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    Posted: December 18 2012 at 01:51
Not sure if this has been done already, couldn't find it.
 
Post your personal 2012 Top 10 (or less) releases  so far.
 
I have sofar only a Top 8 as I have only purchased 8 Prog releases this year.
 

1.    Galahad / Beyond the Realms of Euphoria

2.    Rush / Clockwork Angels

3.    Galahad / Battle Scars

4.    Mystery / The World is a game

5.    Threshold / March of Progress

6.    The Flower Kings / Banks of Eden

7.    Frequency Drift / Laid to Rest

8.    Gazpacho / March of Ghosts
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Top 10 in no particular order:-

3 Mice : Elaine di Falco/Cedric Vuille/Dave Willey - Send Me a Postcard

Thinking Plague - Decline and Fall

Unit Wail - Pangaea Proxima

Yugen - Mirrors

Aranis - V

Bärtsch, Nik/Ronin - Live 2 x CDs

Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandoras Pinata

Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Atlantis

Anglagard - Viljans Oga

Corima - Quetzalcoatl

Other notables in no particular order:-

    Forgas Band Phenomena - Acte V

Ahleuchatistas - Heads Full Of Poison

Alamaailman Vasarat - Valta

Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores - Sister Death

Aperacidos - Palitobombonhelado

Comus - Out of the Coma

Cosa Brava - The Letter

Cucamonga - Alter Huevo

Echolyn - Echolyn

Ergo - If Not Inertia

Fripp & Travis - Follow CD + DVD-A

Hollmer, Lars - Med Mjölad Hand/With Floury Hand

Janel & Anthony - Where is Home

Kotebel - Concerto for Piano & Electric Ensemble

Magma - Felicite Thosz

Moetar - From These Small Seeds

Moore, Steve - Light Echoes

Panzerpappa - Astromalist

Sao Paula Underground - Tres Cabecas Loucuras

Zoltan - First Stage Zoltan




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1. Headspace - I Am Anonymous
2. Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
3. Distorted Harmony - Utopia
4. Circus Maximus - Nine
5. Oddland - The Treachery of Senses
6. Epica - Requiem for the Indifferent
7. Suspyre - Suspyre
8. Kamelot - Silverthorn
9. Teramaze - Anhedonia
10. To-Mera - Exile
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Great year!
 
1) Echolyn - Echolyn
2) Anathema - Weather systems
3) Big Big Train - English Electric
4) Marillion - Sounds that can't be made
5) Crippled Black Phoenix - (Mankind) The crafty ape
6) Flying colors - Flying colors
7) Mostly Autumn - The ghost moon orchestra
8) Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrision
9) Ian Anderson - TAAB2
10) Gazpacho - March of Ghosts
 
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Nothing to surprising here;

1. Noctourniquet - The Mars Volta
2. The Black Chord - Astra
3. Clockwork Angels - Rush
4. Out of the Coma - Comus
5. Felicite Thosz - Magma
6. Volume One - Perhaps
7. English Electric pt 1 - Big Big Train
8. echolyn - Echolyn
9. Unsung Heroes - Ensiferum
10. Vilgans Oga - Anglagard

Honorable mention:

Larks' Tongues in Aspic 40th aniv. Boxset - King CrimsonHeart


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Thanks to the two posts above, I saw forgot about two more 2012 releases I actually purchased and quite like (very good year indeed), so here is my updated 2012 Top Ten:

1.    Galahad / Beyond the Realms of Euphoria

2.    Rush / Clockwork Angels

3.    Galahad / Battle Scars

4.    Mystery / The World is a game

5.    Ian Anderson / Thick as a brick Part 2

6.    Threshold / March of Progress

7.    The Flower Kings / Banks of Eden

8.    Frequency Drift / Laid to Rest

9.    Gazpacho / March of Ghosts

10.   The Mars Volta / Noctourniquet

 

Two releases outside of the prog realms that particularly excited me 2012: Joe Bonamassa / Driving towards the daylight and The Dave Matthews Band / Away from the world.



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I haven't heard tons of 2012 releases, so I'll just go with what I've bought, out of 25 albums.

1.  Headspace - I Am Anonymous
2.  Wintersun - Time I
3.  Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Ame
4.  Threshold - March Of Progress
5.  Circus Maximus - Nine
6.  Eluveitie - Helvetios
7.  To-Mera - Exile
8.  Kamelot - Silverthorn
9.  Rush - Clockwork Angels
10. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
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Originally posted by Jbird Jbird wrote:

I haven't heard tons of 2012 releases, so I'll just go with what I've bought, out of 25 albums.

1.  Headspace - I Am Anonymous
2.  Wintersun - Time I
3.  Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Ame
4.  Threshold - March Of Progress
5.  Circus Maximus - Nine
6.  Eluveitie - Helvetios
7.  To-Mera - Exile
8.  Kamelot - Silverthorn
9.  Rush - Clockwork Angels
10. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
YAY!  WE HAVE THE SAME #1!
 
Also happy to see Wintersun, Circus Maximus, To-Mera, and Kamelot in your top 10.
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this year was meh for me, can't really think of any truly great albums.
Sumdeus - surreal space/psych/prog journeys
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In no order:
The Safety Fire - Grind The Ocean
BTBAM - Parallax 2
Periphery 2
You Slut! - Medium b*****d
David Bryne and St. Vincent - Love this Giant

aaaand the new godspeed was aight. so was the new AnCo. Not super thrilled this year :-{
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The Seer SWANS 
English Electric, Part 1 BIG BIG TRAIN
In a Cold Embrace BATTLESTATIONS
Quickly, Quickly, Quickly THE TEA CLUB
Eye on the Sunrise NINE STONES CLOSE
Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble KOTEBEL
Viljans Öga ANGLAGARD
The Death Defying Unicorn MOTORPSYCHO
The Fall of Bliss METHEXIS
Subkraut: U-Boats Welcome Here VESPERO
Talsete di Marsantino L'ESTATE DI SAN MARTINO

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My 2012 purchases:

Gazpacho - March of Ghosts
Anathema - Weather Systems
Storm Corrosion - S/t
Big Big Train - English Electric pt 1
Rush - Clockwork Angels
 
Enjoy them all so difficult to rank
At moment listening to Rush a lot
 
 
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OSI--FIRE MAKE THUNDER
DEAD CAN DANCE--ANASTASIS
SOULFLY--ENSLAVED
SAVIOUR MACHINE--RARITIES AND REVELATIONS(4disc set)
RUSH--CLOCKWORK ANGELS


That's all I can think of for now.
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I din't buy a ton of stuff this year, but this is my top 10 list.
I can't recommend the number one album enough.  It Is Monstrously Epic.

1.  Exegesis by Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster

2. Ataraxia/Taraxis by Pelican

3. Dead End Kings by Katatonia

4. Animal Joy by Shearwater

5. Genesis Revisited II by Steve Hackett

6. Storm Corrosion by Storm Corrosion (Wilson/Akerfeldt)

7. Anastasis by Dead Can Dance

8. King of No. 33 by DeeExpus

9. This is PiL by Public Image Ltd.

10. Departure Songs by Hammock
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Does Can's Lost Tapes count?
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English Electric - Big Big Train
Vilgans Oga - Anglagard
Momentum - Neal Morse
Banks of Eden - The Flower Kings
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Originally posted by mongofa mongofa wrote:

Does Can's Lost Tapes count?
It should, it's very good.
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My Top Ten in general for 2012 would be this.

1. Headspace - I Am Anonymous
2. Stone Sour - House Of Gold And Bones Part 1
3. Soundgarden - King Animal
4. Shinedown - Amaryllis
5. Threshold - March Of Progress
6. Witchcraft - Legend
7. Slash - Apocalyptic Love
8. The Siren Tower - A History Of Houses
9. Flying Colors - Flying Colors
10. Tremonti - All I Was


If I had to pick only prog oriented albums then:

1. Headspace - I Am Anonymous
2. Threshold - March Of Progress
3. Flying Colors - Flying Colors
4. Neal Morse - Momentum
5. Rush - Clockwork Angels
6. Coheed And Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension
7. Circus Maximus - Nine
8. Affector - Harmaggedon
9. Periphery - Periphery II : This Time It's Personal
10. The Flower Kings - Banks Of Eden

Edited by Outshined - December 27 2012 at 02:53
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TOP 21  


1- Galahad- Beyond the Realm of Euphoria

 2- Deeexpus- The King of Number 33

 3- The Minstrel’s Ghost- Road to Avalon

 4- Daal- Dodecahedron

 5- Corvus Stone- same

 6- Nine Stones Close- Eye on the Sunrise

 7- Frequency Drift- Laid to Rest

 8- Panic Room- Skin

 9- L’Estate di San Martino- Talsette di Marsantino

10- RPWL- Beyond Man & Time

11- Mystery- The World is a Game

12- Galahad- Battle Scars

13- Sylvan- Sceneries

14- IO Earth- Moments

15- Silhouette- Across the Rubicon

16- Höstsonaten – Rime of the Ancient Mariner

17- Maurizio diTollo- L’Uomo Trasparente

18- Centric Jones- The Anti

19- Dean Watson- Imposing Elements

20- L’Ombre della Sera- same

21- Big Big Train- English Electric 
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