MP's Decade's End Album Poll

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Tyler_Holicus)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:22:59 GMT

hey mike just wondering if you've ever checked out Katatonia. There a real cool band and there last few albums have been really cool sounding. I'd imagine akerfeldt would have told u about them tho.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Barge)

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:51:12 GMT

DT - Six Degrees
Opeth - Deliverance
PoS - Perfect Element

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (lightninfeet)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:31:23 GMT

DT- ToT

Opeth- Damnation

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Duke1)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:49:55 GMT

DREAM THEATER: Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)
NEAL MORSE: ? (2005)
PORCUPINE TREE: Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
PAIN OF SALVATION: Remedy Lane (2002)

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (AnotherDimension)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:05:41 GMT

Train of Thought (This is a hard one. BC&SL is a close second and then SC)
Testimony (No contest here.)
Blackwater Park (Another hard one. Watershed is damn good, but needs more death vox. Deliverance has the title track, but is highly flawed. None touch 99's Still Life, but BP sounds so similar to it.)
Lightbulb Sun (I just love my introduction to PT.)
BE (97's Entropia is my favorite, which I'm sure puts me in a minority.)

Mark

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (The Alchemist)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:01:11 GMT

Dream Theater: Six Degrees, although Octavarium and Count of Tuscany are my two favourite songs right now

Neal Morse: ? (Pure masterpiece. I still cannot get enough of this album)

Opeth: Blackwater Park

Porcupine Tree: DEADWING!!

Pain of Salvation: Perfect Element

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Sharly)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:56:53 GMT

Dream Theater: Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

Neal Morse: ?

Opeth: Blackwater Park

Porcupine Tree: In Absentia

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (gelj)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:36:57 GMT

Opeth-Blackwater Park
Porcupine Tree-eadwing
Dream Theater-Train of Thought

thanks for all the DT albums mike, pure magic!!!!!

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Socrates)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:36:24 GMT

DT
Black Clouds

Neal Morse
Sola Scriptura

Opeth
Damnation

Porcupine Tree
Deadwing

Haven't heard any PoS so I can't choose

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (osmosis2259)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:17:54 GMT

DT- SDOIT
PT- IA
Opeth- BP
PoS- TPE

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (YtseDevil)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:17:08 GMT

DT: Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Almost went ToT on this, as it has my favorite tracks of this decade. But it also has songs I tend to skip. BC&SL is the versatile and all six tracks are extremely strong.

Morse: ?
Another tough choice here, just slightly over Testimony.

Opeth: No vote

PT: Deadwing
Easy choice for me on this one.

PoS: Remedy Lane
Easy choice for me on this one as well.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Seacraft)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:10:41 GMT

Wooo! first post!!

DREAM THEATER:
-- Train Of Thought (2003)
This is a metal masterpiece that totally blew my mind when I first heard it and still does to this day everytime. Of course all of DT's releases blow my mind but there's something undescribable and really special about this album!

OPETH:
-- Damnation (2003)
This album is just plain awesome. One of those albums that can be listened to start to finish without a dull moment.

PORCUPINE TREE:
-- Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (aditya dutta)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:02:21 GMT

DT - 6DoIT .....definately! even though ToT is my personal favourite
Opeth - Watershed

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Nedstemtdrummer)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:52:39 GMT

DT: Octavarium
Really because it's the end of the long series of follow-up albums from Scenes from a Memory.

PT: Deadwing

Opeth: Damnation
Because I like the "not way too heavy" site of Opeth:)

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Steve Drums)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:10:38 GMT

DT - Octavarium
NM - One (also MP's best performance of the decade, IMO)
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Pain of Salvation - Scarsick

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Eelgram)

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:26:25 GMT

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

NEAL MORSE:
-- Testimony (2003)

OPETH:
-- Blackwater Park (2001)

PORCUPINE TREE:
-- In Absentia (2002)

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- Remedy Lane (2002)

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (3DeadCanadians)

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:55:51 GMT

Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (crimson king)

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:42:24 GMT

Late as usual...

DREAM THEATER:  Octavarium

NEAL MORSE: ?

OPETH:  Ghost Reveries

PORCUPINE TREE: Deadwing

PAIN OF SALVATION:  The Perfect Element Pt 1

(is it itme to count votes?)

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (corky1256)

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:44:00 GMT

Dream Theater - Almost impossible...But I vote for 6DoiT

Neal Morse - One

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing...Without a doubt

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Dal)

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:34:12 GMT

DT - Octavarium
PT - In Absentia
Opeth - Ghost Reveries

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Sabredog)

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:51:48 GMT

DREAM THEATER:
-- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)
-- Octavarium (2005)

Octavarium is my favourite, but I think Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is the "best" as it were!

OPETH:
-- Ghost Reveries (2005)

PORCUPINE TREE:
-- The Incident (2009)
Lightbulb Sun and Deadwing are my favourites, but this is my third and I'm so SO in love with this album right now. I think it's the most monumental achievement of their career so far.

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- Be (2004)

This is the only one I'm not ambivalent about. This is definitely their finest moment. Swooping and soaring and effortlessly beautiful.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (I_Am_Your_God)

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:35:56 GMT

DT- 6DOIT
Neal Morse- Sola Scriptura
Opeth- GR
Pain of Salvation- BE

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Gizmo Jones)

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:15:58 GMT

My personal favourite DT album out of them all is Six Degrees, so I'll defs go with that.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (scaife)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:52:32 GMT

Only able to select from 2 bands (not familiar enough with the others)...

DT - Train of Thought

Neal Morse - ?

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (cheesus)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:48:57 GMT

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
(no opinion on Neal Morse)
Blackwater Park
In Absentia
The Perfect Element, Pt. 1

easy

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Xanadu3737)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:25:13 GMT

Train of Thought - My favorite, but Black Clouds is my 2nd favorite, and I think it is not only more universally liked, but is generally more balanced, and so it should be the one picked.
? - Neal has a track record of great albums, but this one stands above all others as the masterpiece in my mind.
In Absentia or Deadwing - Both of these are equally good picks. In Absentia works slightly better as a full album, but Deadwing has more standout song goodness like Arriving Somewhere, Lazarus, and Halo.
Scarsick - I know this isn't going to win out, but it's my favorite. I think the fan consensus will easily go to Remedy Lane or TPE Pt. 1.

And I hope Bridge Across Forever is making this list! Easily a top 5 album of all time, let alone of this decade!

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (KiserSoze)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:23:14 GMT

DREAM THEATER:
-- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)
NEAL MORSE:
-- Testimony (2003)

OPETH:
-- Blackwater Park (2001)

PORCUPINE TREE:
-- In Absentia (2002)

PAIN OF SALVATION:
-- Be (2004)

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Corvin)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:11:24 GMT

I just scanned the thread and I don't think I saw a single vote for Systematic Chaos which is surprising. I love that album. All kinds of love for 6DoiT as well, which is probably my least favorite of the bunch(despite having my favorite tune in the Glass Prison on it).

Dream Theater :: Systematic Chaos
-- I like all the tunes on 6 degrees but title track aside 4 songs is too few. Yes, four, because I just can't get into Disappear. I'd probably rank them: SC -> Train -> Octo -> BC&SL -> 6 Degrees.

Pain of Salvation :: Be
-- I fell in love with them with TPE but it's been a while since I listened to it. I think a lot of it runs together though which hurts it a bit. Scarsick on the flipside is full of good 'singles' but not as cohesive. Be seems to be the perfect blend of the two.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (tusic)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:03:33 GMT

Since this is un-sticky'd, I'm not sure if you're still checking it for our opinions, but I'll give you mine anyway. :)

DT- Octavarium

This is my second favorite DT album after Awake. I love the title track and the concept behind the whole album and the NUGGETZ!

Opeth - Deliverance

The title track is my favorite Opeth song period, so this disc gets the nod from me.

PT - In Absentia

I think PT really hit their sweet-spot with this album. It has just the right amount of proggy bits and metal bits to be my favorite.

PoS - Remedy Lane

This album is perfect in every way. A Trace of Blood, Undertow, Chain Sling, Beyond the Pale. Almost every song on the album gives me chills.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Shesmovedon)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:19:14 GMT

This was a very hard job indeed.. here`s my choices:

Dream Theater - 6DoiT

Neil Morse - Testimony

Opeth - Damnation

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

Pain of Salvation - BE

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Olive)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:56:02 GMT

Hi
It is very hard to pick one favourite, but I`ve tried.

Dream Theater
Black clouds and silver linings
Been a fan since `92 i have loved every album, but Black clouds and silver linings is my favourite of the decade.

Neal Morse
Testimony
After Neal left Spock`s Beard I was afraid that I had lost one of my favourite musicians, and that Spock`s Beard wasn`t able to continue making great music without him. Fortunately I was wrong
When Testimony was released, I was very happy, and that`s why this is my favourite NM album, but all of the other albums are fantastic too. And of course Mike`s drumming are great.

Opeth
Watershed
This has to be one of the best albums made ever!!
Mikael is a genius, and his Joey Tempest imitation rules

Porcupine tree
Fear of a blank planet

Pain of Salvation
Scarsick

Wishing all the best to all the prog fans in the world
take care and happy holidays:-)

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (yakuza)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:31:53 GMT

DT - Train of thought
I like the fact that it doesn´t try to be diverse. To me the strongest albums have always been the ones that were cohesive and with a certain mood throughout. It perfectly represents the dark side of DT (and I much prefer DT´s more progressive and melodic side, but the dark side is top quality on this one more than the progressive/melodic on other ´00-´09 albums). I love the way it sounds: heavy riffs with clean vocals by James perfectly complement each other on this one, every single riff makes sense in its place as well as all the crazy solos. The flow is so natural.
To me it´s 21st century Awake.

Opeth - Ghost reveries
It perfectly sums up what this band was all about from ´00 to ´09. Every single song is so epic and so strong on its own that it´s unbelievable. So many musical ideas, such a variety yet perfect cohesiveness. (Watershed is close second to me for only reason called Ghost reveries)

PT - The incident
If I am to say which album, then it´s this one. In absentia has better standalone songs, it´s almost like a collection of best hit songs by PT. But The incident has the highest ambition in PT´s cataloque as an album. And I think they achieved everything they wanted with this one as far as that ambition is concerned. Great balance of everything PT have ever been about. After this one I am almost sure it won´t be possible for them to top it. In fact this may be my second favourite album in this century so far, right after Up by Peter Gabriel.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (burninator2112)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:26:34 GMT

DREAM THEATER:
-- Train Of Thought (2003)
Very tough choice. BC&SL was a close second, and all the other releases were excellent, as well. TOT just stands out to me as the most satisfying, visceral, cathartic, and downright fun album of theirs to listen to. It may not be as diverse as 6DOIT or Octavarium, but it sounds amazing (the production & mix is perfect for the band IMO) and the lyrics, while not being as deep or thought-provoking as, say, Learning To Live or Scarred, fit the songs well and don't distract from the music (something I think happened a bit too often on their last few albums). Plus it was the first DT album that I bought the day it came out, and I have many a fond high-school memory of driving around and blaring it from my car.

OPETH:
-- Ghost Reveries (2005)
The first album of theirs that I bought, and the album that really got me into the band and death-metal vocals in general. Watershed is amazing, and their older stuff is great too. But I'll never forget the first time I pressed Play and heard the beginning of Ghost Of Perdition - I nearly shat myself. Any band that makes me react that way deserves a spot on this list.

PORCUPINE TREE:
-- Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
The perfect PT album in my book. This is exactly what I was hoping for when it was released, and not one note of music was a letdown. Heavy, melancholy, and downright creepy in all the right places. Anesthetize is still one of my all-time favorite songs by anybody ever.

And I can't say I'm qualified to give an opinion on Neal Morse's solo albums or POS. Haven't gotten around to listening to much of their stuff.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (Virra)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:00:51 GMT

I can only really vote for DT and Opeth...but I haven't heard all the Opeth releases so I guess I can't really vote on that either.

But for DT it's Six Degrees, I love that album, my 2nd favorite album from you guys. I think it might be my sister's favorite album. Train of Thought and BC&SL are pretty close though.

I won't vote on Opeth because it wouldn't be fair. Give me a few months and I might be able to answer it.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (metropolis pt 13)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:30:05 GMT

I could only answer for Dream Theater, and it's very tough. I would have to pick between Six Degrees and Systematic Chaos...

I'll go with Six Degrees.

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (weezul)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:42:05 GMT

Octavarium/Ghost Reveries/Fear of a Blank Planet
i don't really listen to the other two so can't make fair judgement

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (LeChuck)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:10:12 GMT

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (old world man)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:09:39 GMT

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Opeth- Blackwater Park
Porcupine Tree- Deadwing

Re:MP's Decade's End Album Poll (PHME)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:49:59 GMT

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Neal Morse - One (This is the only cd I have heard by him though)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (tough choice between this one and TPE)