Réjean Charbonneau's Top 15 of 2009
Réjean Charbonneau of La Filière Progressive in Sorel shares with us his personal top 15 prog albums of the year 2009.

1 Gargamel – Descending
2 IQ – Frequency – U.K.
3 Porcupine Tree – The Incident
4 Wobbler – Afterglow
5 Steven Wilson – Insurgentes
6 Heavy Water Experiments – Heavy water experiments
7 Phideaux – Number 7
8 Lee Abraham – Black & White
9 Big Big train – The underfall yard
10 The Box – Le Horla de Maupassant
11 Blind ego – Numb
12 Steve Thorne – Into the ether
13 Syzygy – The realm of eternity
14 Riverside – Ano Domini High Defenition
15 Pendragon – Concerto Maximo

Honorable mention
Syrinx - Qualia

Bob's top 10 albums of 2008
Oh what an exciting year! I feel that 2008 was a very good year, there hasn't been so much good new progressive music in a long time. Great prog rock abums from new artists and old standards alike, it was quite hard for me to come with a top ten list since so many artists were equally good... so here goes, in no particular order:

D.F.A. - 4th
Splendid! monumental! My top album of the year, prog fusion at its best.
Thieves' Kitchen - The Water Road
Elegant symphonic prog with hints of Anglagard, Spock's Beard and King Crimson.
Unitopia - The Garden
Wonderful new album with appealing melodies and beautiful arrangements.
Mahogany Frog - DO5
A magnificent album from these talented young multi-instrumentalists. It plays non stop on my iPod!
Jellyfiche - Tout Ce Que J'Ai Rêvé
An outstanding first album from this Montreal band, Mesmerizing floydian folk rock!
Magenta - Metamorphosis
A matured, graceful output from the band. Exquisite melodies and beautiful vocal work from Christina.
Martin Orford - The Old Road
Martin's wonderfully inspired and charming solo album. Hopefully not his last.
Karcius - Épisodes
A sensational follow-up to their album Kaleidoscope. More varied, more elegant, it rocks!
Ayreon - 01011001
Symphonic space metal at its best.
David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk
Gilmour lives up to his name. A beautiful, spine-tingling recording!

and very honorable mentions go to the following:

Spiraling - Time Travel Made Easy
Such a dynamic, joyous album from Tom Brislin (ex-Yes & Camel). Totally contagious and captivating.
The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
Andy Tillson strikes again. He never misses!!!
RPWL - The RPWL Experience
Catchy prog with exceptional keyboards, vocals and guitars. Ethereal, intense and dynamic.
Asia - Phoenix
These guys can still write really good stuff, for real!
Nick D'Virgilio - Rewiring Genesis - A Tribute To TLLDOB
Surprisingly captivating, with really wild interpretation of the old classics.
Opeth - Watershed
Intense, varied, refreshing, one of Opeth's richest albums soundwise.
Edensong - The Fruit Fallen
Stunning new music from this NY-based band. Mesmerizing and elegant.
It Bites - The Tall Ships
Exceptional guitar work, clever arrangements, great, catchy melodies, brilliant!