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Gaston
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Topic: Your Best of 2005 Posted: January 05 2006 at 19:29 |
I checked, there wasn't really a prog lounge thread about it.
So what say ye? 2005, come and gone. For some it was great, others not so good. Who are your picks?
1. The Mars Volta: Frances The Mute.
2. Glass Hammer: The Inconsolable Silence.
3. Dream Theatre: Octavarium
4. Porcupine Tree: Deadwing
5. Neal Morse: ?

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Cinema
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 19:34 |
^ I think you mean The Inconsolable Secret, Glass Hammer's masterwork
released in 2005. It ranks as one of my favorite releases for the year as well.
Other goodies include:
Wobbler - Hinterland
Little Atlas - Wanderlust
Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
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sularetal
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 19:34 |
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HeirToRuin
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 19:44 |
Opeth
Helloween
Redemption
Riverside
Strapping Young Lad
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transend
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 19:46 |
Inconsolable SILENCE?? Thought it was 'SECRET'??
Anyway.........
for me:
'Deadwing' - PT
'X & Y' - Coldplay
'Octavarium' - Dreamtheater
'Dreams of men' - Pallas
and of course...
'The lower depths.. ' - Landsend 
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Bobby
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 20:05 |
sularetal wrote:

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Ditto
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timothy leary
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 20:11 |
magic pie motions of desire
vdgg present
neal morse ?
little atlas wanderlust
aries aries
after endless lunatic
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digdug
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 20:47 |
These are my favourites from 2005 so far.....
Wobbler - Hinterland
Magic Pie - Motions of Desire
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
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Prog On!
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Rashikal
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 20:51 |
mars volta
opeth
dream theater
porcupine tree
coheed and cambria
ewww magic pie.... prog cliche sappy garbage. yes i listened to "change"
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listen to Hella
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timothy leary
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 21:14 |
putting a lot of negative enegy into downing magic pie if it is bait
i`ll venture a little nibble most fans of magic pie would not care if
you like them
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Figglesnout
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 21:25 |
(incase the image decides to be stupid the above is FRANCES THE MUTE )
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Yanns
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 21:28 |
#1: The Mars Volta: Frances the Mute
Others: Dream Theater: Octavrium Neal Morse: ?
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Gaston
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 22:50 |
whoopsy, the dyslexia is acting up on me again
good choices all!
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 00:53 |
DREAM THEATER - OCTAVARIUM
PORCUPINE TREE - DEADWING
THE MARS VOLTA - FRANCES THE MUTE
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Ironing Mike
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 01:38 |
For me, Octavarium. Could have been a brilliant 50 minute album.
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Ricochet
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 01:42 |
Probably Schulze's Moonlake
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 02:24 |
The year 2005 was a very good one, this is my CD Top 5:
1) Riverside-Second Life Syndrome - Incredible compelling and powerful prog
2) Ubi Maior-Nostos - Great Seventies inspired prog with wonderful vintage keyboards
3) Pallas-The Dreams Of Men - Perhaps their best work, splendid guitar play, very distinctive vocals and great Moog Taurus bass pedals and Mellotron flights
4) Salem Hill-Mimi's Magical Moment - Beautiful and varied prog from the USA, a band to dicover
5) Nemo-Immersion Publique - Live - One of the most overlooked new French progrock bands, check them out, what a dynamic and alternating prog
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dr.music
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 02:43 |
1. Shadow Gallery - "Room V"
2. Echolyn - "The end is beautiful"
3. Porcupine Tree - "Deadwing"
4. Gazpacho - "Firebird"
5. Riverside - "Second life syndrome"
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richardh
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 03:17 |
Nothing that was released in 2005 really floated my boat that much.I can only include 4 albums on my list:
Kate Bush - Aerial (4.5 stars)
Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret (3.5 stars)
Kayak - Nostradamus,The Fate of Man (3 stars)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (4 stars)
Plus a whole load of dissapointments.I hope 2005 isn't some sort of watershed year where prog took a permanent dive.It does seem that many of the newer English prog festivals that were in existence the previous year just couldn't substain enough interest so didn't happen at all in 2005, which is worrying.
Anyway in 2006 I look forward to Muse taking the world by storm plus new albums by IQ and Magenta hopefully.
Edited by richardh
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Hesselius
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 03:53 |
Porcupine Tree: Deadwing
The Mars Volta: Frances the Mute
Opeth: Ghost Reveries
Kate Bush: Aerial
Each of them could be my 2005 fav
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