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    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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My top three of 2009 so far (best first):








My bottom three (worst first):
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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.


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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.
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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!Embarrassed

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.

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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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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
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2009 at 13:31
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.

Edited by Slartibartfast - October 30 2009 at 13:32
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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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
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I was waiting for you to come in and but it in your top 3.
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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.
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Originally posted by Moatilliatta Moatilliatta wrote:

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
How is Black Clouds bad?
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:18
Originally posted by The Block The Block wrote:

Originally posted by Moatilliatta Moatilliatta wrote:

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
How is Black Clouds bad?


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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Points: 8843 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2009 at 16:22
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
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Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Originally posted by The Block The Block wrote:

Originally posted by Moatilliatta Moatilliatta wrote:

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
How is Black Clouds bad?
 
Seems like a lot of people on this site agree that it is bad. to bad for them...

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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Points: 6797 		Direct Link To This Post 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 Dead
 
And the worst is.....(Only joking)  the best.....
 
Not out till 2032 I think...
 
 
 
 
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Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post 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 ... Big smile
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Originally posted by The Block The Block wrote:

Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Originally posted by The Block The Block wrote:

Originally posted by Moatilliatta Moatilliatta wrote:

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
How is Black Clouds bad?
 
Seems like a lot of people on this site agree that it is bad. to bad for them...

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.
 
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.
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