Dec 31, 2008 Posted by david in music | 2 comments

Best of 2008: Music

1. insur­gen­tes by ste­ven wilson

2. expe­ri­ments in mass appeal by frost*

3. buil­ding an empire by demi­ans

4. who’s the boss in the fac­tory by kar­ma­ka­nic

5. life­line by neal morse

and some other great albums as well [in no par­ti­cu­lar order]:

the gar­den by uni­to­pia
mercy falls by seventh won­der
water­shed by opeth
pure by pen­dra­gon
the RPWL expe­rience by RPWL
sla­ves for life by ama­se­ffer
the tall ships by it bites
sle­e­ping in tra­ffic pt. 2 by bear­d­fish
the bed­lam in goli­ath by the mars volta
final con­ver­sa­tion of kings by the but­ter­fly effect
pay­ment of exis­tence by com­mu­nic
kin­gdom of com­fort by deli­ri­ous?
oppo­site way by lee­land
scho­o­lyard ghosts by no-man

2 Responses to “Best of 2008: Music”

1. liftingshadows says:

   December 31, 2008 at 6:58 pm

   I see that you took the occa­sion to show off again SW‘s INSURGENTES =))
   [BTW, we are still wia­ting for the pro­per review] :P

   I have to agree with you that Ins is the best work of the year. The music is great, even if the sound of it could not make an “album” for me. This solo pro­ject is awesome.

   Neal Morse is pro­ba­bly the best prog music wri­ter alive. But also I agree with the low rank. It seems he does not bring a new vibe but uses more or less the same themes.

   I also see 3 young bands being rated. among those maybe I would put the swe­dish first. In the list there are some bands I never heard of before… I sho­uld get into the prog movement :))

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2. david says:

   December 31, 2008 at 8:06 pm

   insur­gen­tes is a com­plex pro­ject and it’s rea­lly hard to embrace all the aspects when wri­ting a review. and right now i don’t feel like wri­ting this review.

   kar­ma­ka­nic is not rea­lly a young band. their first album ente­ring the spec­tra was relea­sed in 2002, and we got it from tsm. i remem­ber i was blown away at that time by the ama­zing sound of the bass guitar.

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