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Poll Question: Favourite?
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    Posted: May 21 2025 at 20:57
On Eight II we look at five records from each of the years 1998, 2008 and 2018.
I'm leaning heavily to 2018 here but I'm not sure on my pick yet.
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Anna von Hausswolff's for me.

1998 is a favourite year of mine. My avatar is of a 1998 release and my favourite concert happened in 1998 (but released in 1999) and a couple of my favourite concerts were released that year. Fabulous year. And 2008 has one of my very favourite albums with Portishead's Third (I consider it to be prog related anyway). With 2018, I really love Dead Magic, which gets my vote. I also like the Elpehant9, Far Corner, and UTO particularly. I have preferred the earlier Thinking Plague releases, but should play in Extremis again, which was the first TP album I heard. Last time I heard it I enjoyed it more than I did when I bought the album in I think 2004. I did enjoy the All Traps too.
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Risk over A Drop Of Light.
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Hausswolff.
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Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
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Of those listed, I think it's got to be Spock's...
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Originally posted by Enchant X Enchant X wrote:

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either Elephant9-Dodovoodoo or Anna Von Hausswolff-Dead Magic. I have to think about it.
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Pendragon, followed by Ayreon.
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2018 to be sure. However, I voted for The Magus due to a feeling that its highly-unusual sound needed some lovin' here.
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Far Corner – Risk.
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Diagonal's debut.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Anna von Hausswolff's for me.

1998 is a favourite year of mine. My avatar is of a 1998 release and my favourite concert happened in 1998 (but released in 1999) and a couple of my favourite concerts were released that year. Fabulous year. And 2008 has one of my very favourite albums with Portishead's Third (I consider it to be prog related anyway). With 2018, I really love Dead Magic, which gets my vote. I also like the Elpehant9, Far Corner, and UTO particularly. I have preferred the earlier Thinking Plague releases, but should play in Extremis again, which was the first TP album I heard. Last time I heard it I enjoyed it more than I did when I bought the album in I think 2004. I did enjoy the All Traps too.


For 1998 I didn't include Bruford Levin Upper Extremities which is possibly my favourite from that year. Also there's an album by Smith/Coster/Coryell record called "Cause And Affect" which is great. Siddhartha from Turkey released their debut that year. Love that record. As far as what I listed for '98 I'd go with Kevin Moore's Chroma Key record over In Extremis.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:



There it is! Of course that FATES WARNING connection is strong with Zonder and Vera as your rhythm section.
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:



There it is! Of course that FATES WARNING connection is strong with Zonder and Vera as your rhythm section.


Well, Kevin played on A Pleasant Shade of Gray and later on Disconnected.
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Of those listed, I think it's got to be Spock's...


This album has grown to become my second favourite Beard album after "V". Glad to see it leading. I have to relay this story again. Years ago the HMV manager who I dealt with for months before ordering music online had changed occupations and was working at the local grocery store here. We had a good talk when I saw him there for the first time, and he told me that every time he sees me he thinks of Spock's Beard. I'll take it! I guess that band name stuck with him.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

either Elephant9-Dodovoodoo or Anna Von Hausswolff-Dead Magic. I have to think about it.


Dodovoodoo has it's fans including myself. I guess the thought was with this trio was to play in the style of Miles Davis during his electric period of the early seventies. I wish the electric piano was more in play than the organ but I'm not complaining too much. Great band.
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