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Ricochet 
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 Posted: December 31 2008 at 02:40 |
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1. Opeth - Watershed
2. Il Bacio della Medusa - Discesa agl'inferno d'un giovane amanti
3. The Tangent - Not As Good As The Book
Pendragon - Pure (tied at points, true, but Tangent was voted #1 three times, Pendragon just two)
5. Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic Part Two
6. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
7. Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath (tied at points, Kayo Dot voted #1 two times, MV just once)
9. Cynic - Traced In Air
Meshuggah - obZen (same as above)
11. Marillion - Happiness Is The Road
Birds And Buildings Bantam Into Behemoth
13. Guapo - Elixirs
Van der Graaf Generator - Trisector
15. D.F.A. - 4th
16. Simon Says - Tardigrade
17. Ayreon - 01011001
18. Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper
Frost* - Experiments In Mass Appeal
20. Presto Ballet - The Lost Art Of Time Travel
21. Karmakanic - Who's The Boss In The Factory
Where's The Nine - Desensitized To Insanity
Protest The Hero - Fortress
24. The Reasoning - Dark Angel
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Day Without Dawn - Understanding Consequences
Henry Cow - Stockholm & Goteborg
It Bites - The Tall Ships
Willowglass - Book Of Hours
Keith Emerson - Keith Emerson Band Feat. Marc Bonilla
Fromuz - Overlook
J'accuse..! - Abbandono del tempo e delle forme
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Followed By Ghosts - Dear Monsters, Be Patient
Tempano - Selective Memory
Canvas Solaris - The Atomized Dream
Asia - Phoenix
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Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul
A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons
Neil Morse - Lifeline
Coral Caves - Mitopoiesi
Jannick Top - Infernal Machina
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Saena - Saena
Communic - Payment Of Existence
Rational Diet - At Work
Textures - Silhouette
Caamora - She
Metallica - Death Magnetic
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Cast - Originallis
Pennelli di Vermeer - La Primavera dei Sordi
Soul Secret - Flowing Portrait
Amaseffer - Slaves For Life
The Neil Campbell Collective - Particle Theory
Martin Orford - The Old Road
Mostly Autumn - Glass Shadow
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About Tess - Beautiful
Astarte Syriaca - Darkened Light
Believe - Yesterday Is A Friend
Black Widow - Demons Of The Night Gather To See Black Widow Live
Every Other Fate - Phantom Fill The Skies
One Shot - Dark Shot
Panzerballett - Starke Stücke
Sculptured - Embodiment
Secret Chiefs 3/John Zorn - Xaphan-Book Of Angels-Vol.9
Robin Taylor('s Universe) - Soundwall\
Ulysses - The Gift Of Tears
Virus - The Black Flux
Dominici - 03 A Trilogy Part 3
Edensong - The Fruit Fallen
Ihashn - Angl
Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver
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Agalloch - The White
Cartoon - Estribo
Dark Suns - Grave Human Genuine
Eksi Ekso - I'm Your b*****d Wings
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Gilmour, David - Live In Gdansk
Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
Hostsonaten - Winterthrough
Jupiter Society - First Contact/Last Warning
King's X - XV
Lunar Dunes - From Above
Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
Neil On Impression - L'oceano deel onde che restano onde per sempre
pg.Lost - It's Not Me, It's You!
Everon - North
The Pinneaple Thief - Tightly Unwound
Stringpurée Band - Senni Eskelinen & Stringpurée Band
No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts
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Art Cinema - Art Cinema
Blackmore's Night - Secret Voyage
Clear Frame - Clear Frame
Eno/Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Gregor Samsa - Rest
Hands - Strangelet
KiNo - Map Of The Universe
The Gourishanar - Close Grip
Lars Grimm - Parplar
Mercury Rev - Strange Attractor
Mouth Of The Architect - Quietly
Rush - Snakes & Arrows Live
Russian Circles - Station
Sounds Of Animal Fighting - The Ocean And The Sun*
Suspyre - When Time Fades*
Talisma - Quelque Part*
Univers Zero - Relaps*
3RDegree - Narrow-Casters*
* #101-#105, but they're tied at points with the rest of the albums above
That's all folks. Keep the comments flowing. See you next year!
Edited by Ricochet - December 31 2008 at 13:04
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 02:02 |
 The Whistler wrote:
I was gonna vote, but then I couldn't decide which of the "Always the Bridesmaid" Decemberists singles to put in the top spot... |
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Plankowner
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 01:35 |
Kestrel wrote:
I'm curious as to how many albums the collaborators on average have listened to? I try to refrain from making "x of the year" lists as the year ends because there are so many things I missed out on in that year and some things don't really seem to surface until a little later anyway. *shrug* |
Out of that original post of albums of this thread, I've listened to 21 of them.. and I've listened to 123 progressive albums released this year...
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 01:17 |
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The list is fantastic. Not surprised to see Opeth on the top spot. Great work guys!
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Kestrel
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 01:12 |
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I'm curious as to how many albums the collaborators on average have listened to? I try to refrain from making "x of the year" lists as the year ends because there are so many things I missed out on in that year and some things don't really seem to surface until a little later anyway. *shrug*
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Avantgardehead
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 01:01 |
Glad there's at least one album on that list I like (Kayo Dot)... 
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Man With Hat
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 00:58 |
Overall I'm surprised but not surprised.
All of the top 5 seem like some of the most popular releases this year (barring perhaps Il Bacio...), BUT I saw quite some negative "press" towards Watershed so I am surprised that it made #1, and by a far margin. Perhaps I should have voted for Il Bacio afterall 
As I said in the voting thread, 2008 was a bit of a disappointment overall. Nothing really struck me as over-the-top fantastic, and even my top one (which might be somewhat easy to spot in that list) would only recieve 4 stars from me here (maybe 4.5, but rounded down to be certain). The 09 thread looks interesting so heres hoping for tougher decisions in 09!  |
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Plankowner
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 00:48 |
The Decemberists are coming up on my to buy list soon...
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The Whistler
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 00:16 |
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I was gonna vote, but then I couldn't decide which of the "Always the Bridesmaid" Decemberists singles to put in the top spot...
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Plankowner
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 00:10 |
NaturalScience wrote:
Soul Dreamer wrote:
What!?! Karmakanic doesn't even get in the top 10??? By far the best album I heard this year, head and shoulders above the rest...... |
Now that you mention it, I am a bit surprised at that as well - very popular album this year.
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Seems like it was a late push at the end of the year and not many had the chance to listen to it....
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 23:36 |
Great work Rico!
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Padraic
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 23:12 |
Soul Dreamer wrote:
What!?! Karmakanic doesn't even get in the top 10??? By far the best album I heard this year, head and shoulders above the rest......
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Now that you mention it, I am a bit surprised at that as well - very popular album this year.
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 20:29 |
Excellent work Rico!!!
Though i don't like at all to see that number one album 
A thousand clappies to Il Bacio Della Medusa anyways  x1000 |
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Failcore
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 20:11 |
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Glad to see Beardfish getting some love as well as Fromuz. Really surprised Cynic wasn't higher.
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 20:09 |
Hey, gotta love that mention for About Tess in there!
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 20:03 |
Kotro wrote:
Doomcifer wrote:
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.
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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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Of course I have heard it.  Many, many times in fact. My #1 so far, imo, would be Beardfish.
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 19:26 |
Kestrel wrote:
It's a shame Birds & Buildings wasn't higher... *sigh*
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True. Opeth and Volta got huge bumps for being well known it seems, but overall I'd say that I'm rather satisfied with the list.
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Soul Dreamer
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 19:16 |
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What!?! Karmakanic doesn't even get in the top 10??? By far the best album I heard this year, head and shoulders above the rest......
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To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica)
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jimmy_row
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 16:48 |
Hell yeah. The top 2 are where it's at! Thanks to Rico & co. for putting this together
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The Pessimist
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 16:44 |
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Glad to see Traced In Air in the top ten. It really is a great album, very promising as well. I hope they release another one within the next two or three years as good as it.
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