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Top 10 Albums of 2019 (Preliminary DTF Top 20 of 2019)
« on: February 28, 2019, 07:58:09 PM »
Figured we can start this up early, since I already have over 10 albums rated for the year. I'll probably do a DTF compilation at the end of the year to figure out the forums definitive Top 10, similar to what we did last year.

So without further ado, here is my top 10....so far.

Top Albums of 2019

1. Downfall of Gaia - Ethic of Radical Finitude (Atmospheric Post Black Metal)
2. Mostly Autumn - White Rainbow (Progressive Rock)
3. The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure (Progressive Rock)
4. Saor - Forgotten Paths (Atmospheric Celtic Black Metal)
5. A Novelist - Folie (Progressive Metal)
6. Týr - Hel (Folky Progressive Power Metal)
7. Soilwork - Verkligheten (Melodic Death Metal)
8. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (Progressive Metal)
9. Abyssic - High the Memory (Funeral Doom Metal)
10. Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Yn Ol I Annwn (Psychedelic Sludge Metal)

Top EPs of 2019

1. Jinjer - Micro (Proggy Alternative Metalcore)

Top Live Albums of 2019

1. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Live in Berlin
2. Flight of the Conchords - Live in London
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2019, 09:13:42 PM »
i have bought exactly one 2019 album so far because i'm still cleaning up 2018 so here's my AOTY (so far):

1. A Novelist - Folie

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2019, 10:17:05 PM »
All Hail The Silence - Daggers is my AOTY contender at the moment, not really sure where everything else measures up yet. I've only listened to fifteen 2019 releases so far.

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2019, 10:59:49 PM »
I've only listened to two albums released so far this year (Dream Theater, and The Neal Morse Band). Can't say I'm looking forward to anything else in particular this year :P
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2019, 11:55:42 PM »
Personally it's a bit too early for this kind of thread, but Swallow the Sun is my favorite so far.
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2019, 01:54:01 AM »
So far my 2019 list looks like this:

Xiu Xiu - Girl With Basket of Fruit
The Twilight Sad - It Wont Be Like This All The Time
Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared
Mono - Nowhere Now Here
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Songs for the Firing Squad
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Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken
Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs
Tallies - Tallies
Forests -  Spending Eternity In A Japanese Convenience Store
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Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
Downfall of Gaia - Ethic of Radical Finitude
Together to the Stars - An Oblivion Alone
Astronoid - Astronoid
Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
James Blake - Assume Form
Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center
Soen - Lotus
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life
Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow is Forced Into the Light
Mineral -  One Day When We Are Young (EP)
Rosetta - Sower of Wind (EP)

Has been OK so far but hoping for more quality in March/April. :)
(it's divided into tiers - first i'd say is 8/10, second 7/10, third 6/10 and towards the bottom its more like 5/10)

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2019, 04:27:23 AM »
Err....it's the 1st of March!!

Anyway, DT and Soilwork will make top 10.  Starbreaker and Evergrey not sure.  That's all I've heard so far I think.
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2019, 06:06:09 AM »
My list so far:

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Soen - Lotus
Evergrey - The Atlantic
Born of Osiris - The Simulation
Astronoid - Astronoid
Herod - Sombre Dessein
Shokran - Ethereal
Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow is Forced into the Light
Mark Deutrom - The Blue Bird
Mono - Nowhere Now Here
Jinjer - Micro
Soilwork - Verkligheten

This is a pretty loose ranking as I've only listened to most of these albums once.

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2019, 06:54:42 AM »
There a lot of new albums this year I want to check out, so far my top list is:

1   Dream Theater - Distance over Time
2   Soilwork - Verkligheten
3   The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure
4   Astronoid - Astronoid
5   Soen - Lotus
6   Avantasia - Moonglow

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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2019, 07:56:28 AM »
Oh yea, that Astronoid album will probably not be anywhere near my top 10 :P
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2019, 08:10:22 AM »
Personally it's a bit too early for this kind of thread, but Swallow the Sun is my favorite so far.
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2019, 08:21:56 AM »
I don't think it's too early because I think this early into the year, the thread serves more as a "hey these are some cool albums you should check out" more so than an end-of-the-year definitive ranking list.

For me 2019 has been quite productive so far and I've listened to more than half of the albums I listened to in 2018 in just 2 months. I haven't been BLOWN AWAY yet but I have found some great albums, some good ones and some forgettable ones. You can go through 150 albums and find a few gems and a lot of albums you wont revisit that much (if ever) but to me the discoveries make the journey worth it. I would hate to become "safe" with my music listening and only listen to 5-10 albums in a year, those being artists i'm already familiar with releasing something new. There's always more cool things to find. :)

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2019, 08:32:03 AM »
:lol  Okay, there is no way there are anywhere near 10 albums out this year so far that are worth buying, let alone a "top 10."  Too early!  But that said, I like Zantera's point that starting the thread this early is a great way to tip people off about things that are out that they might want to check out.  Along those lines:

1. Jinjer - Micro (Proggy Alternative Metalcore)

How is this?  I saw it when I went to pick up the new DT and Avantasia.  I was tempted to buy it.  But it was only $1 less than a full-length album, and I hadn't heard anything off of it, so I just put it back and kept walking.  Any good?  Maybe I'll just buy the individual songs from Amazon ($4.99!). 

Anyhow, I'm happy with the 3 albums I bought so far.  And although I was originally very down on the latest Queensryche album, repeat listens to the songs that are out there have me warming up to what I have heard so far.  I think it'll be an album I enjoy.  So, thus far:

1.  Neal Morse - The Great Adventure
     Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (tie)
3.  Avantasia - Moonglow
4.  Queensryche - The Verdict (likely--still don't have it and haven't heard all of it)
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2019, 08:44:56 AM »
Full disclosure, I have the new Neal Morse sitting on my table, haven't gotten to it yet (don't want to piece meal it, and haven't had a good 2 1/2 hours to dedicate to it.  Also, the new DT should be here any day now.

With that, here's my list:

1(a):   Rival Sons - "Feral Roots"    Holy crap, is that a solid record.  I was listening to the title track in the car, and before I even realized it, I had hit "repeat" four times.   Jay Buchanon is the real deal, and while I know it's not a game or a sport, he's Tom Fucking Brady to that kid in Greta Van Fleet's Jameis Winston.

1(b): The Claypool/Lennon Delirium - "South Of Reality"   There's no way to describe this; John Lennon's son and the wierd guy from Primus playing Beatle-esque King Floyd (or Pink Crimson) music.    WTF.   But it's immersive and it works.   I think someone who listens to this is either going to say "this is the most original music I've heard in a long time" or "this is the most derivative music I've heard in a long time", and they'd both be right.  Having said that, it's the record I've listened to most since I got it, and I don't see that ending soon.   (If nothing else, you all have to listen to "The Cricket Chronicles Revisited", especially the outro, "Part II: Psyde Effects").

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« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2019, 11:07:20 AM »
I didn't post a 2018-2019 1/4-season blog-entry list at the beginning of February largely per time.

But my midseason 2018-2019 isn't too far away coming May 1st.

Current List
Ours - New Age Heroine II
22 - You Are Creating Limb 2
Mutemath - Voice in the Silence [EP]
Facing NewYork - Dogtown
Buke and Gase - Scholars
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Muse - Simulation Theory


Haven't gotten around to hearing:
Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light
Motorpsycho - The Crucible
Queensryche - The Verdict

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March
8: Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1
8: Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission
15: Snarky Puppy - Immigrance
26: The Mercury Tree - Spidermilk
31: Jon Anderson - 1000 Hands

April
26: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Transiberiana


Confirmed Titles
Dirt Poor Robins - Dead Horse
Fish - Weltschmertz
Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 (Autumn)
Ours - Part 3: Spectacular Sight
Sculptured - The Liminal Phase

Likely
Arch / Matheos
Bent Knee
Disillusion
dredg
Enchant
Flying Colors
iamthemorning
King's X
Local Natives
Neverending White Lights
Opeth
Ours (a 2nd album title TBA)
Pepe Deluxe
Thank You Scientist
The Tea Party
The Who

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2019, 12:46:21 PM »
Only 2 months but already a lot of good and even great albums.

So far:

1. Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow is Forced Into the Light (I honestly never heard of them before this year but I can't stop spinning this album)

In no particular order (at least 2 spins)
Dream Theater - Distance over Time (I really like it, best since ToT for me and I wasn't expecting much)
Evergrey - The Atlantic (really good)
Downfall of Gaia - Ethic of Radical Finitude (never heard of until this week but this kicks some serious ass :metal)
Soen - Lotus (hard to judge after 2-3 spins, I like the heavier songs, the 'ballads' will probably take some time)

I haven't found time to listen to the Neal Morse BAND but based on the reviews I'm pretty sure I will like it

Also want to check out Astronoid and Herod among others

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2019, 01:08:04 PM »
I guess I need to relisten to Downfall of Gaia, I listened to it once and meh'd it but maybe I'm missing out

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2019, 01:40:12 PM »
I guess I need to relisten to Downfall of Gaia, I listened to it once and meh'd it but maybe I'm missing out
I'd say so. That album blew me away on first listen and every listen since. Then again, don't listen to it. I have a song from the album on my shortlist for your roulette  :biggrin:

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How is this?  I saw it when I went to pick up the new DT and Avantasia.  I was tempted to buy it.  But it was only $1 less than a full-length album, and I hadn't heard anything off of it, so I just put it back and kept walking.  Any good?  Maybe I'll just buy the individual songs from Amazon ($4.99!). 
Well, it's the only EP I've heard this year, so I felt obligated to put it on my list, but it really only has 2 good songs. The rest were pretty forgettable to me. Then again you may find something more to like about it than I did. I just didn't find most of it to be nearly as good as their last full length.
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2019, 01:51:45 PM »
I've got 4 albums, all of which are still kind of in the digestive stage.  Well not really, but my point being is that my rankings could change.

1. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
2. Avantasia - Moonglow
3. Evergrey - The Atlantic
4. Within Temptation - Resist

Moonglow is really growing on me while The Atlantic has taken a back seat, but I think those two are very very close right now.  Within Temptation is better than I expected but it's still not their best output and not really going to compete with the others right now.

I'm really looking forward to Devin Townsend's Empath this month.  Other than that, off the top of my head, I'm not sure what else 2019 holds for new music.

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« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2019, 01:56:03 PM »
I didn't post a 2018-2019 1/4-season blog-entry list at the beginning of February largely per time.

But my midseason 2018-2019 isn't too far away coming May 1st.

Current List
Ours - New Age Heroine II
22 - You Are Creating Limb 2
Mutemath - Voice in the Silence [EP]
Facing NewYork - Dogtown
Buke and Gase - Scholars
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Muse - Simulation Theory


Haven't gotten around to hearing:
Steve Hackett - At the Edge of Light
Motorpsycho - The Crucible
Queensryche - The Verdict

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March
8: Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1
8: Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intermission
15: Snarky Puppy - Immigrance
26: The Mercury Tree - Spidermilk
31: Jon Anderson - 1000 Hands

April
26: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Transiberiana


Confirmed Titles
Dirt Poor Robins - Dead Horse
Fish - Weltschmertz
Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 (Autumn)
Ours - Part 3: Spectacular Sight
Sculptured - The Liminal Phase

Likely
Arch / Matheos
Bent Knee
Disillusion
dredg
Enchant
Flying Colors
iamthemorning
King's X
Local Natives
Neverending White Lights
Opeth
Ours (a 2nd album title TBA)
Pepe Deluxe
Thank You Scientist
The Tea Party
The Who

You certainly do not need me adding to the pile, but I'd be very curious what you think of the Claypool/Lennon Delirium.   I know you like Jellyfish and Bend Sinister, and while it's not musically like that, I think it's coming from a similar place. It's knowing and intelligent like that, but not too self-serious. 

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #20 on: March 01, 2019, 02:09:00 PM »
@Puppies sure, I'll skip it for now then
2019 stuff in general is risky as I try to keep up to date on new releases pretty well

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« Reply #21 on: March 01, 2019, 03:26:45 PM »
2019 stuff in general is risky as I try to keep up to date on new releases pretty well
I figured. I'm the same way.
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #22 on: March 01, 2019, 03:34:32 PM »
My Top 5 for the year:

01. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
02. Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain
03. Soen - Lotus
04. Outline in Color - Outline in Color
05. Within Temptation - Resist

Also these are the only 5 albums I've heard this year. Only one will probably stay in the Top 5.

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2019, 03:36:04 PM »
I have a feeling the new Saor album is going to be in my top 5.
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« Reply #24 on: March 01, 2019, 03:39:40 PM »
I have a feeling the new Saor album is going to be in my top 5.
I liked it but I can say that about the past two saor albums too. They're pleasant enough but never strike a chord with me

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« Reply #25 on: March 01, 2019, 05:23:06 PM »

You certainly do not need me adding to the pile, but I'd be very curious what you think of the Claypool/Lennon Delirium.   I know you like Jellyfish and Bend Sinister, and while it's not musically like that, I think it's coming from a similar place. It's knowing and intelligent like that, but not too self-serious.

You know they were on Colbert I think it was a few weeks ago, but we had the sound off. I've known about that project for awhile, but I have feared with Claypool, the sound inevitably ends up sounding very Primus-like. Goofy, quirky, bass-driving stuff.

Not like Jellyfish or Bend Sinister.

However, I suppose Claypool has done other kind of more melodic rock, plus maybe more relevant of late to me, the main dude in the band The Spent Poets, Adam Gates, ended up with Primus (or maybe 1 or more of Claypool's other projects).

And The Spent Poets are very Beatles and XTC influenced, so I suppose playing with Claypool and then having a more pop/melodic approach could be something in Claypool's repertoire.

And Sean Lennon does have a pop background.

So, upon your reply and also a friend of mine's interest in Lennon/Claypool, I probably should check it out.

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #26 on: March 01, 2019, 05:31:49 PM »
From the two I’ve purchased....

1. Evergrey - The Atlantic
2. Dream Theater - Distance over Time
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2019, 05:56:02 PM »
I have a feeling the new Saor album is going to be in my top 5.
I liked it but I can say that about the past two saor albums too. They're pleasant enough but never strike a chord with me
Well after giving it another full spin, I think it's comfortably sitting at an 8/10. The first track is phenomenal, but the second is a little samey sounding, and the third is a little too long for it's own good, even though for the most part those songs are pretty fantastic. The last outro track is a nice little acoustic song.
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #28 on: March 02, 2019, 03:08:02 AM »
I dont get the Downfall of Gaia hype, I dont understand the appeal to their music :lol

This year so far for me is pretty great, no rankings yet though:

Herod - Sombre Dessein
Sâver - They Came With Sunlight
Labirinto - Divino Afflante Spiritu
James Blake - Assume Form
Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow is Forced Into the Light

people on this board are actual music fans who developed taste in music and not casual listeners who are following current fashion trends and listening to only current commercial hits.

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #29 on: March 02, 2019, 09:00:16 AM »
I was actually quite hyped going into Downfall of Gaia as it sounds like something I would enjoy on paper, but my general feelings about it was mostly underwhelmed. I really like a lot of more recent metal bands who fuse black metal with other genres (this case with post-metal i guess?) but i was just a bit underwhelmed by everything from the guitar riffs to the vocals. I'll probably revisit it at some point though, see if I feel different.

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #30 on: March 02, 2019, 11:34:08 AM »
I was hoping to see them play this month on the tour with The Ocean and Herod, but they're not coming to my city. They come close but it's on a weekday so can't really travel for it

I don't remember much of the a tual music but I thought it was too samey
people on this board are actual music fans who developed taste in music and not casual listeners who are following current fashion trends and listening to only current commercial hits.

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #31 on: April 24, 2019, 10:25:25 PM »
Updated top ten

Top Albums of 2019

1. Downfall of Gaia - Ethic of Radical Finitude (Atmospheric Post Black Metal)
2. Mostly Autumn - White Rainbow (Progressive Rock)
3. The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure (Progressive Rock)
4. Saor - Forgotten Paths (Atmospheric Celtic Black Metal)
5. A Novelist - Folie (Progressive Metal)
6. Týr - Hel (Folky Progressive Power Metal)
7. Soilwork - Verkligheten (Melodic Death Metal)
8. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (Progressive Metal)
9. Abyssic - High the Memory (Funeral Doom Metal)
10. Darkwater - Human (Progressive Metal)

Top EPs of 2019

1. Jinjer - Micro (Proggy Alternative Metalcore)

Top Live Albums of 2019

1. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Live in Berlin
2. Flight of the Conchords - Live in London
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #32 on: April 24, 2019, 10:41:53 PM »
i have only bought 5 albums this year so far

1. A Novelist - Folie
2. Devin Townsend - Empath
3. Equipoise - Demiurgus
4. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
5. East of the Wall - NP-Complete

i've listened to well over a hundred tho and am gonna work on narrowing down a batch of stuff to order after my roulette's finally over, so  :P
expect a much better list in a few months

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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #33 on: April 24, 2019, 10:45:21 PM »
I'm still trying to figure out how to rate Empath. It will probably be in my top 10, just not sure where yet. I have Equipoise and East of the Wall to listen to still and figure out where they go. I'm not sure either will crack my top 10 though.
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Re: Your Top 10 (give or take) Albums of 2019 (So Far....)
« Reply #34 on: April 24, 2019, 10:50:20 PM »
EOTW very much won't be in my top 10 by the end of the year, nor will dream theater. i'm still spinning equipoise to see how much i really end up liking it, it is a bit... much is my current opinion but i have plenty of time to dig into it