NASHVILLE |DATE: DECEMBER 28, 2009
As 2009 comes to a close, drummer Mike Portnoy of DREAM THEATER has issued his Top Ten albums of the year and decade (see below) via his MySpace blog. Go here to see Portnoy’s other Top Ten lists (songs, films and TV shows):
http://blogs.myspace.com/mikeportnoyofficial
MP's Best Of 2009 Year-End Wrap Up
CDs:
1. Bigelf – Cheat The Gallows
2. Mastodon – Crack The Skye
3. Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue
4. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
5. Between The Buried And Me – The Great Misdirect
6. Them Crooked Vultures
7. Megadeth – Endgame
8. The Devin Townsend Project – Ki/Addicted
9. Heart Of Cygnus – Over Mountain Under Hill
10. Animals As Leaders
MP’s Top 10 Albums of the Decade
1. Muse – Absolution
2. Bigelf – Cheat The Gallows
3. Opeth – Blackwater Park *
4. Spock's Beard – Snow
5. The Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics
6. Endochine – Day Two
7. Beardfish – Sleeping In Traffic Pts 1&2
8. Metallica – Death Magnetic
9. Lamb Of God – Ashes Of The Wake
10. Peter Gabriel – Up
* A special mention must be made declaring Opeth as my "Band of the Decade" as I could have easily listed Deliverance, Damnation, Ghost Reveries and Watershed all in my top 10 as well, but I had a self-imposed rule of only one album per band…
For more information, contact MSO 818-380-0400:
Mitch Schneider: mschneider@msopr.com
Libby Coffey: LCoffey@msopr.com
Alexandra Greenberg: agreenberg@msopr.com
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