Your favourite and least favourite albums of 2009
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Topic: Your favourite and least favourite albums of 2009
Posted By: Logan
Subject: Your favourite and least favourite albums of 2009
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 12:28
| I'm just curious... I've heard very little from this year, though I am eagerly anticipating Magma's new release. List as many as you like, and amend as new ones come along. |
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 12:36
My top three of 2009 so far (best first):   My bottom three (worst first):    ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 12:43
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(n.b. not all of these are on PA) 1. Cheer-Accident - Fear Draws Misfortune 2. Led Bib - Sensible Shoes 3. Flat Earth Society - Cheer Me, Perverts! 4. Acoustic Ladyland - Living with a Tiger Good releases also included Upsilon Acrux, Miriodor, Alamaailman Vasarat, and a bunch of others besides, many 2009 releases I've enjoyed. Big disappointments were the Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree releases. Also I really don't care for the newest from Zu. Also, I would expect the impending new releases from Magma and IZZ to make my top 5. |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 12:46
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Top
Underestimated
Worst
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 12:48
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Best for me so far are the albums from maudlin of the Well, Indukti, Riverside, Mastodon and Between the Buried and Me. Worst are from Umphres McGee, Muse and Dream Theater. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 12:48
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My top 3 (Best to Worst): 1. Transatlantic- The Whirlwind 5 stars 2. Dream Theater- Black Clouds & Silver Linings 5 stars 3. Mastodon- Crack The Skye 4 stars My Bottom 3 (Worst to Best): 1. Tangerine Dream- Flame 1 star(absolutely unlistenable) 2. Ozric Tentacles- The Yumyum Tree 2 stars 3. Porcupine Tree- The Incident 2 stars (just because I was expecting so much of it...) I just did some counting after I saw this thread and I own 32 2009 albums!  I actually haven't listened to some (many) of them, and I usually dedicate my time to only one of them for a period of time. I only know about 12 of them well enough to place them, and I've found only 2 five star albums. I have many 3 and 4's, a couple 2's, and a single one star rating. I will definitely edit this as I get to know some of these 2009 albums better. -Jeff ------------- 
Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 13:06
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Best: Riverside - Anno Domini HD
IQ - Frequency
DT - BCSL
Transatlantic - W
Worst (or more disappointing, not really atrocious albums):
Porcupine Tree - TI
Muse - TR
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 13:16
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Best: The Dear Hunter - Act III maudlin of the Well - Part the Second Mastodon - Crack the Skye Worst: Into The Moat - The Campaign The Number 12 Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 13:31
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Favorite is hard probably Knifeworld's Buried Alone: Tales Of Crushing Defeat. I think it gets bonus points for being fairly recent and a new artist discovery. Least even more hard, I've only got seven from this year so far, I'd probably go with Stewart and Gaskin's Green and Blue, which I still like. I've not been adding much from this year this year and there are no real turkeys.
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 13:37
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Best: Animal Collective - MPP Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (glare at Pat) Isis - Wavering Radiant Pure Reason Revolution - AVO The Dear Hunter - Act III Mastodon - Crack the Skye Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca etc.Worst:
Dream Theater - BC&SL
Muse - The Resistance
Into the Moat and #12 probably blow too, but I haven't bothered to listen to them ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 13:40
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I was waiting for you to come in and but it in your top 3. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 14:18
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You know me too well. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 14:44
The white number fields stand for first or few listens only, so even though Mew has been quite a disappointment, I'm not judging it yet. AiC might be a bit too high, but anyway it's a damn brilliant album. There's some Finnish non prog stuff missing, but they probably wouldn't make it to the top nor the bottom. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:10
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Moatilliatta wrote:Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:18
While I loved it enough to give it a 5, a lot of people don't like the newer Dream Theater albums. They say they're too "formulatic" and "predictable". While I STRONGLY disagree with these comments, I've lmost learned to accept it. -------------
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:22
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I've actually just recently got a handful of 2009 albums, so this will probably change, but so far: Favorite: Phideaux Number Seven Least Favorite: Peter Hamill Thin Air |
Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:27
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:36
Its a bit early for this vote yet as xxmas is not here yet - however, come to think of it I have heard some of Bob Dylan's Christmas disc 
And the worst is.....(Only joking) the best.....
Not out till 2032 I think...
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:57
So far I've purchased a little over 100 albums of 2009 ... the year really turning out great. In fact I've been wondering whether it's the best year for prog since 1974 ...   ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:58
Well I'm glad that Dream Theater hasn't lost their audience completely. The reason BC&SL is not a good album is because it has no soul. Dream Theater aren't inspired to make that music; they're just making it to have made something. The lyrics are a joke. They don't mean anything. Perhaps "The Best of Times" means something because it's written for Mike's father, but that doesn't excuse the general cheesiness or blatant Rush immitations in the music. LaBrie doesn't write the lyrics, so he's forced to try to feel and express something that John or Mike wrote which is especially hard when it's a story about one of them going to Tuscany and fearing for his life because he thinks the count is a cannibal. If the music were more light-hearted and jocular, maybe it would have been a passable song, but the band and LaBrie are trying to inject serious emotions into a story that simply doesn't facilitate such things. Just an example. Oh, and what about those car-crash sound samples in the opener? Hilariously awful. I could go on, however I'm going to stop there. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 17:05
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I. 1. Nemo - Barbares 2. Wobbler - Afterglow 3. Return To Forever - Returns II. Minimum Vital - Capitaines Fun Machine - Sonnenhuhn Red Sand - Music For Sharks ------------- 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 17:06
First (best)
One of the best albums I've ever heard! 
Second 
Third 
Fourth (least favourite) 
I really, really never thought I'd be placing a Porcupine Tree album as my least favourite in a list 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 20:17
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I've listened to few, but I'm sure the ones I held high will still do after some years:
The Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree were pretty mediocre, though. Still eagerly awaiting for the new Tangent album! and to listen to that new one from Transatlantic, of course! |
Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 20:50
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Top 5 right now are: 1. Led Bib - Sensible Shoes 2. Isis - Wavering Radiant 3. Acoustic Ladyland - Living With a Tiger 4. Andy Sheppard - Movements in Colour 5. Cheer-Accident - Fear Draws Misfortune and My least favorite is Phideaux - Seven by far. ------------- 
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