My All-Time Favorite Albums List: 2024 Update

This is an update of my continually evolving list of favorite albums from all periods and phases of my life, here limited to 100. (Oh! That hurts! Okay, maybe 200. No, let's do 300.) 

To see the original list and its now 600 plus albums, you can go to the blog's page for April 2014's publications.

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis (1974)

2. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh - Magma (1973)
3. Limiti all'egualianza della parte con il tutto - Homunculus Res (2013)
4. Dots and Loops - Stereolab (1997)

5. Salinity Now! - Unaka Prong (2018)

6. Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter - Joni Mitchell (1977)

7. Eli - Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux (1976)

8. Todd Rundgren’s Utopia - Utopia (1974)

9. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay - Cocteau Twins (1985)

10. Jan Akkerman - Jan Akkerman (1977)

11. Aja - Steely Dan (1977)

12. Venusian Summer - Lenny White (1975)

13. Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981)

14. Rapture - Anita Baker (19856)

15. Shiny Eyed Babies - Bent Knee (2014)

16. Gentle Stream - The Amazing (2011)

17. Novella - Renaissance (1977)

18. The Geese and The Ghost - Anthony Phillips (1977)

19. Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian (1984)

20. Gregorian Chant - Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle (Phillips, 1984)

21. Indian Summer - Landberk (1996)

22. Nektyr - Demen (2017)

23. Natural Elements - Shakti (1977)

24. The Dream Academy - The Dream Academy (1985) 

25. Si on avait besoin d’une cinqième saison - Harmonium (1975)

26. The Mad Hatter - Chick Corea (1978)

27. Reach The Beach - The Fixx (1983)

28. Particelle - Lagartija (2011)

29. The Danish Girl Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Alexandre Desplat (2015)

30. The Stranger - Billy Joel (1976)

31. Pelican West - Haircut One Hundred (1982)

32. Idlewild - Everything But The Girl (1988)

33. Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band (1978)

34. Not That City - Five-Storey Ensemble (2013)
35. It's Better to Travel - Swing Out Sister (1987)

36. America - America (1972)

37. Disintegration - The Cure (1989)

38. Love Deluxe - Sade (1992)

39. Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron (1971)

40. Strange Kind of Love - Love and Money (1988)

41. Chakradancer - Brainscapes (Alain Eskinasi) (1997)

42. The Look of Love - Diana Krall (2001)

43. Treasure - Cocteau Twins (1984)

44. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror - Harold Budd & Brian Eno (1980)

45. Boy - U2 (1980)

46. Lost Souls - doves (2000)

47. Night and Day - Joe Jackson (1982)

48. Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl (1996)

49. Ram - Paul & Linda McCartney (1971)

50. Love Devotion Surrender - Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin (1973)

51. Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - Magick Brother & Mystic Sister (2020)

52. The Last Broadcast - doves (2002)

53. Gone to Earth - David Sylvian (1986)
54. A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio (1965)

55. Puccini: Great Arias - Freni, Sutherland, Caballé, Chiari, Nilsson, Tebaldi, Pavarotti, Corelli, Milnes, Ghiaurov, Harwood (Decca Records, (1990)

56. Hergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield (1974)

57. What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye (1971)
58. Astral Traveling - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes (1973)

59. Pastorales de Noël - Michel LeGrande, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Alexandre LeGoya (1981)

60. OisoLün - Oiapok (2013)

61. A Trick of The Tail - Genesis (1976)

62. Everything But The Girl (debut album, U.S. release) - Everything But The Girl (1984)

63. The Love Connection - Freddie Hubbard (1979)

64. Song of Innocence - David Axelrod (1968)

65. The Last Samurai Original Soundtrack - Hans Zimmer (2003)

66. Renaissance of The Celtic Harp - Alan Stivell (1972)

67. Waltz for Koop - Koop (2001)

68. 1984 - Anthony Phillips (1981)

69. Equations of Meaning - Tony Patterson (2016)

70. Mystic Acoustics - Vylet Pony (2017)

71. Todd - Todd Rundgren (1974)

72. Open Sky - Iona (2000)
73. The Difference Machine - Big Big Train (2007)
74. Odyssey: The Greatest Tale - Colossus Magazine/Musea Records (2005)

75. Mozart's 23 Piano Concertos - Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; (Phillips, 1991)

76. Holographic Codex - Alio Die & Lorenzo Montanà (2015)

77. Bleak House - Terje Rypdal (1968)

78. A Distant Shore - Tracey Thorn (1982)

79. Bar-do Travel - Proghma-C (2009)

80. If_then_else - The Gathering (2000)

81. Everyone into Position - Oceansize (2005)

82. Harvest Moon - Votum (2013)

83. Vaughn Williams - Iona Brown, violin, Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; (Argos, 1972)

84. Mind Fruit - Opus III (1992)
85. 22 - Wippy Bonstack (2022)

86. Beyond the Veil - iNFiNiEN (2022)

87. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

88. Shadows of The Sun - Ulver (2007)

89. Relayer - Yes (1974)

90. Visions of a New World - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes (1975)

91. The Pavillion of Dreams - Harold Budd (1981)

92. Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia - Ryuichi Sakamoto (1986)

93. Porcelain - Julia Fordham (1989)

94. Eden - Faun (2011)

95. Thrust - Herbie Hancock (1974)

96. Animals - Pink Floyd (1977)

97. The Final Breath Before November - Edison's Children (2013)

98. Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980)

99. Secret Story - Pat Metheny (1992)

100. Pieseň z hôľ (Songs from Ridges) - Fermáta (1975)

101. Hope for the Mourning - Mice on Stilts (2016)

102. Light Shining Through the Sea - Cicada (2015)

103. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips (2002)

104. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock (1967)

105. Our Light and After - Vylet Pony (2018)

106. The Hurting - Tears for Fears (1983)

107. Formica Blues - Mono (1997)

108. Caravanserai - Santana (1972)

109. Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 - Joanna  Koslowska, soprano, Karimierz Kord and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; (Phillips, 1994)

110. The Dreaming - Kate Bush (1982)

111. Vimana - Nova (1976)

112. Eve - Karda Estra (2001)

113. Vespertine - Björk (2001)

114. Crime of The Century - Supertramp (1974)

115. Long Distance - Ivy (2000)

116. UK - UK (1978)

117. Fragile - Yes (1972)

118. Hamburger Concerto - Focus (1975)

119. New Gold Dream - Simple Minds (1982)

120. Cosmic Messenger - Jean-Luc Ponty (1978)
121. Mirabilis - Mediæval Bæbes (2005)

122. Codename: Dustsucker - Bark Psychosis (2004)

123. Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo (1976)

124. Songs of Robert Burns - Andy M. Stewart (1989)

125. Beyond Drama - Aisles (2023)

126. Turn of the Cards - Renaissance (1974)

127. Evaporate - Midas Fall (2018)
128. Terrapath - Plantoid (2024)

129. Space Shanty - Khan (1972)

130. Janet. - Janet Jackson (1993)

131. Selling England by The Pound - Genesis (1973)

132. Discipline - King Crimson (1981)

133. Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever (1976)

134. Unsound - Funin (2010)

135. The Dark Third - Pure Reason Revolution (2006)

136. The Great Bright Horses - Ghosts of Jupiter (2016)

137. Jam on Revenge - Newcleus (1984)

138. LightDark - NoSound (2008)

139. The Following Morning - Eberhard Weber (1977)

140. As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (1981)

141. Blade Runner soundtrack - The New American Orchestra (compositions by Vangelis) (1982)

142. Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich (1978)

143. The extent of damage - Battlestations (2015)

144. Scheherazade and Other Stories - Renaissance (1975)

145. Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd (1973)
146. The Court of The Crimson King - King Crimson (1969)

147. Pamiec - SBB (1975)

148. Baduizm - Erykah Badu (1997)

149. ~ - iamthemorning (2011)
150. Twenty Pills Without Water - Bent Knee (2024)

151. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid soundtrack - Burt Bacharach (1969)

152. A Gift of Love - Deepak Chopra & Friends (1998)

153. Close to The Edge - Yes (1972)

154. Metamorphosis - Axon-Neuron (2016)

155. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson (1979)

156. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (1972)
157. New Wave - Soul Family Sensation (1993)

158. Interstellar Original Soundtrack - Hans Zimmer (2014)

159. Nil novo sub sole - Nil (2005)

160. Fusion III - Michal Urbaniak (1975)

161. October - U2 (1981)

162. In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra (1955)

163. Falling Deeper - Anathema (2011)

164. Playing The Piano - Ryuichi Sakamoto (2009)

165. High Land, Hard Rain - Aztec Camera (1983)

166. Ga'an - Ga'an (2009)

167. Discontinuance - Ghost Medicine (2016)

168. Let the Truth Speak - Earthside (2023)

169

. December - George Winston (1982)

170. Walking Up That Valley - Needlepoint (2021)

171. Initiation - Todd Rundgren (1975)

172. One Man Tells Another - Landberk (1994)

173. The Moon and The Melodies - Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd (1986)

174. Part the Second - Maudlin of The Well (2009)

175. Second Life Syndrome - Riverside (2005)

176. Trance Tara - Jonathan Goldman (1996)

177. Interior City - The Gabriel Construct (2013)

178. Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps - Laurent Thibault (1979)

179. 

Phanerothyme - Motorpsycho (2001)

180. Moving Waves - Focus (1971)

181. The Weatherman Is Wrong - Gadadu (2022)

182. Foxtrot - Genesis (1973)

183. Even in The Quietest Moments - Supertramp (1977)

184. Café Bleu - The Style Council (1984)

185. Omphalos - Kotebel (2006)

186. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 - Johannes Brahms

187. Timeloss - Paatos (2002)

188. Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout (1985)

189. I Robot - Alan Parsons Project (1977)

190. Peaceful Evening - Steve & David Gordon (1982)

191. Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)

192. City of the Sun - Seven Impale (2014)

193. Love, Love - Julian "Pepe Mtoto" Priester (1973)

194. Luna - Faun (2014)

195. Per un amico - PFM (1972)

196. Renaissance - Faun (2005)

197. West Indian Girl - West Indian Girl (2004)
198. Overgrown - James Blake (2013)

199. Bonfires on The Heath - The Clientele (2009)

200. Princesses Nubiennes - Les Nubians (1999)

202. The Polite Force - Egg (1971)

203. Inside Out - Eddie Henderson (1974)

204. A Rare Moment of Insight - Brother Ape (2010)

205. Alibi - Emma Volard (2024)

206. Ghost in the Machine - The Police (1982)

207. Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep (1972)

208. Postaeolian Train Robbery - Cos (1974)

209. The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears (1989)

210. Crac! - Area (1975)

211. Le quattro stagioni - Vivaldi

212. Tilt - Arti e Mestieri (1974)

213. Onda - Jambinai (2019)

214. Etna - Etna (1975)

215. Tarot, Part 1 - Magick Brother & Mystic Sister (2024)

216. Silver - Say She She (2023)

217. Friends - Chick Corea (1978)

218. Life - KNOWER (2016)

219. 'Live' at Monterey ! - Don Ellis Orchestra (1966)

220. Horizon Digital - Édition Spéciale (1978)

221. The Record - boygenius (2023)

222. Ghosts - Hania Rani (2023)

223. async - Ryuichi Sakamoto (2017)

224. Houses of The Holy - Led Zeppelin (1973)

225. Green Asphalt - Green Asphalt (2022)

226. Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren (1972)

227. Cello Blue - David Darling (2001)

228. Mother Focus - Focus (1975)

229. Le Horla de Montpassant - The Box (2009)

230. Strange Valleys - Starving Daughters (2018)

231. Change We Must - Jon Anderson (1994)

232. Spirited Away OST - Joe Hisaishi (2002)

233. A Tab in The Ocean - Nektar (1972)

234. Sound-Dust - Stereolab (2001)

235. Kaleidoscope World - Swing Out Sister (1989)

236. Together As One - Gregg Kofi Brown (2005)

237. Blue Bell Knoll - Cocteau Twins (1988)

238. 13 Moons - Hands of the Heron (2021)

239. Nursery Cryme - Genesis (1971)

240. Art Official Age - Prince (2014)

241. Get in Touch with Yourself - Swing Out Sister (1992)

242. Margot - Unaka Prong (2016)

243. Peter Gabriel (1) - Peter Gabriel (1977)

244. No Borders Here - Jane Siberry (1984)
245. Seven - Magenta (2004)

246. Almost Persuaded - Swing Out Sister (2018)

247. Cavalcade - black midi (2021)

248. Fish Out of Water - Chris Squire (1975)

249. Kontinuum - Klaus Schulze (2007)

250. Love Over Fear - Pendragon (2020)

251. Atma - Michał Urbaniak (1974)

252. Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth - Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth (2023)

253. Strands - Steve Haushildt (2016)

254. The Oubliette - The Reticent (2020)

255. Private Parts & Pieces III: Antiques - Anthony Phillips (1982)

256. Szobel - Hermann Szobel (1976)

257. Apparition - Jambinai (2022)

258. Tilt - Immagini per un orecchio - Arti E Mestieri (1974)

259. The Greatest Show on Earth - Airbag (2013)

260. Time Control - Hiromi’s Sonicbloom (2007)

261. Infernal Machina - Jannick Top (2009)

262. Mozart's Clarinet & Bassoon Concertos - Jack Brymer/Gwydion Brooke, Thomas Beecham and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; EMI

263. The Sensual World - Kate Bush (1989)

264. Shake It Up - Boney James & Rick Braun (2000)

265. Heartstring - Earl Klugh (1979)

266. Sounds Good - Brainstory (2024)

267. Preda - Mad Crayon (2009)

268. Guérison - Setna (2013)
269. Double Negative - Low (2018)
270. Jurassic Shift - Ozric Tentacles (1993)

271. Prelude - Deodato (1973)

272. Tingri - Jonn Serrie (1990)

273. Dead Magic - Anna Von Hausswolff (2018)
274. Ikaro - Aalto (2014)

275. Identity - Airbag (2009)

276. Stealing Fire - Bruce Cockburn (1984)

277. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan (1970)

278. Halflights - Starsabout (2016)

279. Uoma - Uzva (2006)

280. 4 - Dungen (2008)

281. Waking The Dead, Live in Japan 2005 - Anekdoten (2005)

282. In The Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan (1971)

283. Giant Sky - Giant Sky (2021)

284. Twenty Pills Without Water - Bent Knee (2024)

285. Posthumous Silence - Sylvan (2006)

286. Free Hand - Gentle Giant (1975)

287. UR- - Accordo Dei Contrari (2021)

288. Gaucho - Steely Dan (1980)

289. Apocalypse Now - RanestRane (2022)

290. Girls Who Are Wizards - Vylet Pony (2024)

291. No Frontiers - Mary Black (1989)

292. Leaving Your Bodymap - maudlin of The Well (2009)

293. Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago (1969)

294. Said the Sun to the Moon - Tirill (2019)

295. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)

296. Moonshine - Collage (1994)

297. Songs for The Inner Child - Shaina Noll (1992)

298. Firyuza / Фирюза - Firyuza / Фирюза (1979)

299. Babylon - Babylon (1978)

300. Sweetnighter - Weather Report (1973)

301. Antimemory - Vaneta (2016)

302. Silencia - Hammock (2019)

303. Mourning Sun - Fields of the Nephilim (2005)

304. Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues (1967)

305. Winter Dreams for Christmas - R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton (1994)

306. Drum 'n' Voice 4 - Billy Cobham & Novecento (2016)

307. Trespass - Genesis (1970)

308. Wind and Wuthering - Genesis (1977)

309. Gifts from Enola - Gifts from Enola (2010)
310. Frozen There - Alto Palo (2018)

311. Seal II - Seal (1994)

312. Hugsjá - Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik (2018)

313. Temperamental - Everything But The Girl (1999)
314. III - Focus (1973)

315. Mummer - XTC (1983)

316. La marmite cosmique six - Arnaud Bukwald (2020)

317. Original Soundtrack - Godspell (1971)

318. Songs from The Big Chair - Tears for Fears (1985)

319. Winds of Devotion - R. Carlos Nakai, Nawang Khechog & Peter Kater (1998)
320. Sound Mirrors - Syd Arthur (2014)

321. Purple Rain - Prince (1984)

322. The Dreaming - Kate Bush (1982)

323. Street Lady - Donald Byrd (1973)

324. Fuse - Everything But The Girl (2023)

325. Instant Holograms on Metal Film - Stereolab (2025)

326. 50 Words for Snow - Kate Bush (2011)

2024's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

 I've only listened to about 100 albums from 2024. These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2024 studio releases:

Masterpieces:

1. "Äiti Maan Lapset" (18:50) - VIIMA - (39.75/40) = 9.9375

2. "Ilion" (11:08) - SLIFT - (19.75/20) = 9.875

3. "The Words That Have Never Been Heard" (12:32) - SLIFT - (23.75/25) = 9.5

4. "Hold On" (21:22) - BELIEVE - (37.5/40) = 9.375

5. "And then there Were Just Us/Duck's End" (9:05) - THE ARISTOCRATS - (18.75/20) = 9.375

6. "The World Breathes with Me" (10:00) - CALIGULA'S HORSE - (18.5/20) = 9.25

7. "Journey to a Shrine" (10:49) - KARFAGEN - (18.5/20) = 9.25

8. "The Wallflower Equation" (12:00) - VYLET PONY - (23/25) = 9.2

9. "It Walks Among Us" (14:02) - HAVEN OF ECHOES - (27.5/30) = 9.166667

10. "Out in the Open" (20:33) - BEARDFISH - (36.5/40) = 9.125

11. "Beneath the Masts" (17:26) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (31.75/35) = 9.071

12. "Good and Evil" suite (28:24) - ALEX CARPANI BAND - (54.5/60) = 9.08

Other Great Epics and Mesmerics:

"Helvetia" (21:13) - COLIN MASSON - (36/40) = 9.0

"The Fellowship of the Mystery" (21:44) - COMPASSIONIZER - (36/40) = 9.0

"Eternity in Your Eyes" (20:56) - NEAL MORSE and The RESONANCE - (36/40) = 9.0

"Vasilisa y la bruja, parts 1-5" (16:24) - VIENTOS MODERADOS DEL ESTE - (27/30) = 9.0

"Africa" (15:31) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - (27/30) = 9.0

"Stalagmite Steeple" (9:58) - RETURNED TO THE EARTH - (18/20) = 9.0

"Housefly Leg" (14:25) - TOM PENAGUIN - (27/30) = 9.0

"Collapse" (12:50) - MONKEY3 - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Caldwell 101" (9:26) - PARAPHON - (18/20) = 9.0

"Agora by Day" (10:04) - KRAFAGEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Die for Me" (9:09) - RETURNED TO THE EARTH - (18/20) = 9.0

"Nimh" (9:38) - SLIFT - (17.875/20) = 8.9375

"Another World" (11:43) - ELLESMERE - (17.875/20) = 8.9375

"L'Empio Simulacro" (11:24) - PHAEDRA - (17.875/20) = 8.9375

"Shadowland" (11:21) - BELIEVE - (17.875/20) = 8.9375

"270.45 Negative" (12:16) - PARAPHON - (22.3333/25) = 8.9333

"No Hill for a Climber" (28:50) - NEAL MORSE and The RESONANCE - (53.5/60) = 8.9167

"Prigioniero di Prisca Doglianza" (23:08) - PHAEDRA - (39.9375/45) = 8.875

"Wicked Flame" (11:44) - BELIEVE - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"By My Tears" (11:17) - BELIEVE - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Arrival of the Great Hedgehog" (9:16) - TOM PENAGUIN - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Uruk" (9:55) - SLIFT - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Ignition" (10:38) - MONKEY3 - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Le Nuit Des Morts-Vivants" (9:50) - UTOPIANISTI - (17.5/20) = 8.875

"Kali Yuga" (10:01) - MONKEY3 - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Frailty" (12:05) - DRIFTING SUN - (22/25) = 8.875

"Into the Kaleidoscope" (11:49) - KARFAGEN - (22.25) = 8.875

"Eager Glacier" (9:11) - YOO DOO RIGHT - (17.75/30) = 8.875 

"Canto per Lucy" (9:07) - PHAEDRA - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Amnesiac" suite (28:40) - ALEX CARPANI BAND - (48.75/55) = 8.864

"Non Sum - Non Curo (17:02) - HAVEN OF ECHOES - (31/35) = 8.857

"Mute" (12:00) - CALIGULA'S HORSE - (22.125/25) = 8.85

"Enigma of Reason" (10:06) - MAN DOKI SOULMATES - (17.6667/20) = 8.8333 

"Miramare" (10:18) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (17.667/20) = 8.833

"Back in Time" (14:24) - ODDLEAF - (26.5/30) = 8.8333

Also Considered:

"This Is the End" (9:18) - MEER - (17.625/20) = 8.8125

"Weavers' Weft" (9:41) - SLIFT - (17.625/20) = 8.8125

"Area 24 (part four)" (9:16) - COSMIC GROUND - (17.625/20) = 8.8125

"Sidus" (12:55) - AETHER - (22/25) = 8.80 

"Stranger Skies" (12:18) - ELLESMERE - (22/25) = 8.80 

"planet dirt" (13:28) - COSMIC GROUND - (26.375/30) = 8.79

"Black Science" (22:56) - INFRINGEMENT - (39.375/45) = 8.75

"black rain" (18:30) - COSMIC GROUND - (35/40) = 8.75

"Life in the Wires, Part 2" (15:51) - FROST* - (26.25/30) = 8.75

"The Story That Has Never Been Told" (12:35) - SLIFT - (21.75/25) = 8.75

"Dusk" (10:48) - NINE STONES CLOSE - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"KBC Void" (10:07) - PARAPHON - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Coexistence - Part I" (11:20) - ODDLEAF - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Figurative" (11:38) - ROLAND BUHLMANN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Palace of Tears" (10:58) - THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"La Selva degli Ombrosi Faggi" (10:00) - PHAEDRA - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Die for Me" (9:09) - RETURNED TO THE EARTH - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Exteroception" (9:45) - ROLAND BUHLMANN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"The Message (Tablet III)" (11:27) - BLOOD INCANTATION - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Camouflaging" (10:01) - ROLAND BUHLMANN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Zoo Galactica" suite (20:34) - SOLARIS - (34.875/40) = 8.719

"Sludge" (22:12) - VYLET PONY - (39.25/45) = 8.722

"Perchance to Dream" (13:10) - RICK MILLER - (21.75/25) = 8.70

"Eyota" (12:39) - OVRFRWRD - (21.75/25) 8.70

"Song for the Unloved" (14:21) - CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX - (26.6667/30) = 8.667

"Bones of the Mountain" (19:53) - COLIN MASSON - (34.6667/40) = 8.667

"Spirit's Heavy, But Not Overthrown" (13:19) - YOO DOO RIGHT - (26/30) = 8.667 

"Ly (Vuggesang)" (11:50) - KORNMO - (21.667/25) = 8.667

"Synaesthesia" (9:11) - WEATHER SYSTEMS - (17.33334/20) = 8.667
"Area 24 (part seven)" (9:08) - COSMIC GROUND - (17.333/20) = 8.667

"Huldras hale" (19:24) - KORNMO - (34.5/40) = 8.625

"Life" (11:31) - ODDLEAF - (17.125/20) = 8.625

"scab" (16:50) - COSMIC GROUND - (30.125/35) = 8.607

"We Forgotten Who We Are" (11:17) - CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX - (21.5/25) = 8.6

"White Lies" (20:08) - INFRINGEMENT - (34/40) = 8.5

"Frustration/Sedation" (11:55) - NINE STONES CLOSE - (21.25/25) = 8.5

"Perkunas" (9:28) - INNER EAR BRIGADE - (17/20) = 8.5

"The Nature of Evil" (10:21) - COLIN MASSON - (17/20) = 8.5 

"Sendebud fra vest" (17:44) - KORNMO - (29.375/) = 8.393

"Den dype skogen" (15:41) - KORNMO - (25/30) = 8.333 

"Altets hav" (9:11) - KORNMO - (16.5/20) = 8.25 

As-yet unrated:

"This Is Not the End, Part 2" (12:15) - PRESENT - (/25) = 

"This Is Not the End, Part 1" (26:30) - PRESENT - (/50) = 

"The Solution (Part I) (11:56) - THE SAMURAI OF PROG - (/25) = 

"The Solution (Part II) (7:12) - THE SAMURAI OF PROG -

"Do You Know?" (10:45) - JADIS - (/20) = 

"Ballad of Deluge" suite (21:03) - SOLARIS - (/40) =

"Dream Valley" suite (39:43) - SOLARIS - (/60) =

  

Great but too short:

"Confluence" (8:37) - SLIFT - (19/20) = 9.5

"Ad Infinitum (8:44) - HAVEN OF ECHOES

"Heartquake" (8:47) - LEVIATHAN

"Hearts of Strings" (8:56) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR 

* Bold print connotes a song's elevation to Progressive Rock's Vahalla of all-time masterpieces.