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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

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9: Porcupine Tree - The Incident


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What.... are you upset that I can get enjoyment from an album that keeps its doors closed for you? Tongue


Maybe you're thinking about the concert too. I would probably find it nicer than the album myself. Wink


Actually, the concert provided my first audition of the album and I didn't like it much, it was very awkward. Maybe it happened because I was expecting something different, I don't know.

It was only when I started to listen the album on the studio recording that I started to like it. And it happened fast and totally. Now it's my favourite PT album, right up with Lightbulb Sun.

You're not alone. The Incident is right up there with my fave PT albums ever. It's very good IMO.
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LOLThe Whirlwind is all I will say on this section of the forum.LOL
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1. Cheer-accident - Fear draws misfortune

2. Present - Barbaro (Am I the only one who likes?)

3. Madder Mortem - Eight ways

4. Maudlin of the Well - Part the second

5. Code - Resplendent grotesque
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In order:

Animal Collective - Merriwether Post Pavilion
(my album of the year)

The Dear Hunter - Act III
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Muse - The Resistance
Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
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1. animal collective- merriweather post pavillion

2. part the second - maudlin of the well
3. f**k buttons - tarot sport
4.Bromst - dan deacon
5. Magma - Emhet Re
6. Flaming Lips - Embryonic
7.Grizzly Bear - Vekatamist
8. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
9. The Antlers - hospice
10. Fever Ray - fever ray


honorable mention - Atlas Sound - Logos, MGMT-oracular spectacular, dirty projectors - bitte orca, rome - flowers from exile
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Album of the Year: Mastodon's Crak the Skye

Silver Medal: Porcupine Tree's The Incident
 
Bronze Medal: Devin Townsend's Addicted
 
 
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Last.fm is doing a "best of 2009" bands showdown, based on the numbers of track scrobbles. It's very interesting, check it out: http://www.last.fm/bestof/2009/chart/25

These are the bands tagged "progressive rock" who appear in that chart: http://www.last.fm/bestof/2009/tag/progressive%20rock



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1. The Whirlwind- Transatlantic
2. Black Clouds and Silver Linings- Dream Theater
3. Act III: Life and Death- The Dear Hunter
4. The Darkened Room- IZZ
5. The Incident- Porcupine Tree
6. Number Seven- Phideaux
7. Destined Solitaire- Beardfish
8. Frequency- IQ
9. Realms of Eternity- Syzygy
10. Anno Domini High Definition- Riverside

Although I just bought The Hazards of Love by The Decembrists yesterday, and I'm really loving it, so I wouldn't be surprised if it finds its way in the top ten before the years up.
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Here is my list of Prog and Non-Prog albums in no particular order of preference:
 
 
1. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (Re-release)
2. Dream Theater _ Black Clouds and Silver Linings
3. IQ - Frequency
4. Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second
5. Cold Play - Left Right Left Right
6. Gazpacho - Tick Tock
7. Phideaux - Number Seven
8. Porcupine Tree - Ilosaarirock (Live) (Club only release)
9. Hugh Cornwall - Hoover Dam
10.U2 - No Line On The Horizon
11.Animal Collective - Merriweather Post-Pavillion
12.Isis - Wavering Radiant
13.The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
14.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
15.Astra - The Weirding
16.Guilt Machine - This Perfect Day
17.Muse - The Resistance
18.Porcupine Tree - The Incident
19.Kasabian - West Ryder Paupers Lunatic Asylum
20.Afforested - Wolf's Heads and Woodlanders
21.Amberian Dawn - The Clouds of Northland Thunder
22.Delain - April Rain
23.Spleen Arcana - The Field Where She Died
24.Ozric Tentacles - The Yum Yum Tree
25.Gong - 2032
26.Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
27.Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
28.Rain - Cerulean Blue
29.5Bridges - The Thomas Tracks
30.Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
31.The Tangent - Down and Out in Paris
32.Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
33.Baroness - Blue Record
34.Devin Townsend - Ki
 
Have yet to hear Magma and Eloy's new albums and am looking forward to getting my hands on them.Smile

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I've had a relatively quiet year thus far, and Transatlantic CD will be a birthday present later in the month.

Of 2009, highlights are really Osatara by Wishing Tree, but the real gem was the exceptional Frequency by IQ, which has rarely been off the MP3 player since I got it.
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also, forgot about it earlier but Wolves in the Throne Room's most recent is also very nice. 
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Wow, some of your lists of "favourites" are almost like lists of the year's realeases! Such long lists!

I probably bought only about 12-15 new prog albums this year (a lot for me!)  and my top three most definitely are....................

The Mars Volta - Octehedron
Demians - Building an Empire
Steve Thorne - Into the Ether

And I didn't think I'd be saying that come the end of the year! Big surprises, stunning albums!

There have (for me) been an awful lot of very average/bland albums this year but........
Biggest disapointments for me were - Muse & Porcupine Tree........... but maybe in my anticipation I had them too big in my mind before I heard them.  I'll try them again with fresh ears in the new year.

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Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

Here is my list of Prog and Non-Prog albums in no particular order of preference:
 
 
1. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (Re-release)
2. Dream Theater _ Black Clouds and Silver Linings
3. IQ - Frequency
4. Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second
5. Cold Play - Left Right Left Right
6. Gazpacho - Tick Tock
7. Phideaux - Number Seven
8. Porcupine Tree - Ilosaarirock (Live) (Club only release)
9. Hugh Cornwall - Hoover Dam
10.U2 - No Line On The Horizon
11.Animal Collective - Merriweather Post-Pavillion
12.Isis - Wavering Radiant
13.The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
14.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
15.Astra - The Weirding
16.Guilt Machine - This Perfect Day
17.Muse - The Resistance
18.Porcupine Tree - The Incident
19.Kasabian - West Ryder Paupers Lunatic Asylum
20.Afforested - Wolf's Heads and Woodlanders
21.Amberian Dawn - The Clouds of Northland Thunder
22.Delain - April Rain
23.Spleen Arcana - The Field Where She Died
24.Ozric Tentacles - The Yum Yum Tree
25.Gong - 2032
26.Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
27.Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
28.Rain - Cerulean Blue
29.5Bridges - The Thomas Tracks
30.Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
31.The Tangent - Down and Out in Paris
32.Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
33.Baroness - Blue Record
34.Devin Townsend - Ki
35.Astral Travellers - The Truth Beyond
36.Between The Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect.
37.Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard
38.Shadow Circus - Whispers and Screams
 
Have yet to hear Magma and Eloy's new albums and am looking forward to getting my hands on them.Smile


Ok from my rather long list I will attempt to pick my top 10:

1. Maudlin of The Well - Part The Second
2. IQ - Frequency
3. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
4. Astra - The Weirding
5. The Tangent - Down and Out In Paris
6. Phideaux - Number Seven
7. Gazpacho - Tick Tock
8. Devin Townsend - Ki
9. Gong - 2032
10. Isis - Wavering Radient

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Animal Collective - Merriweather Post-pavillion
Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
5Bridges - The Thomas Tracks
Porcupine Tree - Ilosaarirock (Live)
Muse - The Resistance
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard
Shadow Circus - Whispers and Screams
Guilt Machine - This Perfect Day

Biggest Disappointment(s): (imho Wink)

Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings






Edited by valravennz - December 30 2009 at 23:25

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Maudlin of the Well’s Part the Second has been a constant companion and continual source of surprise and excitement since I got it in the Spring/Summer.

    I have also enjoyed:

Nemo Barbares

IQ Frequency

Gazpacho Tick Tock

Mono Hymn to the Immortal Wind

     And recently:

Big Big Train The Underfall Yard

The Tangent Down and Out in London and Paris

Mindflower Little Enchanted Void
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My 2009 top 10 list:

1. Gazpacho - Tick Tock
2. Phideaux - Number 7
3. Riverside - ADHD
4. Martigan - Visions
5. 5BridgeS - The Thomas Tracks
6. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
7. Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
8. Astra - the Weirding
9. Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
10. Roswell Six - Terra Incognita: Beyond The Horizon
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also if no-one else has listed no-age there self titled also deserves a mention. 

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1. The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death
2. maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
3. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
4. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
5. Magma - Emehntehtt-Re
6. Kiss Kiss - The Meek Shall Inherit What's Left
7. Isaiah - Ils consomment, prient et tuent mais ne pensent pas
8. iwresteledabearonce - It's all Happening
9. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's you
10. The Antlers - Hospice

I think that's my top 10. 

Originally posted by keiser willhelm keiser willhelm wrote:

also, forgot about it earlier but Wolves in the Throne Room's most recent is also very nice. 


I agree, but nobody is giving it any credit. 


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