These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2020 studio releases.
1. "Contes lunaires" - ARNAUD BUKWALD (44/45) = 97.70
2. "Stage 4: The Dream" - THE RETICENT (24/25) = 9.60
3. "Am Ende Der Welt" (Side A) (24:18) -WESERBERGLAND (48/50) = 96.0
4. "#1" - TOM DONCOURT & MATTIAS OLSSON (19/20) = 95.0
5. "Calypso" (10:57) - KARFAGEN (19/20) = 9.5
6. "Am Ende Der Welt" (Side B) (18:20) - WESERBERGLAND (38/40) = 95.0
7. "The Depths of Time" - THE BARDIC DEPTHS (23.5/25) = 94.0
8. "The End and The Beginning" - ONCE AND FUTURE BAND (18.75/20) = 93.75
9. "America Undefined" - PAT METHENY (28/30) = 93.33
10. "Stage 5: The Nightmare" - THE RETICENT (23.25/25) = 9.30
11. "The Life of the Honeybee and Other Moments of Clarity" - ABEL GANZ (23.25/25) = 93.0
12. "Till dig ännu en gång" - NEON HEART (18.5/20) = 92.50
13. "Hounds" - GREEN CARNATION (18.5/20) = 92.50
14. "Zaini di elio" - LOGOS (23/25) = 92.0
15. "Stage 1: His Name Is Henry" - THE RETICENT (18.25/20) = 9.125
16. "Dynamogeny" - ARNAUD BUKWALD (22.75/25) = 91.0
17. "Beyond the Exosphere" - PYRAMID THEOREM (32/35) = 91.43
18. "Hamilton Big Boys" - THE LIGHT IN THE OCEAN (18.25/20) = 91.25
19. "Silent Genesis" - PURE REASON REVOLUTION (18.25/20) = 91.25
20. "N.O.X." - MOTORPSYCHO (82/90) = 91.11
21. "Vacuo senso" - LA MASCHERA DI CERA (27.25/30) = 90.83
22. "Pleonasm" - FREN (22.5/25) = 90.0
23. "O curioso caso de Mademoiselle X" - MOURA (27/30) = 90.0
24. "Legacies" - THE BARDIC DEPTHS (18/20) = 90.0
25. "Immortal" - LEGACY PILOTS (18/20) = 90.0
26. "Punto di Non Ritorno" - INNER PROSPEKT (18/20) = 90.0
27. "Fables for Robots, Part 2" - MR. ROBOT (36/40) = 90.0
Other Great Songs:
"My Dark Reflections on Life and Death" - GREEN CARNATION (27/30) = 90.0
"Lizard" - TIME STRUCTURE (18/20) = 90.0
"Paesaggi di insonnia" - LOGOS (18/20) = 90.0
"Turni" - OTEME (18/20) = 90.0
"Sector 85" - BENJAMIN'S KITE (44.75/50) = 89.50
"Möa Orgata" - DAI KAHT (22.25/25) = 89.0
"Into the Blank" - HAMMOCK (40/45) = 88.89
"The Earth (Hari Ketiga, Act One)" - DWIKI DHARMAWAN (/60)
"Zöbehr Daï" - DAI KAHT (17.75/20) = 88.75
"The Noble Shirker" - ZOPP (17.75/20) = 88.75
"Stage 6: The Oubliette" - THE RETICENT (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Leap of Faith" - JOHN HOLDEN (17.75/20) = 88.75
"Waterfall" - IOEARTH (17.75/20) = 88.75
"Why" - TIME STRUCTURE (17.75/20) = 88.75
"Take to the Sky" (10:14) - TELERGY (17.75/20) = 88.75
"Take a Closer Look" - OSIRIS (17.75/20) = 88.75
"Barnard's Loop" - BENJAMIN'S KITE (17.75/10) = 88.75
"Tomita" - JAGA JAZZIST (26.5/30) = 88.33
"By the Banks" - WOBBLER (26.5/30) = 88.33
"Birds of Passage" (Part 2) - KARFAGEN (35.33/40) = 88.33
"Il tempo millenario" - LA MASCHERA DI CERA (35.25/40) = 88.125
"Merry Macabre" - WOBBLER (35.25/40) = 88.125
"Echos of Silence, Pt. 2: The Answer" (9:35) - SUBMARINE SILENCE (17.5/20) - 87.50
"The Emanation of the Giant Albion" - VESPERO (35/40) = 87.50
"Jurassic | Cretaceous" (13:24) - THE OCEAN (26.25/30) = 87.50
"The Land of the Fools" - INNER PROSPEKT (26.25/30) = 87.50
"Infantry" (9:24) - TELERGY (17.5/20) = 87.50
"A Cornucopia of Riches" - FRENCH TV (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Golden Age" - ESPRIT D'ESCALIER (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Punto di non ritorno" - INNER PROSPEKT (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Crimson Lights and Dark Waters" - SCARLET HOLLOW (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Colours Out of Space" - PIXIE NINJA (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Sadako e le mille gru di carta" - LOGOS (35/40) = 87.50
"Undone" (10:26) - SUBMARINE SILENCE (17.5/20) = 87.50
"City of the Sun" - BUILT FOR THE FUTURE (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Satellite" - DARK LIGHT (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Valles Marineris" - RICK WAKEMAN (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Seven Billion Tiny Sparks" - ESP PROJECT (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Leng Plateau" - PIXIE NINJA (17.5/20) = 87.50
"Noggy Pop" - ORANGE CLOCKS (52.25/60) = 87.09
"Soon But Not Today" - PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS (21.75/25) = 87.0
"When Are Wars Won?/Surely All I Need" - FRAGILE (21.75/25) = 87.0
Also considered:"Lifeboat" - PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS (30.25/35) = 86.42
"Transition II" - LUNATIC SOUL (47.5/55) = 86.36"Il cherchio del commando" - LA MASCHERA DI CERA (17.25/20) = 86.25"Moondust" - ANTONY KALUGIN (34.5/40) = 86.25
"Rise" - GALIA SOCIAL (17.25/20) = 86.25
"Bela" - MAGENTA (17.25/20) = 86.25"Hutchinson Cipher" - PIXIE NINJA (17.25/20) = 86.25"Mandarine" - SLEEPING PANDORA (17.25/20) = 86.25"Space Cowboy" - GAZPACHO (34.5/40) = 86.25"Falling Structures" - TIME STRUCTURE (17.25/20) = 86.25"One Light Retreating" - ELDER (17.25/20) = 86.25"Old Worlds and Kingdoms/Too Late in the Day" - FRAGILE (17.25/20) = 86.25"In Procession" - ELDER (17.25/20) = 86.25"Runaway Strain" (9:14) - SUBMARINE STRAIN (17.25/20) = 86.25
"No Return" - JOHN DEMARKAS (17.25/20) = 86.25
"The Departing" - MOLITOTH (17.25/20) = 86.25
"Poppies in a Field" TOM DONCOURT & MATTIAS OLSSON (21.5/25) = 8.60 "Brave New World" - BUILT FOR THE FUTURE (21.5/25) = 86.0"Georgia" (12:27) - TELERGY (21.5/25) = 86.0"Listen" - THE PRODIGAL SOUNDS (21.5/25) = 86.0
"Line of Sight" - BUILT FOR THE FUTURE (21.5/25) = 86.0"The Land of Fools" - INNER PROSPEKT (25.75/30) = 85.83"Sepia and White" - ABEL GANZ (25.75/30) = 85.83"The Rain" - IOEARTH (30/35) = 85.71"Levitation" (9:45) - KARFAGEN (17/20) = 8.5
"Safe at Home" - ECHOREC (17/20) = 85.0"Prosthetic Cuban" - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (34/40) = 85.0"Celebrity" - I AM THE MANIC WHALE (34/40) = 85.0
"The Echo of a Distant Past" - DROWNING STEPS (17/20) = 85.0"Terra Nullus" - TRAVIS ORBIN (17/20) = 85.0"Hahima" - NEON HEART (17/20) = 85.0"Birds of Passage" (Part 1) - KARFAGEN (38/45) = 84.44"Floating High" - SLEEPING PANDORA (29.5/35) = 84.29"The Yellow Ship" (13:07) - SANGUINE HUM (21/25) = 84.0
"Urizen" - VESPERO (21/25) = 84.0
"Ark" - HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT'S ADEQUATE (21/25) = 84.0"Phantasmagoria" (12:58) - KARFAGEN (21/25) = 8.4 "Halcyon" - ELDER (21/25) = 84.0"The Climb" - TASKAHA (21/25) = 84.0 "Messiah Complex" - HAKEN (33.5/40) = 83.75"Century Rain" - HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT'S ADEQUATE (16.75/20) = 83.75"Omens" - ELDER (16.75/20) = 83.75
"Surge" - FREN (16.75/20) = 83.75"As Bruxus" - QAMAR (16.75/20) = 83.75
"Embers" - ELDER (16.75/20) = 83.75
"Heaven in Your Eyes" - ARABS IN ASPIC (29.25/35) = 83.57"Distant Land" - BUILT FOR THE FUTURE (25/30) = 83.33"Destructio" - ARS DE ER (25/30) = 83.33"Madi" - HAMMOCK (25/30) = 83.33"Fables for Robots, Part 1" - MR. ROBOT (33.25/40) = 8.3125
"Purple Hearts Corner" (12:29) - THE C SIDES PROJECT (20.75/25) = 83.0"Marshmallow" - ANTONY KALUGIN (33/40) = 82.50"Touching Moon" - SLEEPING PANDORA (20.5/25) = 82.50"Indecisively" - MAGIK SATURN (16.5/20) = 8.25"The Trial" - RICK MILLER (16.5/20) = 82.50 "Correct to the Core" - RICK MILLER (16.5/20) = 82.50"Tears" - SLEEPING PANDORA (16.5/20) = 82.50"Bridge Toward Home" - TURNING VIRTUE (16.5/20) = 82.50 "The Lamb Returns" - ECHOREC (28.5/35) = 81.43"Engine Down" (10:57) - THE C SIDES PROJECT (16.25/20) = 81.25 "Celebrity" (18:55) - I AM THE MANIC WHALE (32/40) = 80.0 "Raytracing" - SLEEPING PANDORA (16/20) = 80.0"Sapien" - GAZPACHO (24/30) = 80.0 "New Life" - GABRIEL (16/20) = 80.0"QSO" - YURI GAGARIN (16/20) = 80.0"The Dome" - SLEEPING PANDORA (24/30) = 80.0"Gravitas" - DC SOUND COLLECTIVE (16/20) = 80.0"Le Voleur" (11:47) - OBSKYR (20/25) = 80.0
"Born to Be King" - INFINITE WISDOM (15.75/20) = 78.75"Free as a Bird" - GABRIEL (27.5/35) = 78.57"Lost in Africa" - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (27.5/35) = 78.57"Heiroglyphic Smell" - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (23.25/30) = 78.33
"Le chaud et le froid" - JEAN-PIERRE LOUVETON (15.5/20) = 77.50
"The Shrine" - JAGA JAZZIST (15.5/20) = 77.50
"The Invisible Worm" - HEAVY MOON (15.5/20) = 77.50
"Le Voleur" - ABSKYR (19.25/25) = 77.0
"Bremen" (10:39) - THE C SIDES PROJECT (15.25/20) = 76.25
"The Memory Chamber" (12:01) - KLAUS MORLOCK (19/25) = 76.0"Lost Mileage" - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (22.5/30) = 75.0 "Oneiron" (13:36) - YURI GAGARIN (22.5/30) = 75.0"Into Clouds" (12:07) - THE C SIDES PROJECT (18/25) = 72.0"TOWER 9" - SCALADEI (25.5/35) = 71.43
Great But Too Short (less than nine minutes):"Tharmas" - VESPERO"Luvah" - VESPERO"LOS" - VESPERO"Triassic" - THE OCEAN"The Minstrel" - GRUMBLEWOOD"Nessie" - UBI MAIOR"Who Really Are We?" - PENDRAGON"Ghosts & Typhoons" - PURE REASON REVOLUTION"Partial encode" - ELECTRIC ORANGE"Automaton" - SANGUINE HUM
Not-Yet Reviewed:
"AP Alchemy" (9:22) - ISOBAR (/20)
"I woke up and forgot what happend..." (17:04) - BLESSED ARE THE HEARTS THAT BEND (/35) =
"The Odessa Steps Sequence (9:44) - FRENCH TV
"Look at the Bears! Look at the Bears! Look at the Bears! (9:20) - FRENCH TV
"The Math of Creation" - SANDRO CUZZETTO (/20) =
"Reach for the Moon" - MAGENTA (/20) =
"The Rose" - MAGENTA (20) =
"Masters of Illusion" - MAGENTA (/30) =
"Idols in the Flesh" - KARDA ESTRA (.) =
"Omicron Pt. 1" (22:24) - BREIDABLIK (38/45) = 8.44
"Omicron Pt. 2" (20:46) - BREIDABLIK (/40) =
"Anamnensis" (12:24) - LUCID PLANET (22/25) =
"Organic Hard Drive" (9:38) - LUCID PLANET (/20) = 8.80
"On the Way" (9:37) - LUCID PLANET (/20) =
"Face the Sun" (11:48) - LUCID PLANET (/25) =
"Zenith" (9:55) - LUCID PLANET (/20) =
"Sapien" - GAZPACHO (86/30) = 86.67
"Futari Kiri" - ÁNGEL ONTALVA & VESPERO (17/20) = 85.0
"Second Birth" (10:56) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT (17/20) = 8.5
"Il cherchio del comando" - LA MASCHERA DI CERA (17/20) = 85.0
"Hearing the Call" - LEEABRAHAM (21.25/25) = 85.0
"France" - DYBLE LONGDON (17/20) = 85.0
"Space Cowboy" - GAZPACHO (31/40) = 77.50
*Bold print denotes songs that have risen into my pantheon of All-time favorite "epics."