Wednesday, March 15, 2023

2014's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2014 studio releases:

Masterpieces:
1. "Fiori, frutti, farfalle" (20:00) - HUMANA PROG - (40/40) = 10.0
2. "God Left Us for a Black Dressed Woman" (14:12) - SEVEN IMPALE - (30/30) = 10.0
3. "Don't Let Go, Feels Alright" (13:32) - TIGER MOTH TALES - (30/30) = 10.0
4. "Kuun Tytär" (10:39) - AALTO - (20/20) = 10.0
5. "Escape from.../Heaven/Nebayilhaye" (10:54) - JERZY ANTCZAK (20/20) = 10.0
6. "Celestial Fire" (15:23) - DAVE BAINBRIDGE - (29.75/30) = 9.916667
7. "Spirit Photography" (10:06) - KAYO DOT (19.5/20) = 9.75
8. "Antítesis"(16:02) - KANT FREUD KAFKA - (29/30) = 9.6667
9. "Suite Beef" (13:54) - ELECTRIC ORANGE (29/30) = 9.6667
10. "Hell, part 4-6:  Traitor/The Tapestry/Swiss Cheese Mountain" (12:21) - MOTORPSYCHO (24/25) = 9.6
11. "Oh, My Gravity!" (9:49) - SEVEN IMPALE (19/20) = 9.5
12. "Offramp Cycle, Pattern 22" (9:25) - KAYO DOT (19/20) = 9.5
13. "Io" (18:25) - SEVEN THAT SPELLS - (38/40) = 9.5
14. "Hombre" (10:56) - KANT FREUD KAFKA - (18.5/20) = 9.25
15. "The Grotesque Pageantry of Fading Empires" (9:17) - UT GRET - (18.5/20) = 9.25
16. "Dama" (12:34) - KANT FREUD KAFKA - (23/25) = 9.2
17. "A Mysterious Cup of Tea, Parts 1-5" (23:28) - MARGIN - (46/50) = 9.2
18. “Eastern Fields” (11:52) - PROTEO - (23/25) = 9.2
19. "Tigers in the Butter" (14:54) - TIGER MOTH TALES - (27.5/30) = 9.166667
20. "In This Puzzled Roundabout" (15:05) - ARLEKIN - (27.5/30) = 9.16667
21. "Venivo da un lungo sonno" (9:12) - LOGOS - (18.25/20) = 9.125
22. "For Such a Time as This" (10:33) - DAVE BAINBRIDGE - (18.25/20) = 9.125
23. "Obsolescence, Parts I-V" (23:22) - ABEL GANZ - (45.5/50) = 9.1
24. "Anima" (16:30) - INTROITUS - (27.25/30) = 9.083333


Other Very Good songs:
"The Mortality of Doves" (11:54) - KAYO DOT - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"Resolve" (9:11) - JAKOB - (18/20) = 9.0
"Learning to Fly" (12:02) - CIRRUS BAY - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"Shaking Hats" (9:46) - UNIVERS ZERO - (18/20) = 9.0
"Ótta" (9:38) - SÓLSTAFIR - (18/20) = 9.0 
"Lapse" (12:32) - NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"Out of the Box" (9:28) - CIRRUS BAY - (18/20) = 9.0
"Echoes Mankind (part II)" (9:22) - PROTEO - (18/20) = 9.0
"Sky and Sea" (13:53) - ALEX CARPANI - (27/30) = 9.0
"Visions of Death" (9:25) - NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS - (18/20) = 9.0
"Love and Inspiration" (14:05) - HELIOPOLIS - (27/30) = 9.0
"Sjø & Land" (12:19) - BRIMSTONE - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"I'm Hiding Behind My Eyes" (9:15) - KNIFEWORLD - (18/20) = 9.0
"Walkabout" (9:15) - PERFECT BEINGS - (18/20) = 9.0
"Behind The Wall of Sheep" (20:25) - ELECTRIC ORANGE - (35.75/40) = 8.9375
"Love Remains" (13:03)  - DAVE BAINBRIDGE - (22.3333/25) = 8.93333 
"Now The Waves of Sound Remain" (10:21) - PHI - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Ocean Mind" (18:24) - FREDDEGREDDE - (35.5/40) = 8.875
"Slipping Away" (11:14) - INTROITUS - (17.75/20) = 8.875 
"Náttmála" (11:15) SÓLSTAFIR - (17.75/20) = 8.875 
"Caged Creator" (11:32) - DEAN WATSON - (17.625/20) = 8.8125
"Four-Leaf Clover" (10:37) - PROTEO - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"In principo" (11:28 - LOGOS - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"The Isle Of Witches" (11:03) - TIGER MOTH TALES - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Stranded" (Pts. 1-5) (10:32) - DAVE KERZNER - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"White Car" (9:35) - COSMOGRAF - (17,5/20) = 8.75
"Shadow in Light" (10:14) - EMERALD DAWN - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"The Autotelic Self" (11:05)  - FREDDEGREDDE - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Memories of The Water" (11:16) - PERVY PERKIN - (17.5/20) = 8.75 
"Redemption: Stranded (Pts. 6-10) (17:25) - DAVE KERZNER - (30.5/35) = 8.714
"Song of Innocence, Parts I & II" (12:09) - MY BROTHER THE WIND - (21.75/25) = 8.7


Also considered:
"Lullabies in a Car Crash" (13:27) - BJØRN RIIS - (26/30) = 8.6667
"Unconditional" (14:05) - ABEL GANZ - (26/30) = 8.6667
"Broken Glass"(10:28) - INTROITUS (17.333/20) = 8.6667
"Last Exit to Pluto" (10:41) - MARGIN - (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Nadir" (9:31) - ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI - (17.25/20) - 8.625
"Worn Utopia" (15:19) - ELECTRIC ORANGE - (25.75/30) = 8.58333
"Beyond The Wall" (12:05) - EMERALD DAWN - (21.25/25) = 8.5
"New Frontier" (10:11) - HELIOPOLIS - (17/20) = 8.5
"Palefeathered Wind" (13:48) - PALEFEATHER - (25.25/30) = 8.416667 
"Psychedelic Underground - The Long Trip" (10:38) - MARGIN - (16.75/20 = 8.375
"Stay Calm" (10:09) - BJORN RIIS - (16.5/20) = 8.25
"How Long We Wait" (9:29) - DREAM THE ELECTRIC SLEEP - (16.5/20) = 8.25
"Out of Reach" (10:02) - BJORN RIIS - (16.5/20) = 8.25
"Republikflucht" (10:54) - PROTEO - (16/20) = 8.0
"The Infinite Room"  (14:17) - ALEX CARPANI - (24/30) = 8.0
"Silk Road" (12:58) - ALEX CARPANI - (20/25) = 8.0
"Time Spiral" (13:22) - ALEX CARPANI - (24/30) = 8.0
"Burning Blood" (14:03)  - SEVEN THAT SPELLS - (24/30) = 8.0
"Berlin" (12:55) - PROTEO - (20/25) = 8.0
"Pyre for The Red Sage" (12:05) - NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS - (20/25) = 8.0
"Buridian's Lament" (10:50) - EMERALD DAWN - (16/20) = 8.0
"In Search of the Lost Key" (11:06) - EMERALD DAWN - (16/20) = 8.0


As-yet Unrated:
"Moaning Lisa" (14:08) - CORVUS STONE - (/30) = 
"The Dance of the Drastic Navels" (23:51) - DAAL - (/50) = 
"Morphosis" (26:23) - PERVY PERKIN - (/50) = 
"T.I.M.E (Part 3, The Sign on The Wall)" (20:55) - PERVY PERKIN - (/40) = 
"In the Moment" (14:22) - DAVE BAINBRIDGE - (/30) = 


Great Songs Just Shy of Nine Minutes:
"Visit to Chigwick" (8:50) - TIGER MOTH TALES - (20/20) = 10.0
"Lágnatti" (8:48) - Solstafir - (10/10)
"Boots for Hire" (8:58) - CORVUS STONE - (/20) = 
"Camelus Bactrianus" (8:42) - CORVUS STONE - (/20) = 
"Song of the Wind" (18.5/20) - CIRRUS BAY - (18.5/20)
"Elizabeth" (8:22) - DREAM THE ELECTRIC SLEEP - (18/20) = 9.0
"Crowded Corridors" (8:44) - IAMTHEMORNING
"The Tower" - FREDDEGREDDE
"The Road of Bones" (8:53) - IQ - (/20) = 
"I Fought Against the South" (8:52) - TIM BOWNESS
"It Must Taste Good" (8:32) - DREAM THE ELECTRIC SLEEP


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

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