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Topic: New Millenium Prog Albums: 2008
Posted By: Gandalff
Subject: New Millenium Prog Albums: 2008
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:01
Welcome to New Millenium Albums Tournament!
 
Criteria to inclusion:
- Prog studio album
- min. 100 ratings on PA
 
Three best rated albums will advance to Semi-Final Round. In the case of equality, appropriate ratings on Prog Archives are determinative. If you´ll nominate another, unlisted album, it may get a Wild Card, but with sufficient number of your votes only. 
 
Deadline: Wednesday 12th October




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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:25
Traced In Air, but I would have voted Motorpsycho's album if in the list. 


Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:28
Opeth!!!!

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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:39
Traced in Air vs. ObZen was difficult for me, but Traced in Air is much more varied and wholly more interesting.

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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:42
Traced in Air is awesome as hell.

Beardfish is my runner-up.


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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:45
I'll pull one of Logan's moves here and mention a couple personal favorites which didn't make the list:  Guapo's Elixirs and Jean Louis' self-titled.  

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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:47
Gave Lunatic Soul a vote. Fantastic album.

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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:48
I just realized this is another competition. 

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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:49
Cynic

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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:52
Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

I'll pull one of Logan's moves here and mention a couple personal favorites which didn't make the list:  Guapo's Elixirs and Jean Louis' self-titled.  


this, but I voted for B&B


Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:54
beardfish


Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:57
Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2 - one of the finest prog albums of the decade.

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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 17:59
Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2 - one of the finest prog albums of the decade.

I feel Destined Solitaire is much better than SiT2, what do you think of the album?


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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 18:01
Il baccio della medusa for me. These polls often prove the same thing over and over to me, and that is that most of the music I listen to lies outside the top lists. This one was the first of these, where I wanted to vote for one in the poll.

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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 18:12
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2 - one of the finest prog albums of the decade.

I feel Destined Solitaire is much better than SiT2, what do you think of the album?

Honestly I feel like they lost some of the creative spark. It's a very good album, but less fun and original than SiT2. SiT2 is really imaginative and does the retro prog thing in the best way possible, keeping it fun and catchy but still complex and intricate. Destined Solitaire is like that, just less so.


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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 18:13
Experiments in Mass Appeal by far.



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Posted By: Starhammer
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 18:52
From this list ... but in reality...


Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 19:48
Traced in Air x infinity

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Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 19:51
ObZen, but there are a lot better albums that came out in '08. 

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Posted By: adace1
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 20:59
Watershed
Traced in Air
Obzen
Insurgentes


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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 21:45
Blomljud!


Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 23:12
Unlike a lot of people, I love Insurgentes and find it better than the last couple of Porcupine Tree releases. I love the overall dark and heavy atmosphere. I also like the Beardfish, Frost, Karmakanic, VDGG and the Tangent releases. Overall another strong year with Steven Wilson edging out my other favourites ever so slightly.

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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 00:36
It seems like exceptionally weak year for prog, judging by a little number of albums (15) which reached the 100 ratings - quorum. I would vote for "Love Remains The Same" from Von Hertzen Brothers. Outstanding album, but with only 46 ratings.
 
From this list - nothing interesting for me. No vote, unfortunately...


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A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!



Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 03:43
Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:

It seems like exceptionally weak year for prog,

Agreed, I looked at this and thought 'wow, such a poor year'. Pure for me.


Posted By: Shevrzl
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 07:46
Pure was great, not a good year but not that bad as well.


Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 08:53
Blomljund. Brilliant !

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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 09:43
Originally posted by JS19 JS19 wrote:

Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:

It seems like exceptionally weak year for prog,

Agreed, I looked at this and thought 'wow, such a poor year'. Pure for me.

I found it to be a pretty decent year, its just that most of the really good stuff doesnt have 100+ votes.

Bantom to Behemoth.


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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 12:07
Karmakanic, closely followed by Pendragon.

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Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 12:27
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Il baccio della medusa for me. These polls often prove the same thing over and over to me, and that is that most of the music I listen to lies outside the top lists.
 
Yep.


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Posted By: petrica
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 13:30
"Bantam To Behemoth" by Birds and Buidings


Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 21:50
Quelque Part
Dark Angel
Book Of Days
Tightly Unwound
Songs Of The Solar Ping
In The Future

Pay no attention to the popularity contest.



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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 22:09
Blomljud a thousand times
The lack of appreciation for Moon Safari is disturbing ITT


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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 22:12
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

I'll pull one of Logan's moves here and mention a couple personal favorites which didn't make the list:  Guapo's Elixirs and Jean Louis' self-titled.  


this, but I voted for B&B

I also like those muchly, and will pull a Logan and mention Rational Diet's At Work, but I'll give B&B a vote too.  

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Il baccio della medusa for me. These polls often prove the same thing over and over to me, and that is that most of the music I listen to lies outside the top lists. This one was the first of these, where I wanted to vote for one in the poll.

This is my first time voting for one in the poll too -- I have yet to hear more than samples of the album you chose, but seem to remember liking it.  I'd also like to get Trisector at some time (so a  stronger poll than others for me in that i'm interested in a few choices).

I get tired of always just mentioning others, a reason I did my polls, but really don't know (and/ or like) much of this popular modern "Prog" (term I commonly dislike, but for want of a better word) that well.


Posted By: Gandalfino
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 07:20
Wilson´s Insurgentes.


Posted By: BlindGuard
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 08:02
Trisector is a bloody masterpiece!

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Posted By: TopographicTales
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 13:25
I love Insurgentes and some of the others, but Traced In Air got my vote, easy.

Can't wait for Cynic's new EP on November 11th!


Posted By: Oliverum
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 18:00
Peculiarly this is one of the most difficult polls I've participated in here on PA. Geek Well I guess 2008 must be one of my favourite modern prog years because almost all of these albums mentioned here - I just love them! Ahh, I can't vote. Choosing between Karmakanic and Beardfish and Frost* and Tangent would probably end up giving me a serious brain injury.

Edit: so technically I didn't participate, sorry.

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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 11:44
Last day to vote!

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A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!



Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 12:21
Birds and Buildings.


Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 16:46
Well, this poll has been closed. These three albums are advancing to Semi-Final Round:
 
"Who´s the Boss in the Factory?" by Karmakanic
"Traced In Air" by Cynic
"Bantam To Behemoth" by Birds and Buildings (advanced over Pendragon with the same number of votes due to better position on PA ratings)
 
Thanks for your votes!


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A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!




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