Author Topic: DTF Album of the Year 2011: Round 1 (Read 12278 times)

Gorille85 · « **Reply #140 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:29:53 PM »

Unexpect in top 20. Cool stuff.

Sigz · « **Reply #141 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:33:48 PM »

That's like the most unsurprising DTF top 10 ever

Nick · « **Reply #142 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:34:41 PM »

I want to agree, but I'm really surprised that Pain of Salvation isn't in the top 10.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #143 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:36:02 PM »

And the fact that Ghost is over Deconstruction. But other than that yeah it's pretty typical.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #144 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:39:51 PM »

Not surprised by how well DT and TDH are doing. Kinda surprised that Ghost is ahead of Deconstruction. Surprised that FtM almost cracks the top ten.

Quote from: bosk1 on January 11, 2012, 02:32:14 PM

Quote from: ariich on January 11, 2012, 02:15:13 PM
I know, it's cool. I was just making the point that tastes differ.

Yes, and many of the tastes expressed in this thread suck.

I'm sorry we aren't enlightened enought to listen to sucky 80s hair bands like Winger and Y&T. Maybe we'll grow up one day.

Until then though I will pimp out the Bastion OST until I get arrested for promoting musical prostitution.

Nick · « **Reply #145 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:40:26 PM »

Quote from: Gorille85 on January 11, 2012, 10:36:02 PM

And the fact that Ghost is over Deconstruction. But other than that yeah it's pretty typical.

I too am surprised by that, but pleasantly so.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #146 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:41:43 PM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on January 11, 2012, 10:39:51 PM

Bastion OST

hmm it's good? i'll think i'll check it out

Sigz · « **Reply #147 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:49:29 PM »

The Bastion OST is fantastic.

Dark Castle · « **Reply #148 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:49:40 PM »

Quote from: antigoon on January 11, 2012, 02:59:25 PM

What the fuck is dark castle

You know, you could just search them, or when I reviewed them and everybody just accused me of being the band and self reviewing, people could have checked them out

But since you asked, they're a psychadelia/black metal/doom group from Florida, and they have two albums. Their first is Spirited Mitigation, and last year they came out with Surrender To All Life Beyond Form. The two are radically different from each other, the first carrying the doom tag heavily, while the latter offers more of a psychadelic experience. The members are Stevie Floyd, who mans the guitar, and vocals, and she's pretty amazing. Rob Shaffer handles drums and boy does he beat the hell out of the drums, and also does some back up vocals.
So yeah, if that interests you check them out, they're a fantastic duo.

orcus116 · « **Reply #149 on:** January 12, 2012, 05:54:22 AM »

This might be a smidge more interesting if it was expanded to the top 20 instead of just top 10.

Heretic · « **Reply #150 on:** January 12, 2012, 06:17:14 AM »

^agreed. Sucks to see FtM and Thrice barely not make the cut too.

kári · « **Reply #151 on:** January 12, 2012, 06:17:37 AM »

Quote from: orcus116 on January 12, 2012, 05:54:22 AM

This might be a smidge more interesting if it was expanded to the top 20 instead of just top 10.

Yes! In that case there is 1 album which I care for.

Nick · « **Reply #152 on:** January 12, 2012, 06:54:42 AM »

Quote from: orcus116 on January 12, 2012, 05:54:22 AM

This might be a smidge more interesting if it was expanded to the top 20 instead of just top 10.

At which point people would be complaining that the 21st and 22nd album on the list isn't moving on to the next round.

yorost · « **Reply #153 on:** January 12, 2012, 07:08:40 AM »

Quote from: Nick on January 11, 2012, 10:34:41 PM

I want to agree, but I'm really surprised that Pain of Salvation isn't in the top 10.

I stopped caring at Scarsick. BE was a mess but wasn't so bad, but with Scarsick following it... I've almost picked up the Road Salts, but each time I realize I just don't want to waste the money on them anymore. They gave me some albums I love and still play regularly, and that's fine with me.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #154 on:** January 12, 2012, 08:49:08 AM »

Double check your list Nick. There are math mistakes and bands being listed twice. When the round is over I'll also do a tally to so you can cross check, but as is I know there are major mistakes.

Nick · « **Reply #155 on:** January 12, 2012, 08:55:29 AM »

The list isn't up to date yet, as I said in the post with the list. And I'm doing the list in excel, and having it do the math to help keep mistakes down, but of course there could still be some.

Edit: And all duplicates have been resolved in the master sheet now.

orcus116 · « **Reply #156 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:03:02 AM »

Quote from: Nick on January 12, 2012, 06:54:42 AM

Quote from: orcus116 on January 12, 2012, 05:54:22 AM
This might be a smidge more interesting if it was expanded to the top 20 instead of just top 10.

At which point people would be complaining that the 21st and 22nd album on the list isn't moving on to the next round.

I could see the point if we only had 25 or so albums but there is clearly way more variety to consider past the prog heavy top 10. Yes I know board tastes etc etc but adding 10 more from a list that massive doesnt seem unreasonable.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #157 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:31:25 AM »

Sincere and humble gratitude to the 5 of you who voted for my album

I'm honored

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #158 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:39:54 AM »

That's an awful top 10.

Quote from: ariich on January 11, 2012, 02:04:59 PM

Says the guy who ranked Journey way above Brand New, Manchester Orchestra, The Mars Volta and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum in his roulette.

DEAR GOD

yorost · « **Reply #159 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:44:41 AM »

Just because Journey put out some soppy stuff in the 80's doesn't mean they never made good music. They started as a Bay area supergroup anchored by ex-Santana members.

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #160 on:** January 12, 2012, 01:30:43 PM »

Wait...the first round isn't over yet, right?

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #161 on:** January 12, 2012, 01:31:42 PM »

the 17th sayeth The Nick

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #162 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:02:47 PM »

Mogwai should have at least 10 points.

Nick · « **Reply #163 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:05:21 PM »

For the third time now, the results I posted where not fully up to date yet.

bosk1 · « **Reply #164 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:06:35 PM »

Quote from: MetalManiac666 on January 12, 2012, 09:02:47 PM

Mogwai should have at least 10 fans.

Some day. Be patient.

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #165 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:43:12 PM »

Nick · « **Reply #166 on:** January 12, 2012, 10:00:33 PM »

We are now fully updated.

Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events   318
The Dear Hunter – The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection   133
Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning   110
Opeth - Heritage   100
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction   86
Mastodon - The Hunter   80
Devin Townsend Project – Ghost   69
Haken – Visions   66
Symphony X - Iconoclast   64
Fair to Midland - Arrows and Anchors   63
=============================
Protest the Hero – Scurrilous   60
Thrice - Major/Minor   60
Redemption - This Mortal Coil   59
Pain of Salvation – Road Salt Two   54
Bon Iver - Bon Iver   53
Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance   47
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light   44
Neal Morse - Testimony 2   44
Eisley - The Valley   42
Radiohead - The King of Limbs   39
Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire   39
Flaming Row - Elinoire   28
Machine Head - Unto The Locust   26
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead   26
Trivium - In Waves   26
Adele - 21   24
Yes - Fly From Here   23
Scale the Summit - The Collective   21
Amorphis - The Beginning of Time   20
Bright Eyes - The People's Key   20
Lady Gaga - Born This Way   20
Leprous - Bileral   18
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will   18
Death Cab For Cutie - Codes and Keys   17
James Blake - James Blake   17
Stratovarius - Elysium   17
They Might Be Giants - Join Us   17
Toby Hitchcock - Mercury's Down   17
3 - The Ghost You Gave to Me   16
Hiromi – Voice   16
Anthrax - Worship Music   15
Megadeth - Th1rt3en   15
Tesseract - One   15
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket   15
August Burns Red - Leveler   14
The Aristocrats - The Aristocrats   14
Work of Art - In Progress   14
Blackfield - Welcome to my DNA   13
Obscura - Omnivium   13
Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy   13
Scar Symmetry - Unseen Empire   13
Ulver - Wars of the Roses   13
Born of Osiris - The Discovery   12
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care   12
Journey - Eclipse   12
Kimbra - Vows   12
Nightwish - Imaginaerium   11
Tori Amos - Night of Hunters   11
Arena - The Seventh Degree of Separation   10
Beardfish - Mammoth   10
Cloudkicker - Let Yourself Be Huge   10
Dark Castle - Surrender to All Life Beyond Form   10
Eden's Curse - Trinity   10
Emilie Simon - Franky Knight   10
Eumeria - Rebel Mind   10
Fleet Foxes - Helpnessness Blues   10
In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading   10
Mike Rood - The Desert & The City   10
Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain in the Cloud   10
Textures - Dualism   10
The Human Abstract - Digital Veil   10
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving   10
Evanescence - Evanescence   9
Floex - Zorya   9
Fuck the Facts - Die Miserable   9
Iced Earth - Dystopia   9
Lost In Thought - Opus Arise   9
O'Brother - Garden Window   9
Pendragon - Passion   9
Russian Circles - Empros   9
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo OST   9
Amplifier - The Octopus   8
As Blood Runs Black - Instinct   8
Childish Gambino - Camp   8
CunninLynguists - Oneirology   8
Graveyard - Hisingen Blues   8
Kanye West and Jay-Z - Watch The Throne   8
Karmakanic - In a Perfect World   8
Love Story - Original London Cast Recording   8
Myrath - Tales of the Sands   8
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds   8
Petter Carlsen – Clocks Don’t Count   8
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Have You Seen This Ghost?   8
Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour   8
Animals As Leaders - Weightless   7
Black Tusk - Set the Dial   7
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony   7
Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials   7
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming   7
Powerwolf – Blood of the Saints   7
Sarah Fimm - Near Infinite Possibility   7
Saxon - Call to Arms   7
Staind - Staind   7
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain   7
The Strokes - Angles   7
Unearth - Darkness In The Light   7
Darren Korb - Bastion OST   6
dredg - Chuckles & Mr. Squeezy   6
Drivemouth - Off The Ground   6
Fullforce - One   6
Grayceon - All We Destroy   6
Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra   6
Radical Face - The Family Tree: The Roots   6
The Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two   6
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow   6
Tony MacAlpine - Tony MacAlpine   6
Above & Beyond - Group Therapy   5
Altar of Plagues - Mammal   5
Alternative 4 - The Brink   5
Devil Driver - Beast   5
Evergrey - Glorious colision   5
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones   5
Hillsong United - Aftermath   5
Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins - A Scarcity of Miracles   5
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow   5
Rise To Remain - City of Vultures   5
The Anabasis - Back From Being Gone   5
The Magnificent - The Magnificent   5
Theocracy – As the World Bleeds   5
Threat Signal - Threat Signal   5
Van der Graaf Generator - A Grounding in Numbers   5
Your Sister's Canary - Good And Alone   5
Black Country Communion - 2   4
Bury Your Dead - Mosh n' Roll   4
Fury N Grace - Diabolism of Conversation   4
Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne   4
Kasabian - Velociraptor!   4
Love.Might.Kill - Brace For Impact   4
Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math   4
Necro Deathmort - Music of Bleak Origin   4
Proto-Kaw - Forth   4
Selah Sue - Selah Sue   4
Steel Panther - Balls Out   4
The Antlers - Burst Apart   4
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light   4
Wolverine – Communication Lost   4
World Under Blood - Tactical   4
Amon Tobin - ISAM   3
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix   3
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto   3
Intervals - The Space Between   3
Long Distance Calling – Long Distance Calling   3
Of Mice & Men - The Flood   3
Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender   3
Primus - Green Naugahyde   3
Vicious Rumors- Razerback Killers   3
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage   3
Agents of Mercy - The Black Forest   2
Alexandre Desplat - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2: OST   2
Braids - Native Speaker   2
Discipline – To Shatter All Accord   2
Johann Johannsson - The Miner's Hymn   2
Mute Math - Odd Soul   2
Noisuf-X - Dead End District   2
Royal Hunt - Show Me How to Live   2
Sebastian Bach - Kicking and Screaming   2
So Hideous, My Love... - To Clasp a Fallen Wish with Broken Fingers   2
Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark   2
Bass Communion - Cenotaph   1
Bjork - Biophillia   1
Caligula’s Horse – Moments from Ephemeral City   1
Elbow - build a rocket boys!   1
I'm With You - Red Hot Chili Peppers   1
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers   1
Peter, Bjorn & John - Gimme Some   1
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass   1
The Weeknd - House of Balloons   1

orcus116 · « **Reply #167 on:** January 12, 2012, 10:32:05 PM »

I need to get on some Grace For Drowning right now.

kári · « **Reply #168 on:** January 13, 2012, 03:18:23 AM »

Quote from: bosk1 on January 12, 2012, 09:06:35 PM

Quote from: MetalManiac666 on January 12, 2012, 09:02:47 PM
Mogwai should have at least 10 fans.

Some day. Be patient.

Oh you!

lordxizor · « **Reply #169 on:** January 13, 2012, 06:48:55 AM »

Pleasantly surprised to see The Dear Hunter and Fair to Midland in the top 10. The rest aren't a surprise at all. There's almost no reason to include DT since it will obviously be first.

YtseBitsySpider · « **Reply #170 on:** January 13, 2012, 06:55:35 AM »

cool.
nice list nick.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #171 on:** January 13, 2012, 08:34:18 AM »

I don't see why these things have to go beyond this round. The results are what they are. DT wins in a landslide, and the rest have a mix of supporters and detractors to varying degrees. It's no ones ideal list, but it most accurately reflects the consensus of the community. That list is single-malt scotch folks. It's the good stuff. Any further attempts at distillation and blending will make it not as good and cheaper, same with scotch. I'm a Macallan guy. Don't serve me crap.

YtseBitsySpider · « **Reply #172 on:** January 13, 2012, 08:59:02 AM »

it's not my consensus.

there are two in that list that I voted for, and even being clever and listing DT last...I shouldn't have listed them at all knowing they'd win.

Nick · « **Reply #173 on:** January 13, 2012, 09:00:10 AM »

Quote from: DTVT on January 13, 2012, 08:34:18 AM

I don't see why these things have to go beyond this round. The results are what they are. DT wins in a landslide, and the rest have a mix of supporters and detractors to varying degrees. It's no ones ideal list, but it most accurately reflects the consensus of the community. That list is single-malt scotch folks. It's the good stuff. Any further attempts at distillation and blending will make it not as good and cheaper, same with scotch. I'm a Macallan guy. Don't serve me crap.

I mean I don't see why we even had to do this round since we could just guess at what the results would have been.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #174 on:** January 13, 2012, 09:50:35 AM »

Quote from: Gorille85 on January 11, 2012, 10:41:43 PM

Quote from: skydivingninja on January 11, 2012, 10:39:51 PM
Bastion OST

hmm it's good? i'll think i'll check it out

Do it. Fucking fantastic. Its been a while since a game's music grabbed my interest like Bastion's did.

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