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POLL: Choose the Next Extended Play Lounge (Ep. 35)

  • Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard 38
  • Haken - Affinity 81
  • Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark 51
  • Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure 66
  • Devin Townsend - Epicloud 34
  • 2022-12-29
  • —2023-01-03
  • 270 votes
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We're now looking ahead to the first Extended Play Lounge Episode of 2023. And, for this time around, I'm asking for your help to choose among these 5 albums that I have recently received and am eager to hear.

All of these recordings are relatively new...the oldest being BBT's offering from 2009. 

So, vote for your top preference! May your selection win!

This poll will be active through January 2, 2023.

Note: I've heard a song or two from all these albums except the NMB.

Comments

Einaras Sipavičius

It's tough for me. I feel like Haken has already too much coverage on the channel, but Affinity is my favourite album by them, by far even. Ideally I would choose another option, but I feel like The Underfall Yard is not the album I would choose for Big Big Train, An Hour Before It's Dark was an underwhelming offering from Marillion and Epicloud is also not the best representative of Townsend. And I'm not a big fan of NMB. So probably this time I'm forced to overcome my principles and vote for Haken.

Stop Propaganda

It has to be Big Big Train, the other bands were covered many times already!

Bryan Tursk

I'm still hoping for Yes Magification to be in an ELP soon. I still believe it will be Doug's favorite Yes album overall.

Bill C

As much as I love Haken, this was an insta-vote for Neal Morse Band for me. Similitude remains one of Doug's favorite EPLs and this follow-up takes the same framework and improves on it.

Aaron E Austin

I had to vote for Townsend although I feel that Epicloud isnt the best representation. Not a fan of NMB or BBT and Haken has had quite a lot of coverage. Marillion has a better album than the one listed.

John Baird

Just recently got into the Sooperb music of Marillion. Such a massive back catalogue of wonderful heart rendering music. Happy to have a replacement to s

John Baird

ome of the karaoke replacements of older famous bands.

Greg Dundore

I feel like a better Devin album would be the first Ziltoid, or maybe an Extended Extended Play Lounge where he listens to all four DTP records in one go.

Eirik Morken

I wonder what has to happen to get Spock's Beard on the lounge...

John Reed

Don't know any of these. Will look forward to hearing one of these for the first time.

Michaela Batchelor

I really hope Doug gets around to The Great Adventure by NMB if it doesnt get selected this cycle. It is as good an album as Similitude, and I think he'd really like it!

Roman S Doc

Why Dream Theater - The Astonishing is not in the poll? It had the double number of votes compared to Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure in the poll of November!

Richard Rathbun

BBT was the quick and easy choice for me, but it's clearly a longshot! 😄

otherdeb

I would say Marillion, because I somehow missed them back in the day.

Digibirder

Even after all these years, still fresh and vital. Marillion all the way!

Mark Houdlette

Kinda sad the Big Big Train album doesn't seem to get the traction it deserves. An actual masterpiece of an album. But, there are soooo many choices indeed.

Les Mable

Not on my radar this time - I look forward to the EPL episode nonetheless

Nick

Tough choice as usual. I imagine most if not all of these will get an airing in due course.

Wharf Rat

Never heard any of them so I'm going for the only one without a 5 letter word in the name. I love making intelligent decisions.

Dave Brockis

Not only have I never listened to any of these albums, there's two of the artists I have never heard of before. I look forward to being even more educated than usual by the next Extended Play Lounge!

doughelvering

Just finished recording Affinity by Haken. If y'all haven't heard it, I hope you'll watch...I really enjoyed the album.