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 Posted: January 06 2006 at 20:17 |
BTW I'm on Firefox 1.0.4 and I'm having the same quoting problems, also it won't let me edit posts either. Any explanation? 
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 20:15 |
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several people have mentioned Glass Hammer's Inconsolable Secret. I for
one thought long and hard about it as GH are one of my favourite modern
prog bands. However, I couldn't find it in my heart to find a place for
it in my top 5. I just think it's flawed in several ways. The second CD
is pretty extraneous, for me, and the epics on the first CD fall
a bit flat. They're just over ambitious and sound slightly feeble in
parts. The lyrics, too, are abominable, marring the listening
experience more than usual. It's good, just not great, certainly not in
the league of TMV's album (which just gets better and better) or
Porcupine Tree etc.
Close, but no cigar...
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Empathy
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 15:53 |
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Yeah, that's been happening to me too lately. What browser are you using Stonebeard? I'm on Firefox 1.0.7.
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Pure Brilliance:
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stonebeard
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 15:34 |
BTW: I seem to be having trouble quoting members in this thread, which is why I haven't done so in awhile. The page loads, but the text isn't displayed.
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stonebeard
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 15:33 |
Cinema:
I'm glad you mentioned Glass Hammer's new album. It completely slipped my mind!  I must say that if certain albums are on the list that harken back to the "glory days" of prog (ie. the 70s) like the VDGG and the Wobbler albums, then I certainly hope The Inconsolable Secret is not far behind. 
BTW: I've been so caught up retracing the past, that I haven gotten any of the albums in the top 5.
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Joren
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 15:15 |
 Trouserpress wrote:
Bah. I tried to rig things by voting for the Residents as my no 1 choice but it just wasn't going to happen, was it?
Anyway, good to see 3 of my choices there at least.
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I haven't heard Animal Lover yet ... but I'm pretty sure that even if the both of us would have put it on the no. 1 spot (mine was Suspended Animation now), we still couldn't have made it happen...
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ChadFromCanada
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 14:21 |
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Cool choices, I'm hoping to pick up Wobbler's album soon.
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Tony R
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 13:41 |
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stonebeard
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 13:30 |
Tony:
Do you want a cookie?
Here_You_Go
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Tony R
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 10:46 |
stonebeard wrote:
Hmmm...
I haven't heard the new Arena yet, but the Pallas was very good IMO, and doesn't flatline as you put it Tony. Just my opinion.
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And just as relevant as my own.However,to declare my Pallas credentials,I did buy Arrive Alive in 1982 and The Sentinel on day of release?
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Cinema
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 10:40 |
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Too bad Glass Hammer's The Inconsolable Secret didn't make the cut. It's
definitely one of 2005's most amibitious and best sounding progressive
works.
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stonebeard
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 07:05 |
Hmmm...
I haven't heard the new Arena yet, but the Pallas was very good IMO, and doesn't flatline as you put it Tony. Just my opinion.
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Tony R
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 06:05 |
I was very disappointed with Pepper's Ghost Cyggie. It just lacks that indescribable "something". Its on my re-listen list for 2006 though.
As for Pallas' Dreams Of Men,well it starts out a killer and you think that it is going to be a classic album.Then it just flatlines...............
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stonebeard
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 22:19 |
Good for you, Cyggie. 
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 21:57 |
stonebeard wrote:
I'm sad, yet not surprised to see that neither Pallas's The Dreams of Men nor Pendragon's Believe are on the list. 
If it were a top 10 list, one or both should have been there.
It appears that the collabs don't find neo-prog yummy...
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I had Believe on mine as well as Pepper's Ghost mind you!
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 21:56 |
Tony R wrote:
I'll probably post the Top 15 at some stage,but for now let's let the Top 5 be the topic of conversation.... |
Yeah, then Side One can get into the limelight a bit... or at least I hope it does.
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stonebeard
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 21:19 |
I'm sad, yet not surprised to see that neither Pallas's The Dreams of Men nor Pendragon's Believe are on the list.
If it were a top 10 list, one or both should have been there.
It appears that the collabs don't find neo-prog yummy...
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 21:17 |
I think that one factor that may have influenced the list is that it takes time to wade through albums and I think by now I have heard only around 10 new prog albums for 2005 ... for eg, I'll only get to hear the Kate Bush a little later because it's not out yet in Malaysia ...
I know that this year, I fell in love with IQ's Dark Matter which was released in 2004 ... so I wouldn't have voted for it in a 2004 list even though I now think it's one of the best albums of the decade
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 19:56 |
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 17:57 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
Madonna, Shakira, Ricky Martin, Robbie Williams, The Mars Volta
which of these artists is the least mainstream one?
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Ricky Martin. Duh.
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Collaborators Top 5 Albums of 2005
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somewhere in my top X. But as several of us voted for albums beyond the
safety net of mainstream prog - I think that was a fair question!