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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 19:28
I voted Anekdoten's `Nucelus' - I love that noisy beast! Not my favourite from them (hello `A Time of Day'), and Nick's vocals were still a little flat back then - something the band really turned around on later albums, but there's a ton of great stuff on there!

I expect Marillion might win this with `Afraid of Sunlight', which is still one of my favourite H-led albums. Some very nice imagery in the lyrics and a very moving and sympathetic vocal from Hogarth too.

I kind of like Spock's `The Light', but it's easily my least favourite album by the Neal-led version of the band. A little too rough around the edges, but so much potential and talent about to emerge with greatness from the next album onwards.

I have very romantic and nostalgic memories of PTree's `Sky Moves Sideways'. When I got the original version soon after it came out, I loved the blend of dancy drumbeats, new age drifting spacey instrumentals and wild guitar soloing. That re-release with the live drums added (don't worry, I won't start ranting about that whole thing again! ) and running order rearranged makes no sense whatsoever! It's like a compliation of material from that era instead of a proper album now!   
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 19:39
Went with White Willow-Ignis Fatuus but could also have gone with PT.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 20:15
We are missing a real gem of an album in ARENA's SONGS FROM THE LIONS CAGE.
That would be my vote.

Since its not on the poll I think I'll choose Spocks beard, but I really didn't love that album; in fact I gotta say 1995 wasn't the best year for music.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 20:26
My fav from that year is probably Disco Volante. Honeyelk...didn't they just release like two short albums in 1979 or something? Voted Happy Family.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 20:27
I will have to go with PT but "Edges of Twilight" is a very close second.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 20:44
I would have added Uz Jsme Doma - Fairytales From Needland and KC - Thrak. Though I'd probably still have voted for Miriodor
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 20:50
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I would have liked to see Art Zoyd's Faust, which ranks amongst my very favourites from Art Zoyd, and is my favourite album from that year.

Anyway, my choice is between the Zeuhl and Avant Prog candidates on the list.  I think I may go with Happy Family -- an album I prefer to the second one, but my heart is kind of leading me to Miriodor's Jongleries Elastique.  Great album by the first "modern prog" band I got into, and was one of my earliest modern prog purchases that I loved (I started with the also excellent 3rd Warning). I alos love the Xaal, and that Honeyelk is good.
 
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I started out with a list of 27 which included "Faust" and also John Greaves' "Songs" and Deus Ex Machina's "De Republica".
That is one my my favourite Miriodor albums by the way.  Love both the Xaal albums which are quite different from one another and Honeyelk doesn't seem to get much attention but it's in the top half of this list for me.


Hey John, it's been a while.

Those are very good albums you left off the list..  It must be quite the challenge trimming these down to 13, especially for someone such as yourself who has such a  substantial music collection.
By the way, I also like the Nouva Era, Anekdoten and Porcupine Tree representatives.  Good stuff.  I should check out Pangee.  It was a great year for music, and one of the strongest post 80s years in my collection.
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The Gnosis site rates Pangee's sole album as the best of 1995. It really never blew me away like I thought it would although it's a 4 star record for sure. Three long instrumental tracks make up that one..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 20:54
Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:


The Sky Moves Sideways, for Moonloop (Coda), Stars Die, and The Moon Touches Your Shoulder.

I'm not that fond of Afraid of Sunlight, but Out of This World is one of my favorite tracks by them, and King is pretty good too.

The Sky Moves Sideways was my vote as well. Listened to that last night after I went to bed(well the second disc).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 21:08
Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Afraid of Sunlight by far for me; my favourite Marillion album!!
 
It's interesting how controversial this album seems to be. Jude 1111 and Octopus-4 dislike it while Lazland and Wanorak rate it highly. Maybe because they seem to be having too much fun on this one after the serious "Brave" album. It's in my top three of fav Hogarth era Marillion albums and probably my favourite of those.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2013 at 21:45
Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Afraid of Sunlight by far for me; my favourite Marillion album!!
 
It's interesting how controversial this album seems to be. Jude 1111 and Octopus-4 dislike it while Lazland and Wanorak rate it highly. Maybe because they seem to be having too much fun on this one after the serious "Brave" album. It's in my top three of fav Hogarth era Marillion albums and probably my favourite of those.
 
I like the track Afraid of Sunlight and a few others over the years ...but post Fish Marillion has always seemed a bit slow moving and a bit boring to me. I honestly don't know what the fascination is with the later marillion cd's.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2013 at 06:31
Originally posted by bonestorm bonestorm wrote:

I will have to go with PT but "Edges of Twilight" is a very close second.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2013 at 07:25
Originally posted by zravkapt zravkapt wrote:

My fav from that year is probably Disco Volante. Honeyelk...didn't they just release like two short albums in 1979 or something? Voted Happy Family.
 
I was noticing this yesterday that the original album was released in 1979 then it was re-issued with bonus tracks and a new cover and title in 1995. Seems to me only the original one should be listed then the alternative cover and bonus tracks shown, but this happens on here all the time when albums are re-mixed. IQ's Tales Of The Lush Attic for example has a seperate entry for the just released remixed version of their debut. Not sure why that is though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2013 at 08:54
Scandinavia rules Smile  
White Willow (Norway) before Anekdoten (Sweden)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 30 2013 at 08:36
Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

I voted Anekdoten's `Nucelus' - I love that noisy beast! Not my favourite from them (hello `A Time of Day'), and Nick's vocals were still a little flat back then - something the band really turned around on later albums, but there's a ton of great stuff on there!

I expect Marillion might win this with `Afraid of Sunlight', which is still one of my favourite H-led albums. Some very nice imagery in the lyrics and a very moving and sympathetic vocal from Hogarth too.

I kind of like Spock's `The Light', but it's easily my least favourite album by the Neal-led version of the band. A little too rough around the edges, but so much potential and talent about to emerge with greatness from the next album onwards.

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The two Anekdoten records you mentioned were the hardest of all their albums for me to get into. For different reasons of course. I still like Gravity the best.
Yup Afraid Of Sunlight is right at the top of my fav Hogarth era albums too. I'd add Marbles and Seasons End as my top three Hogarth led albums.
I'd take The Light over any post-Neal as well as a couple of other Neal-led Beard albums(Day For Night & Snow).
Wow that's so cool that you knew PT back in the nineties. I think The Sky Moves Sideways was Mikael Akerfeldt's first PT album and he said from that point on he bought each new PT album as soon as they were released.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 30 2013 at 20:20
From this list, probably Nucleus. Great album, with the obvious Pork Tree album not far behind it...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 31 2013 at 09:08
The first two of the list are awesome... I will vote for Anekdoten.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2013 at 12:49
I went for the majority vote. I have the double cd version and that alternative version of the title track is incredible. I love the 90s dance IDM electronics Steven used. Music for the mind that still lets you shake dat thang!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2013 at 23:55
Ok, first vote for Xaal. Pangee is another cool jam that is often overlooked.
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