Best of 2005
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Topic: Best of 2005
Posted By: wtmoore
Subject: Best of 2005
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 09:14
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What are albums people could reccomend to me which were released in 2005.? I seem to have skipped the prog scene completely this year, not intentionally but they just don't seem to be publicised at all very frustrating. The only album sor far I have bought that could even be considered prog is Deadwing by Porcupine Tree and that is more contempory rock than previous albums. My collection from 1997 when I was 10 and I first started buying albums ( my dad thought what I bought was weird and I was weird), is very healthy with many albums for each year. And before that, my collection starts in 1968 with Pink Floyd. There are no barron years with less than five cd's, because bands such as Deep Purple make up a large amount. And yes albums through the 80's. ( not the greatest 80's yes fan but better than some people say. My problem is that my collection is in chronological order and my 2005 shelf which I made room for on Jan 1st 2005 is almost empty. Help Me with your suggestion of albums I should buy. Yhanks |
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 09:16
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Shadow Gallery - Room V Opeth - Ghost Reveries Dream Theater - Octavarium DeadSoul Tribe - The Dead Word (probably these are my favs from this year! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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)Posted By: Kohllapse
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 09:18
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OPETH - Ghost Reveries SHADOW GALLERY - Room V
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Posted By: Kohllapse
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 09:19
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NEAL MORSE - ? -------------
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Posted By: Pafnutij
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 09:26
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The only albums I have from this year are Ghost Reveries and Octavarium. The first is good, the second is horrible. |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 09:54
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Van Der Graaf Generator's album Present is a must! Others worth getting are The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute Sigur Ros- Takk Oceansize- Everyone Into Position
------------- Don't hate me I'm not special like you |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 10:03
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Away from the safety of the mainstream, virtually everything Cuneiform records has released, especially 's: Thanks For Flying With Us; Machine & The Synegistic Nuts; Fast'n'Bulbous; Susan Weinert's Running Out Of Time (jazz rock fusion), David Cross's Closer Than Skin.
Opeth are interesting for my into that sort of music; Porcupine Tree's Deadwing sounds like a band casting around for a new sound; Octavarium overblown.
Best DVDs: Gary Husband's Force Majeure, Primus Live. |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 10:06
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echolyn - The End Is Beautiful The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 10:16
| porcupine tree – deadwing |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 11:59
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If you like live albums then i suggest Marbles Live by Marillion Theres also James LaBrie's and Russell Allans solo albums and Abydos ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: R_DeNIRO
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 12:12
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Dream Theater - Octavarium Opeth - Ghost Reveries Shadow Gallery - Room V Riverside - Second Life Syndrome John Petrucci - Suspended Animation Porcupine Tree - Deadwing ------------- We were always be much human than we whish to be. |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 12:17
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Opeth - Ghost Reveries
and Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo... ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Erpland316
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 12:30
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Porcupine Tree- Deadwing The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute Sigur Ros- Takk Opeth- Ghost Reveries
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Posted By: Kohllapse
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 12:32
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he said prog releases -------------
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horza wrote:Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 12:50
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Arena - Pepper's Ghost
------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: dr.music
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 13:06
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TOP 5: 1. System of a Down - "Mezmerize" 2. Shadow Gallery - "Room V" 3. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing" 4. Echolyn - "The end is beautiful" 5. Opeth - "Ghost reveries" |
Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 13:12
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain Present - A Great Inhumane Adventure Fantomas - Suspended Animation ------------- And above all, is punk 
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Posted By: KeyserSoze
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 13:39
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The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (I don't think it's a move toward more straight rock, I like it much better than In Absentia) RPWL - World Through My Eyes
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Posted By: DeadGhost
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 13:42
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porcupine tree- deadwing Opeth- ghost reveries (AMAZING!!!)
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 13:44
Is your nickname by any chance inspired by these two albums? |
Posted By: DeadGhost
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 13:50
haha, you are right! |
Posted By: raindance
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 14:09
I think this album has been overhyped! The growling vocals ruin what could have been just a decent album IMHO! |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 14:13
it IS prog  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 14:14
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Please tell us more, you might just be the first one to say so!!! |
Posted By: Syndromet
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 14:18
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The new Van der graaf album, Present, is great. I also love Mindrevolutions by Kaipa, but the rewievs on PA isn't that great. ../Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=7912" title="Glass Hammer The Inconsolable Secret album reviews, Mp3 and track listing - The Inconsolable Secret by Glass hammer is another great album. But for me there is only one must-have album this year, and that is Hinterland by wobbler -------------  It is said to be the first Test-pressing of the corean release??
http://www.freewebs.com/ligyrophobia/ |
Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 14:33
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Shadow Gallery- Room V Dream Theater- Octavarium John Petrucci- Suspended Animation Coheed and Cambria- Good Morning Apollo, I'm burning star IV Pagan's Mind- Enigmatic Calling The Mars Volta- Francis the Mute Kamelot- The Black Halo (its the second half of the story started in Epica) And I'll add one even though it was released late last year but is still a kick ass album: Subsurface by Threshold.
------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: KeyserSoze
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 16:20
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Damn, I forgot that one |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 16:32
I added the  's------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 16:49
From Wikipedia: "Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band"
And, of course, Wikipedia is the authority! ------------- My recent purchases: 
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 17:11
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Deadwing and The End Is Beautiful would be my choices.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 17:23
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This year's must haves for me include:
and probably several others that will only occur to me after I log off. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 17:27
| My current favourite for 2005 is Aries- what a gem. The theatrical vocals of Simona Angieloni playing against the raw guitar of Fabio Centarini, entwined together with flutist Carlo Barreca. This is a brilliant composition by Fabio Zuffanti. Italian stuff usually doesn't grab me, but this one did. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 17:34
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try some new bands that came this year like: Magic Pie - motions of desire Wobbler - hinterland K2 - book of the dead or you could get: Kamelot - the black halo Dream Theater - octavarium ------------- 
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Posted By: floydaholic
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 17:37
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Frances the Mute ------------- I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon... |
Posted By: Destrio
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 17:38
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Porcupine Tree - Deadwing The Mars Volta - Francis the Mute Opeth - Ghost Reveries Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet? Cryptopsy - Once Was Not Dream Theater - Octavarium |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 31 2005 at 17:41
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Takk... is alright, if you like Sigur Ros. When I get Pepper's Ghost, The Dreams of Men and Believe, I will probably give my vote to them. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: samuel.jeronimo
Date Posted: November 01 2005 at 12:31
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Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute Miosotis - O Monstro e a Sereia Sigur Ros- Takk Van Der Graaf Generator - Present
------------- http://www.jeronimosamuel.no.sapo.pt - SAMUEL JERONIMO |
Posted By: Mahonster
Date Posted: November 01 2005 at 13:00
| Porcupine Tree - Deadwing. |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: November 01 2005 at 13:07
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Opeth - Ghost Reveries Pendragon - Believe System of a Down - Mesmerize Sigur Ros - Takk I'm planning on getting Pallas' The Dreams of Men, Riverside's Second Life Syndrome and Arena's Pepper's Ghost soon as well. |
Posted By: geezer
Date Posted: November 01 2005 at 14:10
Maybe this is because it really isn't that Italian although it does have some of that distinct Italian sound as well. For me the foreign influence is the reason why I can't enjoy this album as much as many other contemporary Italian bands. Still, it is a good album. |
Posted By: Inferno
Date Posted: November 01 2005 at 14:46
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-Safe in Conformity by Hamadryad - I Am from Tomas Bodin - The Inconsolable secret by Glass Hammer - Pepper's ghost by Arena - Octavarium by Dream Theater - Room V by Shadow Gallery - Ghost reveries by Opeth - The 1st chapter by Circus Maximus - Frances the mute by The Mars volta - Good morning Apollo... by Coheed and Cambria - Motions of desire by Magic Pie Still need to get Enigmatic calling, The Dreams of man, Second life syndrome, ? by Neal morse and ? by Ange |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: November 01 2005 at 17:18
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VdGG "Present" K2 "Book of the Dead" Talisma "Chromium" ------------- carefulwiththataxe |
Posted By: dalt99
Date Posted: November 01 2005 at 18:31
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Here's MY choices. If you like progressive fusion at all, then you MUST get this treasure: MACHINE AND THE SYNERGETIC NUTS "Leap Second Neutral". Since you like Yes, then Wobbler is a very good choice. I think it's the best symphonic prog CD of the year so far. You can get Wobbler here for a good price: http://www.lasercd.com/default.asp - http://www.lasercd.com/default.asp If you like the more alternative stuff with some heaviness, then The Mars Volta's "Frances the Mute" is a great choice!
------------- Best of 2006 that I've heard: PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album) Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific 2007: Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo |