Imaginos

Good to see some support for Dave Gregory. I think that Camel's Andrew Latimer deserves huge praise. Also Bill Nelson.

I tend to always play albums in full (time permitting), without skipping any tracks.

Local blues/rock merchants Marshal Bravestar this Saturday, then Paul Weller on Oct 15th.

I've just ordered "English Electric: Full Power" by Big Big Train as well as the Deluxe edition of "A Feast Of Consequences" by Fish. As for downloads... I've just bought "Inform - Educate - Entertain" by Public Service Broadcasting, the new Goldfrapp album "Tales of Us" and "Warrior On The Edge Of Time" by Hawkwind.

All I can really advise is that you find some way to listen to it. If I had read a description of this music, I probably wouldn't have expected to enjoy it anywhere near as much as I do. In the end your own ears have to be the judge.

The SYL stuff is too heavy for my tastes but I love "Epicloud", "Ki" and "Ziltoid the Omniscient".

Hmm, it's hard to tell. The question is... do you like classic jazz-tinged 70s style prog? Because that's where so many of the sounds on this album are pludered from... and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way. I don't expect to hear a better sounding album than this any time in the next 10 months or so.

1.Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche 2. Powerslave - Iron Maiden 3. Mob Rules - Black Sabbath 4. The Hunter - Mastodon 5. Ghost Reveries - Opeth 6. Down To Earth - Rainbow 7. Blackout - Scorpions 8. The Black Album - Metallica 9. Back in Black - AC/DC 10. Bomber - Motorhead

Do others agree that the beginning of The Watchmaker is very Genesish? (in a good way). Also, how Chris Squire is that opening Bass riff Mr Beggs splurges upon us to kick of Luminol?

Mr Wilson has created a masterpiece. Sure, there is a heavy early 70's Jazz/Prog influence (I'm thinking Lizard era King Crimson) but this album still sounds awesome. The only track that is not really grabbing me so far is "The Pin Drop". Everything else is sublime.

Duck in Fog

Clutch are a great band. If you wanted to give their music a label I guess that you could call it Heavy Blues or Blues Metal. I have "Robot Hive/Exodus", "From Beal Street to Oblivion" & "Strange Cousins from the West".

Marillion Porcupine Tree Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin Blue Oyster Cult Eels Rush Black Sabbath The Divine Comedy Camel

So it's a new month and a new set of eMusic credits... but not for long... This morning I spent a bunch of those credits on... Focus - "X", Hawkwind - "Choose Your Masques", Lord Huron - "Lonesome Dreams" (very melodic - think Fleet Foxes crossed with Midlake) and the new Skarlett Riot single - "Faded Memory".

How come you guys are bigging up The Raven That Refused to Sing? I didn't think it was out 'till the end of Feb.

I've just ordered the 2 CD version of the new Riverside album "Shrine of New Generation Slaves" after listening to the whole thing on Spotify. I have also pre-ordered Steven Wilson's "The Raven That Refused To Sing" (the CD/DVD 5.1 combo version). With Alan Parsons at the helm I expect this to sound fantastic.

Marshal Bravestar Lord Huron Riverside (not that new I guess)

Wow I have a 100%er in my record collection... The Ocean Hounds. Skyfish and Dreams so Real also score pretty high with 95.4% and 93.2% respectively.

Terry Gilliam should direct TLLDOB movie.

"Solomonic" by Skyfish "One Live Badger" by Badger (although I'm sure that there is one or more other forum member that knows this album) "Thank God Someone's Making Waves" by The Ocean Hounds and the self titled album by The Marcel Marceau Sound.

I'll try to keep it one per act; "Supper's Ready" - Genesis "And You And I" - Yes "In The Region Of The Summer Stars" - The Enid "A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers" - Van Der Graaf Generator "Starless" - King Crimson "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" - Pink Floyd "Baker Street Muse" - Jethro Tull "Lady Fantasy" - Camel "A Tab In The Ocean" - Nektar "Wheel Of Fortune" - Badger

R.I.P. Mr Nobs.

After much pondering, here is a list of my top 75 albums of all time (factoring in the 1 album per artist rule): 01. Roger Waters - Amused to Death 02. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs 03. Kate Bush - The Hounds of Love ... 04. King Crimson - Red 05. Marillion - Marbles 06. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 07. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 08. Led Zeppelin - IV 09. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 10. Mike Oldfield - Songs of Distant Earth 11. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 12. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 13. Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy 14. IQ - Subterranea 15. Blue Öyster Cult - Imaginos 16. Yes - Close to the Edge 17. Sisters of Mercy - Floodland 18. Rush - A Farewell to Kings 19. David Bowie - Hunky Dory 20. Camel - Moon Madness 21. Mastodon - The Hunter 22. Wishbone Ash - Argus 23. Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation 24. Jon & Vangelis - Friends if Mr Cairo 25. Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolook 26. Lambchop - Nixon 27. Amplifier - The Octopus 28. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 29. Radiohead - The Bends 30. Gazpacho - Tick Tock 31. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery 32. The Divine Comedy - Cassanova 33. Boston - Boston 34. The Waterboys - Dream Harder 35. Black Sabbath - Volume 4 36. Deep Purple - Machine Head 37. Metallica - The Black Album 38. Queen - News of the World 39. The Beautiful South - Quench 40. Phideaux - Number Seven 41. Astra - The Weirding 42. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One 43. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute 44. The Beatles - Rubber Soul 45. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 46. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime 47. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 48. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 49. Rammstein - Reise, Reise 50. The The - Infected 51. Pallas - The Sentinel 52. Live - Throwing Copper 53. The Who - Who's Next 54. Opeth - Ghost Reveries 55. AC/DC - Back in Black 56. Fish - Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors 57. Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow 58. Planet P Project - 1931 59. Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream 60. Marah - 20,000 Streets Under the Sky 61. Blackfield - Blackfield 62. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark 63. Tool - Lateralus 64. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump 65. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind 66. Rainbow - Rising 67. Motörhead - 1916 68. Pain of Salvation - Scarsick 69. The Beach Boys - Holland 70. Pulp - Different Class 71. Dream Theater - Octavarium 72. Dreams So Real - Rough Night in Jericho 73. Magnum - On a Storyteller's Night 74. Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia 75. The Wishing Tree - Carnival of Souls

Here's my top 25 albums of 2012; 1. "Sounds that can't be made" - Marillion (sorry Treeduck) 2. "Clockwork Angels" - Rush 3. "100%" - Ginger Wildheart 4. "March of Ghosts" - Gazpacho 5. "Out of an Ancient World" - Riversea 6. "The Black Chord" - Astra 7. "Genesis Revisited II" - Steve Hackett 8. "Thick as a Brick II" - Ian Anderson 9. "Epicloud" - Devin Townsend Project 10. "In The Last Waking Moments" - Edison's Children 11. "Beyond The Realms of Euphoria" - Galahad 12. "Blue Suburbia" - Traffic Experiment 13. "Skin" - Panic Room 14. "All the Wars" - The Pineapple Thief 15. "The Aftermath: Ascension" - Coheed & Cambria 16. "Sweet Sour" - Band of Skulls 17. "Fire Make Thunder" - O.S.I. 18. "Dead End Kings" - Katatonia 19. "My Head Is An Animal" - Of Monsters And Men 20. "Hello Land!" - Guillemots 21. "Les Voyages de l'Âme " - Alcest 22. "Storm Corrosion" - Storm Corrosion 23. "Animal Joy" - Shearwater 24. "Trouble with Machines" - District 97 25. "Weather Systems" - Anathema I'm still waiting to get "Psychedelic Pill" and "Celebration Day" so this list could change.

ETL even though my vinyl version of it got stolen after just one week.