These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2022 studio releases.
1. "432 Bars" - STRANGE POP - (29.5/30) = 9.833
2. "Hypertension" - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (29.5/30) = 9.833
3. "Chariots of the Sun - To Phaeton on the Occasion of the Sunrise (theme from an imagined movie)" - MOTORPSYCHO - (44/45) = 9.778
4. "Raum" - TANGERINE DREAM - (29/30) = 9.667
4. "Raum" - TANGERINE DREAM - (29/30) = 9.667
5. "Time in Your Face" - GREEN ASPHALT - (19.25/20) = 9.625
6. "Until My Wings Turn to Ashes" - JAMBINAI - (19.25/20) = 9.625
7. "Iron Lung" - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (19.25/20) = 9.625
8. "Sacrae Symphonia No. 1" - WESERBERGLAND - (75/80) = 9.50
9. "Fall of the Watcher" - RETURNED TO THE EARTH - (19/20) = 9.5
10. "Der Hauch des Lebens (Parts 1-5)" - KLAUS SCHULZE - (52/55) = 9.455
11. "Emnalóc - ROLAND BÜHLMANN - (23.5/25) = 9.4
12. "I Have Little to No Memories of These Memories" - TOEHIDER - (89/95) = 9.368
13. "Endtime" - HAVEN OF ECHOES - (18.75/20) = 9.375
14. "Achilles" - JOHN HOLDEN - (18.667/20) = 9.33
15. "Summer Queen" - JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - (28/30) = 9.33
16. "Polarchoral" - GRICE - (28/30) = 9.33
17 "The Horror" - RANESTRANE - (28/30) = 9.33
18. "Catastasis" (10:50) - ELDER - (18.5/20) = 9.25
19. "Sierra Leone" - MARILLION - (18.5/20) = 9.25
20. "Change" - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (23/25) = 9.20
21. "You Have It All" (14:25) - LOBATE SCARP (27.5/30) = 9.1667
22. "Seth (Parts 1-7)" - KLAUS SCHLUZE - (59.5/65) = 91.54
23. "Die Before You Wake" - BEN CRAVEN - (36.5/40) = 9.125
24. "The Machinery" (10:44) - INNER PROSPEKT - (18.25/20) = 9.125
25. "Be Hard on Yourself" - MARILLION - (18.25/20) = 9.125
26. "Tra Cielo e Terra" - ALIANTE - (18.25/20) = 9.125
27. "For Yesterday" - BIRTH - (18.25/20) = 9.125
28. "Alda" (20:52) - BREIDABLIK - (36.5/40) = 9.125
Other Great Songs:
"In 256 Zeichen" (19:07) - TANGERINE DREAM - (36/40) = 9.0
"The Mountain" (16:40) - NEIL CAMPBELL (27/30) = 9.0
"Refuse" - BUBBLEMATH - (18.0/20) = 9.0
"Land of Gold" (13:20) - KARFAGEN - (27/30) = 9.0
"Hell's Itch" (13:27) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (27/30) = 9.0
"Peace Patrol" (10:00) - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS - (18/20) = 9.0
"Oceans of Time" (11:37) - JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Watcher" (9:03) - VERBAL DELIRIUM - (18/20) = 9.0
"Starseeds" (9:17) - ED WYNNE - (18/20) = 9.0
"Ascent" (9:11) - iNFiNiEN - (18/20) = 9.0
"Alarm Bells" (10:26) - GRICE - (18/20) = 9.0
"Naked Sky" (10:26) - ONSÉGAN ENSEMBLE (18/20) = 9.0
"Labyrinth 66 Part 1 & 2" (13:07) - DAAL - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"Il Mondo di Fronte" (9:24) - ALIANTE - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Watcher" (9:03) - VERBAL DELIRIUM - (18/20) = 9.0
"Coalescence" (9:47) - ELDER - (18/20) = 9.0
"Assailen" (9:22) - ROLAND BÜHLMANN - (18/25) = 9.0
"Basketball Shoes" (12:37) - BLACK COUNTRY; NEW ROAD - (22/25) = 8.88
"The Lady Tied to the Lamp Post" - THE TANGENT (35.5/40) = 8.875
"Ice V" - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (17.75.20) = 8.875
"Napalm" (20:12) - RANESTRANE - (35.5/40) = 8.875
"Special Waste" (10:03) -
INNER PROSPEKT
- (17.75/20) = 8.875"Endless Return" (9:54) - ELDER - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Yndrun" (9:50) - ROLAND BÜHLMANN - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Everything" (10:13) - BUBBLEMATH - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Liminal Veil" (9:07) - DREADNAUGHT - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Merged in Dreams - Ne Plus Ultra" (14:43) - ELDER - (26.5/30) = 8.833
"Reaper Man" (9:20) - GHOST TOAST - (17.667/20) = 8.833
"Neon Eye Cage" (9:30) - VERBAL DELIRIUM - (17.667/20) = 8.833
"Godzilla" (43:00) - AUDIO'M - (35/45) = 8.824
"Mona Lisa / Azrael" (12:15) - MOTORPSYCHO - (22/25) = 8.80
"Miles from Nowhere" (25:33) - JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - (44/50) = 8.80
"Let Them In" (12:15) - HAVEN OF ECHOES (22/25) = 8.80
"The Changes" (17:06) - THE TANGENT - (30.75/35) = 8.7857
"Flowing Through the Change" (17:24) - LOBATE SCARP (30.75/35) = 8.7857
"Blue Forest" (9:06) - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Moments of Life" (10:28) - PHOENIX AGAIN - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Time Has a Way" (13:15) - PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS - (26.25/30) = 8.75
"Eden Cries" (10:37) - RANESTRANE - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Seen the Sun" (11:41) - ED WYNNE (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Amnis Flows Aeternum" (19:11) - BEN CRAVEN - (35/40) = 8.75
"Rithnál" (10:45) - ROLAND BÜHLMANN - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Romantik" (9:31) - FREN (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Sessapinae" (9:57) - IKARUS - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Overture" - NEIL CAMPBELL (17.5/20) = 8.75
"The Dripping Tap" (18:17) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (35/40) = 8.75
"Over and Out" (21:50) - COLLAGE - (39.25/45) = 8.722
"Chasing Time" (12:18) - GHOST TOAST (21.25/25) = 8.70
Also Considered:
"Care" (15:20) - MARILLION (26/30) = 8.667
"A Needle Tree" (15:23) - KARCIUS (26/30) = 8.667
"Widdershins" (13:32) - GANDALF'S FIST - (26/30) = 8.667
"Journey Through the Spiral Mind Part 1" (14:10) - DAAL (26/30) = 8.667
"Omega Lights" (10:05) - GALAHAD - (17.25/20) = 8.667
"Scream Sideways" (10:10) - PURE REASON REVOLUTION (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Building Heaven" (11:34) - JOHN HOLDEN (17.25/20) = 8.625"Snow Globes" - BLACK COUNTRY; NEW ROAD (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Osiris (Parts 1-4)" (18:28) - KLAUS SCHLUZE (34.25/40) = 8.5625
"The GPS Vultures" (17:01) - THE TANGENT - (30.25/35) = 8.643
"Wiosna" (10:26) - FREN (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Cave" (19:45) - GANDALF'S FIST - (34/40) = 8.5
"The Dripping Tap" (18:17) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (34/40) = 8.5
"Home Trip" (9:10) - ALIANTE - (17/20) = 8.5
"Land of Green (Part 1)" (11:00) - KARFAGEN- (17/20) = 8.5
"All the Pretty Days" (11:40) - FREN - (17/20) = 8.5
"The Steppe Nomad Space Program" (9:14) - REGAL WORM - (17/20) = 8.5
"The Last Great Adventurer" (10:35) - GALAHAD - (17/20) = 8.5
"Kramatorsk" - COMPASSIONIZER (25/30) = 8.333
"The Land Before Timeland" (15:00) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (25/30) = 8.33
"The Ladder" (13:46) - KARCIUS - (24.5/30) = 8.1667
"Paperwings" (13:52) - OAK - (24.5/30) = 8.1667
"Painting Wings" (9:22) - DAAL (16.25/20) = 8.125
"Chun Li" (9:44) - SOFT FFOG - (15.5/20) = 7.75
"Ephemeral Arkitecture" (9:22) - JAVIER MIRANDA - (15.5/20) = 7.75
"Turque" (24:23) - FREN (38.5/20) = 7.75
"Cartimandua" (9:10) - ALIANTE - (15.5/20) = 7.75
Great but too short:
"Worlds Break" (8:30) - DREADNAUGHT - (19.5/20) = 9.75
"Faery Revolution" (8:52) - SILENT TEMPLE - (18.25/20) = 9.125
"Big Beef" (8:32) - THE LIGHT IN THE OCEAN - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Purpose" (8:37) - ELDER - (18/20) = 9.0
As yet unreviewed:
"Dhalism" (9:28) - SOFT FFOG Soft Ffog - (/20) =
"Surface Tension" (17:57) - BUBBLEMATH Turf Ascension - (/35) =
"Decrypted" (9:57) - BUBBLEMATH Turf Ascension - (/20) =
*Bold print denotes songs that have risen into my pantheon of All-time favorite "epics."
