Our Top 20 for 2009 with links

Here we go! On yesterday's show Rick and I unveiled our Top 20 of 2009. The past year was an exceptionally good one for progressive music, and our choices were made doubly hard since we had only heard about 90 to 100 CDs, most of them between the end of August and December. I'm sure that if we waited a couple of months and re-did this exercise, we'd arrive at different results, but for now, these are the ones we chose and presented on our Sunday show.

Update: Welcome IQ fans. Yes, Frequency made both our lists, and I am proud to find out that the band members from IQ noticed. Please, add this site in your favorites and listen to our internet radio show every sunday. For more information on air times, go to our Facebook page.

My Top 20
20. Barbares, by Nemo
19. Number 10, by Manning
18. Beautiful & Monstrous, by Subsignal
17. Actress, by Lobster Newberg
16. Turbulence, by Brother Ape
15. On This Perfect Day, by Guilt Machine
14. Dark, by Metamorphosis
13. Afterglow, by Wobbler
12. Out of the Tunnel's Mouth, by Steve Hackett
11. Jitters, by Po90
10. Focal Point, by Paul Cusick
9. The Whirlwind, by Transatlantic
8. The Underfall Yard, by Big Big Train
7. Soul's Inner Pendulum, by Moonrise
6. Numb, by Blind Ego
5. The Incident, by Porcupine Tree
4. Template for a Generation, by Darwin's Radio
3. Blood, by OSI
2. Down and Out in Paris and London, by The Tangent
1. Frequency, by IQ

Rick's Top 20
20. The Guitar Is Mightier Than the Gun, by First Band from Outer Space
19. Beautiful & Monstrous, by Subsignal
18. The Thrill of Nothingness, by Cross
17. The Weirding, by Astra
16. Mantis, by Umphrey's McGee
15. Focal Point, by Paul Cusick
14. The Thomas Tracks, by 5BridgeS
13. Blood, by OSI
12. Numb, by Blind Ego
11. Innergy, by Forgotten Suns
10. Frequency, by IQ
9. Please Be Quiet, by Gungfly
8. Jitters, by Po90
7. Black Clouds & Silver Linings, by Dream Theater
6. Destined Solitaire, by Beardfish
5. The Incident, by Porcupine Tree
4. The Underfall Yard, by Big Big Train
3. Down and Out in Paris and London, by The Tangent
2. The Whirlwind, by Transatlantic
1. Anno Domini High Definition, by Riverside

December 20th Show Now Online

(Updated)

Yes, you read correctly. Our show is now available for download. Because of file sizes the show has been seperated in hours, so you can download hour 1, 2 and/or 3 from the december 20th show, which was our last show of 2009. The International Prog Rock Show will now be recorded and available for download on this site. Enjoy!

Download the International Prog Rock Show: Hour 1
Download the International Prog Rock Show: Hour 2
Download the International Prog Rock Show: Hour 3

These files will be available for a limited time, until I find a permanent home for our show.

Have fun and Happy New Year to all our friends and listeners!

Update: I've been informed that the links were not working. New links have been placed and they should work... simply right-click and choose Open New Tab, from there click on the link. If they don't work, write a comment in the comment area of this post.

Year End Review 2: Frank's Pick

Follwing the post with Rick's Top 30 CDs (#30 to 21), here is my list of Top 30 albums (#30 to 21). It was a tough choice, and I'm certain that, if done in a month's time, this list would change since I haven't listened to half of the output from 2009, but here goes:

30. Awaking the Muse, by Leap Day
29. Songs from the Liar's Lair, by Ageness
28. The Hazards of Love, by The Decemberists
27. Destined Solitaire, by Beardfish
26. The Thrill of Nothingness, by Cross
25. Nostalgia, by Satellite
24. The Weirding, by Astra
23. The Yumyum Tree, by Ozric Tentacles
22. The Thomas Tracks, by 5BridgeS
21. Radiation, by UKZ

Year End Reviews: Rick's Top 30 (30-21)

As this year comes to an end Rick & I have decided to list our Top 30 albums of 2009. Out of the hundreds of albums that came out in 09, we excluded Singles, Live albums, and Compilations.
Here are numbers 30 to 21 according to Rick (Mine will come a bit later):

30. According to Life..., by The Carpet Knights
29. Avoid the Light, by Long Distance Calling
28. Nostalgia, by Satellite
27. Beyond Reality, by Mangrove
26. Fading Ghosts, by Agents of Mercy
25. Face of Our Fathers, by Pictorial Wand
24. Vision, by Martigan
23. Awaking the Muse, by Leap Day
22. Identity, by Airbag
21. Part the Second, by Maudlin of the Well

Numbers 20 to 1 will be revealed during the next show on January 10, 2009.

December 20th Setlist and links

What a year! We started out humble radio show in August, after the summer vacations, with about 20 listeners (mostly family). Now we have over 400 members on our Facebook page, and over 1,000 visits to this site. Thank you all for listening. The December 20th show was recorded so as to make a podcast. It will be available here shortly.

For our last show of 2009 we played the following songs:

1. Lessons, by The Elf Project (Mirage, 2009)
2. Where Angels Fear to Tread, by Subsignal (Beautiful Monstrous, 2009)
3. A Verse of Despair, by Pictorial Wand (Face of Our Fathers, 2009)
4. The Guitar Is Mightier Than the Gun, by The First Band from Outer Space (The Guitar Is Mightier Than the Gun, 2009)
5. Icarus (Full Moon II), by Moonrise (Soul's Inner Pendulum, 2009)
6. Human Mind, by Silent Memorial (Retrospect, 2009)
7. Willoughby, by Shadow Circus (Whispers & Screams, 2009)
8. Angel, by Shadow Circus (Whispers & Screams, 2009)
9.Lost, by Lobster Newberg (Actress, 2009)
10. Imperial Winter White, by Wobbler (Afterglow, 2009)
11. Storyteller, by I/O Earth (I/O Earth, 2009)
12. Walking in Shadows, by Cirrus Bay (A Step Into Elsewhere, 2009)
13. 19-59, by Nemo (Barbares, 2009)
14. Waste of Time, by Flamborough Head (In Search ofJohn Maddock, 2009)
15. Egoist Hedonist, by Riverside (Anno Domini High Definition, 2009)

We also reviewed the latest Shadow Circus CD, Whispers & Screams. We both found it worth buying. I gave it a 7.5/10 and Rick gave it an 8.2/10. A full review will appear here shortly.

As always, if you loved the music, go visit the bands' websites linked above, and encourage them by buying their CDs.