2007 Poll Open!

[Wojtek]

Time to start (at last)

You can vote for prog rock studio albums, prog rock live albums (released on CD's), non prog albums of prog rock musicians.
We don't vote for DVD's, reeditions & band compilations.

To cast your vote, send me the private message (http://auralmoon.com/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=490) with maximum ten albums ordered from no. 1 (which will be given 10 points) to no. 10 (one point). The album list of 2007 releases is provided below.

You can vote till 24th Ferbruary 2008.

(Show most likely on 1st March 2008. Keep checking Moon O'Poll forums as all new information will be posted here)

Please:
- do not post your votes in the forums and do not email your votes to Aural Moon administration
- do not send your votes with not ordered albums or some places shared by a few albums. Such votes with a comment like "Woj, I didn't know which one was better" always mean confusing situation for me while counting the points

Enjoy!
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ABIGAIL'S GHOST - SELLING INSINCERITY
ACCORDO DIE CONTRARI - KINESIS
AHLEUCHATISTAS - EVEN IN THE MIDST
ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT - MAAHAN
ALBION - BROKEN HOPES
ALEC K. REDFEARN & The EYESORES - THE BLIND SPOT
ALIAS EYE - IN FOCUS
AMAROK - SOL DE MEDIANOCHE
ANEKDOTEN - A TIME OF DAY
ANGE - LE TOUR DE LA QUESTION
APPLE PIE - CROSSROADS
ARANIS - II
ASIA - FANTASIA: IVE IN TOKYO
AVIVA - ROKUS TONALIS
AZURETH - PROMETHEAN SYNDROME
BALLOON - MOTIVATION
BEARDFISH - SLEEPING IN TRAFFIC: PART ONE
BEARDED PROJECT, THE - HOPE/OMID
BIG BIG TRAIN - THE DIFFERENCE MACHINE
BLACK BONZO - SOUND OF THE APOCALYPSE
BLACKFIELD - II
BLIND EGO - MIRROR
BREATHING SPACE - COMING UP FOR AIR
CAPHARNAUM - LE SOLEIL EST ONE BOMBE ATOMIQUE
CARPTREE - INSEKT
CAST - COM.UNION
CIRCA: - ~2007
CLAUDIA QUINTET, THE - FOR
CROOKED MOUTH - HOLD IN THE SUN
DEADSOUL TRIBE A LULLABY FOR THE DEVIL
DIAL - SYNCHRONIZED
DOMINICI - 03: A TRILOGY PART 2
DORACOR - ONIRIKA
DREAM THEATER - SYSTEMATIC CHAOS
ELTON DEAN & WRONG OBJECT - THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH
EXCALIBUR II - THE CELTIC RING
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - ALL OF A SUDDEN I MISS EVERYONE
FAR CORNER - ENDANGERED
FERRIS MUDD - FERRIS MUDD
FLOR DE LOTO - MADRE TIERRA
FLOWER KINGS - THE SUM OF NO EVIL
FROGG CAFE - THE SAFANZEE DIARIES
FROMUZ - AUDIO DIPLOMACY
GALAHAD - EMPIRES NEVER LAST
GALLEON - ENGINES OF CREATION
GAN EDEN (IL GIARDINO DELLE DELIZIE) - LAVORI IN CORSO
GARGANTUA - KOTEGARDA
GAZPACHO - NIGHT
GENESIS - LIVE OVER EUROPE
GLASS HAMMER - CULTURE OF ASCENT
GOURISHANKAR, THE - 2ND HANDS
HAMADRYAD - LIVE IN FRANCE 2006
HIDRIA SPACEFOLK - SYMETRIA
HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM - TIME CONTROL
HOGGWASH -THE LAST HORIZON
HYPNOS 69 - THE ELECTRIC MEASURE
ILUZJON - NO PHANTOMS IN
IT BITES - WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN
JACK FOSTER III - TAME UNTIL HUNGRY
JUNK FARM - UGLY LITTLE THING
KAIPA - ANGLING FEELINGS
KARFAGEN - THE SPACE BETWEEN US
KBB - PROOF OF CONCEPT
KNIGHT AREA - UNDER A NEW SIGN
LA TORRE DELL'ALCHIMISTA - NEO
LIQUID TRIO EXPERIMENT - SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
LITTLE ATLAS - HOLLOW
LITTLE TRAGEDIES - CHINESE SONGS PART ONE
LITTLE TRAGEDIES - CHINESE SONGS PART TWO
LUCIFER WAS - THE DIVINE TREE
KANTUS, MARTEN - CATWALK
KRAAN - PSYCHEDELIC MAN
MACHACEK/SIPE/GARRISON - IMPROVISATION
MAGELLAN - INNOCENT GOD
MAGIC PIE - CIRCUS OF LIFE
MANNING - SONGS FORM THE BILSTON HOUSE
MAR DE ROBLES - INDIGENA
MARILLION - SOMEWHERE ELSE
MERMAID KISS - ETARLIS
METAPHOR - THE SPARROW
MIASMA & THE CAROUSEL OF HEADLESS HORSES - MANFAUNA
MORSE, ALAN - FOUR O'CLOCK AND HYSTERIA
MORSE, NEAL - SOLA SCRIPTURA
MOSTLY AUTUMN - HEART FULL OF SKY
MYSTERY - BENEATH THE VEIL OF WINTER'S FACE
NEMO - SI PARTIE II - L'HOMME IDEAL
NEM-Q - OPPORTUNITIES OF TOMORROW
NEW TROLLS - CONCERTO GROSSO, THE SEVEN SEASONS
NOTABENE - SEI LACRIME D'AMBRA
OBLIVION SUN - S/T
OCEANSIZE - FRAMES
ODIN DRAGONFLY - OFFERINGS
OSIRIS - VISIONS FROM THE PAST
OUTER LIMITS - STROMATOLITE
PAIN OF SALVATION - SCARSICK
PARMENTER, RYAN - THE NOBLE KNAVE
PENTWATER - AB-DUL
PERSEPHONE'S DREAM - PYRE OF DREAMS
PETER PAN - DAYS
PHASE, THE - REVIEWS
PHIDEAUX - DOOMSDAY AFTERNOON
PHLOX - REBIMINE + VOLTIMINE
PINEAPPLE THIEF, THE - WHAT WE HAVE SOWN
PLANET X - QUANTUM
POOR GENETIC MATERIAL - PARADISE OUT OF TIME
PORCUPINE TREE - FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET
POVERTY'S NO CRIME - SAVE MY SOUL
PROJETO B- A NOITE
PULSAR MEMORY - ASHES
PUPPET SHOW - THE TALE OF WOE
QUIDAM - ALONE TOGETHER
QWAARN - ABERRATIONS
RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL - RAIN FALLS IN GREY
RATIONAL DIET - S/T
REASONING, THE - AWAKENING
REDEMPTION - THE ORIGINS OF RUIN
RED SAND - HUMAN TRAFFICKING
REFUGEE - LIVE IN CONCERT: NEWCASTLE CITY HALL 1974
RITUAL - THE HEMULIC VOLUNTARY BAND
RIVERSIDE - RAPID EYE MOVEMENT
RONGEY, KURT - WITH FORM IT THREATENS SILENCE
ROOT - WOODEN HILL
RUDESS, JORDAN - THE ROAD HOME
RUNAWAY TOTEM - ESAMERON
RUSH - SNAKES & ARROWS
SAGA - 10 000 DAYS
SATELLITE - INTO THE NIGHT
SBB - THE ROCK
SCHULZE, KLAUS - Kontinuum
SIEGES EVEN - PARAMOUNT
SLAVIOR - SLAVIOR
SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - IN GLORIOUS TIMES
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY - STEAM
SOLAR PROJECT - CHROMAGNITUDE
SONIQ CIRCUS - SONIQ CIRCUS
SPACE RITUAL - OTHERWORLDS
SPEECHLESS, THE - TIME OUT OF MIND
STARCASTLE - SONG OF TIMES
STUERMER DARYL - GO
SYLVAN - PRESETS
SYMPHONY X - PARADISE LOST
TANGENT, THE - GOING OFF ON ONE
TANGERINE DREAM - MADCAP'S FLAMING DUTY
THORNE, STEVE - PART TWO: EMOTIONAL CREATURES
THOUGHT CHAMBER - ANGULAR PERCEPTIONS
THRESHOLD - DEAD RECKONING
TILLISON, ANDY - FOG
TIME OF ORCHIDS - NAMESAKE CAUTION
TINYFISH - TINYFISH
TOUCHSTONE - DISCORDANT DREAMS
TOWNSEND, DEVIN - ZILTOID THE OMNISCENT
TUNISIA - TWO FALSE IDOLS
UMPHREY'S MCGEE´- THE BOTTOM HALF
UPSILON ACRUX - GALAPAGOS MOMENTUM
V/A - THE SPAGHETTI EPIC: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - REAL TIME
WATCH, THE - PRIMITIVE
WYATT, ROBERT - CORNICOPERA
ZAO - IN TOKYO
ZIP TANG - LUMINIFEROUS ETHER

PS. Fish - 13thStar is considered as 2008 album due to official premiere after 2007.

[Rick and Roll]

Busy today, can't look at it in detail, but I may go off the list if there are others.

I'll keep March 2 and 3 open for replays.

[VAXman(Admin)]

'Tis late now but for next year's poll, I can make a web based form where you, the listeners, can select your best of preferences 1 through 10. Then this information could be mailed -- and anonymously too, if you wish -- with your selections in a fashion that would be consistent to make Wojtek's task of collating the results easier.

[teermin8r]

cool

[Wojtek]

Thanks Vax, I'll think it over. Indeed there would be probably less mathematical work for me. On the other hand I love the personal aspect of this poll as some Moonbuds comment their votes and share their detailed opinions on the albums, good/bad year etc etc. This is fun.

So we shall see. That topic will probably come back next year when there might be problem if I manage to finish my album this year (there is a chance). Presence of this album on the list could make voting via PM-ing me confusing. On the other hand I tend to think that this album should just be ommited in poll and then I can stay by the current form. Nah.. future. Let's concentrate on this year edition then.

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Wojtek

Thanks Vax, I'll think it over. Indeed there would be probably less mathematical work for me. On the other hand I love the personal aspect of this poll as some Moonbuds comment their votes and share their detailed opinions on the albums, good/bad year etc etc. This is fun.

I can save you the tabulation effort and still provide a comment field.

Originally Posted by Wojtek

So we shall see. That topic will probably come back next year when there might be problem if I manage to finish my album this year (there is a chance). Presence of this album on the list could make voting via PM-ing me confusing. On the other hand I tend to think that this album should just be ommited in poll and then I can stay by the current form. Nah.. future. Let's concentrate on this year edition then.

Well, I have a year to put something together. I could put up a sample sometime well before the actual polling and you can see how you like it.

[podakayne]

Kewl!!!!!

[Cozy]

I'm just going to add some titles not on the list if it helps some people out:

Projeto B - A Noite
Radio Massacre International - Rain Falls In Grey
Hiromi/SonicBloom - Time Control
Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores - The Blind Spot
Rational Diet - S/T
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
Elton Dean & Wrong Object - The Unbelievable Truth
Far Corner - Endangered
Robert Wyatt - Cornicopera
The Claudia Quintet - For
KBB - Proof Of Concept
Soft Machine Legacy - Steam
Aranis - II
Upsilon Acrux - Galapagos Momentum
Flor de Loto - Madre Tierra
Mar de Robles - Indigena
Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna (EP)
Machacek, Alex / Jeff Sipe / Matthew Garrison - Improvisation
Oblivion Sun - S/T
Cast - Com.union
Zao - In Tokyo
Phlox - Rebimine + Voltimine
Accordo dei Contrari - Kinesis
Ahleuchatistas - Even in the Midst
Time Of Orchids - Namesake Caution
Canvas - Digital Pigeon
Salle Gaveau - Alloy
Cathedral - The Bridge
Future Kings of England - The Fate of Old Mother Orvis
Supersilent - 8
Rodriguez-Lopez, Omar - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
Rodriguez-Lopez, Omar / Quintet - The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange
Rodriguez-Lopez, Omar & Lydia Lunch - s/t
Radiohead - In Rainbows

[Rick and Roll]

Thanks Cozy, nicely done. I had Oblivion Sun in my top 10 and the Flor de Loto in the top 20.

Also not on Woj's were:

Izz Live at Nearfest
Anton Roolaart - Dreamer
Dave Kulju - Abstract Expression
3 - The End Is Begun

After the voting is closed, I'll post my top 20 in my forum as part of the show replay on my show. Then others can chime in with their top picks if they so choose (or post them here).

Woj usually has a Sat and a Sunday replay. I will skip my Sunday PM slot that week and rebroadcast the show in my Monday slot, for a total of three airings.

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Thanks Cozy, nicely done. I had Oblivion Sun in my top 10 and the Flor de Loto in the top 20.

Also not on Woj's were:

Izz Live at Nearfest

Are we going to put Live recording releases in contention?

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by VAXman

Are we going to put Live recording releases in contention?

Originally on Woj's list:

FROGG CAFE - THE SAFANZEE DIARIES
GENESIS - LIVE OVER EUROPE

There are more - I've never heard a restriction on that anyway.

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Originally on Woj's list:

FROGG CAFE - THE SAFANZEE DIARIES
GENESIS - LIVE OVER EUROPE

There are more - I've never heard a restriction on that anyway.

OK...
I'll add a few and take yours, and Cozy's and edit them collated into Wojtek's original list unless he beats me to it.

[Wojtek]

It seems that most album additions come after the time for adding albums. But OK.. Of course if someone has the prog album not listed here on their list, I won't be doing any problems and will count it. I'm against having Cathedral on the list (as it doesn't met my criteria of prog, despite I'm really very tolerant when it comes to definition of modern prog compared to prog purists), but if you want to vote for such bands, you can include them unless the vote is dominated by non prog bands. Just try to sumbit prog rock vote, please. In fact I'm not worried at all as the votes I received so far are perfect in terms of poll character.
I'll take care of the list & poll myself as I prefer to have all under control (i.e to know what I have on the list, to check the release date). Therefore at the moment the help that would be vital is connected with poll promotion. If it is possible to announce the voting period somewhere on the main site and if AM comics are up for jingles, that would be great.

PS. Btw Vax can you change the year in poll forum description? Thanks in advance.

[Wojtek]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

After the voting is closed, I'll post my top 20 in my forum as part of the show replay on my show. Then others can chime in with their top picks if they so choose (or post them here).

Rick, as usual I'm up for the replays in RS slots, so big thanks.
If you were to post your top, could you make it after the show? I think it would be great to discuss our votes, personal opinions on 2007 releases after the show. We're rather small community so the less votes we know before results, the bigger fun.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Wojtek

Rick, as usual I'm up for the replays in RS slots, so big thanks.
If you were to post your top, could you make it after the show? I think it would be great to discuss our votes, personal opinions on 2007 releases after the show. We're rather small community so the less votes we know before results, the bigger fun.

ok, I'll wait until you get the exact dates....

Did you want to have one airing then two repeats in my slots? Or two airings at your choice and one repeat? I think three times total would be plenty.

Yes, thanks about the posts. I should have said personal results after the airings and not when the polls close.

[Wojtek]

I think this has worked very well in last years. Premiere airing on Saturday, then two replays on Sunday and Monday in RS slots. If it can be like that this year, that will be great, thanks.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Wojtek

I think this has worked very well in last years. Premiere airing on Saturday, then two replays on Sunday and Monday in RS slots. If it can be like that this year, that will be great, thanks.

Sold!

[Cozy]

Originally Posted by Wojtek

I'm against having Cathedral on the list (as it doesn't met my criteria of prog, despite I'm really very tolerant when it comes to definition of modern prog compared to prog purists), but if you want to vote for such bands, you can include them unless the vote is dominated by non prog bands.

Are you aware that this is the Cathedral reunion album from the band that recorded the (supposedly) Anglagard inspired 1978 album "Stained Glass Stories"?

I honestly think it's a pretty disappointing effort, but if you've never heard Stained Glass Stories, you need to at least once.

[Wojtek]

Originally Posted by Cozy

Are you aware that this is the Cathedral reunion album from the band that recorded the (supposedly) Anglagard inspired 1978 album "Stained Glass Stories"?

I honestly think it's a pretty disappointing effort, but if you've never heard Stained Glass Stories, you need to at least once.

ok sorry, when you wrote Cathedral, it made me think of the most popular band under the name of Cathedral, the doom rockers

Don't forget D'ARCANA - PREMONITIONS..............a great album.