MP's Decade's End Album Poll

Portnoy


So.....
What would be your picks from the below bands/artists?
ONLY ONE CHOICE allowed!!!
(And no live releases...just full-length studio albums)


DREAM THEATER:
-- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)

NEAL MORSE:
-- One (2004)

OPETH:
-- Ghost Reveries (2005)
I'm not an Opeth expert but this is the album that got me into them, so I had to pick it.


PORCUPINE TREE:
-- In Absentia (2002)

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- The Perfect Element Pt 1 (2000)

DREAM THEATER:
~ Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)

NEAL MORSE:
~ One (2004)

OPETH:
~ Damnation (2003)

PORCUPINE TREE:
~ Deadwing (2005)

PAIN OF SALVATION:
~ Be (2004)

Let's see:

Dream Theater - SDOIT

Neal Morse - One

Opeth - Blackwater park

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect element pt1.

Dream Theater:
-Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

Neal Morse:
-Sola Scriptura

Opeth:
-Ghost Reveries

Porcupine Tree:
-Deadwing

Pain Of Salvation:
-Remedy Lane

Not nearly as hard as I thought it'd be. Just went with gut feeling.

DT- Octavarium (and knowing the general feelings of the forum population, I'm probably in the minority with this pick. Close call with 6DOIT though). 8V was the right album at the right time for me and I have incredibly fond memories of it and the associated tour.
 
Opeth - How can you make me pick??? I'm going to go, reclucantly with Ghost Reveries on the strength of Harlequin Forest. But Blackwater Park and Watershed were very close contenders

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia, hands down. One of the all time classic prog albums.

I don't feel qualified to answer the Neal Morse and Pain of Salvation bits at this time.

This is actually pretty easy for me, clear choices just jumped out

DT: 6 Degrees. 
Opeth: Blackwater Park
PTree: In Absentia
PoS: Remedy Lane

Train Of Thought
Sola Scriptura
Damnation
Fear Of A Blank Planet

I don't think i'll choose a POS album as I have only been listening to them since I found out I will be seeing them this Saturday night. So only a month or so. Really looking forward to this weekend. See you then mike.

DT-Octavarium
Opeth-Watershed, or Ghost Reveries, I'm pretty split between those two.

DT: 8V
Opeth: Ghost Reveries
Neal Morse: ?

Very tough

DREAM THEATER:
-- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)
So perfect from beginning to end and SDOIT, the song, is amazing

NEAL MORSE:
-- ? (2005)
Great songs


OPETH:
-- Ghost Reveries (2005)


PORCUPINE TREE:
-- Deadwing (2005)



PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- Be (2004)

Six Degrees seems to be the overall winner for the DT section!

DT - 6DOIT
Neal Morse - ?
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
POS - Be

DT - Octavarium
NM - Sola Scriptura
PoS - Be

Dream Theater:
Black Clouds and Silver Linings

Neal Morse:
I can't vote, don't listen to him.

Opeth:
Ghost Reveries

Porcupine Tree:
The Incident

Pain of Salvation:
Remedy Lane

DT - 6DOIT
PT - IA
Opeth - Damnation
 
Haven't really listened to the other recording but once maybe.
 

Dream Theater: Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

Opeth: Blackwater Park

Porcupine Tree: Deadwing

6DOIT (Tough tie with BC&SL.  Ask again in a year.)
IA, though I still haven't heard The Incident yet.

Can't judge the rest

DREAM THEATER:
-- Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)

NEAL MORSE:
-- Sola Scriptura (2007)

OPETH:
-- Blackwater Park (2001)

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- Remedy Lane (2002)

Portnoy



 
What would be your picks from the below bands/artists?
DREAM THEATER:
-- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)

NEAL MORSE:
-- Sola Scriptura (2007)

OPETH:
-- Ghost Reveries (2005)

PORCUPINE TREE:
-- Deadwing (2005)

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- Can not pick (2009)


MP

Opeth: Ghost Reveries. In my top 10 albums. Simply brilliant

Porcupine Tree: In Absentia. That just wins out against FOABP

Dream Theater: Black Clouds & Silver Linings. Very very tough decision. BC&SL I believe is the strongest album. The others have brilliant tracks, Glass Prison, In the Name of God, Panic Attack etc. etc. etc. I could keep going, but for me BC&SL is the more consistent album.

Not easy choices, too many strong albums. Great decade for music though - so we all win :)

Octavarium (2005)

Dream Theater - Octavarium
Neal Morse - One
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Opeth - I don't know Opeth well enough
Pain of Salvation - Be

DREAM THEATER:
Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)

OPETH:
Deliverance (2002)

PORCUPINE TREE:
Deadwing (2005)

Dream Theater:
[ALL] | Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)

Neal Morse:
Sola Scriptura (2007)

Opeth: 
[ALL] | Ghost Reveries (2005)

Porcupine Tree:
Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)

Pain of Salvation: 
Be (2004)

DREAM THEATER:
-- Train Of Thought (2003)



NEAL MORSE:
Can't say, not a huge Morse fan


OPETH:
-- Ghost Reveries (2005)



PORCUPINE TREE:
-- In Absentia (2002)


PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- The Perfect Element Pt 1 (2000)
Really hard this one, but I think TPE1 is the best album, even though RL has better songs....although BE flows even better as an album, just a bit too much filler

DT: Octavarium (easily)

Opeth: Ghost Reveries

PT: Deadwing

I'm not familiar enough with the others to comment.

These ones I feel completely showcase what each band is all about for sure

It's funnt how thouse 4 bands are my favorite 4 bands as well so this is very challenging for me to just pick one answer but here it goes:


Pain Of Salvation      -   Be ( almost tied with Remedy Lane)
Porcupine Tree          -   In Absentia (Really close to FOABP)
Opeth                         -   Ghost Reveries (Damnation was hard to put out)   
NM                              -  I know it's not allowed but The Whirlwind is the album of the year                                        for me, three thumbs up Transatlantic!

And the Hardest choice

Dream Theater           -   Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulance (for me it's tied with Octavarium,                                         I really can't pick one, but I'll go with 6DOIT for this time.

DREAM THEATER:
-- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)


NEAL MORSE:
-- ? (2005)


OPETH:
-- Ghost Reveries (2005)
 

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- The Perfect Element Pt 1 (2000)

Hi, Mike!

My choices are:

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.

Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura.

Opeth - Blackwater Park.

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia.

Pain of Salvation - BE.

DREAM THEATER: 

-- Octavarium (2005) 

NEAL MORSE: 

-- ? (2005) 

OPETH: 
-- Ghost Reveries (2005) 

PORCUPINE TREE: 
-- Deadwing (2005) 

PAIN OF SALVATION: 
-- Be (2004) 

I can only vote on two as well.

Dream Theater
Black Clouds and Silver Linings

Opeth
Ghost Reveries

Portnoy


As 2009 is approaching an end, I have begun compiling my Decade's End Top 10 List...

I'm trying to not have more than one album by any band on the list...and with that self-imposed rule, I'm finding several bands who put out consistantly great CDs throughout the decade and I'm having trouble picking "THE ONE" that I consider their best of the decade...

(Its like trying to pick just ONE Beatles album as their best of the 60's, same with Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd for the 70's, Metallica or Iron Maiden for the 80's...etc)

Of course you could say this about any band...but I found (for me) with a lot of bands like say Muse, Lamb Of God, The Mars Volta, etc. there was always one particular album that was clearly the strongest IMO....

The bands that I am finding very consistant quality album from and finding it hard to choose the DEFINITIVE album of the decade from are Opeth,  Porcupine Tree and Pain Of Salvation.

And although I don't count albums I played on for my year/decade's end lists, I do think all of the Dream Theater & Neal Morse releases are all incredibly strong and I'm not sure which I'd choose as THE album from the past decade of those either....

So.....
What would be your picks from the below bands/artists?
ONLY ONE CHOICE allowed!!!
(And no live releases...just full-length studio albums)
I know...its very hard!!! 

MP

DREAM THEATER:
-- Train Of Thought (2003)

NEAL MORSE:
-- Sola Scriptura (2007)

OPETH:
Sorry - just can't get into this band

PORCUPINE TREE:
-- In Absentia (2002)

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- Scarsick (2007)

I can only pick for DT and PT, so here it goes!

Dream Theater: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

Porcupine Tree: Deadwing

:)

Hmm from those bands listed I would go with....

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Pain of Salvation - Be

Mephistory

A few of these albums would also make it on my own personal Decade list, but i'd also include Lateralus, Insurgentes, Amnesiac, The Resistance, Illinois (Sufjan Stevens), Is This It (The Strokes), Ágætis Byrjun, Alice (Tom Waits), and Blinking Lights And Other Revelations (Eels).

It would be in mine without a doubt, too, but it was released in 1999...

DREAM THEATER:
-- Octavarium (2005)

OPETH:
-- Watershed (2008)

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- Be (2004)

To be fair, I don't own all of these albums being nominated, but I have at least heard many songs from each thanks to Internet radio stations.  Here is how I see it:

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
This album was in my standard rotation for over three years and still gets played.  It is an easy choice, though BC&SL is still pushing up my list.
 
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
The three main tracks on this album just blow me away, with The Door possibly being one of my top 10 tracks of the decade.

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
They are a mixed bag band for me, but always win me over when Mikael focuses on using his proper singing voice.  This is their most balanced album IMHO.

Pain of Salvation - Be
This is really the only album of theirs that contains tracks that make me stop in awe (Pluvius Aestivus, Iter Impius, etc.), so this was an obvious choice for me.

I just can't get into PT (something about their songs just don't pull me in), so I'll pass on naming an album from them.

BigBrainBrad

Black Water Park" is the choice based on my opinion above. I mark it as the beginning of Opeth's march alongside DT to cover the world with Extreme Metal Proggy Goodness (The new Ben & Jerry's flavor coming to a super market near you).

Imagine a guy sitting in the library somewhere in the middle of Germany and fighting back to laugh hard.

DREAM THEATER: 
-- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002) 



NEAL MORSE: 
-- Testimony (2003) 



OPETH: 

-- Ghost Reveries (2005) 

PORCUPINE TREE: 

-- In Absentia (2002) 



PAIN OF SALVATION: 
 
-- Be (2004)

Dream Theater: Six Degrees
Neal Morse: Sola Scripture
Pain of Salvation: BE
Porcupine Tree: Fear of A Blank Planet