That Stupid Club

1. Devin Townsend — Zil­toid the Omniscient
2. Robert Plant and Ali­son Krauss — Rais­ing Sand
3. N.I.N. — Year Zero
4. Neil Young — Chrome Dreams II
5. The Bad Plus — Prog
6. Alex Skol­nick Trio — Last Day In Paradise
7. Steve Vai — Sound Theories
8. Rush — Snakes & Arrows
9. Por­cu­pine Tree — Fear of a Blank Planet
10. Explo­sions in the Sky — All of a Sud­den I Miss Everyone
11. Eddie Ved­der — Into The Wild

In that order, I think.

Hon­ourable Mentions

• Metheny/Mehldau Quar­tet
• Tom­a­hawk — Anonymous
• Dominici — O3 A Tril­ogy Part 2
• Sym­phony X — Par­adise Lost
• Par­adise Lost — In Requiem
• Black Snake Moan OST
• Radio­head — In Rainbows
• Min­istry — The Last Sucker
• Kanno Yoko — Smooth in the Shell
• Megadeth — United Abominations

Good, not great.

Dis­ap­point­ments of the Year

• Dream The­ater — Sys­tem­atic Chaos
• Foo Fight­ers — Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
• Type O Neg­a­tive — Dead Again
• Vel­vet Revolver — Libertad

These albums are not bad. They just fall short of my admit­tedly high expectations.

Dis­hon­ourable Mention

• Smash­ing Pump­kins — Zeitgeist

Not even “so bad, its good”, just mediocre.