Random Album Clash - 2005
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Topic: Random Album Clash - 2005
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Random Album Clash - 2005
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 09:29
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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!
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Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 09:33
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The Mars Volta, easily... Frances the Mute was the first album I heard from them, and it left an indelible impression (i.e. it scarred me for life). ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 09:44
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Probably my favorite as well... although Deadwing is lurking closely. However, fellow forum users, feel free to leave a comment who you picked whenever you cast your vote, I think it would be more interesting to see who voted for who.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 09:53
| Dreadwing |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 10:13
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Porcupine Tree - 'Deadwing'. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 10:25
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Gorillaz > PT > MV ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 10:36
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None of my usual choices are here, and that is a good thing. My vote went to Deadwing. Octavarium is my favorite Dream Theater album. Wall Street Voodoo has its merits, and I listen to it pretty regularly, but never all at once. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 10:46
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Riverside ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 11:19
Yay! A vote for Gorillaz!
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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 13:06
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TMV ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 13:12
| Porcupine tree! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 13:23
I'm voting for Dream Theater as having the best album of 2005.....  ..... and Van der Graaf Generator for the worst album of 2005.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 13:52
Oh, really, the worst? What did you dislike so much about 'Present' because I seem to enjoy most of what is happening there?
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 15:20
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Riverside > PT |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 15:41
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.
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 00:00
| Neal Morse - '?' without hesitation |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 00:12
I agree that disc 2 is messy, had they released just the first one, it would have been much better.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 01:34
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... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 03:39
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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. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 04:03
well after careful consideration of all these good/great albums I have a soft spot for Dream Theater - 'Octavarium' 
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Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 04:10
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 04:47
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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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 06:06
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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.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 06:33
And it shouldn't!
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 07:23
| My vote goes to Roine Stolt. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 08:06
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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. ------------- Bez pierdolenia sygnał zerwie, to w realia wychodź w hełmie! |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 08:32
| The Mars Volta - 'Frances the Mute' is leading I'm not sure they area prog band to me more alternative rock. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 08:46
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.... 🤔 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 09:56
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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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 28 2020 at 03:10
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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! |
Posted By: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: November 29 2020 at 08:02
| Deadwing, closely followed by Octavarium and Second Life Syndrome. |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 10:40
| Oct-a-var-i-um😎 |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 12:18
| ? is my favourite Neal Morse album despite all the good stuff he's put out since. |