tongue

Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 22 2022 at 03:37

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase

Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine

Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Silver Mountain

The Tangent - A Spark in the Aether

Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle

Glass Hammer - The Breaking Of The World