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Poll Question: Pick your favorite album out of the 15 released back in 2005
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
6 [13.95%]
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7 [16.28%]
2 [4.65%]
3 [6.98%]
13 [30.23%]
2 [4.65%]
1 [2.33%]
0 [0.00%]
6 [13.95%]
3 [6.98%]
0 [0.00%]
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? is my favourite Neal Morse album despite all the good stuff he's put out since.
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Deadwing, closely followed by Octavarium and Second Life Syndrome.
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Unsurprisingly, 'Deadwing' takes the lead with just a few days to go until we finally see which is 'the best' album of 2005!
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by Enchant X Enchant X wrote:

The Mars Volta - 'Frances the Mute' is leading and I don't even consider them prog ...this poll is turning into a joke. Smile

Is it a joke because you don’t consider them prog, or because you don’t like the album?

For the record, one of the votes for Frances was mine. It’s my favourite TMV album, and nothing on this poll came even remotely close to being competition for my vote.

Opeth and Riverside would probably vie for second place, and the remainder of my top five would go to SOAD. (Though I couldn’t vote for one over the other, as I consider both Hypnotize and Mesmerize to be just one album, and have never listened to them apart. (I didn’t buy either until both were released, because I knew that’s how I wanted to listen to it/them.)

If I consider the two SOAD entries in this poll as one entry, it leaves space for one other album for my top five, so I guess I might give that to Porcupine Tree.... 🤔

Frances the Mute is my favorite TMV album as well, and yes, there is no doubt that they are a modern prog band in every sense of the word! Still, this poll is called 'Random Album Clash' so not all entries have to be from prog, as you can see. But saying 'this is prog and this isn't' is really pointless @Enchant X, and I think we are all past this kind of conversations.


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Originally posted by Enchant X Enchant X wrote:

The Mars Volta - 'Frances the Mute' is leading and I don't even consider them prog ...this poll is turning into a joke. Smile

Is it a joke because you don’t consider them prog, or because you don’t like the album?

For the record, one of the votes for Frances was mine. It’s my favourite TMV album, and nothing on this poll came even remotely close to being competition for my vote.

Opeth and Riverside would probably vie for second place, and the remainder of my top five would go to SOAD. (Though I couldn’t vote for one over the other, as I consider both Hypnotize and Mesmerize to be just one album, and have never listened to them apart. (I didn’t buy either until both were released, because I knew that’s how I wanted to listen to it/them.)

If I consider the two SOAD entries in this poll as one entry, it leaves space for one other album for my top five, so I guess I might give that to Porcupine Tree.... 🤔
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The Mars Volta - 'Frances the Mute' is leading I'm not sure they area prog band to me more alternative rock. 

Edited by Enchant X - November 26 2020 at 08:43
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Roine? I love his works but IMO Wall Street Voodoo is his #1 weakest album. btw I'm voting for Gorillaz. Amazing album. Not prog rock but gold.
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My vote goes to Roine Stolt.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

There are a number that I don't know, but this won't stop me from voting. Big smile

And it shouldn't!
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Deadwing, in my opinion PT's best album. Nice to see Gorillaz appear, and the Mars Volta album is pretty good as well. Present didn't appeal that much to me on first and second listen, but I think I should give it another chance (VDGG have this habit to take a while to sink in). There are a number that I don't know, but this won't stop me from voting. Big smile


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Originally posted by Enchant X Enchant X wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

The tenth edition of Random Album Clash comes to life!
Here are all the winners so far:
1970 - 'Lizard'
1992 - 'Hybris'
1985 - 'Misplaced Childhood'
2019 - 'Resistance'
1968 - 'A Saucerful of Secrets'
1975 - 'Fish Out of Water'
2000 - 'Lightbulb Sun'
1982 - 'Signals'
1995 - 'THRAK'

For this edition, let's take a look at 2005 - a great year for some of prog metal's (and not only) finest!
For my tastes its a toss up with Rush 'Signals' and Marillion 'Misplaced Childhood' I like them exactly the same ...I love both those albums it's going to be hard to choose. Confused

I find both overrated, and I'm not really into Rush. Anyway, these already won the polls for their respective years!
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

The tenth edition of Random Album Clash comes to life!
Here are all the winners so far:
1970 - 'Lizard'
1992 - 'Hybris'
1985 - 'Misplaced Childhood'
2019 - 'Resistance'
1968 - 'A Saucerful of Secrets'
1975 - 'Fish Out of Water'
2000 - 'Lightbulb Sun'
1982 - 'Signals'
1995 - 'THRAK'

For this edition, let's take a look at 2005 - a great year for some of prog metal's (and not only) finest!
For my tastes its a toss up with Rush 'Signals' and Marillion 'Misplaced Childhood' I like them exactly the same ...I love both those albums it's going to be hard to choose. Confused
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well after careful consideration of all these good/great albums I have a soft spot for Dream Theater - 'Octavarium' Tongue
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Second Life Syndrome was the album that demonstrated extremely vividly to me that prog metal was not all generic garbage. It's an album I'd rate as one of my top 10 of all time.
Pepper's Ghost is also excellent.
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005..... Thumbs Up 
..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005. Thumbs Down

Oh, really, the worst? What did you dislike so much about 'Present' because I seem to enjoy most of what is happening there?
Disc 1 of the "Present" album wasn't too bad, but Disc 2 sounded to my ears like a dreadful improvisational mess, although that's just my opinion and other opinions may vary. Smile

I agree that disc 2 is messy, had they released just the first one, it would have been much better.
 






Worst album of 2005 isn`t at all correct disc 2 is improvisational which is a new curve within the music of VDGG, its also a little wide of the mark stating that DT had the best album of 2005, its an awesome album but there where others far great than DT`s album imho. 









Neal Morse  ? takes my vote...







 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005..... Thumbs Up 
..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005. Thumbs Down

Oh, really, the worst? What did you dislike so much about 'Present' because I seem to enjoy most of what is happening there?
Disc 1 of the "Present" album wasn't too bad, but Disc 2 sounded to my ears like a dreadful improvisational mess, although that's just my opinion and other opinions may vary. Smile

I agree that disc 2 is messy, had they released just the first one, it would have been much better.
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Neal Morse - '?' without hesitation
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005..... Thumbs Up 
..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005. Thumbs Down

Oh, really, the worst? What did you dislike so much about 'Present' because I seem to enjoy most of what is happening there?
Disc 1 of the "Present" album wasn't too bad, but Disc 2 sounded to my ears like a dreadful improvisational mess, although that's just my opinion and other opinions may vary. Smile
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Riverside > PT
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