Focus - Hamburger Concerto
By the way, can someone please explain to me - how DO you post album cover images? I've tried multiple times and images are either blocked through copyright, or just don't show up at all. How are you guys posting album covers?
Bread - Guitar Man
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
First listen. Not big on the death growls (I expected them though) but enjoying it so far.
The Alan Parsons Project - Gaudi
So sorry to hear that David Saunders aka NedFlanders123 has passed away.
He has a post just above in this topic.
R I P David
I am so immensely sorry for having missed this - due to my lack of forum activity at the time, I had no idea he had passed on. But it is never too late to say goodbye to a good friend who has departed.
Rest in sweet peace, Dave - he sent me a lot of wonderful music for a few years, music that I treasure to this very day, and I thanked him many times. He was such a generous and lovely man, and I hope his passing was as peaceful as can be.
OMG!! I envy you hearing Flower Power for the first time. I can still remember when I was first turned on to TFK by Ned Flanders (rest his soul). My wife and I would sit in the living room in the dark, listening to Flower Power, Unfold The Future, Stardust We Are, Space Revolver and all the great early TFK stuff. Their new album, 'By Royal Decree,' is great too. I do miss Tomas Bodin and Zoltan Csorsz, but the new guys are very good.
Flower Power was very good indeed! It went on a bit too long but I loved the main part of the album "Garden of Dreams." What a wonderfully entertaining way to spend 60 minutes! They're a magnificently talented group and although it took me years to fully explore them I'm very glad I started doing so.
And wait, did you say that NedFlanders has died?! Oh no, that's horrible to hear. R.I.P. NedFlanders - he sent me several discs filled with wonderful progressive rock music (and other genres too). He is the reason I got into bands like Porcupine Tree, Marillion and so many others so I owed him so so much... bless him, such a sweet and good-hearted man.
Edit: I found out that he died in November 2020, and because I was very inactive on the forum at the time I didn't know, so I couldn't leave a heartfelt message. Over on the R.I.P. thread I've fixed my mistake.
The Flower Kings - Flower Power
First listen! Bought the album last year along with Paradox Hotel. 
Cat Stevens - Foreigner
Whitesnake - Forevermore. A brilliant hard rock album burning with heavy energy!
Wow, his version of Behind the Lines is so... different... 
I'm listening to this album for the first time...
Phil Collins - Face Value
You might wonder why it took me this long to hear this album, but to tell you the truth, I haven't really been interested in Phil's solo work for most of my time exploring music. But this year I'm hearing lots of new albums and that includes Phil. I've listened to But Seriously, Both Sides, Dance Into The Light and Going Back already (Going Back when it first came out, the other three earlier this year) plus the Serious Hits live album (which I've heard a few times over the years).
I also haven't heard Hello, I Must Be Going, No Jacket Required or Testify yet - but will at some point this year.
Display MorePersonally I don't follow Cricket, just find this sport too long and dreary. The only time I enjoy Cricket is the World Cup as it's easy to follow and the game is over in 1 day....😁
However, very sad at such a young age of 52. I only know of a few Crickers and one of them is Ian Botham.
From all accounts very much admired by the sports pundits.
RIP Shane!....
I don't follow cricket either, but my Dad loves cricket and is a huge fan of Warne.
The king of cricket has died. R.I.P. Shane Warne, only 52.
Although I don't watch cricket, he was one of my Dad's sporting heroes. He's heartbroken.
Oddly enough, Warne died just hours after another Australian cricketer died, Rod Marsh. Warne tributed Marsh on Twitter, and then died himself of a sudden heart attack. A tragic day for Australian fans of cricket.
Anathema - Eternity
Love this album, especially the powerful singing. Great stuff and feels like the soundtrack to a haunting gothic action movie that doesn't exist.
Big Big Train - English Electric Part 1 and English Electric - Part 2
David Longdon's voice brought a little tear to my eye. Taken far, far too soon. 
Mad Vlad threatening nuclear strikes now. Peace marches in Moscow. He's gone now whatever happens.
Scary, scary times.
"Egg" by Egg was such a strange album. OK, but very strange, like a weird blend of ELP and Barclay James Harvest. I have their three albums and that was my first listen of them. Back in the day when I was in university exploring progressive rock (good old days!) I avoided Egg because of their lack of albums and because they were never mentioned anywhere on the forum, so I assumed it wasn't worth listening to them, I viewed them as a "failed" prog rock band. Now I finally am giving them a shot. I will try out the other two soon as well.
Anyway, right now I'm listening to...
Galahad - Empires Never Last
Edit: Just finished the album, and it's crazy how much the singer sounds like IQ's lead singer Peter Nicholls.
Camel - Dust and Dreams.
A very beautiful and warm album. Haven't heard it in a few years. Every time I listen to Camel, I am reminded why they are my third favourite band tied with Marillion.
Three gigs this year. War of the Worlds and G2 in April and Porcupine Tree in November.
