Disappointing 2010 or...

Slartibartfast wrote: PopLies wrote: Not good with remembering what has come out this year... but, I have been listening to The Pineapple Thief's Someone Here Is Missing quite a bit. I like those guys but am hesitant to get the new one as they seem to keep going over the same old ground...

I've only heard their 2 most recent albums, so I don't know how much they have changed over the years.
But I would say they have evolved their sound just enough so it isn't repetitive without changing the core vibe too much. Such as some heavier moments.

Worth checking out,


Edited by PopLies - June 29 2010 at 17:34

Univers Zéro's and Xing Sa's are good enough for me.  2009 did have Magma and a (slightly sub-par, in my opinion) Gong album, though.

Soul Dreamer wrote: 2010 bad??? I don't think so... Great albums by Haken (great debut!!!!), Anathema, Karnataka, Spock's Beard, Kaipa, Odyssice, Mindgames, Vanden Plas and a lot more... great year upto now, and who knows what is still in store...

Jean Louis and Comus, that's what's still in store

Nick Magnus - Children Of Another God is just about the best thing I've heard that has been released this year. Solid 4 star release.Steve Hackett - Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth was a disappointment (2-3 stars at best) and there is also Neal Morse's live 3 cd set So Many Roads which is okay but doesn't really improve on the studio albums.

From 2010 so far I've checked:

Gerard - "Ring of Eternity" (2010) - fantastic album!
Collegium Musicum - "Speak, Memory" (2010) - fantastic concert album!
Borknagar - "Universal" (2010) - so so, like most of their albums
Erik Norlander - "The Galactic Collective"(2010) - not bad but there are only new versions of his older songs
La Maschera di Cera - Petali di fuoco (2010) - not bad, but also not too good
Spock's Beard - "X"(2010) - this one was rather bad for me to be honest...
Ozzy Osbourne - "Scream"(2010) - bad heavy metal album in fact...

I've also heart that there will be released such albums these years:

By veterans:

Black Widow - "Sleeping with the Demons"(2010)
Little Tragedies - "Obsessed"(2010)
Magic Pie - "The Suffering Joy" (2010)
Mangala Vallis - no title yet (2010)
Par Lindh Project - no title yet (2010)

By debutants:

Black Country Communion - "Black Country Communion"(2010, 21.09)
SoulenginE - "Mind Colours"(2010)
KBridge - "Retropolis"(2010)


Also Colossus Records/Musea plans to release another couple of concept albums (probably most of them in 2010)

Various Artists - "THE TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE "a syNphonic collection"
Various Artists - "PARADISO "a Progressive Rock Epic"
Various Artists - "THE SPAGHETTI EPIC 4 "a Fistful of Hammonds"
Various Artists - "ILIAD "Progressive Duels on Grand Piano"
Various Artists - "THE DECAMERON - part 1 "4 Days in 40 Novels"
Various Artists - "The Strange Case of Dr Hammond & Mr Moog: A Progressive Rock Novella in Four Movements"

(and already released: Various Artists - CANI ARRABBIATI "Opening themes... a tribute"(2010), but I haven't checked this one yet)

BTW Especially "THE SPAGHETTI EPIC 4 "a Fistful of Hammonds" & "The Strange Case of Dr Hammond & Mr Moog: A Progressive Rock Novella in Four Movements" sound good for me


So it seems it will be quite good year :-)


Edited by ozzy_tom - June 30 2010 at 04:18

It seems that a lot of people are talking about the new Karnataka album, considering that the two times I've seen them live they bored me silly (the last time included at least one song off the new album as well) should I bother getting it?

Let's see... 2010

Steve Hackett... ^
Asia..... ~
Alan Parsons Released two tracks.... ~


non-prog

Tom Petty ~

RoyFairbank wrote: non-prog Tom Petty ~

Anaon wrote: sleeper wrote: It seems that a lot of people are talking about the new Karnataka album, considering that the two times I've seen them live they bored me silly (the last time included at least one song off the new album as well) should I bother getting it? Same here... I checked them but I don't really hear what's so good about them. And I don't really like the vocals Textbook wrote: I find that pretty much EVERY year, people say "this isn't a very good year". When you're living it, it's not apparent what is a classic album because it's too early to be a classic and also you're not just dipping into a readymade list of quality albums like you can for older years. You have to fish through all sorts of experiences. But the same year can look good in hindsight when you've discovered albums you missed at the time, forgotten about bad ones, etc. I'm the OP and you can check my topics, I never wrote this kind of topic about 2006/2007/2008 or 2009. I just find there's no "huge awesome album" in 2010 yet. But I admit this is totally subjective. It will be hard to beat Magma, Transatlantic, Astra, The Decemberists, The Mars Volta or Riverside... I hope that Wobbler will release something this year...

2010 may be disappointing in the new release category, but I am spending a lot of time (and money) discovering bands such as Abel Ganz, Neuschwanstein, and Aquaplanage, as well as some older bands that I had not heard in a long time. I just purchased an SFF album from 1975 as well. Never too late to discover new bands, even if it is not a brand new release!