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I'm not going to list my favorite 2010 albums in any order since my mood changes so often, but my fav 2010 albums:

Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Oceansize - Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up
Karnivool - Sound Awake
Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul II
Sky Architect - Excavations Of The Mind
Porcupine Tree - Recordings (I know this originally came out in 2001, but with a very limited release.  It's new to me.)


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just picked up Coyote. I'm only on the second listen, but this could easily change my list around. Still need to pick up Oceansize, along with a host of others
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Originally posted by andyman1125 andyman1125 wrote:

Originally posted by Conor Fynes Conor Fynes wrote:

Most Disappointing Album(s) Of 2010


Three - Revisions

...wasn't Revisions released last year (2009)?

Thats why it is disappointing LOL


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I've yet to close up my list (see the ones I still have to check a the bottom of the list), but here is a tentative list In no particular order

Xing Sa - Création de l'Univers
Univers Zero - Clivages (I didn't think it would hit my top 10 back in Febr, but the year is not that big a vintage one, IMHO, so it's still in the running)
Hypnos 69 - Legacy
Elephant9 - Walk the Nile
Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
Picchio dal Pozzo - A_Live
Aranis - Roqueforte
Yugen - Iridule
Madelgaire - Im(Patience)

BTW, no Magma's Emminent-Rhê for me, thanks. 



And I still need to check out:
Rouge Ciel
DAAU
Frogg Cafe,
Dungen,
French TV's 2010 albums and
Klotet - Det Har Aldrig Hant Och Kommer  
 
 
>> they're all on my next Syn-Phonic order
 
 
 
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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I'm not aware of ten good albums released this year, but Tame Impala's Innerspeaker is incredible.
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

10. The Cozmik Orkestrah - Blackhawk (Wink)
 -Yes, my own band, but damned if this isn't my most listened album of 2010.  The great thing about being a 100% jam band is that I hear new things every time I listen, and the chemistry my bandmates and I have always blows me away.

9. Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence
-Just some really kickass sludge metal, plus saxophones.  Their singer has a voice I absolutely love, and basically what this band is - one of my friends says it best - "Profound Lore Records' answer to Baroness"

8. Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit
-Really groovy, this album flows more than near anything else I've heard from this past year.  Time flies by when you are listening to this.

7. Kayo Dot - Stained Glass EP
-Kayo Dot is the most exciting band of the 21st century, it's always fascinating to see where they are heading musically.  I really enjoyed this one, short as it was.

6. Negura Bunget - Vîrstele Pamîntului
-Brilliant, but probably for fans of black metal only.

5. Alcest - Ecailles de Lune
-Conor put it better than I could possibly be bothered to

4. Kayo Dot - Coyote
-Beautiful agony, in form of music.  Plus, as with all Toby Driver music, a dollop of insanity on the side.

3. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
-Bleak, beautiful, and hella groovy; I never thought they could make an album better than The Mantle but here it is

2. Yugen - Iridule
-Italian avant-prog with strong stylings like those of Picchio dal Pozzo.  Fantastic.

1. Jean Louis - Morse
Okay, I lied when I said Kayo Dot was the most exciting band of the 21st century.  This avant-jazz three-piece explodes my brain every time


honorable mention:
Cloudkicker - Beacons
Elephant9 - Walk the Nile
Red Sparowes - The Fear is etc.
Extinction Algorithm - My Forest is Dead
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Finntroll - Nifelvind
Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
 
I love ya to death Colin, but Marrrow is NOT better than The Mantle. It's not even in the same league.
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What?Marrow of the spirit is in the same league with The mantle?Come on,we all know that The mantle for the majority of fans is the best.Wink
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I haven't added or tried too many 2010's.  There are many more on list to get.  My favorite officially prog is Brian Eno with Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams    Small Craft on a Milk Sea.  Non officially prog is Bryan Ferry's Olympia.  Clivages was a nice discovery.  Jeff Beck's Emotion And Commotion was one his best in years.  Umphrey McGee's Summer Sampler 2010 was a nice treat.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by MillsLayne MillsLayne wrote:

Karnivool - Sound Awake
Sound Awake is a 2009 album.
Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:



BTW, no Magma's Emminent-Rhê for me, thanks.
 


that was 2009

Originally posted by Anthony H. Anthony H. wrote:

I love ya to death Colin, but Marrrow is NOT better than The Mantle. It's not even in the same league.


it's definitely better, sorry bud.  You just don't like metal Approve

As far as I see it, 3 of the songs are far better than any single moment on The Mantle


Edited by Triceratopsoil - January 11 2011 at 18:22
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:



BTW, no Magma's Emminent-Rhê for me, thanks.
 


that was 2009

Plus, it's Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré. WinkTongue
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2011 at 18:34
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:


Rouge Ciel


This one is growing on me.  Right now not quite as good as the first two, but that might change.
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rym list
1st entry
50-31
30-16
15-1

50e. Apparatjik | We Are Here
50d. Black Milk - Album of the Year
50c. Avenged Sevenfold | Nightmare
50b. Dean Magraw & Marcus Wise | How the Light Gets In
50a. In Vain | Mantra
49. Henry and the Nightcrawlers | Henry and the Nightcrawlers
48. Water & Bodies | The Rain City Sessions Part 2
47. The Chap | Well Done Europe
46. Pat Metheny | Orchestrion
45. Laura Veirs | July Flame
44. Adebisi Shank | This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
43. Jeremy Messersmith | The Reluctant Graveyard
42. Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record
41. Enditol | Enditol
40. Bend Sinister | Spring Romance
39. Skeleton Staff | Solipsism
38. Field Music | Field Music (Measure)
37. Walking Sleep | Measures
36. Averse | The Endesque Chants
35b.Renaissance | The Mystic And The Muse
35a. Ihsahn | After
34. Annuals | Sweet Sister
33. Cyclamen | Senjyu
32. Dead Letter Circus |This Is the Warning
31. Grammatics | Krupt
30. Jimmy Gnecco | The Heart
29. The River Empires | Demos/Unfinished/B-Sides
28. The Gloomcatcher | Slow Chorale
27. Punch Brothers | Antifogmatic
26. Distrails | Dry Flies
25. The Apples in Stereo | Travellers in Space and Time
24. Journal | Unlorja
23. Orphaned Land | The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
22. Negroni's Trio | Just Three
21. Timbre | Little Flowers
20. Judgement Day | Peacocks / Pink Monsters
19. Timmy Sean | Songs From & Inspired By Noisewater
18. Anathema | We're Here Because We're Here
17. 22 - Flux
16. The Reign of Kindo | This Is What Happens
15. Everything Everything | Man Alive
14. Pure Reason Revolution | Hammer and Anvil
13. Oceansize | Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up
12. Revere | Hey! Selim
11. Jazzkamikaze | Supersonic Revolutions
10. Emanuel and the Fear | Listen
9. Foals | Total Life Forever
8. Warpaint | The Fool
7. Agalloch | Marrow of the Spirit
6. Menomena | Mines
5. Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz
4. Cloud Cult | Light Chasers
3. Janell Monáe | The Archandroid
2. Lehto & Wright | Children's Songs
1. The River Empires | The River Empires (Epilogue)


Originally posted by Conor Fynes Conor Fynes wrote:


 2) Oceansize - Self-Preserved As The Bodies Float Up

After several engaging, dynamic and exciting listens to this incredible album, it's no wonder why this is Steven Wilson's (of Porcupine Tree) favourite album of 2010.




favorite?
here's his list
it was on his there, but at #8. Shearwater's "The Golden Archipeligo" appears to be at least listed as his #1 or one would assume "favorite" record in 2010.

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Originally posted by andyman1125 andyman1125 wrote:

Originally posted by Conor Fynes Conor Fynes wrote:

Most Disappointing Album(s) Of 2010


Three - Revisions

...wasn't Revisions released last year (2009)?
I realized that afterwards, damn, I might have to change that :-P
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Originally posted by SoundscapeMN SoundscapeMN wrote:

rym list
1st entry
50-31
30-16
15-1

50e. Apparatjik | We Are Here
50d. Black Milk - Album of the Year
50c. Avenged Sevenfold | Nightmare
50b. Dean Magraw & Marcus Wise | How the Light Gets In
50a. In Vain | Mantra
49. Henry and the Nightcrawlers | Henry and the Nightcrawlers
48. Water & Bodies | The Rain City Sessions Part 2
47. The Chap | Well Done Europe
46. Pat Metheny | Orchestrion
45. Laura Veirs | July Flame
44. Adebisi Shank | This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank
43. Jeremy Messersmith | The Reluctant Graveyard
42. Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record
41. Enditol | Enditol
40. Bend Sinister | Spring Romance
39. Skeleton Staff | Solipsism
38. Field Music | Field Music (Measure)
37. Walking Sleep | Measures
36. Averse | The Endesque Chants
35b.Renaissance | The Mystic And The Muse
35a. Ihsahn | After
34. Annuals | Sweet Sister
33. Cyclamen | Senjyu
32. Dead Letter Circus |This Is the Warning
31. Grammatics | Krupt
30. Jimmy Gnecco | The Heart
29. The River Empires | Demos/Unfinished/B-Sides
28. The Gloomcatcher | Slow Chorale
27. Punch Brothers | Antifogmatic
26. Distrails | Dry Flies
25. The Apples in Stereo | Travellers in Space and Time
24. Journal | Unlorja
23. Orphaned Land | The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
22. Negroni's Trio | Just Three
21. Timbre | Little Flowers
20. Judgement Day | Peacocks / Pink Monsters
19. Timmy Sean | Songs From & Inspired By Noisewater
18. Anathema | We're Here Because We're Here
17. 22 - Flux
16. The Reign of Kindo | This Is What Happens
15. Everything Everything | Man Alive
14. Pure Reason Revolution | Hammer and Anvil
13. Oceansize | Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up
12. Revere | Hey! Selim
11. Jazzkamikaze | Supersonic Revolutions
10. Emanuel and the Fear | Listen
9. Foals | Total Life Forever
8. Warpaint | The Fool
7. Agalloch | Marrow of the Spirit
6. Menomena | Mines
5. Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz
4. Cloud Cult | Light Chasers
3. Janell Monáe | The Archandroid
2. Lehto & Wright | Children's Songs
1. The River Empires | The River Empires (Epilogue)


Originally posted by Conor Fynes Conor Fynes wrote:


 2) Oceansize - Self-Preserved As The Bodies Float Up

After several engaging, dynamic and exciting listens to this incredible album, it's no wonder why this is Steven Wilson's (of Porcupine Tree) favourite album of 2010.




favorite?
here's his list
it was on his there, but at #8. Shearwater's "The Golden Archipeligo" appears to be at least listed as his #1 or one would assume "favorite" record in 2010.


Hmm, guess that's the last time I take a friend's word for fact!
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so far... (i assume everythin everything, foals and many others will be added on later)

anathema / we're here because we're here
massive attack / heligoland
lcd soundsystem / this is happening
vampire weekend / contra
hot chip / one life stand
the chemical brothers / further
brandon flowers / flamingo
salem / king night
shearwater / the golden archipelago

oh was it supposed to be prog?
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1. Fond of Tigers - Continent & Western
2. Xing Sa - Création De L'Univers
3. Kayo Dot - Coyote
4. Jean Louis - Morse
5. Cosa Brava - Ragged Atlas
6. Charming Hostess - The Bowls Project
7. Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
8. Aranis - RoqueForte
9. Rational Diet - On Phenomena and Existences
10. Univers Zero - Clivages

The metal releases I heard this year were mostly lacking, hence all teh ZAR stuff.

The best overall album for me was Angles - Epileptical West, but I excluded it from the list (as well as a number of other jazz ralbums) because it's not prog.


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Here is my list for now.... I still have lots of 2010 albums to check out!

Frogg Cafe - Bateless Edge
Sky Architect - Excavations of the Mind
Ciccada - A Child in the Mirror
Fromuz - Seventh Story
Xing Sa - Création de l'Univers
Glass hammer - If
Mars Hollow - Mars Hollow
Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul II
Steve Unruh - Challenging Gravity
My Brother The Wind - Twilight in the Crystal Cabinet
Helmet of Gnats - High Street
Mojo Pojo - Mojo Pojo
David Minasian - Random Acts of Beauty
Godsticks - Spiral Vendetta
Karnataka - Gathering Light
Glass - Spectrum Principle
Moon Safari - Lover's End
Julie Slick - Julie Slick
MoeTar - From These Small Seeds
Modest Midget - The Great Prophecy of a Small Man
Rob Martino - One Cloud
California Guitar Trio – Andromeda
Dean Watson - Unsettled
Hasse Froberg & the Musical Companion - Future Past
Resistor - Rise
Stick Men - Soup
The Rebel Wheel - We Are in the Time of Evil Clocks
Dave Kulju - Notes in the Margin
Alternativ Quartet - Linistea Astupa Goluri
Eris Pluvia - Third Eye Light
Guy Manning - Charlestown
Lucifer Was - The Crown of Creation
District 97 - Hybrid Child
Kaipa - In the Wake of Evolution
Cangaceiro - Alumbramiento

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Since I only have 8 albums from 2010, I'll just do my top 3:
 
1. Moon Safari - Lover's End
2. Haken - Aquarius
3.. Il Tempio delle Clessidre - Il Tempio delle Clessidre
 
And for kicks, the other 5, unordered:
 
Spock's Beard - X
Sky Architect - Excavations of the Mind
Kayo Dot - Coyote
Frogg Cafe - Bateless Edge
All Over Everywhere - Inner Firmaments Decay
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I'm not there yet, a lot came out in the last 4 months.
Pretty sure on the top 4 though, some great metal there and even stoner! That was ages since that happened.

1.  Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
2.  Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
3.  Ihsahn - After
4.  Hypnos 69 - Legacy

followed by some of these:
.  Electric Orange - Krautrock from Hell
.  Dan Berglund's - Tonbruket
.  Anathema - We're here because we're here
.  Lunatic Soul - II
.  Yugen - Iridule
.  Xing Sa - Création de l'Univers
.  Univers Zero - Clivages
.  Wovenhand - The Threshingfloor
.  Shaolin Death Squad - Five Deadly Venoms
.  Chimp Spanner - At The Dream's Edge
.  Faust - Faust is Last
.  NichelOdeon - Il Gioco Del Silenzio



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