John Wenlock-Smith's Albums Of The Year 2025
Albums of The Year 2025
I Thought that 2024 was a vintage year for progressive rock music
,However it seems that 2025 has been even better than 2024 was
It’s been a most interesting year for me personally one in which I had to stay at my own review view site when Progradar began to have difficulties in accessing its own page. So after consultation with Martin Hutchinson and with the deeply appreciated assistance of Bob Mulvey of The Progressive Aspect. Progressive Voyages came into existence and a new era for reviews was quietly heralded into existence.
Here then are 50 albums that have impressed me in 2025
No 50 - 20
Tale Cue Eclipse Of The Midnight Sun
Riffstoe – Richard 111
Orion – Into Darkness
Barclay James Harvest – Relativity
Edensong- Our Road To Dust
Gazpacho – Magic 8 Ball
Jim Griffin - The Counter Blast
The Reticent- Please
Riffstone – Sanctuary Sky
Bioscope – Gento
IHLO - Legacy
The Lab Experience
Enigmatic Sound Machine- Imperfect Silence
Fearful Symmetry-i’ve Started So I'll Finish
Dark fish- Beyond
Pryzme- True Stories And Other Lies
Yak – The Pink Man and The Bishop
Edenya – The Secret Destination You Are Looking For
Splink – Kozmosis
The Mighty Ra – Now In A Minute
Colin Masson- The Old Bridge Of Awe
The Foundation- Relations
Cosmic Cathedral- Deep Water
Edo Sponnings- The Past Is A Foreign Country
Hoopy Frood – Mostly Harmless
Discipline – Breadcrumbs
Zen Orchrestra – Zen Orchestra
Monkey Trial- Dark Skies
Spocks Beard- The Archaeoptimist
Rocking Horse Music Club- The Last Pink Glow
John Hackett Band - Red Institution
Numbers 20 to 10
Aerostation - Rethink
Jamie Parker – Do You Dream Of Luminous Things?
Hats Off Gentleman It’s Adequate- The Uncertainty Principle
John Holden – The Great Divide
Kindred Spirit Band- The Journey
Spriggan Mist- The Glare
Hans Spitzen- About Time
Asymmetric Universe – A Memory And What Came After
EBB – The Mirror
The top 10
Tribe 3 – Life Amongst Strangers
Ambient Den – Ambient Den
The Swan Chorus- You’re Despicable
The Wood Demons- In Rabbits And Corners
Agropelter – The Book Of Hours
Luke Machin- Soulshine
The Emerald Dawn- The Land, The Sea, The Air 1
Myth Of Logic - The Memory Of After
Solstice- Clann
Lars Frederick Froislie - Gamie Meister
With my top album of the year being:
Nick Fletcher- The Mask Of Sanity
It’s been a tough choice narrowing this down as in truth each of these albums selected have something of real worth but in this end the sheer emotional vulnerability of Nick album truly stands out above the others and thus wins the inaugural Progressive Voyages poll for 2025
Author John Wenlock-Smith