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	John "BoBo" Bollenberg | David Cisco | Larry "LarryD" Daglieri | Duncan Glenday | Davide Guidone | Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck | Eric Porter | Stephanie Sollow | Clayton Walnum | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 John "Bo Bo" Bollenberg's Top 10 2003: The Fire Theft - The Fire Theft Pineapple Thief - Variations On A Dream - Ltd. Edition Morse, Neal - Testimony Hackett, Steve - To Watch The Storms Anekdoten - Gravity Isildurs Bane - Mind Volume 4: Pass Wakeman, Rick And The New English Rock Ensemble - Out There Tangent, The - The Music That Died Alone Galleon - From Land To Ocean Various - Kalevala - A Finnish Progressive Rock Epic David Cisco's Top 10 2003: Rush - Rush In Rio. The liveliest, most entertaining cd I’ve heard in ages. Of course, my being a lifelong diehard Rushian made this one a lock for top pick. Syrinx - Reification. I’ve never heard anything so original in my life, let alone something so engrossing and entertaining. Crème de la crème. Nil - Quarante Jours Sur Le Sinai (Forty Days In The Sinai). Right up there with Reification, it’s that damned good. Very cinematic, it’s easy to get lost in the music and envision the events depicted here. KBB - Four Corner's Sky. I love fusion, but probably don’t listen to it enough any more. This one blew me completely away as soon as I pushed Play, and showed me the error of my ways. I’ll be listening to more jazz-fusion and playing this one over and over again in 2004. Opeth - Damnation. A great change of pace here. I do love Opeth’s death metal epics, and their willingness to stretch out the twiddly bits here make for great listening. King Crimson - The Power To Believe. It’s the Crims, for chrissakes – nuff said? Syzygy - The Allegory Of Light. An indie surprise that really grabbed me with its rock’n’roll energy. Kick ass! Van Helsing's Curse - Oculus Infernum. A great holiday gift from the mind of Dee Snider. When I need to get away from the proggy stuff, this is one of the cd’s that I turn to for some scary fun. Frameshift - Unweaving The Rainbow. A super job by Pauly and LaBrie. Plenty of prog, and a fair bit of the best AOR to hit the racks in years, not to mention the album that inspired me to go out and buy all those Queen albums I didn’t have before. Neal Morse - Testimony. The courage to take a stand and the musical might to make it stick. Even if (you’re) not Christian, the entertainment value is enough to make this one worthwhile. Amazing how much music comes out of this man’s mind, isn’t it?!? Recommended Runner-ups: Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death Wheel Works - The Wheel Works Morsof – HEAP Daimonji – Improg Enchant – Tug of War Magellan – Impossible Figures Jadis – Fanatic Toto – Through The Looking Glass Redemption – Redemption Coheed and Cambria – In The Keeping of Silent Earth: 3 Larry "LarryD" Daglieri's Top 10 2003: Adagio - Underworld Arena - Contagion Brainstorm - Soul Temptation Chrome Shift - Ripples In Time Dream Theater - Train Of Thought Evergrey - Recreation Day Hubi Meisel - EmOcean Kamelot - Epica Silent Edge - The Eyes Of The Shadow Star One - Live On Earth Duncan Glenday's Top 10 2003: Opeth - Damnation Neal Morse - Testimony Mostly Autumn - Passengers Erik Norlander - Music Machine Stride - Music Machine Karnataka - Delicate Flame Of Desire Dream Theater - Train Of Thought Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise And Sunset Galleon - From Land To Ocean Stratovarius - Elements Pt. 1 (And another five favorites) Kaipa - Keyholder Syzygy - The Allegory Of Light Arena - Contagion John Arch - Twist Of Fate OSI - Office of Strategic Influence Davide Guidone's Top 10 2003: (in no particular order) Neal Morse - Testimony Threshold - Wireless Stereokimono - Primosfera Gordian Knot - Emergent Arturo Stalteri - Rings Frameshift - Unweaving The Rainbow IV Luna - D'Incanto Rick Wakeman and NERE - Out There The Enid - The Seed And The Sower (reissue) Ritual - Think Like A Mountain Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck's Top 10 2003: Styx - Cyclorama (CMC International) Blackmore's Night - Ghost Of The Rose (SPV/Steamhammer) Howe's Remedy, Steve - Elements (Inside Out/SPV) Lucassen's Star One, Arjen Anthony - Live On Earth (Inside Out) Spock's Beard - Feel Euphoria (Inside Out/SPV) Widespread Panic - Bell (Sanctuary Records) Frameshift - Unweaving the Rainbow ProgRock Records Sherinian, Derek - Black Utopia (Inside Out) Bruce, Jack - More Jack Than God (Sanctuary Records) Various - Voodoo Crossing - A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix-Vol. 1 (Horizons Records) Eric Porter's Top 10 2003: Neal Morse - Testimony Rush - Rush in Rio Spock's Beard - Feel Euphoria Steve Hackett - To Watch The Storms Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won Jethro Tull - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album King Crimson - The Power To Believe Steve Hackett - Somewhere in South America Blackmore's Night - Ghost Of A Rose No Man - Together We're Stranger Stephanie Sollow's (Preliminary) Top 10 2003: (alphabetically) Chrome Shift - Ripples In Time Gordian Knot - Emergent Djam Karet - A Night For Baku Hackett, Steve - To Watch The Storms Lacrimosa - Echos Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One - Live On Earth Redemption - Redemption Woodenhead - Perseverence Earnest Woodall - Time To Think The Tangent - The Music That Died Alone And just bubbling under: Howe's Remedy, Steve - Elements and X-Religion - Dances On Gobelins. As usual, there are 2003 releases yet unheard that could make the list, but this where I'm at as of 1/10/04. Clay Walnum's Favorite Prog of 2003: (Prog) Kaipa – Keyholder The Tangent – The Music That Died Alone King Crimson – The Power to Believe Neal Morse - Testimony Andromeda – II = I Steve Hackett – To Watch the Storms Spock’s Beard – Feel Euphoria Syzygy – The Allegory of Light Derek Sherinian – Black Utopia Glass Hammer - Shadowlands (runners up) Dream Theater – Train of Thought Magellan – Impossible Figures Opeth - Damnation Kayak – Merlin, Bard of the Unseen The Mars Volta – De-loused in the Comatorium OSI – Office of Strategic Influence Saga – Marathon Ritual – Think Like a Mountain Tomas Bodin – Sonic Boulevard Djam Karet – A Night for Baku Enchant – Tug of War (diversions) Jeff Beck – Jeff Radiohead – Hail to the Thief Cursive – The Ugly Organ Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers The Darkness – Permission to Land Led Zeppelin – How the West Was Won The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Steely Dan – Everything Must Go Deep Purple – Bananas Blur – Think Tank Grandaddy – Sumday Goldfrapp – Black Cherry Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism Kings of Leon – Youth and Young Manhood Sting – Sacred Love
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