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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #35 on: December 20, 2013, 09:22:10 AM »
I should add that this wasn't a particularly really strong year.  I love the top two albums on my list, and three and four are really good as well, but 5-10 are albums that wouldn't have made my top 10 in many other recent years.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #36 on: December 20, 2013, 09:24:54 AM »
I should add that this wasn't a particularly really strong year.  I love the top two albums on my list, and three and four are really good as well, but 5-10 are albums that wouldn't have made my top 10 in many other recent years.

Speak for yourself... I had 30 or so really good/excellent albums.
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #37 on: December 20, 2013, 09:33:14 AM »
Same here. I'll always refer to 2013 as a shitty year with amazing music. Mostly courtesy of Steven Wilson though. Records like that don't come along every year.
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #38 on: December 20, 2013, 09:34:00 AM »
I should add that this wasn't a particularly really strong year.  I love the top two albums on my list, and three and four are really good as well, but 5-10 are albums that wouldn't have made my top 10 in many other recent years.

Speak for yourself... I had 30 or so really good/excellent albums.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #39 on: December 20, 2013, 09:36:54 AM »
When a figure of speech goes wrong, today on Dtf....

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #40 on: December 20, 2013, 09:39:29 AM »
When a figure of speech goes wrong, today on Dtf....

Yeah, and especially shocking is that Kev was the one who derailed it by simultaneously being sarcastic and pedantic.  That NEVER happens!
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #41 on: December 20, 2013, 09:40:22 AM »
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #42 on: December 20, 2013, 09:50:18 AM »
Shit,  I completely forgot about TFK.  I just made an edit to my list Bosk.


I haven't given it enough play time (too much competition lately) to give it a fair shot, so I'm not even considering it




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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #43 on: December 20, 2013, 09:53:02 AM »
Shit,  I completely forgot about TFK.  I just made an edit to my list Bosk.


I haven't given it enough play time (too much competition lately) to give it a fair shot, so I'm not even considering it

It's not as good as Banks of Eden unfortunately, but still worth a few more listens...when you do get the chance.  :smiley:

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #44 on: December 20, 2013, 09:54:24 AM »
I actually think it is a little better than Banks of Eden, but still doesn't touch their first five albums or Paradox Hotel.  It's good, but that's the thing: it's just good.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #45 on: December 20, 2013, 09:59:05 AM »
I had a really tough time finding 10 albums I liked this year, so I rounded it up with a few that I've listened to a few times and found to be okay (places 6-10).

Top 10 full length:

1. Haken - The Mountain
2. Dream Theater - Dream Theater
3. Ghost - Infestissumam
4. Paul McCartney - New
5. Queensryche - Queensryche
6. Black Sabbath - 13
7. Big Big Train - English Electric Part 2
8. Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything
9. James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance
10. Fates Warning - Darkness In A Different Light

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1. Dream Theater - Live At Luna Park
2. Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour

Compilations:

1. Beach Boys - Made In California (Box Set)

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #46 on: December 20, 2013, 10:41:38 AM »

Yeah I suck at liking new music, I'm still stuck in the 60s and 70s (and loving it)  :P

Yeah, I'm the same. The four 2013 albums I got is by far the highest number of albums I've bought in the same year as their release. I spend far more time discovering and catching up with old stuff.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #47 on: December 20, 2013, 10:46:49 AM »
I actually think it is a little better than Banks of Eden, but still doesn't touch their first five albums or Paradox Hotel.  It's good, but that's the thing: it's just good.

I agree that nothing is better than the earlier releases. Retropolis and Stardust We Are are probably my favorites.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #48 on: December 20, 2013, 11:19:08 AM »
I should add that this wasn't a particularly really strong year.  I love the top two albums on my list, and three and four are really good as well, but 5-10 are albums that wouldn't have made my top 10 in many other recent years.
This year was pretty great, IMO. Looking at your list, it kinda just seems you didn't branch out much beyond your old favorites (though it's still a good list).

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #49 on: December 20, 2013, 11:29:33 AM »
Hopefully by sometime around Christmas, I will have actually heard enough albums from this year to make a Top 10. :lol

I haven't really been keeping up with things very well this year. I suppose that's part of being in college and having no money. :lol

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #50 on: December 20, 2013, 11:48:14 AM »
I should add that this wasn't a particularly really strong year.  I love the top two albums on my list, and three and four are really good as well, but 5-10 are albums that wouldn't have made my top 10 in many other recent years.
This year was pretty great, IMO. Looking at your list, it kinda just seems you didn't branch out much beyond your old favorites (though it's still a good list).

That's a fair assessment. :)

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #51 on: December 20, 2013, 11:54:17 AM »
I'm like that usually, too. I discover new music slowly, at my own pace.

Or at least I did.

Now I have Spotify, and a desk job. So I pretty much discover new music all the time  ;D

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #52 on: December 20, 2013, 12:27:12 PM »
Ok, here goes for studio albums:

1. Haken - The Mountain
2. Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart
3. Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
4. Protest the Hero - Volition
5. The Dear Hunter - Migrant
6. Dream Theater - Dream Theater
7. James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance
8. Alter Bridge - Fortress
9. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
10. Amorphis - Circle

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #53 on: December 20, 2013, 02:31:22 PM »
01 - Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
02 - Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
03 - Dream Theater - Dream Theater
04 - Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves
05 - Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing (and other stories)
06 - Avantasia - The Mystery of Time
07 - Fates Warning - Darkness In a Different Light
08 - Kingcrow - In Crescendo
09 - Thought Chamber - Psykerion
10 - Vandroya - One

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #54 on: December 20, 2013, 02:33:55 PM »
Really surprised at how many times Yeezus has been mentioned in this thread. I thought I'd be the only one.
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #55 on: December 20, 2013, 02:45:03 PM »
Here's another.


1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. Typhoon - White Lighter
4. Volcano Choir - Repave
5. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
6. Lorde - Pure Heroine
7. HAIM - Days are Gone
8. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
9. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
10. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #56 on: December 20, 2013, 02:46:35 PM »
Really surprised at how many times Yeezus has been mentioned in this thread. I thought I'd be the only one.
I didn't really like it, but so far I'm pleasantly surprised with how diverse some of the lists are. Hell, Ayreon only has two nods so far, which is one less than Yeezus. I'm sure DT will still win, but I'm glad to see people listening to all sorts of different stuff.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #57 on: December 20, 2013, 02:48:10 PM »
I though this was an amazing year for music - rap in particular just killed it in 2013.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #58 on: December 20, 2013, 02:52:17 PM »
Aside from Chance, the only rap I really liked this year was my 3-months-too-late exposure to Kendrick Lamar. I listened to some other things which I liked enough (J. Cole, Jay Z, Drake), but nothing I really liked enough to crack my list.

Dat Vampire Weekend, though, is awesome. Definitely a late discovery for me but it's quickly becoming one of my favorites.


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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #59 on: December 20, 2013, 03:02:09 PM »
It's a beautiful album. I don't think anyone expected Vampire Weekend to make such a leap creatively and artistically but they really executed flawlessly and displayed some impressive growth.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #60 on: December 20, 2013, 03:37:31 PM »
Here's another.


1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. Typhoon - White Lighter
4. Volcano Choir - Repave
5. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
6. Lorde - Pure Heroine
7. HAIM - Days are Gone
8. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
9. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
10. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

GREAT list.
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #61 on: December 20, 2013, 04:42:25 PM »
Basing it mainly on how often I listened to the albums;

01. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
02. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
03. Atoms for Peace - Amok
04. James Blake - Overgrown
05. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
06. Thomas Dybdahl - What's Left is Forever
07. Melissa Horn - Om du vill vara med mig
08. John Mayer - Paradise Valley
09. How to Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion
10. Biffy Clyro - Opposites

First time most of these are mentioned in this thread  :-X
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #62 on: December 20, 2013, 07:44:56 PM »
I will post my top 2013 albums soon.

1. Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork
2. A Great Big Pile of Leaves – You’re Always on My Mind
3. Kanye West – Yeezus
4. Disclousure – Settle
5. Kid Cudi - Indicud
6. Volcano Choir – Repave
7. The Reptilian – Low Health
8. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
9. Bonobo – The North Borders
10. Deafheaven - Sunbather

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #63 on: December 20, 2013, 08:29:56 PM »
Oh man, it's been such a long year and I bought so much music that I lost track of what came out when.

1. Dream Theater
2. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
3. James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance
4. Fight of Fligjht - A Life By Design?
5. Black Sabbath - 13
6. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
7. Device
8. Megadeth - Super Collider
9. Queensryche - Frequency Unknown
10.  Fates Warning - Darkness In A Different Light
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #64 on: December 20, 2013, 10:36:48 PM »
1. Dream Theater - Dream Theater
2. Big Big Train - English Electric Part 2
3. Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
4. Haken - The Mountain
5. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
6. Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves
7. Tesseract - Altered State
8. The Ocean - Pelagial
9. Amorphis - Circle
10.  Anciients - Heart of Oak
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #65 on: December 20, 2013, 10:55:25 PM »
Really only my top six are concrete. I have to think a bit more about the rest so I might edit it a bit, but there's just been so many great albums this year that it's hard to decide on anything but the ones that really do top the list.

1. Haken - The Mountain
2. Protest the Hero - Volition
3. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
4. August Burns Red - Rescue and Restore
5. Deafheaven - Sunbather
6. Alter Bridge - Fortress
7. The Ocean - Pelagial
8. Foxing - The Albatross
9. Typhoon - The White Lighter
10. Gorguts - Colored Sands
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #66 on: December 20, 2013, 11:22:15 PM »
Here's another.


1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. Typhoon - White Lighter
4. Volcano Choir - Repave
5. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
6. Lorde - Pure Heroine
7. HAIM - Days are Gone
8. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
9. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
10. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

GREAT list.
Thanks pat. I really feel like that volcano choir album was overlooked this year.

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #67 on: December 21, 2013, 12:01:01 AM »
Before I put my list together, I have one question - for two-part albums, like Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, would counting the eventual dual-release of both parts (The Complete Experience, as it was titled) count as one album? Or would we have to choose just one? Both parts were released in 2013.

HOWEVER...in the case of Big Big Train, the first half of English Electric was released last year, with the second half this year. BOTH parts, on the other hand, were released with more tracks as a complete album, English Electric Full Power. Would THAT count as a studio album release, especially since it has new tracks and a different track order than it's prior two parts? Or would that fall under the "Compilation" category?

Just need to know about these two instances before I compile my lists together.

EDIT - One more question - What about remasters/remixes? I ask for the case of Marillion's Radiation 2013 and Rush's Vapor Trails Remixed. Both albums were re-released this year but with new mastering, would these count in the Covers/Compilation category?

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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #68 on: December 21, 2013, 01:01:09 AM »
Here's another.


1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. Typhoon - White Lighter
4. Volcano Choir - Repave
5. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
6. Lorde - Pure Heroine
7. HAIM - Days are Gone
8. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
9. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
10. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

GREAT list.
Thanks pat. I really feel like that volcano choir album was overlooked this year.

I'm with on Volcano Choir. Such a fantastic album that no one really knows about. Goes to show that Justin Vernon is still pretty underground even with the success of Bon Iver.
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Re: DTF 2013 Album of the Year
« Reply #69 on: December 21, 2013, 03:46:07 AM »
I'm bad at doing rankings, but let's do this anyway. Here's my list of studio albums, haven't listened enough to the others to say anything about them.

1) Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
2) Dream Theater - Dream Theater
3) Levin Minnemann Rudess - Levin Minnemann Rudess
4) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
5) Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
6) Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep
7) Jordan Rudess - All That Is Now
8) Stratovarius - Nemesis
9) Haken - The Mountain
10) The Flower Kings - Desolation Rose