Collaborators' Top Albums of 2011

Grace For Drowning is a good album, I can see its merits. However, it is such a depressing album, that I have to be in the mood to listen to it (which isn't often), and I feel this brings the album down, in terms of repeat listens. I don't feel that way about any of the PT albums I've heard.

Triceratopsoil wrote:

I have to say I just listened the tracks in the opening post, and I have to congratulate Phideaux for his great music. Doomsday Afternoon is the only album by Phideaux, this one sounds like it's on the same league. On the other hand, I also heard the track listed for Steven Wilson's album, and all I can say is . This guy has finally decided to outbore everybody else. It's like he removes the "Porcupine Tree" of his music and it suddenly becomes narcotic in a bad sense (and even his last PT album started to go that way). Where's the SW of the best PT albums (all the ones before The Incident?) Or even of side projects like Blackfield?  

well, thank you sir.  I wish it was gold so I could cash it in to make another one!  But, we're so happy to be 5!    I'm excited by the new albums I'm working on, see you later in the year.

Congrats to Kavus for making it close to the top 100 with your EP : 138 Dear Lord No Deal (Knifeworld).  I didn't vote for it since it was an EP but it's one of the highlights of my 2011 musical year.

Edited by Slartibartfast - February 23 2012 at 18:22

Congrats on 4 1st places

darkshade wrote: sleeper wrote: darkshade wrote: Anthony H. wrote: darkshade wrote: Hm, one thing I noticed is the lack of jazz-rock/fusion releases from 2011. There were a few that were really good. Planeta Imaginario! Alllllllllll the way down at #140. I, more or less, meant jazz-fusion releases that would have made the top.... 50. Hiromi should have been on this list. However, I will check out this album Optical Delusions - Planeta Imaginario. I'm always up for new jazz-fusion releases. Hiromi is on the list, but way past #200 I think. I enjoyed Visoins, but it wasnt that different from most of her other albums, and doesnt come close to matching Spiral for me. You mean Voice? I thought it was a little different because of the trio setting it was in. The melodies were so beautiful on that album. It does have similarities to Spiral now that I think about it. However, I thought it was one of her better albums, at least should have been higher than 200-something. Oh well, here's hoping for another album like Time Control or Beyond Standard, in spirit.

Errr yes, that one.

The only other album of hers I've got is Brain so the trio setting is nothing new to me (she only has a quartet on Time Control and Beyond Standard) and I thought Voice felt very similar to Brain, which given the seven year gap between the two albums is a bit disappointing. Checking her page her on the archives, I'm surprised at how low rated Spiral is, it's one of my favorite albums, I love it.

Triceratopsoil wrote: Oh, now we are rating their whole discography? My Arms, Your Hearse Blackwater Park Ghost Reveries Deliverance Heritage Morningrise Still Life Orchid Watershed -------cutoff between passably good music and garbage--------- Damnation

Oh, now we are rating their whole discography?

My Arms, Your Hearse
Blackwater Park
Ghost Reveries
Deliverance
Heritage
Morningrise
Still Life
Orchid
Watershed
-------cutoff between passably good music and garbage---------
Damnation


I love how on topic this is


Edited by Triceratopsoil - February 23 2012 at 12:53

Ghost Reveries
Blackwater Park
Heritage
Deliverance
Watershed
Damnation
Still Life
My Arms, Your Hearse
Morningrise
Orchid