2016 was such a great year for music. Yes we lost some icons but the new music has given us some great albums. This list was a hard one to do. I left off some albums that I really wish I didn’t have to! Many of these albums could jump around on this list. Some of them could easily crack the top 20 on any given day. But I this is where they are right here and now:
40. Be’lakor – “Vessels”
39. Wolverine – “Machina Viva”
38. Meshuggah – “The Violent Sleep of Reason”
37. Frost* – “Falling Satellites”
36. Opeth – “Sorceress”
35. Crippled Black Phoenix – “Bronze”
34. Edensong – “Years In The Garden Of Years”
33. Omnium Gatherum – “Grey Heavens”
32. Solution .45 – “Nightmares In The Waking State – Part II”
31. Gong – “Rejoice! I’m Dead”
30. Eye – “Vision And Ageless Light”
29. Arcade Messiah – “III”
28. Airbag – “Disconnected”
27. The Pineapple Thief – “Your Wilderness”
26. Long Distance Calling – “TRIPS”
25. The Devin Townsend Project – “Transcendence”
24. Dark Suns – “Everchild”
23. Anderson / Stolt – “Invention Of Knowledge”
22. Alcest – “Kodama”
21. Tilt – “Hinterland”
I’ll post the second part of this list a week from now, the top 20 albums of 2016! Here is my radio show with all of the above albums on it.
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Great list! Lots I know, some I don’t so I have some listening to do over the winter! Ach! I’m heartbroken though Progman Rob! None of my albums made it there LMAO!
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There’s still another 20 albums to go so you never know!
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Very true!
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Reprieve! Reprieve! Curfew shall not be met tonight!!!!! LMAO!!!! S’all good PMR. I enjoy your posting offerings regardless. My music I never considered to be Prog but more akin to the Krautrock scene that helped forge the Prog sound. You know… the REALLY weird stuff! lol
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I will be interested to see your top 20 as 2 of my top five lie in your bottom 20. It is always fun to disagree with you though…
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Dunno why, but I thought you’ll give us a review of the new VDGG album before the top. Will you review it later?
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I’ll try and review it soon. I like it but it would not make my top 40.
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Yeah, it’s just a decent album no more no less
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Yeah I liked “Grounding” a lot more.
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I actually like Do Not Disturb a bit more than Grounding (that album felt dry to me), but less than Present and Trisector
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Be nice if you add a search feature for your site.
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