Best Progressive Rock Album of 2012 Poll Results

[Trane]

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Two long lists and neither has Rush's "Clockwork Angels." Very odd.

Well it's not prog (ducks)

Neither is it good

(scurries for cover)

[mnprogger]

Brice Plays Drums?
Vuvuzela?
Gatherer?
Ne Obliviscaris?

[Camelogue]

It's a poll and a lightening rod!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SteveSly]

So....I have a question about the Anathema album. I keep seeing it show up on best of 2012 lists, but is this not an album of re-recorded earlier works and not really new material? I have several Anatema albums, but have resisted picking this one up for this reason. What is the story behind it?

Steve Sly

[mellotron storm]

So....I have a question about the Anathema album. I keep seeing it show up on best of 2012 lists, but is this not an album of re-recorded earlier works and not really new material? I have several Anatema albums, but have resisted picking this one up for this reason. What is the story behind it?

Steve Sly

Your thinking of Falling Deeper from 2011 but the latest Weather Systems from 2012 is all new material.

[mon40]

No Headspace? That's criminal.

[SteveSly]

Your thinking of Falling Deeper from 2011 but the latest Weather Systems from 2012 is all new material.

Ahh....ok, thanks for the clarification.

Steve Sly

[Prog Lives]

So....I have a question about the Anathema album. I keep seeing it show up on best of 2012 lists, but is this not an album of re-recorded earlier works and not really new material? I have several Anatema albums, but have resisted picking this one up for this reason. What is the story behind it?

Steve Sly

Steve,

I'll send you mine, PM me your address.

Regards
Todd

[Moongate_Climber]

Odd that a discussion which mentions 'influential French bands' makes no mention of Nemo. Recent album 'Revolu$ion' is first-rate. Earlier albums (such as 'Si' - originally released as 2 separate parts but again recently as a double with parts 1 and 2 together) are, in my view, absolutely classic prog. J-P Louveton also has solo albums and side projects.

[mozo-pg]

Ange are very likely my worst progressive rock experience of a lifetime (and I'm no spring chicken).

[ItalProgRules]

Ange are very likely my worst progressive rock experience of a lifetime (and I'm no spring chicken).

I've never got the Ange hoopla. I much prefer Atoll, Mona Lisa and Pulsar when it comes to French Prog.

But I haven't heard the new Ange so I can't comment on it. I just find their 70s albums to be way overrated. There's some good stuff on them, but they were not "all that" IMHO.

[Progmatic]

Ange are very likely my worst progressive rock experience of a lifetime (and I'm no spring chicken).

odd thing to say without any explanation...Ange has tons of very good releases...

[bill g]

odd thing to say without any explanation...Ange has tons of very good releases...

I don't know that an explanation is really necessary, it's just personal taste. I heard one Ange album in the 70s, and it was maybe the only 'progressive' album I didn't care for. A whole lot of hollering, I recall, but it was 35 years ago. I may love them now, who knows?

[Don Arnold]

I have several 70's Ange lp's and quite enjoy them. Top tier Prog? I wouldn't say so. But they offer up slices of that undeniably French theatrics while pressing a number of Prog buttons.

As to their 2012 release, if memory serves correctly Progstreaming had this one for a while. And if it's the one I'm thinking of, then it did not float my Prog boat. Sorry, don't remember it enough to offer reasons why.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

Isn't it a bit weird the way the votes drop off after the first two albums, 33%, 24%, 5%. So more than 50% of those voting thought Ange or Anathema were the best? Sounds like multiple votes allowed and coordinated voting blocs.

or only 34 people voted

[echolynfan]

North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) - absolutely LOVE this band:



Akin - Categorized as prog metal but I find them to be more like hard-edged jazz progressive rock.



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