Sunday, March 12, 2023

2011's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2011 studio releases:

Masterpieces:
1. "Fire! Fire!!" (13:07) - MY BROTHER THE WIND - (25/25) = 10.0
2. "Untung Untungen" (11:13) - CAMEMBERT - (20/20) = 10.0
3. "Dawn" (20:24) - FAUNS - (40/40) = 10.0
4. "Snowflake"(10:04) - KATE BUSH (20/20) = 10.0
5. "a gaze blank and pitiless as the sun" (11:06) - SLEEPMAKESWAVES - (20/20) = 10.0
6. "Honey Mushroom" (40:00) - ALIO DIE - (79/80) = 9.875
7. "Under Crimson Skies" (10:33) - MY BROTHER THE WIND - (19.5/20) = 9.75
8. "Dance No More" (9:57) - FREQUENCY DRIFT - (19.5/20) = 9.75
9. "Particelle" (13:11) - LAGARTIJA - (29/30) = 9.6667
10. "The Awakening" (15:33) - EDISON'S CHILDREN - (29/30) = 9.667 
11. "In Orbit" (12:30) - WOBBLER - (24/25) = 9.6
12. "Welfare Botanico" (14:41) - MOOGG (28.5/30) = 9.5 
13. "The Path" (10:10) - FAUNS - (19/20) = 9.5
14. "Lake Tahoe (11:25) - KATE BUSH - (19/20) = 9.5
15. "L'assalto" (9:56) - AKT - (19/20) = 9.5 
16. "Mermaid" (9:44) - FREQUENCY DRIFT - (18.75/20) = 9.375
17. "Epitaph for a Mariner" (20:53) - SEAN FILKINS - (37.5/40) =  9.375
18. "Innamorato" (9:19) - ALIO DIE - (18.5/20) = 9.25 
19. "Dreamscape" (11:48) - INTROITUS - (23/25) = 9.2
20. "Soulprint" (17:02) -INTROITUS - (32/35) = 9.143 
21. "Arms They Speak" (9:54) - GA'AN - (18.25/20) = 9.125 
22. "Tempest" (10:02) - FREQUENCY DRIFT - (18.25/20) = 9.125
23. "Searise" (13:11) - WHITE WILLOW - (22.8125/25) = 9.125 
24. "The Hand That Feeds You" (14:18) - INTROITUS - (27.530) = 9.08333


Also Very Good Songs:
"Rogue" (24:05) - DISCIPLINE - (45/50) = 9.0
"Call of the Black Equus" (18:44)  - GA'AN - (36/40) = 9.0
"...and so we destroyed everything" (12:20) - SLEEPMAKESWAVES - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"Dreams" (11:53) - FREQUENCY DRIFT - (18/20) = 9.0
"Pumori" (11:01) - SOLUS3 - (18/20) = 9.0
"A Waning Solace" (9:51) - FEN - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Green and Pleasant Land" (13:13) - PENDRAGON - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"Steam"  (9:30) - SANHEDRIN - (18/20) = 9.0
"Le Meurtrier Volant" (9:01) - CAMEMBERT - (18/20) = 9.0
"Di vento" (10:17) - AKT - (18/20) = 9.0
"Disillusion" (10:56) - EYE 2 EYE - (18/20) = 9.0
"Tricked by a Monster" (9:26) - SOLUS3 - (18/20) = 9.0
"Colapso" (11:19) - ABRETE GANDUL - (18/20) = 9.0
"Torbjörn Abelli" (10:57) - MY BROTHER THE WIND - (18/20) = 9.0
"Unfold" (9:46) - SOLUS3 - (18/20) = 9.0
"Rosa" (16:10) - AUTUMN CHORUS - (26.25/30) = 8.8333
"Voice" (9:13) - HIROMI - (17.75/20) =  8.875
"Il Tredici" (11:46) - SANHEDRIN - (22/25) = 8.8
"Empathy" (11:20) - PENDRAGON - (17.5/20) = 8.75


Also considered:
"Seasons's Overture" (10:51) - HÖSTSONATEN - (17/20) = 8.5
"Misty" (13:32) - KATE BUSH - (25.5/30) = 8.5
"All Rights Removed" (8:59) - AIRBAG - (16.75/20) = 8.375
"Floor 67" (9:55) - WHITE WILLOW - (16.5/20) = 8.25


As-yet Unrated:
"Turn This Island Earth" (11:51) - STEVE HACKETT - (/25) = 
"Loin des yeux (Barbares parties VII à XII)" (24:41) - NEMO - (/50) = 
"Forced Entry" (10:20) - LEPROUS - (/20) = 
"When She Dreams She Dreams in Color" (13:42) - DISCIPLINE - (/30)
"Stars of Cardiff Bay" (15:25) - SUNCHILD - (/30) = 
"Seeds of Gold" (25:59) - NEAL MORSE - (/50) = 
"The End of Days: Epilogue" (10:53) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (/20) = 
"A Perfect Place" (10:45) - FAUNS - (/20) = 
"The River" (10:04) - WOBBLER - (/20) = 
"Honeysuckle" (24:00) - ALIO DIE - (/55) = 
"Consecuencia natural" (10:26) - ABRETE GANDUL - ((16/20)
"An Atmosphere of Miracles" (15:35) - IONA - (/30) = 
"Enigma" - (36:00) - SEVEN-SIDED DIAMOND - (/70) = 

"Half-Light Eternal" (10:38) - FEN
"A Waning Solace" (9:51) - FEN
"Remainder the Black Dog" (9:27) - STEVEN WILSON - (/20) = 
"Raider II" (23:21) - STEVEN WILSON - (/45) =
"Never Coming Home" (9:00) - AIRBAG - (/20) = 
"Homesick I-III" (17:21) - AIRBAG - (/35) = 
"Who Is This Who Is Coming?" (9:09) - THE FUTURE KINGS OF ENGLAND - (/20) = 
"A Face of Crumpled Linen" (10:17) - THE FUTURE KINGS OF ENGLAND - (/20) = 
"Prisoner of Conscience, Part I: The Soldier" (19:22) - SEAN FILKINS - (/40) = 
"Prisoner of Conscience, Part 2: The Ordinary Man" (11:02) - SEAN FILKINS - (/20) = 
"Haaksi" (9:14) - TENHI - (/20) = 
"Siniset Runot" (10:30) - TENHI - (/20)

"All That Is" (11:13) - ANUBIS - (/20) = 
"The Holy Innocent" (11:45) - ANUBIS - (/25) = 
"A Tower of Silence" (9:57) - ANUBIS - (/20) = 
"The Passing Bell (Part I-VI)" (17:08) - ANUBIS - (/35) = 
"The Sick Rose" (8:58) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 
"Trading Dark Matter on The Stock Exchange" (11:33) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 
"The Octopus" (9:17) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 
"Forever And More" (9:23) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 
"Headlines" (9:29) - MAGIC PIE - (/20) = 
"Slightly Mad" (9:48) - MAGIC PIE - (/20) = 
"Tired" (15:21) - MAGIC PIE - (/30) = 
"A Life's Work - Parts I-IV" (24:27) - MAGIC PIE - (/50) =  


Too short:
"White Horses at Sea//Utopian Daydream" (8:55) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 
"Red Leaves" - WHITE WILLOW
"Carrier of Echoes" - FEN


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

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