Collaborators Top Albums of 2007 - Results

1. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a blank Planet

Ricochet wrote: Logan wrote: It's nice to see Comicopera in number two.  I had forgotten that live albums were allowed. Had hoped that more of these albums would fare better: Robert Wyatt - Comicopera Rational Diet - Rational Diet Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan Soft Mountain - Soft Mountain Salle Gaveau - Alloy Far Corner - Endangered Phlox -Rebimine + Voltimine Lobster Newberg - Vernal Equinox Calle Debauche - Potemkin Carnival Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground Faust & Nurse with Wound - Disconnected How much better would you have liked Comicopera to fare (?), it's on second place! Regarding some other albums, including Lobster Newberg's, you have to recognize it was a poll of favorite albums even amongs us Reviewers and Collaborators.

Of course it's just a favourite albums list (something I've mentioned in various threads) and not a "best" list, but I hoped that more of my favourites would fare well (Comicopera was the only one of my list that did well).  I've actually mentioned other ways to choose an albums list in the future that employs various criteria -- vote on artistic merits/ technical merits/ progressiveness -- and perhaps if the winning bands/ labels would agree, we could stream the top five albums at the site -- or more realistically just use samples as a short-list for collabs as getting such agreement would be difficult -- and then hold a further vote on those once every voter has listened to the top five.  Or perhaps we could only mention one album per category and must have heard x number of albums to be eligible to vote.  A favourite album of 2007 from each category that has candidates would be a neat idea to do, as well as a favourite live album etc.

Avantgardehead wrote: 1. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a blank Planet

*spills Arizona Green Tea with Ginsing and Peach Juice in lap*

didn't see that coming from PT FanArchives

No Nemo? :/

I thought their album far surpassed the mediocre (at best) (in my opinion) albums put out by Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Rush, Anekdoten, Phideaux, Flower Kings, Riverside and The New Trolls I personally think the new Rush album should be disqualified from this list for having no prog... (Rush being my favorite band, by the way).

Edited by KeleCableII - January 25 2008 at 17:00

Glad to see The Dear Hunter do so well.

I think the Satellite album came too late in the year Stoney.

Bah.

I am a huge Porcupine Tree fan (seen them 3 times and own all there albums).  Wilson needs to get away from the cheesy lyrics about kids and Xbox?  His older stuff even on Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun has excellent lyrics.  Now, like Nine Inch Nails, he is going after "society".  I cant listen to the first song on the album or the last, its just too cheesy.  Way Out Here and My Ashes are good songs, but its definately not the best album of 2007.  In Rainbows by Radiohead is a much better album!  Great lyrics, great structure, great mood etc.  I will continue to by PT stuff, but I hope he gets his act together.

Snakes & Arrows wasn't very good and neither was Fear Of A Blank Planet,  if CDs like these can be so highly regarded 2007 must have really sucked. 

Sckxyss wrote: Yorkie X wrote: Snakes & Arrows wasn't very good and neither was Fear Of A Blank Planet,  if CDs like these can be so highly regarded 2007 must have really sucked.    It wasn't a favourite year of mine, either. Methinks 2008 will blow it away