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Title: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Dr. DTVT on April 24, 2011, 10:04:42 PM
Results from last round:

Pain of Salvation - BE (29)
Blackfield - Blackfield (25)
Mastadon - Leviathan (22)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (20)
Chroma Key - Graveyard Mountain Home (15)
Ayreon - The Human Equation (13)
Neal Morse - One (9)
Alter Bridge - One Day Remains (6)

2 days to rock and roll.

Pain of Salvation
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Accelerando on April 24, 2011, 10:12:06 PM
I am happy to see that in a forum filled with prog-heads, that Alter Bridge did indeed, survive two rounds of this thing :metal

One Day Remains is a better album than any of these albums that are in the final round, and I'm not just saying that as a Alter Bridge fan.

I'm gonna have to go with Blackfield on this one
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 24, 2011, 10:12:46 PM
I've never heard The Human Element by Ayreon before...

Pain of Salvation - BE
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: skydivingninja on April 24, 2011, 10:13:32 PM
I've never heard The Human Element by Ayreon before...


Its Ayreon's most listenable album.

Went with Blackfield because its awesome.  Mastodon was SO CLOSE to making it...ah well.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Perpetual Change on April 24, 2011, 10:15:44 PM
Be. Blackfield is pretty much synonymous with "nothing special" for me.

AND ITS THE HUMAN EQUATION FOR GOODNESS SAKE
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Heretic on April 24, 2011, 10:17:20 PM
Went with Blackfield, though I'm glad to see Alter Bridge and Mastodon made it as far as they did.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on April 24, 2011, 10:17:58 PM
BE. One of the best albums ever.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Dr. DTVT on April 24, 2011, 10:31:27 PM
I fixed it.  It's just a copy paste error.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Global Laziness on April 24, 2011, 10:32:53 PM
BE, although I'm surprised that The Human Equation didn't make the finals.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Ravenheart on April 24, 2011, 10:45:07 PM
BE, of course.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: ClairvoyantCat on April 24, 2011, 10:46:46 PM
BE
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Dr. DTVT on April 24, 2011, 10:50:48 PM
How is it that 7 people have voted BE in text and it only has 5 votes above?
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: The King in Crimson on April 24, 2011, 11:17:42 PM
Blech.

Don't know Blackfield and BE sucks.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Global Laziness on April 24, 2011, 11:28:05 PM
Don't know Blackfield

You'd best be getting on that, then.

BE sucks.

No.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: KevShmev on April 25, 2011, 12:23:50 AM
  I'm surprised that The Human Equation didn't make the finals.

I am, too, but happily surprised, as that album simply is not good.

Anyway, this is an easy vote: Blackfield. 
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Global Laziness on April 25, 2011, 12:53:47 AM
  I'm surprised that The Human Equation didn't make the finals.

I am, too, but happily surprised, as that album simply is not good.

Anyway, this is an easy vote: Blackfield. 

This is probably the first time I've ever differed from you in musical opinion.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: pogoowner on April 25, 2011, 01:37:37 AM
Blackfield, easily. BE is Pain of Salvation's worst album by far.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: shadowfex on April 25, 2011, 01:40:43 AM
BE. One of the best albums ever.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Perpetual Change on April 25, 2011, 03:13:55 AM
  I'm surprised that The Human Equation didn't make the finals.

I am, too, but happily surprised, as that album simply is not good.

Anyway, this is an easy vote: Blackfield. 

Listening to The Human Equation is like listening to showtunes. I think it's great anyway, but it's probably the worst Ayreon album despite awesome performances from James and Mikael.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: ariich on April 25, 2011, 04:08:51 AM
BE. One of the best albums ever.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Zantera on April 25, 2011, 05:12:51 AM
Blackfield.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: yorost on April 25, 2011, 06:57:10 AM
BE is Pain of Salvation's worst album by far.
Ugh, you forgot about Scarsick.

BE is nice on occasion, but falls far short of being great.  I'm just not voting, haven't heard Blackfield and am unwilling to vote for BE.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Perpetual Change on April 25, 2011, 07:06:02 AM
inb4 Nick/Scarsick fail
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: skydivingninja on April 25, 2011, 07:59:25 AM
  I'm surprised that The Human Equation didn't make the finals.

I am, too, but happily surprised, as that album simply is not good.


Really?  I mean, its not fantastic, but out of all of Arjen's stuff that I've heard, that's the only thing I can come back to.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: The Degenerate on April 25, 2011, 02:55:34 PM
BE. One of the best albums ever.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Marvellous G on April 25, 2011, 03:01:07 PM
Haven't heard BE enough to vote, but there's no way Blackfield I is winning my 'best album' of anything vote. I abstain!
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: wolfking on April 25, 2011, 05:06:31 PM
Great to see Mastodon make the top 3.

Pain of Slavation
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Zantera on April 26, 2011, 03:09:20 AM
Bah, pretty lame music-year tbh.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Dr. DTVT on April 26, 2011, 03:28:26 PM
I've been thinking about it, and I think I'm going to run the final round as a vocal (meaning by post) vote rather than clicking a radio button.  More people have voted than participated in the nomination and second rounds.  Anyone have a major objection to this?
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: zxlkho on April 26, 2011, 03:55:06 PM
idc either way, I'll still participate.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: yorost on April 26, 2011, 04:39:12 PM
Leave it as a poll.  So what if some people don't want to post or nominate?

Your participation would go up if your second round was by poll, too.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Jamesman42 on April 26, 2011, 05:49:20 PM
Well, BE is cool musically. Haven't heard much Blackfield but it is pretty depressing, but it conveys it very well.

Abstain.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Dr. DTVT on April 26, 2011, 09:34:55 PM
Your participation would go up if your second round was by poll, too.

Too much hassle.  If someone can't type out a short response because they are afraid people will disagree, their loss.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: The King in Crimson on April 26, 2011, 10:42:05 PM
Don't know Blackfield

You'd best be getting on that, then.
Meh.

Not big on the whole ridiculously depressing music thing.

Quote
BE sucks.

No.
Uh huh! :neverusethis:
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Perpetual Change on April 27, 2011, 12:00:09 AM
I think there's nothing wrong with the poll as it is, other than you taking forever with it. People will drop off, but that's life. Best to just keep going. Drawing things out like this and halting it during the weekends is honestly the biggest thing causing me to start losing interest in it.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: yorost on April 27, 2011, 12:25:29 AM
Your participation would go up if your second round was by poll, too.

Too much hassle.  If someone can't type out a short response because they are afraid people will disagree, their loss.
Hassle?  :lol  Polls count votes for you and aren't any harder to post in the first place.  Maybe you don't want to do it that way, and that's fine, but it is a much easier way of running these kinds of things.

...and I don't think people don't post only because they're afraid of disagreement.  I doubt lurkers are simply afraid of their opinion being criticized, they just have a much different relationship with our community than those of us that post regularly.
Title: Re: In Retrospect - Album of the Year 2004 - Final Round
Post by: Dr. DTVT on April 27, 2011, 09:39:49 AM
It would be a hassle to set up votes for first, second, and third place.