2007 Album Releases

This poll comes in three sections and an "other" (see details on when to use), and multiple voting is not enabled. One can list all of ones favourites anyway and I do not treat such polls as contests.

The first eight are taken from the unfiltered, except by year, Prog Archives Top Album Chart for 2007. The second eight is taken from the top ten listed albums of the 2007 Collab Album of the Year topic. I don't wish to duplicate albums across sections. The third eight is from my top eight Awesome Prog for 2007 list.

"Other" as a voting option is intended to use if you don't like any of the listed options. That said, I would ask people to mention their favourites both on and off the list. If, for instance, your favourite in the poll is Rush's Snakes & Arrows, but your actual favourite from 2007 is Boyz N Da Hood's Back Up n da Chevy, then I request voting for and mentioning Rush's album in a post while also mentioning Boyz N Da Hood's as being your actual favourite album of 2007.

So I would like to hear about what people like both on AND off the list if applicable and, to reiterate, for the "other" voting poll option only to be used if nothing is liked that is already listed. Again, mention as many of your favourites as you like, both and off the list. And feel free to mention what you don't like that is listed too, and then preferably why it does not appeal. If one would be so kind, please mention your vote, mention if you can't or won't vote for any of the listed options (reason), and mention other likes if applicable. Thanks. :)

Prog Archive's top eight Progressive Rock Albums for 2007 chart

1. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (Heavy Prog)
2. Hiromi Uehara - Hiromi's Sonicbloom: Time Control (Jazz Rock/Fusion)
3. Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon (Crossover Prog)
4. Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura (Symphonic Prog)
5. Gazpacho - Night (Crossover Prog)
6. Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient (Experimental/Post Metal)
7. The Ocean - Precambrian (Experimental/Post Metal)
8. Galahad - Empires Never Last (Neo-Prog)

From the top ten of Collaborators Top Prog-Rock Albums 2007

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (Collab Album of the Year, but already listed)
1. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (Canterbury Scene, second in collab list)
2. Grayceon - Grayceon (Experimental/Post Metal, third in collab list)
3. Anekdoten - A Time of Day (Heavy Prog, fourth in collab list)
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura (fifth in collab list, already listed)
4. Battles - Mirrored (Post Rock/Math rock, sixth in collab list)
5. Rush - Snakes & Arrows (Heavy Prog, seventh in collab list)
6. The Pax Cecilia - Blessed Are the Bonds (Experimental/Post Metal, eighth in collab list)
7. Ulver - Shadows of the Sun (Post Rock/Math rock, ninth in collab list)
8. Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement (Progressive Metal, tenth in collab list)

My top eight for 2007 at Awesome Prog

1. William D. Drake - Briny Hooves (in PA, Eclectic Prog)     
2. PJ Harvey - White Chalk (not in PA, Chamber Folk)
3. Angels of Light - We Are Him (in PA, Prog Folk)
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows (in PA, Crossover Prog)
5. Salle Gaveau - Alloy (in PA, RIO/Avant-Prog)
6. Aranis - II (in PA, RIO/Avant-Prog)
7. Rational Diet - Rational Diet (in PA, RIO/Avant-Prog)
8. St. Vincent - Marry Me (not in PA, Indie Pop, Art Pop, Indie Rock)

My top 20 at Awesome Prog:

1. William D. Drake - Briny Hooves
    Eclectic Prog Rock
2. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
    Melancholic Poetic Non-Prog Chamber Singer Songwriter/Folk
3. Angels Of Light - We Are Him
    Hypnotic Eclectic Non-Prog Post Punk/Folk
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
    Mellow Lush Exp English Prog Alt Rock/Electronic
5. Salle Gaveau - Alloy
    Tech Prog Avant RIO/Fusion
6. Aranis - II
    Uncommon Prog Chamber Rock/Classical
7. Rational Diet - Rational Diet
    Prog Avant RIO
8. St. Vincent - Marry Me
    Warm Lush Prog Art Pop/Independent
9. TwinSisterMoon - When Stars Glide Through Solid
10. The National - Boxer
    Warm Non-Prog Post Indie/Independent
11. Far Corner - Endangered
    Weird Exp Prog Avant RIO/Independent
12. And Also the Trees - (Listen For) The Rag and Bone Man
13. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
    Eclectic Exp Prog-Adj Jazz/Rock
14. Sigur Rós - Hvarf-Heim
    Smooth Atmospheric Nordic Prog Post Independent
15. Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
    Dark Minimalistic Exp Nordic Prog Post Rock/Electronic
16. Portico Quartet - Knee Deep in the North Sea
17. Battles - Mirrored
    Playful Tech Exp Prog Math Rock/Electronic
18. Klaus Schulze - Kontinuum
    Futuristic Prog Space Electronic
19. Time Of Orchids - Namesake Caution
    Ethereal Melodic Exp Prog Math RIO/Jazz
20. World's End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland

A much loved by me track from my listed album of the year:

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet 

Other album: The Hemulic Voluntary Band, by Ritual

^ What an incredibly arrogant statement to make. 

^ Sure, just as I am entitled to consider your statement to be incredibly arrogant. 

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Colors is my favorite 2007 release 

In Rainbows is a tough one to beat. Far and away the most artistic and original offering of the time.   Yes, Hiromi is extremely talented in a technical sense. But I just didn’t feel it the way I did with Radiohead or even P-Tree, which was pretty fantastic also.

Probably no surprise based on how I've voted in other polls, Phideaux's Doomsday Afternoon is the winner for me here. One of my all time favourite albums and I have to listen to the whole thing the whole way through at least a couple times a year still.

^ yes, I voted other but should have done otherwise. Need to pay more attention to the rules …