2003's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2003 studio releases:

Masterpieces:

1. "Quarante jours sur le Sinaï" (2:10:03) - NIL - (120/120) = 10..0 
2. "The Manifold Curiosity" (14:30) - KAYO DOT - (30/30) = 10.0
3. "Cicatrix ESP" (12:31) - THE MARS VOLTA - (25/25) = 10.0
4. "Marathon" (10:14) - KAYO DOT - (20/20) = 10.0

5. "The Boat Builder (Searching )" (10:33) - CLEARLIGHT - (19.5/20) = 9.75
6. "Way Is Open"(11:43) - CAFEÏNE - (19/20) = 9.5
7. "Il viaggio nell'oceano capovolto" (Parte 2) (22:35) - LA MASCHERA DI CERA - (42.5/45) = 9.44

Other Very Good Epics:
"On the Run" - SATELLITE - (27/30) = 9.0

"The Same River" (12:01) - RIVERSIDE - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Vela" (9:29) - KARDA ESTRA - (18/20) = 9.0

"Photographs in Black and White" (10:03) - NO-MAN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Long Forgotten" - OCEANSIZE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Wayfarer" (10:43) - KAYO DOT (18/20) = 9.0
"Stratus" (13:24) - TAAL - (26.75/30) = 8.91667

"Waterfall Carnival" (21:13) - FROGG CAFÉ - (35.5/40) = 8.875

"Il Grande Labirinto" (9:43) - LA MASCHERA DI CERA -  (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Shutdown" - O.S.I. - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"First Breath After Coma" (9:33) - EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Il viaggio nell'oceano capovolto" (Parte 1) (13:45) - LA MASCHERA DI CERA - (26.5/30) = 8.833

"The Purple Queen's Lips" (9:48) - TAAL - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Singing Deep Mountain" - GORDIAN KNOT - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Invisible Legion" - AFTER CRYING - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Skymind" (9:53) - TAAL - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Maiden of the Bow" (10:22) - MOONGARDEN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

Also Considered:

"Ai Confini Del Mondo" (12:41) - LA MASCHERA DI CERA - (21.75/25) = 8.70

"The Egg Shapped Moon" (9:07) - TAAL - (17.33/20) = 8.667

"I Am the Sun (Part One)" - THE FLOWER KINGS 

"The Only Moment We Were Alone" (10:14) - EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY -  (17.25/20) = 8.675

"Secret Service" (15:24) - AFTER CRYING (26/30) = 8.667

"Learning to Live Under the Ground" (10:54) - MOONGARDEN - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Hungry Ghost" (9:17) - DJAM KARET - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Remote Control" (9:04) - AFTER CRYING - (17.25/20) = 8.625 

"The Red Thread" (10:29) - DJAM KARET - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Things I Want To Tell You" (9:03) - NO-MAN - (17/20) = 8.5

"The Evening Wind" (12:45) - SATELLITE (20.5/25) = 8.2

"Massive Bereavement" (9:59) - OCEANSIZE - (/20) = 

"Now" (10:13) - SATELLITE - (16/20) = 8.0

"Saturday Morning Breakfast Show" (9:04) - OCEANSIZE - (/20) = 

"A Street Between Sunrise & Sunset" (11:18) - SATELLITE - (16/20) = 8.0

"The Antique" (14:41) - KAYO DOT - (21/30) = 7.0

 

As-yet unrated:

"Violence" (10:54) - ANATHEMA - (/20) = 

Too Short:
"Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs" - OCEANSIZE

"Together We're Stranger" - NO-MAN

"All This Time" - FROGG CAFÉ

"Tight Spin" - OZRIC TENTACLES

"Ratts of the Capital" - MOGWAI

*Bold print denotes a song that has risen into my pantheon of All-time favorite "epics."