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Poll Question: Pick your favorite album out of the 15 released back in 2005
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    Posted: November 25 2020 at 09:29
The tenth edition of Random Album Clash comes to life!
Here are all the winners so far:
1970 - 'Lizard'
1992 - 'Hybris'
1985 - 'Misplaced Childhood'
2019 - 'Resistance'
1968 - 'A Saucerful of Secrets'
1975 - 'Fish Out of Water'
2000 - 'Lightbulb Sun'
1982 - 'Signals'
1995 - 'THRAK'

For this edition, let's take a look at 2005 - a great year for some of prog metal's (and not only) finest!
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The Mars Volta, easily... Frances the Mute was the first album I heard from them, and it left an indelible impression (i.e. it scarred me for life).
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Probably my favorite as well... although Deadwing is lurking closely.
However, fellow forum users, feel free to leave a comment who you picked whenever you cast your vote, I think it would be more interesting to see who voted for who.
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Dreadwing
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Porcupine Tree - 'Deadwing'.
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Gorillaz > PT > MV
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None of my usual choices are here, and that is a good thing. My vote went to Deadwing. Octavarium is my favorite Dream Theater album. Wall Street Voodoo has its merits, and I listen to it pretty regularly, but never all at once.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Gorillaz > PT > MV

Yay! A vote for Gorillaz!
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Porcupine tree!
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I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005..... Thumbs Up 
..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005. Thumbs Down
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005..... Thumbs Up 
..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005. Thumbs Down

Oh, really, the worst? What did you dislike so much about 'Present' because I seem to enjoy most of what is happening there?
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Riverside > PT
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005..... Thumbs Up 
..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005. Thumbs Down

Oh, really, the worst? What did you dislike so much about 'Present' because I seem to enjoy most of what is happening there?
Disc 1 of the "Present" album wasn't too bad, but Disc 2 sounded to my ears like a dreadful improvisational mess, although that's just my opinion and other opinions may vary. Smile
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Neal Morse - '?' without hesitation
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005..... Thumbs Up 
..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005. Thumbs Down

Oh, really, the worst? What did you dislike so much about 'Present' because I seem to enjoy most of what is happening there?
Disc 1 of the "Present" album wasn't too bad, but Disc 2 sounded to my ears like a dreadful improvisational mess, although that's just my opinion and other opinions may vary. Smile

I agree that disc 2 is messy, had they released just the first one, it would have been much better.
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005..... Thumbs Up 
..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005. Thumbs Down

Oh, really, the worst? What did you dislike so much about 'Present' because I seem to enjoy most of what is happening there?
Disc 1 of the "Present" album wasn't too bad, but Disc 2 sounded to my ears like a dreadful improvisational mess, although that's just my opinion and other opinions may vary. Smile

I agree that disc 2 is messy, had they released just the first one, it would have been much better.
 






Worst album of 2005 isn`t at all correct disc 2 is improvisational which is a new curve within the music of VDGG, its also a little wide of the mark stating that DT had the best album of 2005, its an awesome album but there where others far great than DT`s album imho. 









Neal Morse  ? takes my vote...







 
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Second Life Syndrome was the album that demonstrated extremely vividly to me that prog metal was not all generic garbage. It's an album I'd rate as one of my top 10 of all time.
Pepper's Ghost is also excellent.
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well after careful consideration of all these good/great albums I have a soft spot for Dream Theater - 'Octavarium' Tongue
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