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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
1 [2.63%]
2 [5.26%]
1 [2.63%]
4 [10.53%]
2 [5.26%]
0 [0.00%]
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1 [2.63%]
1 [2.63%]
4 [10.53%]
0 [0.00%]
6 [15.79%]
3 [7.89%]
2 [5.26%]
4 [10.53%]
1 [2.63%]
0 [0.00%]
3 [7.89%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [2.63%]
1 [2.63%]
1 [2.63%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
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    Posted: April 11 2024 at 05:39
Originally posted by VianaProghead VianaProghead wrote:

Nice poll. I like some of them very much but since I love too 01011001 of Ayreon and it has no vote till now, my vote goes to it.

Thanks! You just reminded me that it's time to start putting together the 2009 poll. Smile
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Nice poll. I like some of them very much but since I love too 01011001 of Ayreon and it has no vote till now, my vote goes to it.
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Not very familiar with this year. From the few I have heard I pick Abel Ganz.
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Birds and Buildings > Beardfish > Abel Ganz. I'm not a professor of inches, but I am a clawfoot bathtub with a pony as a sidekick.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Olape Olape wrote:

Diagonal - Same

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Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:

I'm curious why the 2nd rated album of that year was omitted Discesa Agl'Inferi d'un Giovane Amante by Il Bacio Della Medusa, but most of the rest are here. Anyway, that would've been my choice.

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I'm curious why the 2nd rated album of that year was omitted Discesa Agl'Inferi d'un Giovane Amante by Il Bacio Della Medusa, but most of the rest are here. Anyway, that would've been my choice.
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Originally posted by Olape Olape wrote:

Diagonal - Same

That's a great one! Clap
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Beardfish +1 

Birds and Buildings close behind

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Not listed: 

Diagonal - Same

Cary Grace - Projections

Steven Wilson – Insurgentes

Il Bacio Della Medusa - Discesa Agl'Inferi D'Un Giovane Amante
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Voted Moon Safari

Part of my collection :

Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic
Birds and Buildings - Bantam to Behemoth
Farpoint - Cold Star Quiet Star     
Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory
Pendragon - Pure     
The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book     
Van der Graaf Generator - Trisector     
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Moon Safari gets my vote, among these great albums.
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Moon Safari, just ahead of Ayreon! It Bites and Martin Orford albums are also top notch😎

I love Ayreon, but the last two albums were not as good, especially Transitus. One of my all time favourite acts 😊
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

The Reasoning - Dark Angel

I haven't listened to this band in years. I need to change that. Tongue
Touchstone is another band I need to listen to soon. Smile


Edited by Cristi - April 11 2024 at 05:31
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Some favourite prog albums not in the poll:-

5 stars 2008: Mike Oldfield - Music of the Spheres - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-LiKcpokPmQU7brmMwv9pxaxkPbHGWm
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^^ I don't want to turn this thread into an Ayreon conversation, but although I've never liked any of them (and the Star One even less)... I did enjoy the first Stream Of Passion album he was involved in and again The Gentle Storm was also pretty good, as was Guilt Machine... maybe some of his diluted side-projects with other artists were more to my taste?
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I'm a big fan of Ayreon too, but even I'd have to agree that all of their albums sound the same after awhile. Smile

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5 stars 2000: Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVOsr4GKrzU
4 stars 2000: Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Navigator -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvWTIYnQcuY
5 stars 2018: Ayreon - Ayreon's Universe: Best of Ayreon Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJGn3wi7b7b606GfoKAdOgm6rtX9OliRc

3 stars 1994: Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3A7MsAKmnfIgAWZzQwqyiaxpvjH1Gif0
4 stars 1996: Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Strange Hobby - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB87CB1D16F331CFF
4 stars 2012: Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost in the New Real - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mHPJknQMxGE9JfUuZ519pzA2DmDQ_VdJQ



 
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

I'm not trying to make a marked point out of this other than the observation that on this site back in 2008, it would have been inconceivable that Ayreon would have had no mentions on this site, they were so loved..

Do you feel their music hasn't stood the test of time as well as others?

For me, their music became more and more tedious after 2008. 
Also it's the same recipe repeated over and over, if you listened to an album, you've listened to them all. Dead

Well, you know I've never liked them at all personally, so I don't want to have a dig... as you know, I was fairly active in the forums here 2005-2008, and sporadically in between. What I had noticed between the two 'eras' are how there seem to be some bands who used to have a loyal fanbase amongst PA members during that time, that don't have the same traction these days... I think there was a greater focus on prog-metal back then (there were always threads on DT!) I suppose I was wondering whether some bands from that 'middle' period have stood the test of time better than others? 

Yes, there were more users into progressive metal back then, some of them quite knowledgeable. Smile

I did listen to Ayreon for a little while, but no more, I've grown tired of them. I have also listened to a few other Arjen projects and bands, just my curiosity getting the worst of me. LOL

There are a few other bands i gave up on, but that's another story. EmbarrassedSmile
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Not a good list for me, only Asia -Phoenix is the only thing I've listened to on then list properly and it's maybe their second best album overall. I'll vote for that then.

The albums from this year I enjoy but not on the list
It Bites - The Tall Ships
Magenta - Metamorphosis
Elephant9 - Dodovoodoo
Keith Emerson - Keith Emerson Band ft Marc Bonilla
Panic Room - Visionary Position
Martin Orford - The Old Road - check out this abbreviated list of guest musicians , obviously pulled in a few favours!

It Bites, Martin Orford and Magenta were all in my previous 2008 prog poll. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

I'm not trying to make a marked point out of this other than the observation that on this site back in 2008, it would have been inconceivable that Ayreon would have had no mentions on this site, they were so loved..

Do you feel their music hasn't stood the test of time as well as others?

For me, their music became more and more tedious after 2008. 
Also it's the same recipe repeated over and over, if you listened to an album, you've listened to them all. Dead

Well, you know I've never liked them at all personally, so I don't want to have a dig... as you know, I was fairly active in the forums here 2005-2008, and sporadically in between. What I had noticed between the two 'eras' are how there seem to be some bands who used to have a loyal fanbase amongst PA members during that time, that don't have the same traction these days... I think there was a greater focus on prog-metal back then (there were always threads on DT!) I suppose I was wondering whether some bands from that 'middle' period have stood the test of time better than others? 
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