The Best Prog from the First Half of the Decade

[PotatoSolution]

If the decade started at the beginning of 2010 (and it did for the purposes of this thread, so don't give me any shit about it) then we are halfway done with the 10s.

So what are the best prog albums of the first half of this decade?

Here's my list, which, really, should be considered definitive. And yes, it's 12 albums instead of 10 because I couldn't bear leaving off the last two.

1. Big Big Train, English Electric
2. Devin Townsend Project, Ghost
3. OSI, Fire Make Thunder
4. Phideaux, Snowtorch
5. IQ, The Road of Bones
6. Anathema, Weather Systems
7. Echolyn, Echolyn
8. Riverside, Shrine of New Generation Slaves
9. Steven Wilson, The Raven That Refused To Sing
10. Umphrey's McGee, Similar Skin
11. Haken, The Mountain
12. Katatonia, Dead End Kings

[Brian Griffin]

Yes - Heaven and Earth
Yes - Fly From Here
The Pink Floyd - Endless River
Osanna - Rosso Rock
PFM - Un Amico
PFM - Un Lisola
PFM - In Classic
Nektar - Time Machine
Jon Anderson - Survival and Other Stories
Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited II

BG

[bob_32_116]

Oh. THAT decade. When i saw "prog", I assumed you meant the 1970's.

[notallwhowander]

I don't know about "best," but I do know what turned my head and kept my attention.

Put 'em in any order you'd like...

Xing Sa - Création de L'univers
Papir - Stundum
Gösta Berlings Saga - Glue Works
Herd of Instinct - Herd of Instinct
Causa Sui - Euporie Tide
Djam Karet - The Trip
Monomyth - Monomyth
Setna - Guérison
Wolf People - Fain
Monomyth - Further

Excellent albums all!

[emperorken]

In no particular order:

IQ- The Road of Bones
Phideaux- Snowtorch
Comedy of Errors- Fanfare and Fantasy
Sean Filkins- War and Peace and Other Stories
Anima Mundi- 2 albums- The Way and The Lamplighter
Shadow Circus- On A Dark and Stormy Night
La Maschera di Cera- The Gates of Tomorrow
Introitus- 2 albums- Elements and Anima
Gandalf's Fist- A Day In the Life of a Universal Wanderer
Hostsonaten- Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Nordagust- In the Mist of Morning
InVertigo- Veritas
Kerrs Pink- Mystic Spirit
David Minasian- Random Acts of Beauty
SETI- Discoveries
Synaesthesia- s/t

Sorry I couldn't limit it to just 10.

[Progbear]

Änglagård: Viljans öga
Argos: Circles
Birds and Buildings: Multipurpose Trap
Camelias Garden: You Have a Chance
Druckfarben: Second Sound
Ingranaggi delle Valle: In hoc signo
Ephemeral Sun: Harvest Aorta
Mars Hollow: 1st
ptf: Percept from...
Sanhedrin: Ever After

[Dusty Chalk]

I was recently bingeing on OSI in the car, good call. And definitely second that Big Big Train choice, as well.

Not sure what else. I'm still catching up on 2014, lollers.

Oh, oh, I definitely love Jolly's The Audio Guide to Happiness parts 1 and 2, that's up there.

EDIT: So, to recap (and add one):
Pineapple Thief, Someone Here is Missing
Jolly, The Audio Guide to Happiness parts 1 and 2
Big Big Train, English Electric: Full Power (so...also parts 1 and 2 plus a little bit -- a pattern?)
OSI, Fire Make Thunder

[zravkapt]

2010-14 (INPO):

Alamaailman Vasarat - Valta
Guapo - History Of The Visitation
InSonar - L' Enfant et Le Ménure
Watter - This World
Adebisi Shank - This Is The Third Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank
Battles - Gloss Drop
Charts And Maps - Dead Horse
The Samuel Jackson Five -s/t
Swans - The Seer & To Be Kind
Three Trapped Tigers - Route One Or Die
Vessels - Helioscope
MoeTar - Entropy Of The Century
The Nerve Institute - Architects Of Flesh-Density
Frogg Cafe - Bateless Edge
Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
Mats/Morgan - [schack tati]
Labirinto di Specchi - Hanblecheya
Grails - Deep Politics
Ga'an - Black Equus
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet

[Wounded Land]

Wow, that's tough. All I can say for certain is that Steven Wilson's The Raven has to be on there. And Anglagard's Viljans Oga.

NP: Mehliana Taming the Dragon

[ProgUK]

Snarky Puppy - Tell Your Friends
Moogg - Le Ore, I Giorni, Gli Anni
Simon Phillips - Protocol II
Ingranaggi della Valle - In Hoc Signo
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
Pat Metheny - Pat Metheny Unity Group; Kin (<-->)
Kaipa - Sattyg
Echolyn-Echolyn
Haken - The Mountain
Kenso - Uchi Naru Koe ni Kaiki Seyo

[Magic Mountain]

Since the OP gave 12, I followed suit. In no particular order:

Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
Carpathia Project - II
Guapo - History of the Visitation
Haken - Visions
Helmet of Gnats - High Street
Hypnos 69 - Legacy
Magenta - The Twenty Seven Club
My Brother the Wind - Once There Was a Time When Time and Space Were One
Phideaux - Snowtorch
Bjørn Riis - Lullabies in a Car Crash
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and other stories)
The Wrong Object - After the Exhibition

[Brian Griffin]

I'll give up a couple of DVD's as well

Locanda delle Fate - Live in Bloom
Osanna - Tempo

BG

[flowerking]

Big Big Train - English Electric
District 97 - Hybrid Child
Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited II
Kaipa - Sattyg
Magenta - 27 Club
Panic Room - Satellite
Phideaux - Snowtorch
White Willow - Terminal Twilight

[gilawi]

In no particular order:

1- Kompendium - Beneath the Waves
2- Gazpacho - March of Ghosts
3- Unitopia - Artificial
4- Echolyn - Echolyn
5- Ian Anderson - Thick as a brick II
6- Gazpacho - Missa atropo
7- Steve Hackett - Beyond the shrouded horizon
8- Tangent - Le sacre du travail
9- Steve Hackett - Genesis revisited II
10- Pineapple Thief - Magnolia
11- Tiger Moth Tales - Cocoon
12- Tony Patterson & Brendan Eyre - Northlands

[FKYES]

Rush- Clockwork Angels
The Flower Kings- Banks of Eden
Coheed & Cambria- The Afterman Ascension & Descension
The Flower Kings- Desolation Rose
Mastodon- The Hunter
Anathema- Distant Satellites
Riverside- Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
Transatlantic- Kaledioscope
District 97- Trouble With Machines
Haken- The Mountain
Lunatic Soul- Walking On A Flashlight Beam
Coheed & Cambria- Year of The Black Rainbow

[NogbadTheBad]

No particular order

Anglagard - Viljans Öga
Phlox - Talu
Ske - 1000 Autunni
Rational Diet - On Phenomena and Existences
Univers Zero - Clivages
Vezhlivy Otkaz - Gusi-Lebedi
Scherzoo - 01
Yugen - Iridule
Setna - Guerison
Corima - Quetzalcoatl
miRthkon - Snack(s)
Xing Sa- Création de l'Univers
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora’s Pinata
Thinking Plague - Decline and Fall
Arteria - Cuatro Visiones
Dave Willey and Friends - Immeasurable Currents
Aranis - Roqueforte
Miriodor - Cobra Fakir
Five Storey Ensemble - Not That City
Jack O' The Clock - All My Friends
The Nerve Instititute - Architects of Flesh-Density
Alamaailman Vasarat - Valta
Unit Wail - Pangaea Proxima
Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit
Elephant9 - Walk The Nile
Guapo - History Of Visitation
North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon
Pikapika Teart - Moonberry
Uz Jsme Doma - Jeskyne (Caves)
PoiL - Brossaklitt
Atomic Ape - Swarm
The Archestra - Arches
Nik Bartsch / Ronin - Live
Cheer-Accident - No Ifs, Ands or Dogs
3 Mice - Send Me A Postcard

[Morpheus]

Normal Love- Survival Tricks
Zs- New Slaves
Extra Life- Made Flesh
Kayo Dot- Hubardo
Thinking Plague- Decline and Fall
Yugen- Iridule
The Knells- The Knells
Swans- The Seer
PoiL -Brossaklit
Corima- Quetzalcoatl
Yowie- Damning with Faint Praise
Behold the Arctopus- Horrorcension

[JKL2000]

I'm not good with lists, but I'll go with Big Big Train, add Marillion's STCBM, and probably the live and studio Anglagard. Everything else is taxing my memory too much.

I would say the Necromonkey official bootleg too.

[chalkpie]

Normal Love- Survival Tricks
Zs- New Slaves
Extra Life- Made Flesh
Kayo Dot- Hubardo
Thinking Plague- Decline and Fall
Yugen- Iridule
The Knells- The Knells
Swans- The Seer
PoiL -Brossaklit
Corima- Quetzalcoatl
Yowie- Damning with Faint Praise
Behold the Arctopus- Horrorcension

That is a pretty swell list you have there

[Scrotum Scissor]

Normal Love- Survival Tricks
Zs- New Slaves
Extra Life- Made Flesh
Kayo Dot- Hubardo
Thinking Plague- Decline and Fall
Yugen- Iridule
The Knells- The Knells
Swans- The Seer
PoiL -Brossaklit
Corima- Quetzalcoatl
Yowie- Damning with Faint Praise
Behold the Arctopus- Horrorcension

That's a DAMN fine list! I didn't even know Yowie were still in existence! Guess they needed eight years just to rehearse material for a second album. Makes me wonder how long it'll take for Normal Love to come up with anything more advanced than Survival Tricks!

[Morpheus]

Yowie are still around with Christopher Trull of Grand Ulena now occupying one of the guitar slots. It definitely takes a while to perfect new material, but they are currently working on new material for a third release, so hopefully less than 8 years this time.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Yowie are still around with Christopher Trull of Grand Ulena now occupying one of the guitar slots. It definitely takes a while to perfect new material, but they are currently working on new material for a third release, so hopefully less than 8 years this time.

Ah, I suppose Grand Ulena are long gone now then... Always loved Gateway to Dignity. But the Yowie news are great, of course - I'll check it out for sure.