Best Non Prog Albums of 2024

[@bobsala7780]

When I'm not listening to Prog, I'm usually listening to metal, and your mention of Invincible Shield by Judas Priest is certainly one of the best non-prog albums of the year.

[@TheProgCorner]

I really like that new Priest!!!

[@camwatters-iz5bs]

My favourite album of the year

[@PhilippeDumont73]

That's what I like most about you, your not a prog "snob", I, myself listen to a lot of alternative bands, but also prog, jazz, electro, world music, etc. why listening to only one genre of music, I compare that to eating the same thing over and over. Super great video again ! Huge The Cure fan here, was super impressed with this new release...

[@TheProgCorner]

Fantastic!!!!

[@thebreathalyzer]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing Scot!

[@Marcus-xk7vp]

Would love a top 10 video of your favorite jazz albums, Scot! Not necessarily the most "proggy" jazz records but your favorite! I'm delving deeper into the world of jazz and would love some inspirations!

[@EclecticInstinct]

Brilliant list. 👍

[@terrylafleur4767]

Hey Scott! Noticed the Klaatu album behind you. Their second album "Hope" is one of the most sophisticated prog albums of all time! The concept story was well crafted, the musicianship was top shelf and the compositions and melodies were inspired! A perfect album!

[@TheProgCorner]

Good eye!!!!!!

[@gorancabrajic3240]

Very interesting list, I have to admit that I haven't listened to a single album from it. As much as I love prog, I also love jazz, so here is the top 50 list of my favorite jazz albums in 2024. Cheers and all the best. 1. The Choir Invisible - Town of Two Faces 2. Lux Quartet, Myra Melford & Allison Miller - Tomorrowland 3. Janel Leppin - Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is To Love 4. Tomeka Reid Quartet - 3+3 5. Mary Halvorson - Cloudward 6. Quartet Diminished - Deerand 7. Chui - Do Zvijezda 8. Kjetil Mulelid - Agoja 9. The Bad Plus - Complex Emotions 10. Svetlost (Светлост) - Everything Was as It Had Been a Minute Ago 11. Goran Kajfeš Tropiques - Tell us 12. Micah Thomas - Mountains 13. Steve Lehman - Ex Machina 14. David Murray - Francesca 15. Circles 44 - In the grip 16. Amalie Dahl's Dafnie - Står op med solen 17. Kasper Rietkerk - The Island 18. Federico Calcagno Octet - Mundus Inversus 19. SOL SOL - Almost All Things Considered 20. Joe Fonda - Eyes On The Horizon 21. Nala Sinephro - Endlessness 22. Vijay Iyer - Compassion 23. Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones - New Monuments 24. Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows - Heartland Radio 25. Joel Ross - Nublues 26. Empirical - Wonder is the Beginning 27. Collin Sherman - String Planes 28. Liberosis - Re-mind 29. Gianluca Vigliar - Eclipse 30. Karen Willems - Juju 31. Jasmine Myra - Rising 32. Baldo Martínez Sextet - Música Imaginaria 33. Avishai Cohen - Brightlight 34. Maj Kavšek - Galaterna 35. Ezra Collective - Dance, No One's Watching 36. Kobe Gregoir Group - Co-Motion 37. Roberto Magris - Love Is Passing Thru 38. Jihye Lee Orchestra - Infinite Connections 39. Christopher Zuar Orchestra - Exuberance 40. Kris Davis - Run the Gauntlet 41. Daniel Casimir - Balance 42. Nicole McCabe - Mosaic 43. Møster - Springs 44. Dave Douglas - Gifts 45. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey 46. Miguel Zenón - Golden City 47. AVA Trio - The Great Green 48. Sergio Pamies - Time to Say 49. Kinga Glyk - Real Life 50. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers - Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens

[@TheProgCorner]

Wow. I’ve heard exactly three of those.

[@gorancabrajic3240]

​@@TheProgCorner When I think about it , I've listened to over 500 albums this year. It was hard to pick 100 prog and 100 jazz albums. I forgot to put a brilliant album Mundus Inversus by Federico Calcagno Octet on my lists , brilliant and highly recommend avant-garde, chamber jazz with prog influences.

[@BSomme]

Thank you for a super entertaining 2024 Scot! Wishing you and yours the best in 2025! Peace! ✌️🎅🖖☃️🎄

[@TheProgCorner]

Thank you!!!!

[@PJprog]

Seasons greetings Scot !!! Variety is the spice of life , some great releases this year , and Nick Cave just seems to get better and better. The Last Dinner Party... love this record. Catchy as hell. My pick however is The Cure. Wow , soo good. Cheers for now man. 😍🎵🎵🤘

[@TheProgCorner]

Awesome!!!!

[@scottweaver4059]

Love your picks. Really big fan of Nick Cave. Wild God is one of his best. Love the prog too. Great Channel

[@TheProgCorner]

Such a great record!!!!

[@jimmycampbell78]

Great to see you include The Last Dinner Party 'Prelude to Ecstasy', I enjoyed that one too. Baroque progressive pop/femme-rock.

[@TheProgCorner]

Really good stuff. I’m excited to see what they do next!!!

[@ilabelle1]

I understand how hard it is to keep up. I love music in general and remain eclectic. There's a lot that crosses over from yours to mine and there's a lot that doesn't but that's a beautiful thing. Certainly Nick Cave, St Vincent, The Cure, Judas Priest are way up on my love list for '24. I'll dispense with regurgitating your list and mention some worthy listens. Not a crazy list but all are recommended by yours truly. Take a seat and let's go. In random order: 01. Deep Purple-=1 02. Sean Lennon-Asterisms 03. Jesus & Mary Chain-Glasgow Eyes 04. Black Crowes-Happiness Bastards 05. Future Islands-People Who Aren't There 06. The Weeklings-Raspberry Park 07. Four Tet-Three 08. Sweet-Full Circle There, I think that's enough. Just a little something to tickle the eardrums. And was that the shout out to your dog that I was asking about?

[@TheProgCorner]

Been meaning to listen to that JATMC!!!

[@ilabelle1]

@ I’ve been a fan since Psychocandy. I played Darklands to death back in the day.

[@bbchronicles736]

Great to see Cloud Cult at the Top here, with their wonderful emotional symphonic folk. Their last album, Metamorphosis, was my top non-prog album of 2022, and this one is on top in my list this year as well. I was not aware of the divorce issue, but it is definitely a most moving, emotional, and inspiring album. They need more recognition. Some others I have among my favorite non-prog this year are Guster-Ooh La La, Bend Sinister-Mostly Great Things, Crowded House-Gravity Stairs, Burton Cummings-A Few Good Moments, Dirt Poor Robins-Firebird, Wrongbird-Don't Quote Me On That, Lemon Twigs-A Dream is All We Know, Kyros-Mannequin and Nick Lowe-Indoor Safari.

[@TheProgCorner]

I love Craig Minowa!!!! Yeah, so much great music out there.

[@musicnotherdrugs6760]

I love that St. Vincent album. She brought back the edge that was missing from 2021's "Daddy's Home" and the instrumentation sounds really good on vinyl.

[@TheProgCorner]

👍👍👍

[@morrisgautreau6704]

Oh no, not MORE albums to check out! It's great to see you wearing that very nice shirt you got from Jeff!

[@jeffschielka7845]

Sweet! Got him the beanie last time.👍😎

[@dprice81]

How many more albums you want to check out?

[@timothyflanery5237]

I love the Richard Thompson album. It's his strongest in a long while. Kudos for including GBV!

[@TheProgCorner]

Absolutely!!!!

[@jeremysette3657]

I need to check out a few of these, especially your #1! Here's my favorite non progs of 2024: 1. Lizzy McAlpine- "Older" 2. The Lemon Twigs- "A Dream is All We Know" 3. Francis of Delirium- "Lighthouse" 4. Father John Misty- "Mahashmashana" 5. Josh Garrels- "Seek Hi Seek Lo" 6. Kacey Musgraves- "Deeper Well" 7. Vampire Weekend- "Only God Was Above Us" 8. Zach Bryan- "The Great American Bar Scene" 9. Fontaines D.C.- "Romance" 10. Arooj Aftab- "Night Reign" 11. Imminence- "The Black" 12. The Cure- "Songs Of A Lost World" 13. Benjamin Francis Leftwich- "Some Things Break" 14. The Black Crowes- "Happiness Bastards" 15. Dangermuffin- "Dangermuffin" 16. MGMT- "Loss of Life" 17. Jon Batiste- "Beethoven Blues" 18. Leon Bridges- "Leon" 19. The Decemberists- "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again" 20. JJ Grey & Mofro- "Olustee" 21. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors- "Strangers No More, Vol. 2" 22. Waxahatchee- "Tigers Blood" 23. Adrianne Lenker- "Bright Future" 24. Francis of Delirium- "The Soft Versions" 25. Alexis Ffrench- "Classical Soul Vol. 1" 26. Angus & Julia Stone- "Cape Forestier" 27. The Dead Tongues- "Body of Light" 28. Yasmin Williams- "Acadia" 29. Judas Priest- "Invincible Shield" 30. Billy Strings- "Highway Prayers" 31. Jon Foreman- "In Bloom" 32. Tyler Ramsey- "New Lost Ages" 33. Soccer Mommy- "Evergreen" 34. Laura Marling- "Patterns in Repeat" 35. Grand Magus- "Sunraven" 36. Leif Vollebekk- "Revelation" 37. The Hanseroth Twins- "Vera" 38. Dr. Dog- "Dr. Dog" 39. Billie Eilish- "HIT ME HARD AND SOFT" 40. Hot Water Music- "VOWS" 41. A Swarm of the Sun- "An Empire" 42. Taylor Armstrong- "When it Rains" 43. MJ Lenderman- "Manning Fireworks" 44. Psychic Temple- "Doggie Paddlin' Thru The Cosmic Consciousness " 45. Andrew Bird- "Sunday Morning Put-On" 46. Ray LaMontagne- "Long Way Home" 47. The Red Clay Strays- "Made For These Moments" 48. Mooneye- "Come with Me and Hide" 49. Hazel English- "Real Life" 50. Andrew Bird + Madison Cunningham- "Cunningham Bird"

[@TheProgCorner]

There’s a few there I need to check out!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@alexposilkin9683]

The Make Weird Music YT channel turned me on to an artist recently named Brendan Byrnes, who does microtonal dream pop/rock, which basically consists of 27 notes per octave. It’s really cool exotic sounding stuff, but the songs are great and seem like they have an indie foundation. He put out 2 EPs this year called Transfigured Earth I and II. Really great and one of my favorites of the year.

[@TheProgCorner]

I saw that!!!!

[@markspooner1224]

The only ones I bought not mentioned :Cats in Space - Time Machine and Kula Shaker - Natural Magick.

[@mez2112]

Great list Scott, Glad to see Kim Deal in there and you really liked the new Cure album. No love to the new Pineapple Thief album?

[@TheProgCorner]

I liked it but I didn’t love it. I liked the EP more actually…

[@proghat-d4x]

Enjoyed the count down and some of these groups I've never heard of. I love the new Cure album..

[@TheProgCorner]

Yeah! It’s awesome!!!

[@7BobbyGaylor7]

Hey Scot. Love all the more recent Nick Cave albums you mentioned! Great video! Happy Holidays!

[@TheProgCorner]

Super strong album!!!

[@markjacobsen8335]

You should check out my nephew Benson Boone's album, "Fireworks And Rollerblades". It's got his big hit, 'Beautiful Things', but the real gems are most of the other songs. I know I am biased, but when I first heard the album I was struck by how layered it was, and how adventurous his approach to pop was. Also, Trevor Rabin's son, Ryan plays drums on my favorite track called 'There She Goes'.

[@TheProgCorner]

I love Benson Boone!!! What a performer - doing flips and everything. Love his voice.

[@garygillam8226]

Would love it if you could recommend a couple of tracks of each album so we could check them out to see if we like the sound of the artist

[@TheProgCorner]

👍👍👍

[@jeffschielka7845]

Hey Scot! Was wondering where you were. About to shoot you an email. Cool, better late than never! Sweet hat and shirt!! Some good stuff in 2024! 👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎

[@kevintrjohnson]

My favorite albums of the year were the new High on Fire album, Chat Pile-Cool World, St Vincent-All Born Screaming.

[@TheProgCorner]

👍👍👍

[@mikereiss4216]

I listen to very little newer non prog. I will hear some of it sometimes on the radio but I typically won't buy it unless it's a long established band with a new album. The Cure has a new album that is highly rated so I will put that on my list but probably not much else. Thanks for doing this show anyway though. It might make me curious so a big thumbs up from me.

[@TheProgCorner]

Thank you!!!!

[@mikereiss4216]

@@TheProgCorner I like Elbow. I always thought of them as sort of a cross between PG era Genesis and Radiohead. I had no idea they had a new album out though.

[@Prog-t9d]

Where are we “ by Joshua Redman- Jazz, Warren Haynes “ Million Voices Whisper, Blues- and even though it’s decades old Miles Davis “ Bitches Brew “ still sounds amazing. Would recommend if someone wants to jam out and not familiar with Jazz check it out.

[@Sammeep02]

The Sabrina album is rly growing on me. I kinda knew TTPD would be on the list somehow.

[@TheProgCorner]

Of course!!!

[@BookishDrummer]

my favorite non-prog album was definitely Saviors by Green Day, best album they've done since American Idiot 20 years ago!

[@diegogustavocastro7039]

Great,Great,Great Top My Friend!!! My Top 15 : 15)Nobody Loves You More(Kim Deal)/14)Frog in Boiling Water(Diiv)/13)Aghori Mhorí Mei(Smashing Pumpkins)/12)Xs(Cigarettes After Sex)/11)Wall of Eyes(The Smile)/10)Madra(Newdad)/9)Strut of Kings (GBV)/8)Midas(Wunderhorse)/7)Everyones Smiles (The Maureens)/6)Flow Critical Lucidity(Thurston Moore)/5)Cotouts(The Smile)/4)Romance(Fontaines DC)/3)Songs of a Lost World(The Cure)/2)A Dream Is All We Know(The Lemon Twigs)/1)Saviors(Green Day) Congrats Scot!!

[@TheProgCorner]

👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@aminahmed2220]

😢awesome video is a fantastic have a great day dcir Scot also today is Keith Richards birthday ❤😊😊

[@TheProgCorner]

Yes!!!!👍

[@richardfurness7556]

Hey Panda by the High Llamas is a bit of a departure for them but still well worth a listen. Sisters Friends (featuring guest vocalist Rae Morris) about a homeless woman and her dog, is the best song Sean O'Hagan has written in years.

[@TheProgCorner]

High Llamas. Great record but I got it too late!!!!

[@yatestom4845]

What about the black crowes and david gilmour?

[@TheProgCorner]

I really like the new Gilmour!!!!

[@brianmorrison2578]

I love Prog, I love extreme metal, I love '80s post punk, I love '60s psychedelic, I love grunge I love deathcore, I love '70s classic rock, I love GBV and I love the new Sabrina Carpenter album. How the hell does this happen in one person?

[@TheProgCorner]

Awesome!!!!

[@_diogo_lima]

My Top30 Albums of 2024: (Not only Prog) 1º - Tony Levin - Bringing It Down To The Bass 2º - Bad Nerves - Still Nervous 3º - Magick Brother and Mystic Sister - Tarot, Part I. 4º - SJS - A Sequence of Mistakes 5º - Kenso - An Old Warrior Shook The Sun 6º - Ellesmere - Stranger Skies 7º - Vientos Moderados del Este - Un Manual de Signos y Sintomas 8º - Jon Anderson - True 9º - Weather Systems - Ocean Without A Shore 10º - Magick Brother and Mystic Sister - Tarot, Part II. 11º - JB Dunckel - Möbius Morphosis 12º - The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know 13º - Rosalie Cunningham - To Shoot Another Day 14º - Kaipa - Sommargryningsljus 15º - Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 16º - Redd Kross - Redd Kross 17º - Motorpsycho - NEIGH!! 18º - Charly Garcia - La Logica del Escorpion 19º - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flight b741 20º - Hello Mary - Emita Ox 21º - Kornmo - Varjevndognsnatt 22º - MGMT - Loss Of Life 23º - The Voidz - Like All Before You 24º - Mangrove - Bridge To Fiction 25º - Steve Hackett - The Circus and the Nightwhale 26º - Focus - Focus 12 27º - Aurora Clara - IV 28º - The Tangent - To Follow Polaris 29º - Inner Ear Brigade - Perkunas 30º - English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

[@TheProgCorner]

Kenso!!!!

[@МаксимКайгородов-ш5к]

Wild God by Nick Cave is the best release this year

[@TheProgCorner]

Excellent album!!!

[@dprice81]

Couldn't get into it. Tried to listen several times.

[@TheProgCorner]

You tried!!!!

[@mmumambientsounds-timers]

I can only assume you haven’t heard Magdalena Bay’s prog pop concept album Imaginal Disk, doh! 😅A Masterpiece, unbelievably good, best album in decades

[@TheProgCorner]

I have NOT…

[@Mister_Jahn]

Frank Black is the man... Bluefinger is one of my all time favorite albums so Ill check the new Pixies out (I see Frank around town from time to time, music stores, coffee shops and the indian restaurants and I was worried the new one would just suck). Agree with you on St. Vincent, I think her addiction to loops is holding her back... hire Steve Gadd and mature in the right way already (love her but its the 1st 2 albums not her cosplay of other artists like Bowie). GBV, right on there. I'm saving the cure for a late night listening session. Ill check out the others.

[@TheProgCorner]

Yeah!!!! Those first two St Vincent albums are amazing.

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

@@TheProgCorner Marry Me has at points a very cool King Crimson vibe. She was noted at 1 point hanging out on a Crimson message board in the early 2000's.

[@Mister_Jahn]

@@TheProgCorner I feel the production is still overshadowing the performance these days but this latest effort (which is actively campaigning for awards) is an improvement. She is capable of pulling off so much more.

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

you know, truth be, I wasn't aware of the Craig and Connie's divorce per I'm not on the Patreon and haven't even seen them live for a few years. But now thinking about it and seeing promotional photos without Connie, I follow it. But it's the kind of thing I'm sure Craig and the band don't share that much at this point. But some of those videos seeing their kids and not Connie, it does make some sense. Alchemy Creek is quite good (I am a Force Field is a banger), although I haven't found myself going back to it as much as some of their others. But Love was kind of the same way, and then it grew on me quite a lot.

[@TheProgCorner]

It’s grown on me so much but, to be fair, I liked this one from the get-go!!!

[@DerrickMims]

I liked Dua Lipa’s “Radical Optimism” over “Tortured Poets”. It’s full of catchy songs without all of that self-indulgent insider mess that Taylor fell into with this album.

[@TheProgCorner]

I like her a lot too.

[@jimave]

I haven’t heard any album that you mentioned.

[@TheProgCorner]

Nice!!!!

[@christianhaynes1954]

Yo Scot 👍🤟

[@TheProgCorner]

What they do!!!!

[@stuartraybould2574]

A lot of this stuff is progressive in the true sense of the word. Prog rock as become a style and most of it is anything but progressive, it's lost it's original true meaning. Richard Thompson especially is part of the original true prog period. The Cure have always been progressively minded. As Rick Wakeman said about Radiohead, 'I'm sorry lads but you're about as prog as it gets'. True progressive music changes as such the so called style of what is now called Prog Rock is anything but prog. I don't know what you would call it but Prog Rock should drop the Prog because it no longer is.

[@TheProgCorner]

True!!!

[@dprice81]

The prog corner guy likes non prog! Ny whole existence is a lie!

[@TheProgCorner]

Up is down!!!! Black is white!!!!