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^^ Morse???!?!?!  Or do you not have it yet?

Oh man, I want Uchi-Mani Deluxe
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My final top 10 (I think):

1. Yugen - Iridule
2. Claudia Quintet - Royal Toast
3. Xing Sa - Creation de l'Univers
4. Univers Zero - Clivages
5. Gord Grdina Trio w/ Mats Gustafsson - Barrel Fire
6. Uchihashi Kazuhisa & Mani Neumeier - Uchi-Mani Deluxe
7. Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit
8. Combat Astronomy - Earth Divided by Zero
9. Lüger - Lüger
10. Nichelodeon - Il gioco del silenzio
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1.Harvest Aorta-Ephemeral Sun
2.The Octopus-Amplifier
3.Long Distance Trip-Samsara Blues Experiment
4.Sweet Dreams-Titan
5.A Child In The Mirror-Ciccada
6.Lunatics-Electric Moon
7.Hypnos 69-Legacy
8.Phantom Hell And Soar Angelic-Void Generator
9.Desert Call-Myrath
10.Rise-Resistor
11.Aquarius-Haken
12.Twilight In The Crystal Cabinet-My Brother The Wind
13.Excavations Of The Mind-Sky Architect
14.Relocator-Relocator
15.Walk The Nile-Elephant9
16.Bateless Edge-Frogg Cafe
17.Ripples-Aspera
18.One Among The Living-Mystery
19.The Never Ending Way ORwarriOR-Orphaned Land
20.Bridges Of Kukuriku-Quantum Fantay
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1- Fromuz-Seventh Story
2- Spock's Beard- X
3- Mars Hallow- Self Titled
4- District 97 Hybrid Child
5- Jeff Beck- Emotions and Commotion
6- Lalle Lawson- Infinity of Worlds
7- K2-Black Garden
8- Frogg Cafe- Bateless Edge
9- Helmet of Gnats- High Street
10.Moon Safari-Lover's End


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1. Frogg Café - Bateless Edge
2. Yugen - Iridule
3. Nels Cline Singers - Initiate
4. Univers Zero - Clivages
5. Rational Diet - On Phenomena And Existences
6. Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit
7. Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
8. Negura Bunget - Virstele Pamintului
9. Trey Gunn - Modulator
10. A Silver Mt. Zion - Kollaps Tradixionales
 
 
 
Honorable Mentions:  The Claudia Quintet, Phlox, Picchio Dal Pozzo, Yuganaut, In Lingua Mortua
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i know i already had massive attack in my list but i just received the super fancy Atlas Air EP.

best. ep. ever.

and it's not even original, they're all remixes! oh well.
disclaimer: even though i got the record a few days ago the official release date (that was delayed quite long) was 20.12.2010
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Oceansize- Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up
The Pineapple Thief- Someone Here Is Missing
Anathema- We're Here Because We're Here
Pain of Salvation- Road Salt One
Steven Wilson- Cover Version VI (OK, it was a single, not an album, but it was released in 2010!Tongue)
James LaBrie- Static Impulse
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best release of 2010? I don't know. I listened to several (IQ, Asia)

but I have to conclude Phil Collin's Motown covers album.

I know its absurd, but I'm serious.
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^ Same here LOL
Ill look into some of them though. What kind of music is it?
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^ ^
I haven't heard of any of those, haha.
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Albums of the year 2010 are given below:

1. The Magnetic Fields
2. The Apples in Stereo
3. The Loungs
4. Wolf Parade
5. Best Coast
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Originally posted by echo lynn echo lynn wrote:

Now that's cheating!! ;-) as Haken's classed as Heavy Prog.  I concur there is Metal there but so too is there Neo, Eclectic, Symphonic and Heavy so like so many bands v difficult to classify to everyone's satisfaction.
There a metal band, almost a Dream Theater clone, and should never have been added to Heavy in the first place.

Anyway, most metal albums released this year have come in the traditional prog metal sub, which tends to get mostly so-so ratings anyway, except for a few exceptions, as its all pretty derivative now. Black Metal did have a very strong year though.
Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005

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Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2011 at 06:14
Originally posted by echo lynn echo lynn wrote:

  I concur there is Metal there but so too is there Neo, Eclectic, Symphonic and Heavy.


Yes, that could be an exact definition of Prog Metal Tongue



Edited by Bonnek - January 16 2011 at 06:14
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Originally posted by echo lynn echo lynn wrote:

Now that's cheating!! ;-) as Haken's classed as Heavy Prog.  I concur there is Metal there but so too is there Neo, Eclectic, Symphonic and Heavy so like so many bands v difficult to classify to everyone's satisfaction.


Haken's listed as a progressive metal everywhere except on PA:

PA's sister site;
Metal Archives;
And even TOW.

It is either the whole internet that is wrong or PA is wrong. Wink
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Points: 11 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2011 at 17:44
Now that's cheating!! ;-) as Haken's classed as Heavy Prog.  I concur there is Metal there but so too is there Neo, Eclectic, Symphonic and Heavy so like so many bands v difficult to classify to everyone's satisfaction.
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Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2011 at 16:32

By the way I count 3 metal albums in the top 10. (I included Haken as that is Prog Metal)
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Points: 11 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2011 at 16:24
Guess you're probably well qualified to say folks moved to MMA as you're in the Prog Metal Team.
Always good to see new bands making a mark and suggests that "prog" is becoming increasingly vibrant again - albeit across a much, much broader spectrum of styles than was ever the case in the 1970's.
Also, with each passing year, one would expect that the musical output from most of the older / more established bands will naturally slow - definitely fewer albums from these guys this year IMHO.
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Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2011 at 16:19

^^^ Not a good year, how can we know? This site alone has about 500 albums now for 2010 and more will be added as bands get added or discographies are updated.
And Prog is just a tiny fraction of all that is released.

I managed to hear about 50 albums from 2010. SO frustrating...
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Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2011 at 16:10

^ The point about metal is easy to answer, most fans and contributors of metal went to MMA, hence less ratings and reviews for metal.
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Something I noticed when reviewing the Top 10 albums of 2010 on New Year's Eve* ....

- 6 of the Top 10 were 1st albums for the bands concerned (vs Nil -'09, 2 -'08, 2 -'07, Nil -'06, 1 -'05)
- 8 of the Top 10 were 1st OR 2nd albums for the bands concerned (vs 2 -'09, 7 -'08, 2 -'07, 3 -'06, 3 -'05)

Whilst I confess this is hardly an exhaustive piece of statistical analysis, it might point to a new generation of bands breaking through ... examples include Il Tempio delle Clessidre (1st), Haken (2nd), Ciccada (3rd) and Xing Sa (4th).  Only time will tell - of course - if any or all of them are here to stay!

The second point I looked at is the number of 'metal' albums in the Top 10 over a longer period of 15 years - albums within the Prog Metal, Tech/Extreme Prog Metal and Experimental/Post Metal categories.  Again the results were interesting if not conclusive ... suggestive of a waning interest in Metal perhaps? (go on all you metalheads shoot me down in flames) particularly as there are probably more albums released in these 3 sub-genres collectively than any other.

Food for thought anyway....

-2010 - 1 'metal' album
-2009 - 3
-2008 - 1
-2007 - 4
-2006 - 5
-2005 - 7   
-2004 - 7
-2003 - 3
-2002 - 4
-2001 - 9
-2000 - 2
-1999 - 5
-1998 - 8
-1997 - 5
-1996 - 6

*Yes, I know, I should've been out burning up the town but stayed in and progged out instead. Embarrassed
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