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#247: The best progressive rock albums of 2022 (so far)

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As we pass into the second half of 2022, we invite 15 of the prog-scribes at DPRP.net to select their Top 5 albums of the year so far. This is the list of each reviewer's selections.

Scroll down to see what your favourite reviewers have selected, and to see how many of your top albums have made their lists!

Showing the strength-in-depth of the current progressive genre, no less than 59 different albums were selected. Only five releases made it onto more than two lists!

To help you sample some of the great albums listed here, we've added the link to the DPRP review, where available. This will have videos and samples for the album. Happy listening.


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JAN BUDDENBERG (Netherlands)

1. GALAXY - Runaway Man   (Read the full DPRP review here)
2. MENTAL FRACTURE - Disaccord   (Read the full DPRP review here)
3. DEATON LEMAY PROJECT - The Fifth Element   (Read the full DPRP review here)
4. ROBERT BERRY'S 3.2 - Alive At Progstock   (Read the full review on DPRP soon)
5. T - Pareidoliving   (Read the full DPRP review here)











GREG CUMMINS (Australia)

1. DAVE BAINBRIDGE - To The Far Away (Read the full DPRP review here)
2. ROBERT REED - The Ringmaster Part I (Read the full DPRP review here)
3. KNIGHT AREA - D-Day II: The Final Chapter (Read the full DPRP review here)
4. ROBERT REED - The Ringmaster Part II (Read the full DPRP review here)
5. ARJEN LUCASSEN'S STAR ONE - Revel In Time (Read the full DPRP review here)









THOMAS OTTEN (Germany)

1. ALBERTO RIGONI - Songs For Souls  (Read the full DPRP review here
2. MELANIE MAU & MARTIN SCHNELLA - Invoke The Ghosts (Read the full review on DPRP soon)
3. ROBERT REED - The Ringmaster Part Two   (Read the full DPRP review here
4. PATTERN SEEKING ANIMALS - Only Passing Through   (Read the full DPRP review here
5. MENTAL FRACTURE - Disaccord    (Read the full DPRP review here








OWEN DAVIES (Scotland)

1.  TURNING POINT - Vanishing Dream    (Read the full DPRP review here
2.  INITIATIVE H - Polar Star  (official video)
3.  BLACK FLOWER - Magma   (official video)
4.  NIECHEC - Unsubscribe    (official video)
5.  IKARUS - Plasma    (official video)









IGNACIO BERNAOLA (Spain)

1. KAPREKAR´S CONSTANT - The Murder Wall  (Read our mini review here
2. ABEL MARTON NAGY´S COSMOS BAND - Spacing Out   (Official video)
3. ORIGIN OF ESCAPE - Shapes   (Official video)
4. CRÓ! - Buah!   (Official video)
5. BIID - Medium (Read our mini review here









BRYAN MOREY (USA)


1. BJØRN RIIS - Everything To Everyone    (Read the full DPRP review here
2. MARILLION - An Hour Before it’s Dark    (Read the full DPRP review here) 
3. BIG BIG TRAIN - Welcome To The Planet    (Read the full DPRP review here)
4. THE TANGENT - Songs From The Hard Shoulder    (Read the full review on DPRP soon)
5. LOBATE SCARP - You Have It All  (Official video)









MARTIN BURNS (England)


1. AKKU QUINTET - Live    (Read the full DPRP review here)
2. BIG BIG TRAIN - Welcome To The Planet   (Read the full DPRP review here)  
3. KARCIUS - Grey White Silver Yellow & Gold    (Read the full DPRP review here
4. TANGERINE DREAM - Raum    (Read the full DPRP review here
5. ARNAUD QUEVADO & FRIENDS - Roan   (Official video)












HECTOR GOMEZ (Spain)


1. MARILLION - An Hour Before it’s Dark    (Read the full DPRP review here
2. TOUNDRA - Hex    (Read the full DPRP review here
3. PURE REASON REVOLUTION - Above Cirrus    (Read the full DPRP review here
4. TEARS FOR FEARS - The Tipping Point    (Read the full review on DPRP soon)
5. THE TANGENT - Songs from the Hard Shoulder (Read the full review on DPRP soon)









MARK HUGHES (England)

1. BEN CRAVEN - Monsters From The Id (Read the full DPRP review here
2. GODLEY & CREME - Frabjous Days    (official video)
3. DAVID FORD - May You Live In Interesting Times    (official video)
4. ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM - Two Piece Puzzle    (official video)
5. THE TANGENT - Songs From The Hard Shoulder (Read the full review on DPRP soon)










EDWIN ROOSJEN (Netherlands)

1. GHOST – Impera   (Official video)
2. STAR ONE – Revel In Time (Read the full DPRP review here
3. MICHAEL ROMEO – War Of The World, Pt. 2 (Read the full DPRP review here
4. THE FLOWER KINGS – By Royal Decree (Read the full DPRP review here
5. BEN CRAVEN - Monsters From The Id (Read the full DPRP review here











CALUM GIBSON (Scotland)


1. AMORPHIS - Halo    (Official video)
2. EPITAPHE - II    (Read the full DPRP review here
3. HETEROCHROME - From The Ashes (Read the full DPRP review here
4. SOMEWHEREOUT - More Tales From The Old Forest  (Read the full DPRP review here
5. THREADS OF FATE - The Cold Embrace Of The Light  (Read the full DPRP review here










SERGEY NIKULICHEV (Russia)


1. ANTONY KALUGIN — Rebirth  (Video on YouTube)
2. MAGNUM — The Monster Roars  (Official video)
3. ANIMALS AS LEADERS — Parrhesia  (Official video)
4. THUMOS — The Republic  (Read the full DPRP review here)  
5. GLASWEGIANS — Quaternary   (Read the full DPRP review here









PATRICK McAFEE (USA)


1.  TEARS FOR FEARS - The Tipping Point   (Read the full review on DPRP soon)
2.  BIG BIG TRAIN - Welcome to the Planet    (Read the full DPRP review here
3.  MARILLION - An Hour Before it’s Dark   (Read the full DPRP review here
4.  D’VIRGILIO, MORSE & JENNINGS  - Troika    (Read the full DPRP review here
5.  PURE REASON REVOLUTION   -  Above Cirrus   (Read the full DPRP review here










ANDY READ (France)

1.  KARCIUS - Grey White Silver Yellow & Gold   (Read the full DPRP review here)
2.  TIMES FORGOTTEN - Shelter   (Read the full DPRP review here)
3.  IRIS DIVINE - Mercurial   (Read the full DPRP review here)
4.  PLAYGROUNDED - Death of Death   (Read the full DPRP review here)
5.  DEAD END SPACE - Cosmic Comedian   (Read the full DPRP review here)











JERRY VAN KOOTEN (Sweden) 

1. TOUNDRA - Hex   (Read the full DPRP review here)  
2. TYLER KAMEN - Lizard House   (Read the full DPRP review here
3. KORNMO - Fimbulvinter   (Read the full DPRP review here
4. CHILDREN OF THE SÜN - Roots (Official video
5. GAZPACHO -  Fireworking At St.Croix (Read the full DPRP review here








You may also like last year's version of this feature: The DPRP Writers' Top Albums of 2021 (so far)







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