Your Top Albums of 2013 (so far)

Man With Hat wrote: Np! Unit Wail is the real deal IMO. A step up from their excellent debut CD as well. Was Dialeto's from this year as well? I did enjoy that one. Very intriguing mix of sounds...a perfect fit for the Moonjune label. Can't wait to hear October Equus' other new one for 2013 (under The OE Quartet).

I think Dialeto's was from this year! Yes, it was good, grunty and noisy one second, emotional the next! Very nice album.

I've also got the latest Marbin and simakDialog from Moonjune to get through too, expecting good things from them! I'll really need to do a quick run through of all of them before the year ends!

Also, thanks for the tip-off about the QE Quartet title, might have passed me by if I wasn't paying attention!

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Np! Unit Wail is the real deal IMO. A step up from their excellent debut CD as well. Was Dialeto's from this year as well? I did enjoy that one. Very intriguing mix of sounds...a perfect fit for the Moonjune label. Can't wait to hear October Equus' other new one for 2013 (under The OE Quartet). I think Dialeto's was from this year! Yes, it was good, grunty and noisy one second, emotional the next! Very nice album. I've also got the latest Marbin and simakDialog from Moonjune to get through too, expecting good things from them! I'll really need to do a quick run through of all of them before the year ends! Also, thanks for the tip-off about the QE Quartet title, might have passed me by if I wasn't paying attention!

Cool. Yeah, I like it (Dialeto) as being something a bit different from the general modern fusion scene (something that can be very miss for me, ironically perhaps). I'll give another listen to it before years end for sure.

Not to dissuade you, but I wasn't enthralled by the new Simakdialog. A bit too low key for my tastes (ditto for the new Dewa Budjana album). But certainly try it out for size! Can't remember if I've heard the Marbin one, but I'll give it a listen as well.

And np! October Equus seems oddly prolific all of a sudden. A very good thing IMO.

Being Christmas Eve I can now put up my final list for 2013 (numbers indicate my top 10 in order) this wasn't easy! Felt it was a great year. ;)

My Best for 2013.... Final list.

Unreal City--La Crudelta Di Aprile (4)
The Psychedelic Ensemble-The Tale Of The Golden King
Tangerine Dream--Finnigans Wake
Fright Pig--Out Of The Barnyard
Henry Fool--Tall People Laughing
Ochre--La Moddie
Edison's Children--The Final Breath Before November
Dead Heroes Club--Everything Is Connected.
Royal Hunt--A Life to Die For
Devin Townsend--Retinal Circus
Spocks Beard--Brief Nocturnes
The Flower Kings--Desolation Rose. (8)
Himilabacken--Vol.1
Genesis Revisted--Live At The Hammersmith Odeon (2013) 2dvd 3cd set
Kompendium--Elements
Believe--The warmest Winter Sun
Days between Stations--In Extremist
Airbag--The Greatest show on earth
Il Cerchio D'Oro---Dedalo E Icaro
IQ---Tales From The Lush Attic (Remix/reissue 2013)
Anathema--Universal
Maurizo Guarini--Creatures From A Drawer
Soulfly--Savages
The Tangent: The Rite Of Work
Magenta--The 27 Club
Dead Can Dance--In Concert 2012 (album released 2013)
Clive Nolan--Alchemy (studio Version) (3)
Clive Nolan--Alchemy live! (Box Set (3cd/2dvd 2013)
Autechre--Xai
Pendragon--Introducing Pendragon (2cd Compilation album 2013)
Depeche Mode--Delta Machine
Ulver---Messe I.X--VI.X (5)
WinterSun--Time I (10)
Hibernal--The Machine
Comedy Of Errors--Fanfare And Fantasy
T--Psychoanorexia
Orphaned Land--All Is One
Nine Inch Nails--Hesitation Marks
Haken--The Mountain (9)
Dream Theater--Live at Luna Park (2dvd--3cd set)
Device--Vilify
Trivium-- Vengeance Falls
Ayreon-- The Theory Of Everything (2cd/DVD set). (7)
Arena--The Rapture
Queensryche---X2
Amon Amarth--Deceiver Of Gods
Levin Rudess Minnemann--The Project
James LaBrie--Impermanent Resonance.
Steven Wilson--The Raven That Refused To Sing:And other short stories.
Riverside--Shrine Of A New Generation
Lifesigns--Lifesigns (debut 2013)
Big Big Train--English Electric Full Power
Tears For Fears--The Hurting 4cd Reissue box set-2013)
Aciients--Heart Of Oak
Cosmograf--The Man Left In Space (6)
Sound Of Contact--Dimensionaut
Nightwish--The Ballads (compilation 2013)
Metallica: Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture)
Katatonia--Dethroned & UnCrowned
The Alan Parsons Project--I Robot ( 35th Anniversary Legacy Edition)
Skinny Puppy--The Weapon
Fish-- A Feast of Consequences.
PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) - In
Classic: Da Mozart - A Celebration (2013)
Leprous--Coal
Draconian--The Arcane Rain Fell (2013 digital reissue)
Ministry--From Beer To Eternity (farewell album)
Psykerion--The Thought Chamber
Motorpsycho--Still Life With Eggplant.
Gary Numan's--Splinter
The Eldritch Dark--Blood Ceremony
DREAM THEATER--DREAM THEATER (1)
FATES WARNING--A DARKNESS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.(2)

Merry Christmas everyone!

The Bearded Bard wrote: Nice list, Nick. I'll be posting mine somtime in january. Still got a lot of listening to do. Merry Christams.

Merry Christmas to you as well, Audun. I was pretty surprised and blown away by The Flower Kings release, Desolation Rose. It cracked my 10 man. Give it a spin if you can. I know your pile is huge right now. Lol

Biggest Surprise (and possibly favorite of year): Flower Kings- Desolation Rose

Biggest Letdown: (sorry) Dream Theater (self-titled)


Edited by Drew - December 24 2013 at 13:13

Took me a while, but here's a list I consider fairly reasonable. Had quite a number of releases I was looking forward to this year, several of which disappointed quite a bit (but which still made it in the top 10). 

Guldbamsen wrote: Chrome Hoof's new one is slowly but steadily cementing itself as a top slot contender for me, and that's what it's all about in the end: winning the championship on PA  Maybe we could think up a prize for next year - something like a purple Mellotron or a date with Damo Suzuki.

I had Chrome Hoof on constant rotation in the car about a month ago. I've had to put it back in the car as I kept reaching for it. It grooves beyond belief.

Guldbamsen wrote: Chrome Hoof's new one is slowly but steadily cementing itself as a top slot contender for me, and that's what it's all about in the end: winning the championship on PA  Maybe we could think up a prize for next year - something like a purple Mellotron or a date with Damo Suzuki.

Ok. Sounds like something I must give a spin. Chrome Hoof huh? The name alone sounds like it would be a zeuhl or rio/avant guarde band. Anyway. I'll give it some attention.

Oh as a far as a prize goes for next year how about taking a ride on the 'Fish-Blimp' that is on the cover of YES's Fragile album, and flying it across the universe while playing the top rated/voted PA album for that year.
Weird I know, but it would be awesome. Regardless.
Anyway. I think next years winner may be IQ's up coming release that will be out I think in April. ;)
5 years the wait.....should be great.

Hubardo is the only one I feel particularly strong about.