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Best Albums So Far This Year?

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:00 am
by ProgRocker53
What do you think are the best 2008 albums so far?

Ranking only the ones I've listened to, of course (I need to catch up on "newer" tunes):

1. Steve Lukather- Ever Changing Times
2. Def Leppard- Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
3. Panic at the Disco- Pretty. Odd.
4. Whitesnake- Good To Be Bad
5. Asia- Phoenix

Note that I do enjoy all of the above albums.. I think Whitesnake's new one is fantastic and Asia's is decent.

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:07 am
by Allied Forces
House of Lords - Come to My Kingdom

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:24 am
by jrnyjetster
Puddle Of Mudd - Psycho :wink:

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:14 am
by weatherman90
DOKKEN - Lightning Strikes Again

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:51 am
by Andrew
House Of Lords
Brother Firetribe
Alliance
Leverage
Work Of Art
Khymera

+

Harem Scarem

And a couple of others I cannot mention :)

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:55 am
by larryfromnextdoor
Andrew wrote:House Of Lords
Brother Firetribe
Alliance
Leverage
Work Of Art
Khymera

+

Harem Scarem

And a couple of others I cannot mention :)


are you trying to say you got an advance of the new Ace Frehley album??? :twisted: 8) ..

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 2:00 pm
by Andrew
larryfromnextdoor wrote:
are you trying to say you got an advance of the new Ace Frehley album??? :twisted: 8) ..


Couldn't be worse than the Peter Criss album of 2007!!

I left out Whitesnake too.

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 2:40 pm
by ProgRocker53
Any chance of you reviewing the AIRBOURNE album, Andrew?

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 2:56 pm
by Andrew
ProgRocker53 wrote:Any chance of you reviewing the AIRBOURNE album, Andrew?


Too old...missed that one due to too much work last year. Solid if not unoriginal.

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:10 pm
by Rip Rokken
weatherman90 wrote:DOKKEN - Lightning Strikes Again


Ditto!

Image

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 4:01 pm
by larryfromnextdoor
i found a band called FIREWIND.. very 80's sounding power metal .. its GREAT!!! sounds of gary moore meets iron maiden meets queensryche...

http://www.myspace.com/firewind

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 6:43 pm
by Marc S
weatherman90 wrote:DOKKEN - Lightning Strikes Again


Dons truly average vocals lets this down totally

PostPosted: Sun May 18, 2008 6:57 pm
by Andrew
Marc S wrote:
weatherman90 wrote:DOKKEN - Lightning Strikes Again


Dons truly average vocals lets this down totally


Exactly. It sounds like Don phoned them in from Fiji! No energy at all.

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:29 am
by Red13JoePa
Andrew wrote:
And a couple of others I cannot mention :)



Hm.
Journey? Motley?


:D

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:15 am
by finalfight
Ayreon - 01011001
Pyramaze - Immortal

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:23 am
by Ehwmatt
Asia - Phoenix in a landslide. This record is incredible - like a mash-up between vintage Alan Parsons Project and classic Asia pomp. No other record I've heard so far this year touches it and it gets better with every listen. Tom Petty's Mudcrutch CD is a close second for me. Haven't heard many MR releases so far this year. I'm still waiting on Sparkle Lounge to arrive. Anyone know if Ever Changing Times is coming to iTunes any time in this life?

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:33 am
by Gordon from Edinburgh
Allied Forces wrote:House of Lords - Come to My Kingdom



Good shout - this album is great!

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:43 am
by fightingilliniJRNY
Gordon from Edinburgh wrote:
Allied Forces wrote:House of Lords - Come to My Kingdom



Good shout - this album is great!


I'll third that. I love that album.

Re: Best Albums So Far This Year?

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:49 am
by Gin and Tonic Sky
ProgRocker53 wrote:What do you think are the best 2008 albums so far?

Ranking only the ones I've listened to, of course (I need to catch up on "newer" tunes):

1. Steve Lukather- Ever Changing Times
2. Def Leppard- Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
3. Panic at the Disco- Pretty. Odd.
4. Whitesnake- Good To Be Bad
5. Asia- Phoenix

Note that I do enjoy all of the above albums.. I think Whitesnake's new one is fantastic and Asia's is decent.



All good albums, the Lep album is amazing. But,I think the best ones this year are still to come:

Journey-Revelation
Alice Cooper-Along came a Spider- this is by all accounts said to be fantastic
Motley crue - Saints of LA
The new Jeff Scott Soto, the new Harem Scarem, and the new Tyketto will also be pretty damn good I think!!!