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I'll definitely participate. After Christmas though...got some '07 releases coming then.
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Here is a list of all 2007 releases as featured in PA to help you

 
 
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Points: 37232 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2007 at 15:24
Every year a collaborators favorite albums list is prepared.  I'd be interested to see a non-collab favourite Prog albums list of 2007.  Be interesting to see how the results compare.  I wish I'd done this earlier as the year is a waning, but I won't end it with the new year (unless this little experiment bombs).

So please list your "best of" 2007 list, and, if possible, limit it to studio albums, or, if you like, Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promos are acceptable too (Manfauna for example). 

Your first choice will be given a value of five points, your second choice a value of four points, your third a value of 3 points, your second a value of 2 point, and your first, yep, you guessed it, one point and so on down to one point.  So that I don't have to tally up the points for the albums from using each list, it would he helpful if each person makes a "Personal List" and then, in the second half of the post, a "Compilation List."

 And when someone chooses a favourite album (or albums) for his or her 'personal' list that another has chosen already, he or she merely add his or her points to the already existing album in the (secondary) 'compilation' list. Just copy and post the last compilation list, add your new choices to it and for those albums that are already on the list that one has chosen in one's personal list, if applicable, tally up the points.  It would be helpful to order them by rank, but not necessary.

See THIS topic to see how the idea worked for a ten album list.

Here's an example, but this, of course, is not to be included in the list:

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[example only]
Personal List

 Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (5)
Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan  (4)
Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna (3)
Soft Mountain - Soft Mountain (2)
Far Corner - Endangered (1)

Compilation List

Porcupine Tree -  Fear of a Blank Planet(81)
Rush - Snakes and Arrows (66)
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (50)
Oceansize - Frames (33)
Phideaux - Dommsday Afternoon (30)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - (25)
Amaran's Plight - Into the Night (22)
Gazpacho - Night (20)
Satellite - Into the Night (17)
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (15)
Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan  (8)
Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna (7)
Soft Mountain - Soft Mountain (7)
Far Corner - Endangered (4)
Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground (4)
Fause & Nurse with Wound - Disconncted (3)
etc.
[/example only]
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Here's a list of the Top Studio Albums for 2007 for ease of reference:

1 2007 4.16
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(271 ratings) 		PORCUPINE TREE
Fear Of A Blank Planet		 Heavy Prog
(Studio Album)
2 2007 4.52
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(18 ratings) 		PINEAPPLE THIEF
What We Have Sown		 Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
3 2007 4.23
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(72 ratings) 		PHIDEAUX
Doomsday Afternoon		 Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
4 2007 4.31
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(36 ratings) 		OCEANSIZE
Frames		 Psychedelic/Space Rock
(Studio Album)
5 2007 4.48
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(18 ratings) 		SATELLITE
Into The Night		 Neo Progressive
(Studio Album)
6 2007 4.18
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(61 ratings) 		ANEKDOTEN
A Time Of Day		 Heavy Prog
(Studio Album)
7 2007 4.16
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(65 ratings) 		GAZPACHO
Night		 Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
8 2007 4.23
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(37 ratings) 		BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
Colors		 Tech/Extreme Prog Metal
(Studio Album)
9 2007 4.18
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(51 ratings) 		AMARAN'S PLIGHT
Voice in the Light		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
10 2007 4.28
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(25 ratings) 		ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT
Maahan		 RIO/Avant-Prog
(Studio Album)
11 2007 4.37
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(16 ratings) 		QUIDAM
Alone Together		 Neo Progressive
(Studio Album)
12 2007 4.30
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(18 ratings) 		MIND'S EYE
A Gentleman's Hurricane		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
13 2007 4.28
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(19 ratings) 		SIEGES EVEN
Paramount		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
14 2007 4.06
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(75 ratings) 		MORSE, NEAL
Sola Scriptura		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
15 2007 4.16
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(32 ratings) 		DEADSOUL TRIBE
A Lullaby For The Devil		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
16 2007 4.13
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(38 ratings) 		GALAHAD (GBR)
Empires Never Last		 Neo Progressive
(Studio Album)
17 2007 4.48
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(10 ratings) 		MAR DE ROBLES
Indígena		 Jazz Rock/Fusion
(Studio Album)
18 2007 4.60
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(8 ratings) 		ZORN, JOHN
Six Litanies For Heliogabalus		 RIO/Avant-Prog
(Studio Album)
19 2007 4.05
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(53 ratings) 		TOWNSEND, DEVIN
Ziltoid the Omniscient		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
20 2007 4.17
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(21 ratings) 		KNIGHT AREA
Under A New Sign		 Neo Progressive
(Studio Album)
21 2007 4.42
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(10 ratings) 		THREE
The End Is Begun		 Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
22 2007 4.16
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(18 ratings) 		NEMO
Si Partie II - L'Homme Idéal		 Eclectic Prog
(Studio Album)
23 2007 4.11
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(21 ratings) 		FISH
Thirteenth Star		 Neo Progressive
(Studio Album)
24 2007 4.01
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(37 ratings) 		GOURISHANKAR, THE
2nd Hands		 Eclectic Prog
(Studio Album)
25 2007 3.94
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(78 ratings) 		SYMPHONY X
Paradise Lost		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
26 2007 4.50
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(7 ratings) 		CATHEDRAL
The Bridge		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
27 2007 4.27
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(11 ratings) 		NEW TROLLS
Concerto Grosso, The Seven Seasons		 Italian Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
28 2007 4.35
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(9 ratings) 		BLOTTED SCIENCE
The Machinations of Dimentia		 Tech/Extreme Prog Metal
(Studio Album)
29 2007 4.29
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(10 ratings) 		CONQUEROR
74 Giorni		 Italian Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
30 2007 4.23
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(11 ratings) 		DARKWATER
Calling the Earth to Witness		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
31 2007 3.91
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(76 ratings) 		BLACKFIELD
Blackfield II		 Prog Related
(Studio Album)
32 2007 4.30
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(9 ratings) 		VIRGIN BLACK
Requiem - Mezzo Forte		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
33 2007 4.25
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(10 ratings) 		MANNING, GUY
Songs From The Bilston House		 Eclectic Prog
(Studio Album)
34 2007 3.93
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(45 ratings) 		FLOWER KINGS, THE
The Sum Of No Evil		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
35 2007 4.20
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(11 ratings) 		RITUAL
The Hemulic Voluntary Band		 Prog Related
(Studio Album)
36 2007 4.50
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(6 ratings) 		ANUBIS GATE
Andromeda Unchained		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
37 2007 3.96
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(31 ratings) 		ULVER
Shadows of the Sun		 Post Rock/Math rock
(Studio Album)
38 2007 4.04
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(19 ratings) 		COHEED & CAMBRIA
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow		 Prog Related
(Studio Album)
39 2007 4.80
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(4 ratings) 		VIOLETA DE OUTONO
Volume 7		 Psychedelic/Space Rock
(Studio Album)
40 2007 3.98
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(26 ratings) 		REDEMPTION
The Origins of Ruin		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
41 2007 3.95
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(32 ratings) 		SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM
In Glorious Times		 RIO/Avant-Prog
(Studio Album)
42 2007 4.46
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(6 ratings) 		WYATT, ROBERT
Comicopera		 Canterbury Scene
(Studio Album)
43 2007 4.29
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(8 ratings) 		CANVAS SOLARIS
Cortical Tectonics		 Tech/Extreme Prog Metal
(Studio Album)
44 2007 3.98
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(22 ratings) 		PLANET X
Quantum		 Jazz Rock/Fusion
(Studio Album)
45 2007 4.08
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(13 ratings) 		BLACK BONZO
Sound of the Apocalypse		 Heavy Prog
(Studio Album)
46 2007 4.70
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(4 ratings) 		LAZULI
En avant doute...		 Eclectic Prog
(Studio Album)
47 2007 4.10
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(12 ratings) 		SENOGUL
Senogul		 Eclectic Prog
(Studio Album)
48 2007 4.23
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(8 ratings) 		GRAYCEON
Grayceon		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
49 2007 4.28
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(7 ratings) 		DEAR HUNTER, THE
(Rename Me)		 Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
50 2007 3.93
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(23 ratings) 		NIGHTWISH
Dark Passion Play		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
51 2007 4.44
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(5 ratings) 		ROSETTA
Wake/Lift		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
52 2007 3.91
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(23 ratings) 		APPLE PIE
Crossroad		 Neo Progressive
(Studio Album)
53 2007 4.17
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(8 ratings) 		SUN CAGED
Artemisia		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
54 2007 3.85
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(38 ratings) 		MAGIC PIE
Circus Of Life		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
55 2007 3.86
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(33 ratings) 		CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Isolate		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
56 2007 4.17
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(7 ratings) 		KEKAL
The Habit of Fire		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
57 2007 4.31
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(5 ratings) 		NOTABENE
Sei Lacrime d'Ambra		 Italian Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
58 2007 3.80
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(38 ratings) 		THRESHOLD
Dead Reckoning		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
59 2007 4.07
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(8 ratings) 		FLOR DE LOTO
Madre Tierra		 Prog Folk
(Studio Album)
60 2007 4.41
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(4 ratings) 		KBB
Proof Of Concept		 Jazz Rock/Fusion
(Studio Album)
61 2007 3.87
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(18 ratings) 		DOMINICI
03 A Trilogy Part 2		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
62 2007 3.85
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(18 ratings) 		RUDESS, JORDAN
The Road Home		 Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
63 2007 4.00
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(9 ratings) 		DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, THE
Ire Works		 Tech/Extreme Prog Metal
(Studio Album)
64 2007 4.08
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(7 ratings) 		TORRE DELL ALCHIMISTA, LA
Neo		 Italian Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
65 2007 5.00
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(2 ratings) 		PSYOPUS
Our Puzzling Encounters Considered 		Tech/Extreme Prog Metal
(Studio Album)
66 2007 5.00
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(2 ratings) 		WINDS
Prominence and Demise		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
67 2007 3.89
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(13 ratings) 		HIDRIA SPACEFOLK
Symetria		 Psychedelic/Space Rock
(Studio Album)
68 2007 3.95
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(10 ratings) 		GLASS HAMMER
Culture Of Ascent		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
69 2007 3.84
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(16 ratings) 		THERION
Gothic Kabbalah		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
70 2007 4.03
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(7 ratings) 		OUTER LIMITS
Stromatolite		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
71 2007 3.81
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(18 ratings) 		NEUROSIS
Given to the Rising		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
72 2007 4.13
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(5 ratings) 		MINSK
The Ritual Fires of Abandonment		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
73 2007 4.09
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(5 ratings) 		PAX CECILIA, THE
Blessed Are The Bonds		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
74 2007 3.69
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(61 ratings) 		RADIOHEAD
In Rainbows 		Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
75 2007 4.73
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(2 ratings) 		DIRGE
Wings of Lead Over Dormant Seas		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
76 2007 3.82
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(12 ratings) 		MYSTERY
Beneath the Veil of Winter’s Face		 Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
77 2007 3.73
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(22 ratings) 		WATCH, THE
Primitive 		Neo Progressive
(Studio Album)
78 2007 3.67
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(70 ratings) 		RIVERSIDE
Rapid Eye Movement		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
79 2007 3.63
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(222 ratings) 		DREAM THEATER
Systematic Chaos		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
80 2007 4.00
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(5 ratings) 		DO MAKE SAY THINK
You, You're A History In Rust		 Post Rock/Math rock
(Studio Album)
81 2007 3.71
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(21 ratings) 		KAMELOT
Ghost Opera		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
82 2007 3.81
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(10 ratings) 		MORNINGSIDE, THE
The Wind, The Trees and The Shadows of The Past		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
83 2007 3.78
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(12 ratings) 		NEXUS
Buenos Aires Free Experience Volumen 2		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
84 2007 4.08
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(4 ratings) 		LITTLE ATLAS
Hollow		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
85 2007 4.50
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(2 ratings) 		BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE
The Physics of Fire		 Tech/Extreme Prog Metal
(Studio Album)
86 2007 4.20
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(3 ratings) 		PARALLAXE
Soundtrack		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
87 2007 3.63
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(95 ratings) 		RUSH
Snakes & Arrows		 Heavy Prog
(Studio Album)
88 2007 3.96
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(5 ratings) 		SHINING
Grindstone		 RIO/Avant-Prog
(Studio Album)
89 2007 3.88
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(6 ratings) 		SCHULZE, KLAUS
Kontinuum		 Progressive Electronic
(Studio Album)
90 2007 4.14
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(3 ratings) 		AZURETH
The Promethean Syndrome		 Crossover Prog
(Studio Album)
91 2007 3.78
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(9 ratings) 		PAGAN'S MIND
God's Equation		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)
92 2007 4.00
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(4 ratings) 		AMAROK
Sol De Medianoche		 Prog Folk
(Studio Album)
93 2007 3.74
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(11 ratings) 		BEARDFISH
Sleeping In Traffic: Part One		 Eclectic Prog
(Studio Album)
94 2007 3.78
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(8 ratings) 		AVIVA
Rokus Tonalis		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
95 2007 4.08
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(3 ratings) 		TRION
Pilgrim		 Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)
96 2007 3.80
Excellent%20addition%20to%20any%20prog%20music%20collection
(7 ratings) 		MAGNUM
Princess Alice And The Broken Arrow		 Prog Related
(Studio Album)
97 2007 5.00
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(1 ratings) 		WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND
Hurtbreak Wonderland		 Post Rock/Math rock
(Studio Album)
98 2007 5.00
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(1 ratings) 		TIME OF ORCHIDS
Namesake Caution 		RIO/Avant-Prog
(Studio Album)
99 2007 5.00
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(1 ratings) 		BARONESS
Red Album		 Experimental/Post Metal
(Studio Album)
100 2007 5.00
Essential:%20a%20masterpiece%20of%20progressive%20music
(1 ratings) 		ARGENTO, ALEX
EGO		 Progressive Metal
(Studio Album)


I hope this doesn't seem like too much work for people considering the tallied/ combined in each new post compilation list. There should be no duplicates of albums in any compilation list.  If you can't think of 5 Prog albums of this year that you really enjoyed, then less is okay (if you only had three, you could even give your top album only 3 points if you don't think it worthy of more).
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