Looking Back - The Best Of 2013

[NogbadTheBad]

Given the prompting of Trane hear are my favorite albums from 2013 given 20:20 hindsight

Jack O The Clock - All My Friends
Guapo - A History Of Visitation
Chrome Hoof - Chrome Black Gold
Setna - Guerison
Unit Wail - Retort
Rhun - Fanfare Du Chaos
Blue Cranes - Swim
Zevious - Passing Through The Wall
Sigur Ros - Kveitur
The Knells - s/t
Miriodor - Cobra Fakir
Mirthkon - Snack(s)
Archestra - The Arches
Five Storey Ensemble - Not That City
The Wrong Object - After The Exhibition
Phlox - Vali
October Equus - Permafrost

[Magic Mountain]

Here are mine:

Airbag - The Greatest Show on Earth
Amplifier - Echo Street
Causa Sui - Euporie Tide
Echoes of Giants - At the End of Myself
Fatal Fusion - The Ancient Tale
Fish - A Feast of Consequences
Guapo - History of the Visitation
Magenta - The Twenty Seven Club
Mirthkon - Snacks
Postures - Postures
Progenesi - Ulisse L'alfiere Nero
Pyramidal - Frozen Galaxies
Rovo/System 7 - Phoenix Rising
Samsara Blues Experience - Waiting for the Flood
Soma White - Soma White
Tatvamasi - Parts of the Entirety
3rd Ear Experience - Boi
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and other stories)
Wisdom of Crowds - Wisdom of Crowds
The Wrong Object - After the Exhibition

[Trane]

Not the best of years, but four stellar albums


13 Setna - Guerison Fra 2013
13 Maalouf, Ibrahim - Illusions Leb 2013
12 Wrong Object - After the Exhibition Bel 2013
12 Miriodor - Cobra Fakir Can 2013
10 Birds and Buildings - Multipurpose Trap USA 2013
10 Caillou - Caillou Fra 2013
10 Flat Earth Society -13 Bel 2013
10 Guapo - History of the Visitation Eng 2013
10 Soft Machine Legacy - Burden of Proof Eng 2013
10 Tunng -Turbines Eng 2013
10 Unit Wail - Retort Fra 2013
10 Jaga Jazzist - Live with Britten Sinfonia Nor 2013



But let's also just say that there are still a few albums from that year that I must discover like:

Chrome Hoof - Chrome Black Gold
Mirthkon - Snack(s)
Archestra - The Arches
Five Storey Ensemble - Not That City
Phlox - Vali
October Equus - Permafrost

[zravkapt]

GUAPO History Of The Visitation
CULT OF LUNA Vertikal
SIGUR RÓS - Kveikur
ULVER Messe I.X - VI.X

[Poisoned Youth]

2013 was a deeper year more than a remarkable one imo. Some of my favorites for the year were more in the indie world than progressive rock.

Top 15 Prog, Rock, etc.
1. Setna - Guerison
2. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
3. Kiev - Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth
4. Airbag - The Greatest Show on Earth
5. Caillou - s/t
6. Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
7. Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends
8. Arabs in Aspic - Pictures in a Dream
9. Grand General - s/t
10. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
11. Herd of Instinct - Conjure
12. Regal Worm - Use and Ornament
13. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing and Other Stories
14. Phlox - Vali
15. Gingerpig - Hidden from View


Top 10 Jazz, etc.
1. Ben Monder - Hydra
2. Octurn / Ictus - Gamelan
3. Dave Holland - Prism
4. Angles 9 - In Our Midst
5. John Escreet - Sabotage and Celebration
6. Francesco Cataldo - Spaces
7. The Claudia Quintet - September
8. Alex Cline - For People in Sorrow
9. Steve Coleman & Five Elements - Functional Arrhythmias
10. Antonio Sanchez - New Life

[the ferret]

All those albums & I've only heard two! In any event here's my fav ten:

Steeleye Span - The Wintersmith
Blackberry Smoke - The Whippoorwhill
Boston - Life, Love, Hope
Darden Smith - Love Calling
Zervas & Pepper - Lifebringer
Barclay James Harvest - North
Moon Safari - Himlabacken Volume I
Ahab - Beautiful Hell
The Enid - Invicta
Lanterns On The Lake - Until The Colours Run

Not overly proggy but there you are.