Sunday, December 24, 2023

More Favorite Albums of the Year - 2023 - Best of the Rest


Here are some more of my favorite albums of 2023 - those that did not make my Top 25 list

There were a lot of really good albums in 2023, many more than could fit in the Top 25. So, here are more albums that I really enjoyed in 2023. These are all good to very good albums, but just were not quite the very best (top 25) of the year. These all deserve more comment and commentary, but unfortunately, I was just not able to get to review them more properly (just didn't have time). But here is a listing of more high quality albums from 2023, with just a designation of the category or type of music they represent. These are not exactly ranked, but are somewhat vaguely in descending order of how much I liked them, and are also divided into the general categories of Prog and Non-Prog (as is apparent, most of what I listened to fell somewhat in the general category of Prog or prog-related). Regardless, quite a lot of fine music to check out. 

Mostly Progressive rock and Prog-related
Lars Frederik Froislie - Fire Foretellinger (Mostly instrumental symphonic prog)
Sunchild - Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream (Symphonic prog)
Trevor Rabin - Rio (Symphonic prog/classic rock)
Bruce Soord - Luminescence (softer, gentler, dreamier prog)
Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex (mixture of prog with pop, electronica, art-rock)
Mystery  - Redemption (Symphonic Neo-prog)
Galahad - The Long Goodbye (Symphonic Neo-prog)
Cyan - Pictures From the Other Side (Symphonic Neo-prog)
Tritop - The Rise of Kassandra (Heavy Prog)
Neal Morse - Joseph the Dreamer, Part 1 (Symphonic Prog)
Starquake - At the Circus (Neo-prog)
Karnataka - Requiem for a Dream (Orchestral symphonic prog)
Unitopia - Seven Chambers (jazzy symponic prog)
United Progressive Fraternity - Planetary Overload, Part 2: Hope (jazzy Symphonic Prog)
Zopp - Dominion (Canterbury scene)
Karfagen - Passage to the Forest of Mysterious (Symphonic Prog)
Jordsjo - Salighet (Symphonic Prog)
Squeaky Feet - (jazzy, mostly instrumental Prog)
Monarch Trail - Four Sides (Symphonic Prog)
The Fierce and The Dead - News From the Invisible World
Vamoosery - Moving Foward (Alt.Rock Prog)
Crown Lands - Fearless (Heavy Prog)
Jethro Tull - RokFlote (Folk Prog)
OK Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird (Prog Metal)
M-Opus - At the Mercy of Manannan (Symphonic Prog)
Oblivion Protocol - Fall of the Shires - (Symphonic Prog)
Jason Bieler and the Baron von Bielski Orchestra - Postcards from the Asylum (Prog Metal Pop/Eclectic Power Pop)
Press to Enter - From Mirror to Road (Prog Metal Pop/Eclectic Power Pop)
Tiger Moth Tales - The Turning of the World (Symphonic Prog)
The Flower Kings - Look at You Now (Symphonic Prog)
Subsignal - A Poetry of Rain (melodic prog)
Glass Hammer - Arise (Prog metal)
Bear Ghost - Jiminy (Eclectic pop prog)
Plank - The Future of the Sea (Space rock/prog
Deposed King - One Man's Grief (Eclectic prog)
Giant Sky - Giant Sky II (Eclectic prog)
Ice Age - Waves of Loss and Power (prog metal)

Non-Prog albums (Rock, pop, etc.)
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
D'Virgilio, Morse, and Jennings - Sophomore
Wilco - Cousin
The Pretenders - Relentless
Foo Fighters - Here We Are
The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
Barenaked Ladies - In Flight
Paul Simon - Seven Psalms

All together that's more than 70 new albums in 2023 that I really enjoyed. 

What did I miss out on? What were your favorites for 2023?

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