Wednesday, March 8, 2023

2007's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2007 studio releases:

Masterpieces:
1. "Perfect Cosmic Storm" (14:40) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (30/30) = 10.0
2. "Sequencer (from 70 to 07)" (24:54) - KLAUS SCHULZE - (50/50) = 10.0
3. "Fronteira" (10:20) - VIOLETA DE OUTONO - (19.5/20) = 9.75 
4. "Deep Into the Night" (9:02) - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM - (19.5/20) = 9.75
5. "Ex-Slave" (12:47) - THORK - (24/25) = 9.6
6. "The Sound of the Apocalypse" (13:04) - BLACK BONZO - (24/25) = 9.6
7. "Salt Water Falling on Uneven Ground" (12:38) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (23.75/25) = 9.5
8. "Elsewhere" (24:55) - YVES POTIN - (47.5/50) = 9.5
9. "La Lumière" (9:10) - THORK - (19/20) = 9.5
10. "Wald" (10:14) - ELECTRIC ORANGE - (19/20) = 9.5
11. "Depicting Colours Of Emotions" (10:18) - QUIDAM - (19/20) = 9.5
12. "Jacob van Vennepkade II" (18:40) - OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ - (38/40) = 9.5 
13. "A Different Man - Part ll" (13:07) - KNIGHT AREA - (23.25/25) = 9.3
14. "Upside Down" (9:41) - GAZPACHO - (18.5/20) = 9.25 
15. "Metamorphosis" (23:51) - MAGENTA - (46/50) = 9.2
16. "Note from the Past" (12:09) - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM - (23/25) = 9.2
17. "The Poet & The Pendulum" (13:54) - NIGHTWISH - (27.5/30) = 9.167
18. "Dream of Stone" (17:01) - GAZPACHO - (32/35) = 9.143
19. "Walk It Off" (11:25) - MOTH VELLUM - (18.25/20) = 9.125
20. "The Black Tomato" (Parts I-III) (32:14) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE - (59/65) = 9.08


Also Very Good:
"Pick Up If You're There" (13:42) - BIG BIG TRAIN (27/30) = 9.0
"Rumble" (Parts I-V) (38:50) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (72/80) = 9.0
"The Sum of No Reason" (13:26) - THE FLOWER KINGS - (27/30) = 9.0
"Thank You Evil" (9:17) - PHIDEAUX (18/20) = 9.0 
"Frank (New Version)" (22:57) - TRION (40/45) = 8.89
"The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange" (11:13) - OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ (17.75/20) = 8.875 
"Stop Kolpakoff!" (9:57) - RATIONAL DIET - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Solar Winds" (9:47) - DEVIN TOWNSEND - (17.667/20) =  8.8335
"Massive Illusion" (13:38) - GAZPACHO - (26.5/30) = 8.8333
"What Have We Sown?" (27:46) - THE PINEAPPLE THIEF - (45/55) = 8.8182 
"Ultimate Trip" (13:13) - RIVERSIDE - (22/25) = 8.8
"From the Grey Notebook - Part 2" (13:48) - RATIONAL DIET - (26.33/30) = 8.777 
"Thor (Thunder)" - KLAUS SCHULZE (57/65) = 8.77 
"Indian Mood on Thethys" (9:38) - YVES POTIN - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"The Ballad Of Samuel Layne" (20:17) -  MAGENTA (35/40) = 8.75
"A Dangerous Journey" (26:35) - RITUAL - (43.75/50) = 8.75


Also considered:
"Let the Race Begin" (9:13) - MOTH VELLUM - (17.33/20) = 8.667
"Color Your World" (9:45) - DEVIN TOWNSEND - (17.333/20) = 8.667
"The Crane Wife 1 & 2" (11:19) - THE DECEMBERISTS - (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Against the Suns" (11:22) - MOTH VELLUM -  (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Love Is the Only Answer" (24:29) - THE FLOWER KINGS - (42.5/50) = 8.5
"Euro Caravan" (19:41) - KLAUS SCHULZE - (34/40) = 8.5
"Pillars of Salt" (10:36) - MANNING - (17/20) = 8.5
"Don't Swing The Wheel" (10:37) - RATIONAL DIET - (17/20) = 8.5
"Heaven Can Wait" (9:04) - SATELLITE - (17/20) = 8.5
"Salvo" (13:34) - MOTH VELLUM - (25.25/30) = 8.41667
"Roulette" - BEARDFISH - (21/25) = 8.4
"One More Time" (13:05) - THE FLOWER KINGS - (21/25) = 8.4
"Dreams" (13:48) - SATELLITE - (24.5/30) = 8.1667
"Constellation" (9:54) - OUTER LIMITS - (16/20) = 8.0
"West Winds" - THE PINEAPPLE THEIF
"The Divine Conspiracy" (13:57) - EPICA - (25/30) = 8.333
"Dawn in the Snow" (11:34) - YVES POTIN - (16.5/20) = 8.25
"Life in Motion" (12:34) - THE FLOWER KINGS - (20.5/25) = 8.2
"Anaesthetize" (17:42) - PORCUPINE TREE - (26/35) = 7.43


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

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