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Points: 2779 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 16:43
Pendragon is that high and Neal Morse doesn't even get mentioned, WTF.
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Points: 7024 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 16:36
No Glass Shadows??

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Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

COLLABORATORS TOP PROG-ROCK ALBUMS 2008



2. Il Bacio della Medusa - Discesa agl'inferi d'un giovane amante
It should be mentioned that, unlike Opeth, Il Bacio di Medusa's second album was nominated the best album by our Collaborators more than any other album (but lost at points). Surprising, impressive work, but let's give the mike to Honorary Collaborator and Italian Prog Specialist Finnforest on this one: "You really get the whole package here: amazing composition, passionate performance, great melody, and tons of enthusiasm and spark. This is a band that pays homage to the greatest ‘70s Italian bands, English bands like Purple and Tull, and even flash the bluesy burn of Wicked Minds or Jack White."





awesome....  that is a great frickin album...  up that high... because nearly all who listened to it.. had it in their first or second choices.  Not number 1... .because not that many have listened to it.
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Points: 2819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 16:22
Thats a very interesting and varied Top 10! Hope another mix of opinions pop up next year as well!   
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Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs Takeshi Kovacs wrote:

Interesting - perhaps 3 of the collaborators top 10 will make it into mine.
 
Only 1 made it into mine, but 2 others quite possibly could have if I had heard them.
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My guess was pretty far off, except for Beardfish and Pendragon in the top 10. Oh well.
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Excellent work!
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Interesting - perhaps 3 of the collaborators top 10 will make it into mine.
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Points: 12291 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 15:51
Great job, Rico! Clap
 
 
 
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Points: 2815 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 15:32
Originally posted by Doomcifer Doomcifer wrote:

Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

All I know is I absolutely need to get my hands on that Il Bacio Della Medusa record.


AGREED!!!

...and the fact that Opeth is ranked #1 is absurd, imho.
 
Have you heard it?
 
Can't say I disagree, since it was my nº1 choice as well, but I did heard very few albums from this year and, for the sake of prog, I do hope there is better out there. I'm by no means an Opeth fan - I only heard Damnation and Blackwater Park before Watershed, both of which I though were rather average. But this latest album really clicked, reminding me more of other Swedish staples of modern prog (Anglagard and Anekdoten, especially) and some other prog greats (Gentle Giant, Gryphon, Uriah Heep) than of other metal groups out there. Not a masterpiece at all, but featuring some of the most beautiful music I'd heard in ages and occasional glimpses of prog brilliance.
 
I didn't add Il Bacio di Medusa's album to my list, as I've only recently came across it. I found it a bit hit-and-miss (a lot like Beardish, my greatest disapointment after all the positive reviews), but it's still growing on me - even though I don't think it will ever top Watershed on my list.
 
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Great work, and an interesting top 10.

I know one special collaborator who'll be extra glad over the album on place number two Wink
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Points: 38974 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 15:03
Great job, and I regret that I had not heard enough albums to feel comfortable voting.  Not my favourite Guapo album, but I had thought that Guapo's might make the top ten.  Dark Shot and Birds and Buildings are very good.  My favourite I've heard based on samples alone would be this:


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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

All I know is I absolutely need to get my hands on that Il Bacio Della Medusa record.


AGREED!!!

...and the fact that Opeth is ranked #1 is absurd, imho.


Edited by Doomcifer - December 30 2008 at 14:53
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Points: 66844 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 14:21

The thought of Opeth fanboys breeding is almost as scary as the sound of Akerfeldt's growls.
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Points: 32589 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 14:16
I'm surprised none of the Opeth fanboys have "Bree"ed on this thread.  (Whatever that means)
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Points: 512 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 14:14
It's a shame Birds & Buildings wasn't higher... *sigh*
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Points: 32181 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 13:58
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Interesting results!

You accidentally made a typo with Beardfish, by the way, mislabeling it Pendragon.


Right. I was copy-pasting the font and size...fixed.


I figured. Wink

Good job on the list!
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Points: 5939 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 13:56
amazing work, Rico hoping to see KROBAK in Top-100 or like a special Admin choice?
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 13:41
Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Interesting results!

You accidentally made a typo with Beardfish, by the way, mislabeling it Pendragon.


Right. I was copy-pasting the font and size...fixed.
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 13:40
Great job! I'm looking forward to seeing the Top 100
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