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Symfo Mania was the weekly special covering symphonic and progressive rock music, broadcast every Tuesday evening on Dutch website/DAB+ Arrow Bluesbox Radio.
The show originated (🏛) on Dutch national radio station Arrow Classic Rock around 2001, but had to move after their specials were cancelled per December 8, 2020.

Presented by Maarten Goossensen until June 2022, it covers recent releases as well as classics and rarities from the genre's rich history.

This site collects the show's playlists from 2016 onwards, and aims to (eventually) provide browsing, searching and statistics features to the show's fans, in ~~(eventually)~~ a modern responsive layout. And it'll be appear in Dutch too (eventually ).

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Overall – 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Statistics for 2016

Total tracks:	398
Total shows:	52
Average tracks/show:	7.7
Average show length: (excluding specials)	55:12

Total distinct artists:	168
Total distinct albums:	283
Total distinct tracks:	373

(Hover over, or tap on, album titles to view their cover images.)

Index of statistic tables:

Artists most played
Albums most played
Albums & Tracks played per release year
Tracks played more than once

Artists most played:

#	Plays	Artist	Wiki		PA	BC
1	24	Genesis	EN	NL	PA
2	17	Yes	EN	NL	PA	BC
3	14	Marillion	EN	NL	PA	BC
4	13	Pink Floyd	EN	NL	PA
5	11	Rush	EN	NL	PA
6	9	Camel	EN	NL	PA
7	8	Porcupine Tree	EN	NL	PA	BC
8	7	Arena	EN	NL	PA
9	7	Frost*	EN	NL	PA	BC
10	7	IQ	EN	NL	PA
11	7	Steven Wilson	EN	NL	PA
12	6	Airbag			PA	BC
13	6	Big Big Train	EN	NL	PA	BC
14	6	Dream Theater	EN	NL	PA
15	6	Haken	EN	NL	PA	BC
16	6	Kansas	EN	NL	PA	BC
17	6	King Crimson	EN	NL	PA
18	5	Blackfield	EN	NL	PA
19	5	The Neal Morse Band	EN	NL	PA
20	5	The Pineapple Thief	EN	NL	PA
21	5	Riverside	EN	NL	PA
22	5	Spock's Beard	EN	NL	PA	BC
23	4	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	EN	NL	PA
24	4	Glass Hammer	EN	NL	PA	BC
25	4	Huis			PA
26	4	Kayak	EN	NL	PA	BC
27	4	Knight Area		NL	PA
28	4	Steve Hackett	EN	NL	PA

Albums most played:

#	Plays	Album - Artist	Wiki		PA	BC
1	6	Falling Satellites (2016) - Frost*	EN		PA
2	5	Affinity (2016) - Haken	EN		PA
3	5	F E A R (2016) - Marillion	EN	NL	PA
4	5	A Trick Of The Tale (1976) - Genesis	EN	NL	PA
5	4	90125 (1983) - Yes	EN	NL	PA
6	4	Disconnected (2016) - Airbag			PA	BC
7	4	Folklore (2016) - Big Big Train	EN	NL	PA	BC
8	4	In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) - King Crimson	EN	NL	PA
9	4	Neither In Heaven (2016) - Huis			PA
10	4	Nursery Cryme (1971) - Genesis	EN	NL	PA
11	4	Selling England By The Pound (1973) - Genesis	EN	NL	PA
12	4	Wish You Were Here (1975) - Pink Floyd	EN	NL	PA
13	3	4½ (2016) - Steven Wilson	EN		PA	BC
14	3	The Astonishing (2016) - Dream Theater	EN	NL	PA
15	3	Blackfield II (2007) - Blackfield	EN		PA	BC
16	3	Deadwing (2005) - Porcupine Tree	EN	NL	PA	BC
17	3	Distant Monsters (2015) - Martigan			PA	BC
18	3	The Fall Of Hearts (2016) - Katatonia	EN		PA	BC
19	3	Foxtrot (1972) - Genesis	EN	NL	PA
20	3	Going For The One (1977) - Yes	EN	NL	PA
21	3	Moving Pictures (1981) - Rush	EN	NL	PA
22	3	Out Of Myself (2003) - Riverside	EN	NL	PA
23	3	The Prelude Implicit (2016) - Kansas	EN	NL	PA
24	3	Valkyrie (2016) - Glass Hammer	EN	NL	PA
25	3	The Visitor (1998) - Arena		NL	PA
26	3	Your Wilderness (2016) - The Pineapple Thief	EN	NL	PA	BC

Albums & Tracks played per release year:

Year	1967	'68	'69	1970	'71	'72	'73	'74	'75	'76	'77	'78	'79	1980	'81	'82	'83
Albums	1	1	1	2	3	6	4	4	4	4	7	4	3	3	3	2	3
Tracks	1	2	4	2	6	11	7	5	7	9	9	4	4	5	5	2	6

Year	1984	'85	'86	'87	'88	'89	1990	'91	'92	'93	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	'99	2000
Albums	3	2	1	4	1	1	2	2	2	5	5	5	1	2	3	6	9
Tracks	5	2	1	7	1	1	2	2	3	5	6	7	1	3	5	7	9

Year	2001	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	2010	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17
Albums	4	6	5	9	7	3	4	4	4	4	3	8	11	15	23	63	1
Tracks	4	7	7	10	9	3	6	4	5	4	3	8	12	18	30	110	2

Tracks played more than once:

#	Plays	Artist - Album	Track	Length	Dates
1	3	Airbag - Disconnected (2016)	Sleepwalker	7:05	07 June, 20 September, 27 December
2	2	Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)	Arriving Somewhere But Not Here	12:02	10 May, 25 October*
3	2	King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)	The Court Of The Crimson King	9:22	12 January, 12 July
4	2	Knight Area - Hyperdrive (2014)	Crimson Skies	4:10	24 May, 29 November
5	2	Haken - Affinity (2016)	Earthrise	4:48	24 May, 20 December
6	2	Genesis - A Trick Of The Tale (1976)	Entangled	6:28	02 February, 11 October*
7	2	King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)	Epitaph	8:47	13 September, 08 November
8	2	Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973)	Firth Of Fifth	9:34	31 May, 25 October*
9	2	Frost* - Falling Satellites (2016)	Heartstrings	6:21	31 May, 27 December
10	2	PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) - Storia di Un Minuto (1972)	Impressioni Di Settembre	5:44	16 February, 04 October
11	2	Different Light - The Burden Of Paradise (2016)	In Love And War (War)	6:35	19 April, 20 December
12	2	Camel - Mirage (1974)	Lady Fantasy	12:46	02 February, 01 November
13	2	The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)	Legend Of A Mind	6:36	06 September, 22 November
14	2	Genesis - A Trick Of The Tale (1976)	Mad Man Moon	7:35	22 March, 17 May
15	2	Dream Theater - Images And Words (1992)	Metropolis Part I	9:32	05 January, 18 October*
16	2	Knight Area - The Sun Also Rises (2004)	Mortal Brow	6:21	30 August, 11 October*
17	2	Steven Wilson - 4½ (2016)	My Book Of Regrets	9:23	02 February, 20 December
18	2	Marillion - F E A R (2016)	The New Kings	16:45	23 August, 15 November
19	2	Ben Craven - Last Chance To Hear (2016)	The Remarkable Man	5:00	03 May, 20 December
20	2	Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)	Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5)	13:40	19 January, 18 October*
21	2	Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)	Tom Sawyer	4:34	27 September, 18 October*
22	2	Frost* - Falling Satellites (2016)	Towerblock	6:14	17 May, 06 December
23	2	Marillion - Clutching at Straws (1987)	White Russian	6:27	19 April, 01 November
24	2	Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)	Wish You Were Here	5:34	20 September, 15 November

* = entry in Symfo Top 25