Saturday, March 11, 2023

2010's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2010 studio releases:

Masterpieces:
1. "Transition" (11:07) - LUNATIC SOUL - (20/20) = 10.0
2. "The Sirens Sound" (9:54) - COLLAPSE UNDER THE EMPIRE - (20/20) = 10.0
3. "Lashes" (9:14) - FOURTEEN TWENTY-SIX - (20/20) = 10.0
4. "Terra Sancta" (12:25) - FROGG CAFÉ - (25/25) = 10.0
5. "Aurora Borealis" (9:16) - VESPERO - (20/20) = 10.0 
6. "Turbulent Matrix" (10:47) - AMOEBA SPLIT - (20/20) = 10.0
7. "The Shape Shifter Suite, Parts I & II" (11:55) - DOMINA CATRINA LEE - (25/25) = 10.0
8. "Perfumed Garden" (9:43) - AMOEBA SPLIT - (19.5/20) = 9.75
9. "Il Centro Sottile" (10:40) IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE - (19.5/20) = 9.75
10. "Phantom Pain Scars" (14:15) - T - (29/30) = 9.6667
11. "Blessed Water" (12:26) - AMOEBA SPLIT - (24/25) = 9.6
12. "The Empty Hourglass" (10:49) - HYPNOS 69 - (19/20) = 9.5
13. "Requiem (for a Dying Creed)" (17:52) - HYPNOS 69 - (32.5/35) = 9.286
14. "Even the Outsider" suite (19:38)  - DOMINA CATRINA LEE - (37/40) = 9.25
15. "Through Different Eyes" (22:34) - MYSTERY - (41.5/45) = 9.222 
16. "From the Fence" (12:05) - FROGG CAFÉ - (23/25) = 9.2
17. "Echoes of Madness" (9:06) - BROTHER APE - (18.25/20) = 9.125
18. "Herculean" (18:32) - KHATSATURJAN - (36.5/40) = 9.125
19. "Counter Clockwise (Bridge Five)" (9:20) - QUANTUM FANTAY (18.25/20) = 9.125 


Other Very Good Songs:
"Canto IX: The Truth of Eternity" (12:28) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"Astro" (11:31) - THE TEA CLUB - (18/20) = 9.0
"Pasta Fazeuhl" (14:02) - FROGG CAFÉ - (27/30) = 9.0
"Follow the Star" (9:00) - QUANTUM FANTAY - (18/20) = 9.0
"Toccata" (9:11) - JAGA JAZZIST - (18/20) = 9.0
"Naise" (10:55) - ARANIS - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Wasted Lands" (9:38) -T - (18/20) = 9.0
"Scavengers and Hairdressers" (10:22) -T - (18/20) = 9.0
"Odmieniec" (9:20) - MR. GIL - (18/20) = 9.0
"Écailles de lune" (Parts 1 & 2) (19:43) - ALCEST - (35.75/40) = 8.9375
"Till The Truth Comes Out" (9:25) - MYSTERY - (17.75) = 8.875
"The Very Last Number" (20:56) - AREKNAMÉS - (35.5/40) = 8.875 
"Canto 2: Transcendence" (9:27) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Double Freedom" (22:45) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT - (49.75/45) = 8.8333
"Flight to Nowhere" (23:39) - AMOEBA SPLIT - (44/50) = 8.8
"Noise" (11:47) - ARANIS - (22/25) = 8.8
"For the Lost Souls" (9:57) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT - (17.5/20) = 9.75
"Straight Edge" (14:00) - UNIVERS ZERO - (26.25/30) = 8.75
"Center of the Sun" (13:09) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT - (21.75/25) = 8.7
"Warrior" (12:12) - UNIVERS ZERO (21.5/25) = 8.7


Also considered:
"Firebird Suite" (11:21) - STICK MEN - (17.333/20) = 8.667 
"A Kid Called Panic" (13:58) - MOON SAFARI - (26/30) = 8.667 
"Canto III: The Visions of Eternity" (9:11) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (17.333/20) = 8.667
"Singata (Mystic Queen)" (11:37) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT - (17.125/20) = 8.5625
"Dreams" (10:11) - THE LENS - (17.125/20) = 8.5625
"The Great Work" (18:27) - HYPNOS 69 - (33.75/40) = 8.4375
"The Rear View Mirror Suite" (14:42) - T - (24/30) = 8.0
"The Tunnel" (16:02) - KHATSATURJAN - (23.5/30) = 7.8333


As-yet Unrated:
"Debrief and Defect" (11:03) - ALGERNON - (/20) = 
"Metal" (1 & 2) - XING SA - (
"Eau (Part 1)" (12:30) - XING SA - (/25) = 
"Streams" (10:14) - HAKEN - (/20) = 
"Aquarium" (10:40) - HAKEN - (/20) = 
"Drowning in the Flood" (9:28) (HAKEN - (/20) = 
"Celestial Elixir" (16:56) - HAKEN - (/35) = 
"The Point of No Return" (11:27)


Too Short:
"Evnyssien" (8:48) - ATARAXIA - (20/20) = 10.0
"Lust" (8:47) - MY EDUCATION - (20/20) = 10.0
"A Garden of Delights"(8:24) - CICCADA - (18/20) = 9.0
"Overmurmur" (8:50) - YUGEN - (18/20) = 9.0
"Skellig" (8:46) - MR. GIL - (18.5/20 = 9.25
"Hands" suite - STICK MEN


*Bold print denotes songs that have risen into my pantheon of All-time favorite "epics."

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