Best 5 Albums Of 2022?

[Duncan Glenday]

What do you think were the best FIVE albums of 2022?

Not looking for exhaustive lists - let's just keep it to the top 5...

[Sputnik]

Tough question. This wasn't exactly a banner year for me. I only got 14 CDs. One of those was largely a re-release of older material, and many I found somewhat underwhelming, including some in my top five list. Here they are, as it stands now.

Aurora Clara - Clear Dawn
Space Junk is Forever - Duo Junk
In-Dreamview - Spires
Miriodor - Elements
Moon Letters - Thank You From the Future

Bill

[Zeuhlmate]

I fear its gonna be a meager list.

[battema]

Honestly I had real trouble keeping to just my top five. There were a ton of great releases this year. Gun to the head though:

Iluiteq - The Light Inside, The Dark Outside
Kavinsky - Reborn
The Midnight - Heroes
Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
Franck Vigroux - Magnetophone

[Duncan Glenday]

I need to research those, John.

I know the Rolo Tomassi and agree with its top-5 status. The rest are new to me!

[Crawford Glissadevil]

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso- "Orlando: Le Forme Dell'Amore"
Motorpsycho- "Ancient Astronauts"
Yesterdays- "Saint-Exupéry álma"
Porcupine Tree- "Closure/Continuation"
Collage- "Over And Out"

[arturs]

Aurora Clara - Clear Dawn
Breidablik - Alduorka
Djam Karet - Island in the Red Night Sky
Dave Kerman/5uu's - The Quiet in Your Bones
I Like Dinner - Soul of Linda, Part 1

Note there are many I have yet to hear! So this list may look very different in six months' time.

[Geoff O'Donoghue]

Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation
Rammstein - Zeit
Ben Craven - Monsters From The Id
Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark
Midnight Oil - Resist

[Progatron]

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore
The Lost Vision Of The Chandoo Priest - The Lost Vision Of The Chandoo Priest
Anima Morte - Serpents in The Fields Of Sleep
Rick Miller - Old Souls
Birth - Born

If I was allowed to choose Alco Frisbass - Le Mystere Du Gue Pucelle, I would (came out last year digitally but CD release was 2022).

[moecurlythanu]

What do you think were the best FIVE albums of 2022?

Not looking for exhaustive lists - let's just keep it to the top 5...

You're new here, aren't you?

[NogbadTheBad]

black midi - Hellfire
Janel Leppin - Volcanic Ash Ensemble
5UU's - The Quiet In Your Bones
The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Anteloper - Pink Dolphins


You can check out the rest of my top 20 here - https://podcasts.progrock.com/2022/1...p37-12-7-2022/

[JKL2000]

Ben Craven - Monsters from the Id
Magenta - The White Witch - A Symphonic Trilogy
Tiger Moth Tales - A Song of Spring
Gayle Ellett & The Electromags - Shiny Side Up
Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark

[prestonplatform]

1. UNDER THE REEFS ORCHESTRA – Sakurajima

2. AURORA CLARA – Clear Dawn

3. INITIATIVE H – Polar Star

4. COMPRO ORO – Buy The Dip

5. TURNING POINT – Vanishing Dream

[Steve983]

MY faves are:

1. Solstice - Light Up
2. Porcupine Tree - C/C
3. Tiger Moth Tales - A Song Of Spring
4. Arena - The Theory of...
5. Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet

[Trane]

five at this stage of the year is impossible for me, Duncan....
On top of it, a lot of them will be in the jazz realm (which may not tickle your fancy that much).

Right now, I've got a list of 40, of which 15 can +/- be called bubbling under or also ran.

I can give a shot at 10, though, but no garantee and no order. All have a BC page.

Ikarus - Plasma
Work Money Death - Thought, Action, Reaction, Interaction
MChazi - Papara
Birth - Born
Fractal Sextet - Fractal Sextet
Fren - All The Pretty Days
Comet is Coming - Pÿramid Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Village Of The Sun - First Light
Tumi Mogorosi - Group Theory : Black Music
Compassionizer - Narrow Is The Road


for the full list (so far, cos there is still three weeks) look up my post in PA in the 2022 so far thread.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/fo...055557#6055557

[battema]

I need to research those, John.

I know the Rolo Tomassi and agree with its top-5 status. The rest are new to me!

I'll be honest, it's a pretty wide spectrum and not many may be your cuppa. Maybe the Vigroux (electronic but with a metal mindset if that makes sense).

I will say, if I'd picked 10 then the latest Cult of Luna would be right up there as well. Might be my favorite yet from them.

[Duncan Glenday]

You're new here, aren't you?

[SteveSly]

• Porcupine Tree – Closure / Continuation
• Marillion – An Hour Before Its Dark
• Ghost – Imepra
• Drive By Truckers – Welcome To Club XIII
• Jack White – Fear Of The Dawn

[RandallB]

For me it's three studio and two live releases:

Porcupine Tree - C/C
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point
Marillion - An Hour Before Its Dark
NMB - Morsefest 2021
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson at 50

[Dana5140]

I don't really know that I have 5. I like Magma's "Kartehl" but do not consider it among their best, and I like Glass Hammer's "At the Gate." Beyond that, I am coming up blank.

PS. Duncan, I signed up to ride RAGBRAI 50! A couple of my old riding buddies convinced me to, since I will likely be retired by then and can drive to the start point. It will have been 6 years since I last rode it.

[aith01]

Hmm... Well, if limiting to just 5 it might look something like this:

By Royal Decree - TFK
Mahal - Toro y Moi
Space Force - Todd Rundgren
Turf Ascension - Bubblemath
Artefactron - Artefactron

[Duncan Glenday]

PS. Duncan, I signed up to ride RAGBRAI 50! A couple of my old riding buddies convinced me to, since I will likely be retired by then and can drive to the start point. It will have been 6 years since I last rode it.

Dana,

The last time you rode it (6 years ago) is probably the 2nd time you and I rode it together?

I'm glad you're doing it again - that's really good news! Who knows, I might do it again some time. I'm planning to get back into ultra-distance cycling again next year, having taken 2 years off to focus on mountaineering activities.

Remember - you're supposed to ride 1,000 miles before the event so I'll be following your progress!




Okay - back to our regularly scheduled programming

[Man In The Mountain]

Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point

[Jimmy Giant]

Tough to pick only 5. This might mix it up a little:

Mysteries Of The Revolution - Longing For The Dawn
Retreat From Moscow - The World As We Knew It
Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side - Miles From Nowhere
Esthesis - Watching Worlds Collide
Rick Miller - Old Souls

[Haruspex Carnage]

these did the most for me i miiiight say? hard to limit this:

The Mars Volta - s/t
Gang of Youths - Angel In Real Time
black midi - Hellfire
Bjork - Fossora or Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark
Tears for Fears - Tipping Point