Moonies' Individual Top 2011 Lists

[Magic Mountain]

Now that we have the compiled Moon-O-Poll top 20 list, It is time to see the individual lists. Please list your top whatever list for 2011 in this thread. I will start with my personal top 20 list (slightly different than I provided for the Moon-o-Poll):

1. Haken - Visions
2. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
3. Symphony X - Iconoclast
4. Sanhedrin - Ever After
5. DeeExpus - King of Number 33
6. Airbag - All Rights Removed
7. One Shot - Live in Tokyo (I don't normally include live albums in a top list but this is so good. Must get for all fusion lovers!)
8. Laswell/Björkenheim/Ågren - Blixt
9. I Treni All'Alba - 2011 A.D.
10. Opeth - Heritage
11. Phideaux - Snowtorch
12. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
13. Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling
14. Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
15. Thalamus - Subterfuge
16. Tune - Lucid Moments
17. The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre
18. Myrath - Tales of the Sands
19. Red Fang - Murder the Mountains
20. Furyu - Ce Che L'Anima Non Dice

As you can see, I generally tend to like groups more on the heavier side of things. I look forward to seeing everyone's lists.

[tobytanzer]

1. In Kontrast
2. Sanhedrin
3. Derek Sherinian
4. Brett Garsed
5. Glass Hammer
6. Levin Torn White
7. Wobbler
8. Little Tragedies
9. Beardfish
10. Herd of Instinct - warr owes me a beer

My list is weighted towards the symphonic side

[emperorken]

1. Introitus- Elements
2. Pendragon- Passion
3. Sean Filkins- War and Peace
4. Konchordat- New Crusade
5. Phideaux- Snowtorch
6. Ben Craven- Great & Terrible Potions
7. Anubis- A Tower of Silence
8. Ian Gordon- The Box
9. Greylevel- Hypostatic Union
10. Yuka & Chronoship- Water Reincarnation

Also, as a side note, "Nordagust- In the Mist of Morning", which came out late in 2010, would be my #2.

Honorable mention:
Herd of Instinct
InFront
Jaime Rosas
The Watch
Credo
Comedy of Errors
Pandora
Magenta
Knight Area
Little Tragedies

Studio Albums

1 Touchstone - The City Sleeps

2 The Tangent - COMM

3 Also Eden - Think Of The Children

4 Mars Hollow - World In Front Of Me

5 Manning - Margaret's Children

6 Glass Hammer - Cor Cordia

7 Credo - Against Reason

8 Steve Hackett - Beyond The Shrouded Horizon

9 Knight Area - Nine Paths

10 Haken - Visions

11 Pallas - XXV

12 Pendragon - Passion

13 Von Hertzen Brothers - Stars Aligned

14 Magenta - Chameleon

15 Andy Tillison - Murk

16 Discipline - To Shatter All Accord

17 Yes - Fly From Here

18 Riverside - Memories In My Head

19 Daymoon - All Tomorrows

20 Magic Pie - The Suffering Joy

21 Agents Of Mercy - The Black Forest

22 Jon Anderson - Survival And Other Stories

23 Tangerine Dream - Edgar Allen Poe's The Island Of The Fay

24 Phideaux - Snow Torch

25 Alan Reed - Dancing With Ghosts

26 The Watch - Timeless

27 Simon Says - Siren Songs

28 Van Der Graaf Generator - A Grounding In Numbers

29 Lazuli - [4603 battements]

30 Jon Anderson - Open


Live Albums

1 The Tangent - Going Off On Two

2 Unitopia - One Night In Europe

3 The Reasoning - The Bottle Of Gettysburg

4 Caravan - Shepherds Bush Empire 8/10/11

5 Solstice - Kindred Spirits

You may wonder about some of the omissions, for instance, Sean Filkins, but I limited them to albums I had bought at the time of compiling the list. I have since bought Sean's album and it would CERTAINLY make my Top 5.

[artw(Admin)]

1 Brett Garsed - Dark Matter
2 Druckfarben - Druckfarben
3 Majestic - Labyrinth
4 Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
5 Steve Hackett - Beyond The Shrouded Horizon
6 Nemo - Revolu$ion
7 Sean Filkins - War And Peace & Other Short Stories
8 Clay Foster & Carey Frank - Bona Fide Sea Monsters
9 Anima Morte - The Nightmare Becomes Reality
10 Protokaw - Forth

[Laudio9]

Here's the real top 20 of 2011!


1. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
2. Sky Architect – A Dying Man’s Hymn
3. Hackett, Steve, -Beyond The Shrouded Horizon
4. Cavalli-Cocchi, Lanzetti, Roversi, -Cavalli-Cocchi, Lanzetti, Roversi
5. Yuka & Chronoship, -Water Reincarnation
6. Accordo Dei Contrari, -Kublai
7. Watch, The, -Timeless
8. Ske, -1000 Autunni
9. Agents Of Mercy, -The Black Forest
10. Blackfield, - Welcome To My DNA

Next 10 close second..there was way to many new releases in 2011.

11. Wobbler, -Rites At Dawn
12. Alta Via, -Girt Dog
13. Anima Morte, -The Nightmare Becomes Reality
14. Different Light, -Il Suono Della Luce
15. Gabriel, Peter, -New Blood
16. Magenta, -Chameleon
17. Anderson/Wakeman, -The Living Tree
18. Clay Foster & Carey Frank, -Bona Fide Sea Monsters
19. Paatos, -Breathing
20. Druckfarben, Druckfarben

[OverHillandDale(Admin)]

1. Wobbler, Rites At Dawn (467)
2. Marbin,Breaking The Cycle (281)
3. K.C. Project (Jakszyk, Fripp, Collins) A Scarcity Of Miracles (230)
4. Tangent, The COMM, (417)
5. Glass Hammer, Cor Cordium (186)
6. Haken, Visions (203)
7. Sean Filkins, War And Peace & Other Short Stories (106)
8. therhythmisodd, Raw Material (426)
9. Sky Architect, A Dying Man's Hymn (398)
10. The Watch, Timeless (459)
End of top 10 list



SINGLE OF THE YEAR
OverHillandDale and Vaas, Mooniverse Theme (329)

Runner-ups
Lunatic Soul, Impressions (267)
White Willow, Terminal Twilight (462)
Ring of Myth, Ring of Myth (375)

[Ramon Porta]

Ramon Porta 20 list
1. Arena 'The Seventh Degree of Separation'
2. Steve Hackett 'Beyond the Shroaded Horizon'
3. Von Hertzen Brothers 'Stars Aligned'
4. Haken 'Visions'
5. Sean Filkins 'War And Oeace & Other...'
6. Glass Hammer 'Cor Cordium'
7. Simon Says 'Siren Songs'
8. The Enid 'Risen'
9. Karmakanic 'In a Perfect World'
10. Phideaux 'Snowtorch'
11. DeeEXpus 'King of Number 33'
12. Dec Burke ' Paradigmas & Storylines'
13. Eye2Eye 'The Wish'
14. Brighteye Brison 'The Magician Chronicles'
15. Yuka & Chronoship 'Water Reincarnation'
16. Ignatius 'Light from the Deep'
17. Ex Cubus 'Lagarcherie'
18. Moog 'Le ore i giorni gli anni'
19. After Crying 'Creatura'
20. The Psychedelic Ensemble 'Dream of Magic Jongleur'

[teermin8r]

1 Phideaux - Snowtorch
2 Sean Filkins - War and Peace & Other Short Stories
3 Pendragon - Passion
4 Pallas - XXV
5 Combination Head - Museum
6 Yes - Fly from Here
7 inKontrast - This is Yours
8 Beardfish - Mammoth
9 Mars Hollow - World in Front of Me
10 Glass Hammer - Cor Cordium
12 Presto Ballet - Invisible Places
13 Magic Pie - The Suffering Joy
14 Gungfly - Lamentations
15 Karmakanic - In a Perfect World
16 Riverside - Memories in my Head
17 Blackfield - Welcome to my DNA
18 The Tangent - COMM
19 Wobbler - Rites at Dawn
20 Daymoon - All Tomorrows
21 Credo - Against Reason
22 Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
23 Presto Ballet - Love What You’ve Done with the Place
24 Farpoint - Kindred
25 Lisa LaRue 2KX - Fast and Blue
26 Zen Rock and Roll - Undone
27 Fromuz - Quartus Artifactus
28 Von Hertzen Brothers - Stars Aligned
29 Majestic - Labyrinth
30 Planeta Imaginario - Optical Delusions
31 Dream the Electric Sheep - Lost and Gone Forever
32 Thomas Giles - Pulse (#30)

[mariocc]

1. Wobbler - Rites At Down
2. Ultraviolet Daydream - Red Shift
3. Druckfarben - Druckfarben
4. Airbag - All Rights Removed
5. Jaime Rosas - Flashback
6. Pendragon - Passion
7. Presto Ballet - Invisible Places
8. Magic Pie - The Suffering Joy
9. Circa - And So On
10. Big Block 454 - Bells & Proclamations

11. Anubis - A Tower Of Silence
12. Karmakanic
13. The Rise And Fall Of The Pterodactyl

I need to listen more,,,need time,,,fortunately many of mooners' selection I have been listening them here.....at least many req.

greetings friends

[KenW]

I only have twenty- two 2011 titles that fit this list, so here's my top 10.

1. Wobbler: Rites At Dawn
2. Brett Garsed: Dark Matter
3. Steve Wilson: Grace for Drowning
4. Accordo Dei Contrari: Kublai
5. Druckfarben: s/t
6. Yes: Fly From Here
7. Cheer-Accident: No ifs, and or Dogs
8. Phideaux: Snowtorch
9. Tohpati Ethnomission: Save the Planet
Tie for 10th
10. Haken: Vision
10. One Shot: Live in Tokyo

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Herba D'Hameli
Camembert
Druckfarben
Planeta Imaginario
RedZen
Laborator
Yuko & Cronoship
Infront
Zombi
Eternal Wanderers

I intentionally left off a number of GREAT albums that I knew would make the top 20 anyway, like the Steves (Wilson and Hackett), Tangent, Glass Hammer, Pendragon, etc. My goal was to try and get some exposure for some of the lesser known artists that deserve your attention. Hint - if there's anything in my list you haven't heard, it's worth checking out. I did hear EVERY 2011 release

[RUNDVIS]

#1 226 Iona, Another Realm
#2 472 Yuka & Chronoship, Water Reincarnation
#3 332 Ozric Tentacles, Paper Monkeys
#4 464 Wilson, Steven, Grace For Drowning
#5 9 Accordo Dei Contrari, Kublai
#6 14 Agents Of Mercy, The Black Forest
#7 467 Wobbler, Rites At Dawn
#8 320 Opeth, Heritage
#9 123 Discipline, To Shatter All Accord
#10 397 Ske, 1000 Autunni

[podakayne]

10. Agents of Mercy - The Black Forest
9. Druckfarben - Druckfarben
8. Anathema - Falling Deeper
7. Gosta Berlings Saga - Glue Works
6. Wobbler - Rites at Dawn
5. Jaksyzk, Fripp & Collins - Scarcity of Miracles
4. Zombi - Escape Velocity
3. Haken - Visions
2. Steve Wilson - Ghost of Drowning
1. Discipline - To Shatter All Accord

my honorable mentions (meaning they tied with some of the top ten and i had to pick via the "eannie meanie miney moe" method"

Yuka & Chronoship, Water Reincarnation (tied with Zombi)
Airbag - All Rights Removed (tied w/Agents)
Van der graaf Generator - Grounding in Numbers (tied w/Gosta)
Chris Taylor - Nocturnal (tied w/Zombie)
Riverside - memories in my head (tied w/steve)

[Magic Mountain]

For those of you interested. Here are the results of 2011 DPRP reader poll:

http://www.dprp.net/dprpoll/2011/index.php