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Topic: Collaborators' Top Albums of 2022

Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Subject: Collaborators' Top Albums of 2022
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 11:05

Welcome to the 2022 Progarchives.com Collaborators' Album of the Year

#t-48 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76500" rel="nofollow - Neo Prog	#t-48 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74584" rel="nofollow - - Meshuggah - Immutable Tech / Extreme Prog Metal	#t-48 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=77063" rel="nofollow - - David Maxim Micic - Bilo 4.0 Progressive Metal		#47 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74457" rel="nofollow - - Weserbergland - Sacrae Symphonae nr 1 Krautrock	#t-45 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76729" rel="nofollow - - Titan To Tachyons - Vonals RIO / Avant Prog
#t-45 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76895" rel="nofollow - Eclectic Prog	#t-42 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76356" rel="nofollow - Progressive Metal	#t-42 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74477" rel="nofollow - Crossover Prog		#t-42 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76973" rel="nofollow - - Compassionizer - Narrow Is The Road RIO / Avant Prog	#t-40 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76978" rel="nofollow - - Emmett Elvin - Being of Sound Mind Eclectic Prog
#t-40 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76778" rel="nofollow - Crossover Prog	#t-38 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=78056" rel="nofollow - Eclectic Prog	#t-38 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74668" rel="nofollow - Eclectic Prog		#37 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75895" rel="nofollow - Post / Math Rock	#36 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74050" rel="nofollow - Symphonic Prog
#35 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75546" rel="nofollow - Tech / Extreme Prog Metal	#t-33 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76347" rel="nofollow - Zeuhl	#t-33 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76300" rel="nofollow - RIO / Avant Prog		#t-30 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76228" rel="nofollow - Tech / Extreme Prog Metal	#t-30 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76780" rel="nofollow - Post Rock
#t-30 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76135" rel="nofollow - - Threshold - Dividing Lines Progressive Metal	#29 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75429" rel="nofollow - - RanestRane - Apocalypse Now Rock Progressivo Italiano	#28 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=77755" rel="nofollow - RIO / Avant Prog		#27 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74379" rel="nofollow - - Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival Crossover Prog	#t-25 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=77111" rel="nofollow - - Jambinai - Apparition Post Rock
#t-25 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=73610" rel="nofollow - - Jonas Lindberg & the Other Side - Miles from Nowhere Crossover Prog	#24 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76309" rel="nofollow - Deadly Orgone Radiation - Desecration of Form RIO / Avant Prog	#t-21 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74307" rel="nofollow - - Breidablik - Alduorka Progressive Electronic		#t-21 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76370" rel="nofollow - Experimental / Post Metal	#t-21 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75181" rel="nofollow - Eclectic Prog
#t-19 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74203" rel="nofollow - Progressive Electronic	#t-19 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=78028" rel="nofollow - RIO / Avant Prog	#18 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=78008" rel="nofollow - - Fractal Sextet - Fractal Sextet RIO / Avant Prog		#t-16 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74229" rel="nofollow - - Voivod - Synchro Anarchy Tech/Extreme Prog Metal	#t-16 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=74709" rel="nofollow - - Ikarus - Plasma Zeuhl
#15 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76208" rel="nofollow - - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore Rock Progressivo Italiano	#14 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76337" rel="nofollow - - Psychedelic / Space Rock	#13 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76917" rel="nofollow - Eclectic Prog		#t-11 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75135" rel="nofollow - Progressive Electronic	#t-11 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75009" rel="nofollow - The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder Eclectic Prog
#10 Miriodor - Elements http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76802" rel="nofollow"> RIO / Avant Prog			#9 5uu’s - The Quiet In Your Bones http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75245" rel="nofollow"> RIO / Avant Prog
#8 Greco Bastian - With A Little Hell From My Friends http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76896" rel="nofollow"> RIO / Avant Prog			#7 Elder - Innate Passage http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76994" rel="nofollow"> Heavy Prog
#6 Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=73949" rel="nofollow"> Neo Prog			#5 Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=73766" rel="nofollow"> Crossover Prog
#4 Porcupine Tree - Closer/Continuation http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=73873" rel="nofollow"> Heavy Prog			#3 iNFiNiEN - Beyond the Veil http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76434" rel="nofollow"> Eclectic Prog
The 2022 Prog Archives Collaborator's Runner-Up Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=76137" rel="nofollow"> Eclectic Prog
...And The 2022 Prog Archives Collaborator's Album of the Year! black midi - Hellfire http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=75332" rel="nofollow"> RIO / Avant Prog

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Ian

Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com

https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/

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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 11:13

Great job! Thumbs Up

Also quite a diverse list! Clap

Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 14:09

Pos.	Band - Album	Total	Individual votes (1st = 20, 2nd = 19, etc)
1	black midi - Hellfire	153	20	20	20	19	19	18	14	10	6	4	3
2	Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts	145	20	19	19	17	17	16	11	11	11	4
3	iNFiNiEN - Beyond the Veil	115	20	20	19	19	18	14	5
4	Porcupine Tree - Closer/Continuation	106	20	19	15	15	12	10	5	4	4	2
5	Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet	99	18	16	16	16	16	15	2
6	Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark	95	20	20	15	14	14	11	1
7	Elder - Innate Passage	91	20	15	14	14	14	14
8	Greco Bastian - With A Little Hell From My Friends	87	19	19	17	13	12	7
9	5uu’s - The Quiet In Your Bones	83	19	17	16	15	11	5
10	Miriodor - Elements	79	16	15	15	12	11	10
11	The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder	74	20	20	11	9	8	6
11	Klaus Schulze - Deus Arrakis	74	18	17	15	13	11
13	Fren - All The Pretty Days	72	19	16	16	12	9
14	Birth - Born	71	19	17	14	10	9	2
15	Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore	63	19	16	15	13
16	Ikarus - Plasma	61	19	17	9	9	7
16	Voivod - Synchro Anarchy	61	18	17	15	8	3
18	Fractal Sextet - Fractal Sextet	59	20	15	14	10
19	Five-Storey Ensemble - Presence	58	20	18	17	3
19	Tangerine Dream - Raum	58	15	15	14	7	7
21	Bubblemath - Turf Ascension	55	19	13	10	7	6
21	Sigh - Shiki	55	19	18	12	6
21	Breidablik - Alduorka	55	16	15	12	12
24	Deadly Orgone Radiation - Desecration of Form	53	20	15	12	6
25	Jonas Lindberg & the Other Side - Miles from Nowhere	52	20	20	12
25	Jambinai - Apparition	52	17	16	11	8
27	Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival	50	19	18	13
28	Asceta - Asceta	49	19	15	10	5
29	RanestRane - Apocalypse Now	48	19	14	11	3	1
30	Threshold - Dividing Lines	47	20	17	6	4
30	Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There	47	18	18	11
30	Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ecstasy	47	16	13	11	7
33	Ars de Er - Attacca Subito	45	15	13	12	5
33	Magma - Kãrtëhl	45	13	12	9	6	5
35	Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain	43	19	14	10
36	The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree	42	18	17	7
37	Russian Circles - Gnosis	40	18	11	8	3
38	Daal - Daedalus	38	19	16	3
38	Perfect - Perfect	38	19	13	5	1
40	The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention	35	20	13	2
40	Emmett Elvin - Being of Sound Mind	35	18	17
42	Compassionizer - Narrow Is The Road	34	18	16
42	Pattern-Seeking Animals - Only Passing Through	34	17	17
42	Toehider - I Have Little To No Memory of these Memories	34	17	14	3
45	Barrdo - Équivoques vol 2	33	20	13
45	Titan To Tachyons - Vonals	33	17	16
47	Weserbergland - Sacrae Symphonae nr 1	32	19	13
48	Afforested - Ancient Healing Oakwood Journeys	31	18	13
48	David Maxim Micic - Bilo 4.0	31	18	7	6
48	Meshuggah - Immutable	31	18	12	1
48	Galahad - The Last Great Adventurer	31	16	12	3
52	Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord	30	20	10
52	Horse Lords - Comradely Objects	30	19	11
52	Giant Hedgehog - Im Siel	30	18	12
52	Current 93 - If a City Is Set Upon a Hill	30	13	12	5
56	Pure Reason Revolution - Above Cirrus	29	13	13	3
57	Gospel - The Loser	28	20	8
57	Dreadnought - The Endless	28	19	9
57	One Shot - A James	28	18	10
57	Barrdo - Équivoques vol 1	28	16	12
57	Roland Buhlmann - Emnalóc	28	15	13
62	Devin Townsend - Lightwork	27	16	11
62	Stephan Thelen - Fractal Guitar 3	27	14	13
62	Animals as Leaders - Parrhesia	27	13	7	7
65	Emmanuelle Parrenin - Targala, la maison qui n'en est pas une	25	19	6
65	Action & Tension & Space - Tellus	25	18	7
67	King's X - Three Sides of One	24	14	10
67	King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Changes	24	13	11
69	Knekklectric - Alt Blir Verre	23	20	2	1
69	Darkher - The Buried Storm	23	17	6
69	Odd Fiction - Puzzle Machine	23	15	8
69	Hallas - Isle of Wisdom	23	12	11
73	SOT - Monster Master	22	20	2
74	October Equus - Noches blancas, luces rojas	21	15	6
75	Mamaleek - Diner Coffee	20	20
75	Moura - Axexan, Espreitan	20	20
75	The Muffins – Bakers Dozen	20	20
75	Wippy Bonstack -22	20	20
79	Arkitekture – Rationalis Impetus	19	19
79	Deathspell Omega - The Long Defeat	19	19
81	Glass Hammer - At The Gate	18	18
81	Held By Trees - Solace	18	18
81	Karcius - Grey White Silver Yellow & Gold	18	18
81	London Odense Ensemble - Jaiyede Sessions Volume 1	18	18
81	Magenta - The White Witch - A Symphonic Symphony	18	18
81	Scarcity - Aveilut	18	18
81	Somali Yacht Club - The Space	18	18
81	Tatsuya Yoshida - Sin (with Risa Takeda)	18	18
81	Collage - Over and Out	18	12	2	2	2
90	Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture	17	17
90	Bríi - Corpos Transparentes	17	17
90	Extra Life - Secular Works, Vol. 2	17	17
90	Heldon – Antelast	17	17
90	Lalu-Paint the Sky	17	17
90	Luminous Vault - Animate the Emptiness	17	17
90	Missigno - Dystopian Reverie	17	17
90	National Diet - The Noon Hour	17	17
90	Qrixkuor - Zoetrope	17	17
90	Sherpa The Tiger - Ithkuil	17	17
90	Krallice - Psychagogue	17	14	3
90	Roz Vitalis - 20 Years - Alive And Well	17	9	8
102	0N0 - Unwavering Resonance	16	16
102	Aeviterne - The Ailing Facade	16	16
102	Antimatter - A Profusion Of Thought	16	16
102	Faust – Punkt	16	16
102	Haunter - Discarnate Ails	16	16
102	Jakob Skøtt - The Virtue of Temperance	16	16
102	John Zorn - Suite For Piano	16	16
102	Oceans of Slumber - Starlight and Ash	16	16
102	The Dear Hunter - Antimai	16	16
102	Jean-Pierre Louveton - Sapiens Chapitre 3/3: Actum	16	11	5
112	Bert Jansch - Bert at the BBC	15	15
112	Green Asphalt - Green Asphalt	15	15
112	John Zorn - Multiplicities: A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects	15	15
112	Kaipa - Urskog	15	15
112	Pensées Nocturnes - Douce Fange	15	15
112	Ryo Okumoto - The Myth of the Mostrophus	15	15
112	TAVAT - TAVAT	15	15
112	Jethro Tull - The Zealot Gene	15	14	1
112	The Flying Luttenbachers - Terror Iridescence	15	11	4
112	Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die	15	9	6
122	Ahleuchatistas - Expansion	14	14
122	Arena - The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance	14	14
122	Artefactron - Artefactron	14	14
122	DAVE BRONS Return to Arda	14	14
122	Daymoon - Erosion	14	14
122	Eclectic Maybe band - Again, Alors?	14	14
122	Edena Gardens - Edena Gardens	14	14
122	Guranfoe - Gumbo Gumbo	14	14
122	Krallice - Crystalline Exhaustion	14	14
122	Tatsuya Yoshida - Syndebuk (with Risa Takeda)	14	14
122	Karaba - All High Ways	14	12	2
122	Michael Romeo - War of the Worlds, Part 2	14	10	4
122	My Sleeping Karma - Atma	14	8	6
135	Arthur Brown - Long Long Road	13	13
135	Ghost of the Machine - Scissorgames	13	13
135	Ibaraki - Rashomon	13	13
135	Onsegen Ensemble - Realms	13	13
135	Soft Ffog – Soft Ffog	13	13
135	Tatsuya Yoshida - Reflections (with Sara Wakui)	13	13
135	Time Horizon-Power Of Three	13	13
135	Ufomammut - Fenice	13	13
135	Phoenix Again - Vision	13	7	6
144	Anthropods - Anthropods	12	12
144	Blind Guardian - The God Machine	12	12
144	Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses	12	12
144	Crushing My Palms Between The Glass Shards You Gave Me - Wake Up! A New Dawn Is Waiting For You	12	12
144	Handwrist - Anamnesis	12	12
144	I Like To Sleep – Sleeping Beauty	12	12
144	Moonwagon - The Efficient Use of Space	12	12
144	OU - one	12	12
144	Papir - 7	12	12
144	t - Pareidoliving	12	11	1
144	John Zorn - Spinoza	12	8	4
144	Plastic dogs - Ivert	12	8	4
156	Audio’m - Godzilla	11	11
156	Björk - Fossora	11	11
156	Cave in - Heavy Pendulum	11	11
156	Faraz Anwar - Tale Of The Lunatics	11	11
156	Gerald Peter Project - Incremental Changes, Pt 2	11	11
156	The Gathering - Beautiful Distortion	11	11
156	Tim Bowness - Butterfly Mind	11	11
156	Vesilinja - Myrskyn keskellä	11	11
156	The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta	11	8	3
165	Diamanda Galás - Broken Gargoyles	10	10
165	Dunaj - Zavo Dou	10	10
165	Fromuz - The Asymmetric Rules	10	10
165	Genie Cries - The Limits Of Deviation	10	10
165	Join The Din - Elephants In Autumn Rage	10	10
165	Pierre Vervloesem - 30 Years of Success	10	10
165	Regal Worm - Worm!	10	10
165	RETURNED TO THE EARTH Fall of the Watcher	10	10
165	Rick Wakeman - Hummingbird	10	10
165	Sadist - Firescorched	10	10
175	All Things Fallen - Shadow Way	9	9
175	Archive - Call to Arms & Angels	9	9
175	Asmus Tietchens - Parallelen	9	9
175	Cosmograf - Heroic Materials	9	9
175	F Zappa – Waka/Wazoo	9	9
175	Hourglass - Void Within	9	9
175	John Zorn - Perchance to Dream	9	9
175	King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum	9	9
175	Moon Letters - Thank You From The Future	9	9
175	The Legendary Pink Dots - The Museum of Human Happiness	9	9
175	Wilderun - Epigone	9	9
175	Yang - Designed for Disaster	9	9
175	Kalle Wallner - Voices	9	7	2
188	Bruno Maia - Tales Of The Shadowland (on PA under Braia discog)	8	8
188	Cola de Zorro - El desierto avanza	8	8
188	Evergrey - A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)	8	8
188	Faust – Daumenbruch	8	8
188	Guillaume Turcotte - Anomalies	8	8
188	Haven of Echoes - The Indifferent Stars	8	8
188	Lobate Scarp - You Have It All	8	8
188	Lonely Robot - Model Life	8	8
188	Sammal - Aika Iaulaa	8	8
188	STRANGE POP Ten Years Gone	8	8
188	Anima Morte - Serpents in the Field of Sleep	8	6	2
199	Czyszy - Scent Emmental	7	7
199	Fair Wind Pleases - Live At The Babooinumfest #17	7	7
199	Gleb Kolyadin - The Outland	7	7
199	Louis De Mieulle - Magnetic Feel	7	7
199	Muse - Will Of The People	7	7
199	Naxatras - IV	7	7
199	Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Syndebuk	7	7
199	Thou & Mizmor - Myopia	7	7
199	Karfagen - Land Of Green and Gold	7	6	1
199	Mary Halvorson - Amaryllis	7	5	2
209	Aamunkoite – Aamunkoite	6	6
209	Acid Mothers Temple - Japanese New Music Festival Japan Tour 2022	6	6
209	Senmuth - Miccayeyecoa	6	6
209	The Aristocrats - The Aristocrats with Primuz Chamber Ochestra	6	6
213	GRICE Polarchoral	5	5
213	In-Dreamview - Spires	5	5
213	M Reuter – Truce 2	5	5
213	Mira Snelder - Altered Acuity	5	5
213	Rick Wakeman - A Gallery of The Imagination	5	5
213	Seventh Wonder - The Testament	5	5
213	Steve Howe - Lunar Mist	5	5
213	The Decadent Orchestra - Decadent Orchestra	5	5
221	Brian! - The Cataclysmic Engine	4	4
221	Cosmic Ground - Isolate	4	4
221	Duster - Together 1	4	4
221	Major Parkinson - Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison	4	4
221	Moon Tooth - Phototroph	4	4
221	Oksana Linde - Aquatic And Other Worlds	4	4
221	Playgrounded - The Death of Death	4	4
221	STEVE VAI Inviolate	4	4
229	Earthless - Night Parade of One Hundred Demons	3	3
229	Legendary Pink Dots - The Museum of Human Happiness	3	3
229	Magician's Red - Threshold	3	3
229	MIDLAKE For the Sake of Bethel Woods	3	3
229	Star One - Revel In Time	3	3
229	Ventifacts - Chronic Town	3	3
235	Buckethead - Pike 325 Language of the Mosaics	2	2
235	Rosalie Cunningham - Two Piece Puzzle	2	2
235	Temple Of Switches - Four	2	2
235	Tigran Hamasyan - StandArt	2	2
239	Acausal Intrusion - Seeping Evocation	1	1
239	Jordjso – Jord Sessions	1	1
239	Kaprekar's Constant - The Murder Wall	1	1
239	Primus - Conspiranoid	1	1
239	Pymlico - Supermassive	1	1
239	The Kurws - Powięź / Fascia	1	1
239	Time Dwellers - Novum Aurora	1	1
239	Tricot - Fudeki	1	1
239	Verbal Delirium - Conundrum	1	1

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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 15:10

Great work. Clap

A lot of great prog last year.

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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 15:31

Excellent work. Glad to be retired.

How my list stacked up. Not shocked by the winner, but not a big fan. What I am shocked by is my #1 got no other votes.

1. Wippy Bonstack - 22 (75)
2. Infinien - Beyond the Veil (3)
3. Emmett Elvin - Being of Sound Mind (40)
4. Toehider - I Have Little To No Memory of these Memories (42)
5. 5uus - The Quiet in Your Bones (9)
6. Breidablik - Alduorka (21)
7. Elder - Innate passage (7) same!
8. Bubblemath - Turf Ascension (21)
9. Mirador - Elements (10)
10. Jambinai - Apparition (25)
11. One Shot - A James (57)
12. Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die (112)
13. Plastic dogs - Ivert (144)
14. David Maxim Micic - Bilo IV (48)
15. Magma - Kãrtëhl (33)
16. Mira Snelder - Altered Acuity (213)
17. Cosmic Ground - Isolate (221)
18. Voivod - Synchro Anarchy (16)
19. Knekklectrik - Altered Blir Verre (69)
20. Meshuggah - Immutable (48)

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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 15:34

Thanks for the help!

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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 15:37

My pleasure.

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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 15:40

Fantastic! Clap

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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 15:55

Great job again Clap

. A good year.

My selection for 2022:

1. The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder (11)

2. iNFiNiEN - Beyond the Veil (3)

3. Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (27)

4. Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts (2)

5. Daal - Daedalus (38-39)

6. Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet (5)

7. Toehider - I Have Little or No Memory of these Memories (42)

8. Afforested - Ancient Healing Oakwood Journeys (48-51)

9. Porcupine Tree - Closer/Continuation (4)

X. Jean-Pierre Louveton - Sapiens Chapitre 3/3: Actum (102-111)

4 albums in the top 10 and one just outside. Couild be worse Smile

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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 16:28

Thanks collabs! Always look forward to this.

Tapfret wrote:

Excellent work. Glad to be retired.

How my list stacked up. Not shocked by the winner, but not a big fan. What I am shocked by is my #1 got no other votes.

1. Wippy Bonstack - 22 (75)

Wippy gets my vote for #1.

Nice to see Mira on the list.

Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 17:55

nice to see Elder come in as high as it did.

check out Elder's bandcamp page. At the bottom, follow the links to King Buffalo and All Them Witches. Those bands are not on PA but are incredible bands making some wonderful music.

Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 18:22

Great to see some old friends like Banco and Schulze making the list and very happy that the last minute Perfect made it as well. 2022 was an excellent year that i'm still trying to take in.

Great job! Clap

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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 19:02

rushaholic wrote:

nice to see Elder come in as high as it did.

check out Elder's bandcamp page. At the bottom, follow the links to King Buffalo and All Them Witches. Those bands are not on PA but are incredible bands making some wonderful music.

Both great bands

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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 19:15

College - "Over And Out" #81. However it's #8 by popular vote, with the most ratings of any top 10 band.

Interesting...

Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 19:21

You often see see very large differences between the general rankings and the collaborators

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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 20:23

I have limited my selections to ten the past few years, because as I get older I lack patience, and need more time to yell at clouds. Anyway, here were my selections, and where they placed:

Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side - Miles From Nowhere (25)

Black Midi - Hellfire (1)

Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet (5)

Extra Life - Secular Works, Vol. 2 (90)

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le forme dell'amore (15)

Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation (4)

Jethro Tull - The Zealot Gene (112)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Changes (67)

Magma - Kãrtëhl (33)

Devin Townsend - Lightwork (62)

All over the map, which pretty much accords to my listening habits.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 20:51

Black Midi's Hellfire is what I had expected to be the album of the year. No surprise there. My top "in PA" album was The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention, which I had expected to fare better than the 40 it did.

I have thought that I often would see more in common with the rateyourmusic album list rankings with these collabs list than those in the top album charts at PA -- I would need to verify that. Certain kinds of Neo-Prog, Crossover Prog and Symphonic Prog tend to do much better here than at Rate Your Music -- I think our charts veer more to the melodic rock and metal and oldschool Symph Prog side, whereas RYM is rather more art rock, psych, chamber and avant, folk, electronic, and experimental oriented when it comes to Prog umbrella and related music. I see Collage's in the charts here at number 5 with 117 ratings. black midi is at a very respectable nine with 117 ratings. At RYM, Collage's is at number 1,694 for 2022 with 97 ratings and 4 reviews. At RYM, black midi's hellfire is the number 2 album of the year (all genres) with 19,150 ratings and 291 reviews. It would be interesting to compare across many ratings sites.

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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 19 2023 at 22:02

The Dark Elf wrote:

...and need more time to yell at clouds.

I started astrophotography and from a personal and general demographic perspective there are quite literally old men yelling at clouds...in the dark.

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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 03:15

2022 prog:

1- Fractal Sextet - Fractal Sextet (18)
2- Arkitekture (superstring) – Rationalis Impetus (79) (apparently the only one that voted for this masterpiece)
3- Compassionizer - Narrow Is The Road (47)
4- Birth – Born (14)
5- Fren - All The Pretty Days (13)
6- Roland Bühlmann – Enmaloc (57)
7- Eclectic Maybe band - Again, Alors? (122)
8- Arthur Brown - Long Long Road (135)
9- Karaba - All High Ways (122)
10- Vesilinja - Myrskyn keskellä (156)
11- Join The Din - Elephants In Autumn Rage
12- Ikarus – Plasma (16)
13- Sammal - Aika Iaulaa
14- Action & Tension & Space – Tellus
15- Janet Leppin - Ensemble Volcanic Ash
16- MChazi – Papara
17- DRH - Ode To a Firework
18- Tavat – Tavat (112)
19- Aamunkoite – Aamunkoite
20- The Decadent Orchestra - Decadent Orchestra

Jazz:

1- Village Of The Sun - First Light
2- Work Money Death - Thought, Action, Reaction, Interaction
3- Tom Skinner - Voices of Bishara
4- Qasim Naqvi / Wadada Leo Smith / Andrew Cyrille - Two Centuries
5- Tumi Mogorosi - Group Theory : Black Music
6- High Pulp - Pursuit of Ends
7- Comet is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
8- Mary Halvorson – Amaryllis
9- Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant to Be
10- Lydian Collective – Return
11- Akku Quintet – Live
12- Black Flower – Magma
13- Mary Halvorson – Belladona
14- Ilkka Arola Sound Tagine: Blue & Golden
15- Makaya McCraven – In These Times

Bubbling under (also-rans):

Cheer Accident - Here comes the Sunset
Black Midi – Hellfire
Bubblemath - Turf Ascension
Pan Daijing – Tissues
Moura – Axexan, Espreitan
Gaspard Oil - ILLUMINACHT!
WYZRD – Seasons
Origina1Nerd – Unknown Error
Magma – Khartel
One Shot - A James
Läuten der Seele - Läuten der Seele
Kajgun – Daogoad
Yokaï - Coup de grâce
Glass Museum – Reflet
Black Mirrors - Tomorrow will be without us
Under the Reefs Orchestra – Sakurajima
Nanot – Nanot
Frahm, Nils – Music For Animal
Original1nerd - Unknown Error
Mabe Fratti - Se Ve Desde Aqui
House of Lords - Comradely Objects
Compro Oro – Buy The Dip

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Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 06:42

Hugues- Join The Din isn't on PA or I would have voted for it

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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 07:16

Thanks for putting in the hard work. Also glad to see Elder do well. Agree with above post that King Buffalo is a great band in the same territory.

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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 07:23

Negoba wrote:

Thanks for putting in the hard work. Also glad to see Elder do well. Agree with above post that King Buffalo is a great band in the same territory.

Great band, their last album is a 2022 favorite.

They should be suggested and added to PA. Heavy prog might be a good fit.

Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 11:06

Great job Ian!

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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 12:52

Thanks for putting this all together, a lot of work for sure. My selections and their results below:

1. Threshold-Dividing Lines (30)

2. Porcupine Tree-Closure/Continuation (4)

3. The Flower Kings-By Royal Decree (36) Booo!!!

4. Lalu-Paint the Sky (90)

5. Galahad-The Last Great Adventurer (48)

6. Marillion-An Hour Before Its Dark (6)

7. Elder-Innate Passage (7)

8. Time Horizon-Power Of Three (135)

9. Collage-Over and Out (81)

10. t-Pareidoliving (144)

Glad I don't listen to the "popular" stuff on PA, only the obscure non-popular stuff LOL

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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 13:50

Great work everyone, and thanks for putting this together, Ian!

I'm partly to blame for the number 1 LOL

I'll admit to being biased in favour of more underground artists when putting together lists like this but to me there was no mystery this time about Hellfire being the best album of the year. My full list was:

1. Black Midi - Hellfire (#1)

2. Perfect - Perfect (#38)

3. Tatsuya Yoshida - Sin (with Risa Takeda) (#81)

4. Missigno - Dystopian Reverie (#90)

5. John Zorn - Suite For Piano (#102)

6. John Zorn - Multiplicities: A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects (#112)

7. Tatsuya Yoshida - Syndebuk (with Risa Takeda) (#74)

8. Tatsuya Yoshida - Reflections (with Sara Wakui) (#135)

9. Greco Bastián - With A Little Hell From My Friends (#8)

10. 5uu's - The Quiet In Your Bones (#9)

11. Bubblemath - Turf Ascension (#21)

12. Magma - Kãrtëhl (#33)

13. Odd Fiction - Puzzle Machine (#69)

14. Louis De Mieulle - Magnetic Feel (#199)

15. Acid Mothers Temple - Japanese New Music Festival Japan Tour 2022 (#209)

16. In-Dreamview - Spires (#213)

17. Oksana Linde - Aquatic And Other Worlds (#221)

18. Ventifacts - Chronic Town (#229)

19. Tigran Hamasyan - StandArt (#235)

20. Tricot - Fudeki (#239)

Honourable mentions go out to:

* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Nervous System Error

* Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding - Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival

* Mats/Morgan - Live 40!

* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Gaku

* The Fourth World Quartet - Grand Bland Vapid Rapids

* Trio Subliminal - Trio Subliminal 2: Cinema Infernale

* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Plate No. 4

* Ahleuchatistas - Expansion

* Björk - Fossora

* Paranoid Void - Travels In My Universe

* Uboa & Vi A. - Dead Time's Broken Arrow

* Emmett Elvin - Being Of Sound Mind

* Robert Fripp - Washington Square Church

* Anthropods - Anthropods

* Horse Lords - Comradely Objects

* Alex Ward, Mark Browne & Pat Thomas - Oxford 1992

* Katra Turana - Reboot

* Green Asphalt - Green Asphalt

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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 14:42

Here's mine. Great experience, thanks for putting it all together!

1. Five-Storey Ensemble - Presence (19)

2. Weserbergland - Sacrae Symphoniae (47)

3. iNFiNiEN - Beyond the Veil (3, hah, got that one right!)

4. Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts (2)

5. Jambinai - Apparition (25)

6. Miriodor - Elements (10)

7. Stephan Thelen - Fractal Sextet (18)

8. Stephan Thelen - Fractal Guitar 3 (62)
9. Giant Hedgehog - Im Siel (52)
10. Björk - Fossora (alone)
11. Dunaj - Zavo Dou (alone)
12. Asmus Tietchens - Parallelen (alone)
13. Cola de Zorro - El desierto avanza (alone)
14. Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Syndebuk (this has two separate entries, should be 74)

15. Bubblemath - Turf Ascension (21)

16. 5uu's and Dave Kerman - The Quiet In Your Bones (9)

17. black midi - Hellfire (1)

18. Legendary Pink Dots - The Museum of Human Happiness (probably 144)

19. Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation (4)

20. Perfect - Perfect (38)

Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 14:47

1. Elder - Innate Passage (7)

2. Ikarus – Plasma (t16)

3. Russian Circles - Gnosis (37)

4. Greco Bastián - With a Little Hell From My Friends (8)

5. Devin Townsend – Lightwork (t62)

6. Fractal Sextet - Fractal Sextet (18)

7. iNFiNieN - Beyond the Veil (3)

8. Onsegen Ensemble – Realms (t135)

9. OU – one (144)

10. Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts (2)

11. Michael Romeo - War of the Worlds, Part 2 (t122)

12. Birth – Born (14)

13. My Sleeping Karma – Atma (t122)

14. Animals as Leaders – Parrhesia (t62)

15. Darkher - the Buried Sun (t69)

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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 15:39

Catcher10 wrote:

Thanks for putting this all together, a lot of work for sure. My selections and their results below:

1. Threshold-Dividing Lines (30)

2. Porcupine Tree-Closure/Continuation (4)

3. The Flower Kings-By Royal Decree (36) Booo!!!

4. Lalu-Paint the Sky (90)

5. Galahad-The Last Great Adventurer (48)

6. Marillion-An Hour Before Its Dark (6)

7. Elder-Innate Passage (7)

8. Time Horizon-Power Of Three (135)

9. Collage-Over and Out (81)

10. t-Pareidoliving (144)

Glad I don't listen to the "popular" stuff on PA, only the obscure non-popular stuff LOL

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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 16:55

lazland wrote:

Catcher10 wrote:

Thanks for putting this all together, a lot of work for sure. My selections and their results below:

1. Threshold-Dividing Lines (30)

2. Porcupine Tree-Closure/Continuation (4)

3. The Flower Kings-By Royal Decree (36) Booo!!!

4. Lalu-Paint the Sky (90)

5. Galahad-The Last Great Adventurer (48)

6. Marillion-An Hour Before Its Dark (6)

7. Elder-Innate Passage (7)

8. Time Horizon-Power Of Three (135)

9. Collage-Over and Out (81)

10. t-Pareidoliving (144)

Glad I don't listen to the "popular" stuff on PA, only the obscure non-popular stuff LOL

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Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 17:21

Excellent work, thanks Ian!

This year, I only had 5 on my top 20 that ended up on PA's top 20. My selections and their results below:

1. The Tangent - Songs from the hard Shoulder (11)

2. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore (15)

3. London Odense Ensemble - Jaiyede Sessions Volume 1 (81)

4. Pattern-Seeking Animals - Only Passing Through (42)

5. Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet (5)

6. Ryo Okumoto - The Myth of the Mostrophus (112)

7. RanestRane - Apocalypse Now (29)

8. Roland Buhlmann - Emnalóc (57)

9. Moonwagon - The Efficient Use of Space (144)

10. Motorpsycho - Ancient Astronauts (2)

11. Regal Worm - Worm! (165)

12. Fren - All the Pretty Days (13)

13. Lobate Scarp - You Have It All (188)

14. Phoenix Again - Vision (135)

15. David Maxim Micic - Bilo 4.0 (48)

16. Jean-Pierre Louveton - Sapiens Chapitre 3/3: Actum (102)

17. Michael Romeo - War of the Worlds // Pt. 2 (122)

18. Earthless - Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (229)

19. Temple Of Switches - Four (235)

20. Karfagen - Land Of Green and Gold (199)

Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 17:24

Oh yes, and I forgot to thank Ian for his dedication in compiling this for us. Great job!

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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 18:19

Here's my list and no apology for #1, was my favorite album of the year by one of the my favorite modern bands. The modern music scene is outstanding. 3 in the top 10, 7 in the top 25, pretty happy.

1. black midi - Hellfire (1)

2. 5uu's - The Quiet In Your Bones (9)

3. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There (30)

4. Titan To Tachyons - Vonals (45)

5. Miriodor - Elements (10)

6. October Equus - Noches blancas, luces rojas (74)

7. Ahleuchatistas - Expansion (122)

8. Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (27)

9. Anthropods - Anthropods (144)

10. Horse Lords - Comradely Objects (52)

11. Asceta - Asceta (28)

12. Ikarus - Plasma (16)

13. Zorn, John - Spinoza (144)

14. Bubblemath - Turf Ascension (21)

15. Deadly Orgone Radiation - Desecration of Form (24)

16. Mary Halvorson - Amaryllis (199)

17. Plastic Dogs - Ivert (144)

18. Five-Storey Ensemble - Presence (19)

19. SOT - Monster Master (73)

20. The Kurws - Powięź / Fascia (239)

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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 20 2023 at 20:41

Congrats Ian, Hugues and all for this. It seemed like it was going to be Black Midi's year this year.

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 03:38

As much as I admire Black Midi for going out on a limb with what they do I find I can only enjoy them in small doses. Still good enough to make my own list and deserving NO1 just for good intent if nothing else.

I voted Motorpsycho my NO1 which followed the 'Norwegian protocol' set by Wobbler - 4 great tracks!

I expected The Flower Kings to do better, only 3 of us put them in their selection (me included) but I would have expected a few more lower placings at least.

Also seems I am the only one who likes Glass Hammer. Is that because they are generally not available on streaming sites or people just feel they have no value I wonder..

Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 08:33

I haven't listened to Glass Hammer in awhile, but not being on streaming sites is huge. There are so many artists that I was able to check out that there's no way I could afford to buy physical media for all of them. I haven't purchased physical media in a long time.

Ironically, my kids who are in their early twenties spend ridiculous amounts on vinyl.

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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 13:45

This was how my list did:

1. Deadly Orgone Radiation - Desecration of Form (24)

2. Horse Lords - Comradely Objects (52)

3. Afforested - Ancient Healing Oakwood Journeys (48)

4. 5uu's - The Quiet in Your Bones (9)

5. Titan to Tachyons - Vonals (45)

6. Ars de Er - Attacca Subito (33)

7. Artefactron - Artefactron (122)

8. Greco Bastián - With a Little Hell From My Friends (8)

9. Ars de Er - L'adieu au monde (??)

10. The Flying Luttenbachers - Terror Iridescence (112)

11. Pierre Vervloesem - 30 Years of Success (165)

12. Yang - Designed for Disaster (175)

13. The Tangent - Songs From the Hard Shoulder (11)

14. Czyszy - Scent Emmental (199)

15. October Equus - Noches Blancas, Luces Rojas (74)

16. Perfect - Perfect (38)

17. Brian! - The Cataclysmic Engine (221)

18. Magician's Red - Threshold (229)

19. Anima Morte - Serpents in the Field of Sleep (188)

20. Knekklectric - Alt blir verre (69)

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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 14:05

progaardvark wrote:

This was how my list did:

6. Ars de Er - Attacca Subito (33)

9. Ars de Er - L'adieu au monde (??)

Urgh, I accidently added all the votes for Ars de Er to Attacca Subito, I need to correct the main sheet as it affects the top 50.

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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 14:05

what a lovely top indeed!

Cristi wrote:

Negoba wrote:

Thanks for putting in the hard work. Also glad to see Elder do well. Agree with above post that King Buffalo is a great band in the same territory.

Great band, their last album is a 2022 favorite.

They should be suggested and added to PA. Heavy prog might be a good fit.

Interesting, I remember my band (STONED JESUS) was rejected, even though our transition to prog happened around the same time as ELDER's (2015), and KING BUFFALO guys were citing our album Pilgrims as a direct influence on their style

But I guess it's the name - "lol they're called sToNeD JeSuS light one up duuuude" - that stops many from taking out music seriously...anyway, sorry for the offtop

Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 14:10

Prog-jester wrote:

what a lovely top indeed!

Cristi wrote:

Negoba wrote:

Thanks for putting in the hard work. Also glad to see Elder do well. Agree with above post that King Buffalo is a great band in the same territory.

Great band, their last album is a 2022 favorite.

They should be suggested and added to PA. Heavy prog might be a good fit.

But I guess it's the name - "lol they're called sToNeD JeSuS light one up duuuude" - that stops many from taking out music seriously...anyway, sorry for the offtop

if the band released new music (since the rejection that is) they can be re-evaluated.

Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 14:16

next Friday, our first LP in five years!

On a serious note, it's really cool to see stoner/doom/psych-prog appreciated here, we're literally invisible for any other music media (even most metal news sites)

Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 17:38

Negoba wrote:

I haven't listened to Glass Hammer in awhile, but not being on streaming sites is huge. There are so many artists that I was able to check out that there's no way I could afford to buy physical media for all of them. I haven't purchased physical media in a long time.

Ironically, my kids who are in their early twenties spend ridiculous amounts on vinyl.

Good for them!!! Clap

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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 19:24

I guess that I will join in. I wasn't really into it as much this year. I usually try and listen to as many new releases as I can get my ears on during December through February, but this year I pretty much stuck with what I had already listened to or owned.

1. Jonas Lindberg & the Other Side - Miles from Nowhere (25)

2. Bubblemath - Turf Ascension (21)

3. Magenta - The White Witch - A Symphonic Symphony (81)

4. Pattern-Seeking Animals - Only Passing Through (42)

5. Big Big Train - Welcome to the Planet (5)

6. Kaipa - Urskog (112)

7. Birth - Born (14)

8. Ghost of the Machine - Scissorgames

9. Fren - All the Pretty Days (13)

10. The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder (11)

11. Fromuz - The Asymmetric Rules (165)

12. Cosmograf - Heroic Materials (175)

13. Haven of Echoes - The Indifferent Stars (188)

14. Kalle Wallner - Voices (175)

15. The Aristocrats - The Aristocrats with Primuz Chamber Ochestra (209)

16. Steve Howe - Lunar Mist (213)

17. Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation (4)

18. Star One - Revel In Time (229)

19. Collage - Over and Out (81)

20. Kaprekar's Constant - The Murder Wall (239)

I have to admit that I am initially disappointed with the #1. It was one of those albums that I listened to once and didn't enjoy. I suppose that I will have to give it some more listens to see if it grows on me.

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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 21 2023 at 20:18

^ I listened to it 2-3x over a 30 day period and it never resonated with me at all. Not my cup of tea.....

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Posted By: DarkLizzard
Date Posted: February 22 2023 at 04:09

Thanks and great work! Looking forward to hear new music!

Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: February 22 2023 at 07:52

Apparently the Collaborators haven't listened to the new Verbal Delirium. One 20th place vote?

(I love complaining!!!) Awesome work!!!

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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 22 2023 at 08:29

Prog-jester wrote:

next Friday, our first LP in five years!

On a serious note, it's really cool to see stoner/doom/psych-prog appreciated here, we're literally invisible for any other music media (even most metal news sites)

I really like the genre, tend to lean more to the psych-prog side but definitely appreciate the Sabbath / fuzz side too.

Your music comes up on Spotify generated playlists for me. I've enjoyed, and now that I know that a fellow PAer is involved, I'll go back and check out the discography. Congrats on new work getting released!

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Posted By: IncogNeato
Date Posted: February 22 2023 at 09:27

Talk about feelings of inadequacy...while I know and own many albums by several bands on that main list, I only own THREE of the particular albums mentioned.

Voivod, King's X, Blut Aus Nord Pinch

Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: February 23 2023 at 15:35

rushfan4 wrote:

I have to admit that I am initially disappointed with the #1. It was one of those albums that I listened to once and didn't enjoy. I suppose that I will have to give it some more listens to see if it grows on me.

Given the previous years' no. 1's, I somehow knew Black Midi were going to win PA's 2022 AOTY so I listened to their album over and over before casting my end of the year votes, and over and over I didn't like it. Hence, it didn't end up on my Top 20 AOTY. I continue to hope that one day I 'get it'.

Posted By: projeKct
Date Posted: February 23 2023 at 16:12

^ For me, black midi's problem is the vocals (or spoken words). I would love to hear instrumental mixes. I think I would prefer them.

Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 24 2023 at 11:20

projeKct wrote:

^ For me, black midi's problem is the vocals (or spoken words). I would love to hear instrumental mixes. I think I would prefer them.

Agreed. I liked them initially, but the vocals remind me of a political talk show host. Makes me a little anxious to listen to.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 24 2023 at 14:13

I never fully warmed up to Hellfire but I love Cavalcade for its eclecticism and contrast which is at times abrasive and at other times I find it truly beautiful. I also prefer Schlagenheim to Hellfire. That said I very much do appreciate all three and listening to the three albums in a row all the more increased my admiration for this interesting and exciting band. I'm happy to see Hellfire at number one despite it not being my number one. Overall, I love the vocals across their various albums and it's a big part of what makes this band and these albums special to me and plays a part in differentiating itself from the others. The band does have elements that make me uneasy and challenge me and much of it falls right inside my comfort zones.

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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: February 24 2023 at 15:48

black midi is clearly building on the artistic growth and popularity of their unique vocals and lyricism. I love it, though I still think they could stand to keep doing more instrumental cuts and even release instrumental versions of their vox songs.

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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: February 24 2023 at 16:50

I'm actually liking the vocals on Hellfire better than on Cavalcade; Greep's vocals specifically seem better integrated within the music and he seems more secure and confident.

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Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: February 25 2023 at 10:26

miamiscot wrote:

Apparently the Collaborators haven't listened to the new Verbal Delirium. One 20th place vote?

(I love complaining!!!) Awesome work!!!

Correct, I didn't, but then again, I'm not into the poppier side of prog which is where they belong having now listened to their '22 release. And, oh yes, they ARE in the Crossover prog category - I'm not surprised.

Admittedly, it's really a good album so thanks for alerting me / us Thumbs Up

However, at the end of the day it's not my cup of tea and believe me, not PA top 20 AOTY worthy, sorry. I will probably relisten the album - if I'm in the proper mood which I sometimes am.

Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 25 2023 at 11:25

rushfan4 wrote:

I guess that I will join in. I wasn't really into it as much this year. I usually try and listen to as many new releases as I can get my ears on during December through February, but this year I pretty much stuck with what I had already listened to or owned.

1. Jonas Lindberg & the Other Side - Miles from Nowhere (25)

Hey, that was #1 on my list as well. Great mimes wink alike.

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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: February 25 2023 at 12:16

Vesilinja - Myrskyn Keskellä is my personal favorite. I would place it above all of those top 10 albums, especially that Klaus Schultze record, which was a disappointment.

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 26 2023 at 02:18

miamiscot wrote:

Apparently the Collaborators haven't listened to the new Verbal Delirium. One 20th place vote?

I like it a lot but only made No 20 in my selection because there were so many great albums released in the year. I think I had more than a few albums in my selection that didn't make anyone else's including the brilliant Arena and Glass Hammer releases.

Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: March 01 2023 at 10:44

Great job Ian and all the team!

A lot of new music to discover.

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