2011 Album Releases

And the second from me today (and two yesterday. Overkill? Hell yeah! But i enjoy these kinds of things -- sharing my faves, exploring my interests, seeing what others like... I may not be taking much time with putting these together as can be common during my down-time, but others can take their time with responding to the topics. Happy to do 2011 and excited to get to 2010, which is a great year for Sufjan Stevens.

This poll comes in three sections and an "other" (see details on when to use), and multiple voting is not enabled.

The first eight are taken from the unfiltered, except by year, Prog Archives Top Album Chart for 2011. The second eight is taken from the top twelve listed albums of the 2011 Collab Album of the Year topic -- there were four duplicated with the top eight PA chart listings, so I did not duplicate those in the poll. The third eight is from my top nine Awesome Prog for 2011 list. One of my actual top eight was already listed for the poll in the collab top albums. It's an indication of interests/ what I am most into right now. M number one was a no-brainer.

"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 on and off the list. If, for instance, your favourite on the list is Haken's Visions, but your actual favourite is Lou Reed & Metallica's Lulu, then I request voting for and mentioning Haken's album in a post while also mentioning Lulu as being your actual favourite album of 2011.

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. 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.

I hope this can be both a fun list-making (even if but a list of one if that's all that is remembered and/or appeals) and list-comparing exercise, as well as an enjoyable social activity for people.

Prog Archive's Progressive Rock Top Eight Albums of 2011

1. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning (Crossover Prog)
2. Phideaux - Snowtorch (Crossover Prog)
3. Discipline - To Shatter All Accord (Symphonic Prog)
4. Ske - 1000 Autunni (Eclectic Prog)
5. Haken - Visions (Heavy Prog)
6. Egonon - Risveglio (RPI)
7. Gevende - Sen Balık Değilsin Ki (Eclectic Prog)
8. Sean Filkins - War and Peace & Other Short Stories (Crossover Prog)

From the top twelve Collaborators' Top Albums of 2011 as there are four duplicates with the above list

Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning (the Collab Album of the Year, but already listed)
1. Opeth - Heritage (Tech/Ext. Prog Metal, actually the runner-up)
Haken - Visions (number 3 in actual collab list, but already listed)
Discipline - To Shatter All Accord (the actual #4, but already listed)
Phideaux - Snowtorch (the actual #5, but already listed)
2. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow (actual #6, was in Prog Related in 2011, now in Crossover)
3. Wobbler - Rites at Dawn (Symphonic Prog, actual #7)
4. Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, actual #8)
5. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events (Prog Metal, actual #9)
6. Leprous - Bilateral (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, actual #10)
7. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, actual 11)
8. Symphony X - Iconoclast (Prog Metal, actual #12)

From my top nine at Awesome Prog for 2011

1. North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon (in PA, Prog Folk)
2. William D. Drake - The Rising of the Lights (in PA, Eclectic Prog)
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (not in PA, Art Rock/Folk Rock)
4. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen (not in PA, Ambient, Modern Classical)
5. Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis (in PA, Crossover Prog)
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow (already listed)
6. Julia Holter - Tragedy (not in PA, Experimental, Art Pop)
7. Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer (not in PA, Ambient)
8. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (in PA, Progressive ELectronic)

My top 16 of 2011 at Awesome Prog currently:

1. North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon
2. William D. Drake - The Rising of the Lights
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake [AP Prog]
4. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen [AP Non-Prog]
5. Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis
6. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
7. Julia Holter - Tragedy [AP]
8. Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer [AP Non-Prog]
9. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
10. Tenhi - Saivo [AP]
11. Alio Die - Honeysuckle [AP]
12. Weyes Blood - The Outside Room [AP Prog-Adj]
13. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy [AP Prog]
14. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues [AP Non-Prog]
15. The Necks - Mindset [AP]
16. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

And a track from my album of the year, I a Moon. It's the wonderful "Morpheus Miracle Maker":