The GrEEN DoLPHiN's PoLL – 6

Best albums, bands / solo artists & musicians of 1998

B e s t   b a n d s / s o l o   a r t i s t s (175)

1. Yes (UK/USA) (61)
2. Roine Stolt & The Flower Kings (Sweden) (49)
3. King Crimson (UK/USA) (47)
4. Arena (UK) (46)
   
5. Spock's Beard (USA) (44)
   
6. Marillion (UK) (43)
   
7. IQ (UK) (29)
   
8. Ayreon (The Netherlands) (28)
   
9. Mr So & So (UK) (27)
   
10. Cairo (USA) (26)
    Par Lindh Project (Sweden) (26)
    Rush (Canada) (26)
    
11. Liquid Tension Experiment (UK/USA) (23)
    
12. Anekdoten (Sweden) (21)
    Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (BLUE) (21)
    
13. Deep Purple (UK) (20)
    Fish (UK) (20)
    Landmarq (UK) (20)
    
14. Deus Ex Machina (Italy) (19)
    
15. Jump (UK) (18)
    Peter Hammill (UK) (18)
    Porcupine Tree (UK) (18)
    Thinking Plague (USA) (18)
    
16. David Cross (UK) (17)
    Eloy (Germany) (17)
    
17. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (UK) (16)
    Present (Belgium) (16)
    
18. California Guitar Trio (USA) (15)
    
19. After Crying (Hungary) (14)
    Magma (France) (14)
    
20. John Wetton (UK) (13)
    
21. Hawkwind (UK) (12)
    Pendragon (UK) (12)
    The Enid (UK) (12)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 6."Best bands/solo artists of 1998"

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B e s t   a l b u m s (162)

1. Arena "The Visitor"(Verglas) (48)
   
2. Liquid Tension Experiment "Liquid Tension Experiment"(Magna Carta) (47)
   
3. Genesis "Archive 1967-75" (Virgin/Atlantic) (43)
   
4. Ayreon "Into The Electric Castle" (Transmission) (38)
   
5. Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (Papa Bear/Discipline) (37)
   
6. Spock's Beard "Kindness Of Strangers" (Radiant/G.E.P.) (36)
   
7. Marillion "Radiation" (Raw Power) (35)
   
8. Cairo "Conflict And Dreams" (Magna Carta) (26)
   Roine Stolt "Hydrophonia" (Foxtrot) (26)
   
9. Mr So & So "The Overlap" (24)
   Par Lindh Project "Mundus Incompertus" (24)
   Rush "Different Stages" (24)
   
10. Steve Hackett "The Tokyo Tapes" (Camino) (23)
    
11. Deus Ex Machina "Equilibrismo Da Insofferenza" (22)
    King Crimson "Absent Lovers" (Discipline Global Mobile) (22)
    Thinking Plague "In Extremis" (Cuneiform) (22)
    
12. Present "Certitudes" (Cuneiform) (21)
    
13. Anekdoten "Official Bootleg: Live In Japan" (Arcangelo/Disk Union) (19)
    Camel "Coming Of Age" (C.P.) (19)
    Manic Street Preachers "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours" (Sony) (19)
    
14. Explorers Club "Age Of Impact" (Magna Carta) (18)
    IQ "Seven Stories Into Ninety Eight" (G.E.P.) (18)
    Jump "Living In A Promised Land" (Cyclops) (18)
    
15. California Guitar Trio "Pathways" (Discipline Global Mobile) (17)
    
16. David Cross "Exiles" (Purple Pyramid) (15)
    
17. Ad Infinitum "Ad Infinitum" (Kinesis) (13)
    Anders Hagberg "Earth Songs" (Xource) (13)
    Eloy "Ocean 2 - The Answer" (G.U.N./BMG) (13)
    
18. Galahad "Following Ghosts" (Avalon) (12)
    Yes "Open Your Eyes" (Surround Sound Edition) (12)
    
19. Landmarq "Science Of Coincidence" (Synergy) (11)
    Roy Harper "The Dream Society" (Science Friction) (11)
    Steve Howe "Quantum Guitar" (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 6."Best albums of 1998"

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B e s t   f e m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (81)

1. Annie Haslam (Renaissance) (37)
   Joanne Hogg (Iona) (37)
   
2. Tracy Hitchings (Landmarq) (34)
   
3. Magdalena Hagberg (Par Lindh Project) (30)
   
4. Björk (29)
   
5. Emila Derkowska (Quidam) (28)
   
6. Sue Element (Janison Edge) (26)
   
7. Celine Dion (23)
   
8. Tori Amos (22)
   
9. Charlotte Evans (Mr So & So) (21)
   Loreena McKennitt (21)
   
10. Maire Brennan (Clannad) (20)
    
11. Joni Mitchell (19)
    
12. Kate Bush (18)
    
13. Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering) (17)
    Madonna (17)
    
14. Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins/Massive Attack) (16)
    Lana Lane (Lana Lane) (16)
    
15. Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation/Ayreon) (15)
    Stella Vander (Magma) (15)
    
16. Annie Lennox (14)
    Hannah Stobart (The Wishing Tree) (14)
    Ingrid Brannstrom (Anders Hagberg) (14)
    
17. Inga Juuso (Anders Hagberg) (12)
    
18. Maddy Prior (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 6."Best female vocalists of 1998"

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B e s t   m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (97)

1. Jon Anderson (Yes) (90)
   
2. Steve Hogarth (Marillion) (75)
   
3. Fish (Fish/Ayreon) (66)
   
4. Damian Wilson (Threshold/Ayreon/Les Miserables) (57)
   
5. Alberto Piras (Deus Ex Machina) (47)
   
6. Paul Wrightson (Arena) (38)
   
7. Peter Hammill (37)
   
8. John Wetton (John Wetton/Steve Hackett)(34)
   Neal Morse (Spock's Beard) (34)
   
9. Geddy Lee (Rush) (33)
   
10. Bret Douglas (Cairo/Explorers Club) (29)
    
11. Peter Gabriel (Genesis/Peter Gabriel) (25)
    
12. Peter Nicholls (IQ) (23)
    
13. Adrian Belew (King Crimson/ProjeKct Two) (22)
    James LaBrie (Dream Theater/Explorers Club) (22)
    Stuart Nicholson (Galahad) (22)
    
14. Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) (21)
    
15. Greg Lake (E. L. P.) (20)
    Robert Plant (Page-Plant) (20)
    
16. Matthew Parmenter (Discipline) (17)
    
17. Shaun McGowan (Mr So & So) (16)
    
18. John Dexter Jones (Jump) (15)
    
19. Gary Chandler (Jadis) (11)
    Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) (11)
    Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 6."Best male vocalists of 1998"

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B e s t   g u i t a r   p l a y e r s (112)

1. Steve Howe (Yes/Explorers Club) (92)
   
2. Robert Fripp (King Crimson/ProjeKct One-Two-Three-Four) (81)
   
3. Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings/Tomas Bodin) (63)
   
4. Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs/Deep Purple) (47)
   
5. John Petrucci (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment) (39)
   
6. Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree/No-Man/Incredible Expanding Mindfuck) (37)
   
7. Andy Latimer (Camel/For 'Ice'!) (35)
   
8. Steve Hackett (Genesis/Steve Hackett/John Wetton) (34)
   
9. Alex Lifeson (Rush) (33)
   John Mitchell (Arena) (33)
   
10. Steve Rothery (Marillion) (28)
    
11. David Torn (B.L.U.E./Polytown/Gongzilla/Forever Sharp & Vivid) (25)
    
12. Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon) (22)
    Roger Trigaux (Present) (22)
    
13. Pete Davies (Jump) (20)
    
14. Dave Foster (Mr So & So) (18)
    
15. Mike Holmes (IQ) (16)
    
16. Gary Chandler (Jadis) (15)
    Mike Oldfield (15)
    Terje Rypdal (Rypdal & Tekro) (15)
    
17. Allan Holdsworth (Heavy Machinery) (14)
    Joe Satriani (G3) (14)
    
18. Jimmy Page (Page-Plant) (12)
    
19. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 6."Best guitar players of 1998"

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B e s t   b a s s   p l a y e r s (104)

1. Tony Levin (King Crimson/B.L.U.E./Liquid Tension Experiment/Jon Durant) (118)
   
2. Chris Squire (Yes) (84)
   
3. John Jowitt (Arena/IQ) (72)
   
4. Geddy Lee (Rush) (69)
   
5. Pete Trewavas (Marillion) (49)
   
6. John Wetton (John Wetton/Steve Hackett) (30)
   
7. Colin Bass (Camel) (28)
   
8. Dave Meros (Spock's Beard) (24)
   Shaun McGowan (Mr So & So) (24)
   
9. Jamie Browne (Cairo) (21)
   John Myung (Dream Theater/Platypus/Gordian Knot) (21)
   
10. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) (17)
    Guy Segers (Present) (17)
    Trey Gunn (King Crimson/ProjeKct One, Two & Four/Gordian Knot) (17)
    
11. Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree) (15)
    Hugh Gascoyne (Jump) (15)
    Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck And The Flecktones) (15)
    
12. Billy Sheehan (Explorers Club) (14)
    Michael Stolt (The Flower Kings) (14)
    Stanley Clarke (14)
    
13. Sean Spear (Grey Lady Down) (13)
    
14. Steve Vantsis (Fish) (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 6."Best bass players of 1998"

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B e s t   k e y b o a r d   p l a y e r s (108)

1. Clive Nolan (Arena/Pendragon/Shadowland/Ayreon/Strangers On A Train) (69)
   
2. Igor Khoroshev (Yes) (54)
   
3. Mark Kelly (Marillion) (52)
   
4. Jordan Rudess (Rudess-Morgenstein Project/Liquid Tension Experiment) (45)
   
5. Martin Orford (IQ/Jadis/John Wetton) (43)
   
6. Mickey Simmonds (Fish/Camel/Renaissance) (37)
   
7. Par Lindh (Par Lindh Project) (34)
   Rick Wakeman (Yes) (34)
   
8. Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree/Jansen-Barbieri-Takemura) (33)
   
9. Tomas Bodin (The Flower Kings) (32)
   
10. Mark Robertson (Cairo) (31)
    
11. Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (30)
    
12. Neal Morse (Spock's Beard/Liquid Tension Experiment) (28)
    
13. Robert John Godfrey (The Enid) (27)
    
14. Patrick Moraz (Moody Blues) (22)
    
15. Csaba Vedres (Townscream) (18)
    
16. Derek Sherinian (ex Dream Theater/Platypus/Explorers Club) (17)
    Steve Leigh (Landmarq) (17)
    
17. Trent Gardner (Magellan/Explorers Club) (16)
    
18. Tony Banks (Genesis) (15)
    
19. Eddie Jobson (UK/Curved Air/Roxy Music) (14)
    
20. John O'Hara (Alaska) (13)
    Jon Lord (Deep Purple) (13)
    Kevin Moore (Chroma Key) (13)
    Kieren Twist (Mr So & So) (13)
    
21. Keiko Kumagai (Ars Nova) (12)
    
22. Mike Stobbie (Pallas/John Wetton) (11)
    Seaweed (Ozric Tentacles) (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 6."Best keyboard players of 1998"

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B e s t   d r u m m e r s (91)

1. Bill Bruford (King Crimson/ProjeKct One/Earthworks/B.L.U.E.) (120)
   
2. Neil Peart (Rush) (56)
   
3. Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard) (53)
   
4. Terry Bozzio (Age Of Impact/Polytown/Explorers Club) (50)
   
5. Ian Mosley (Marillion) (47)
   Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment) (47)
   
6. Alan White (Yes) (34)
   Chris Maitland (Porcupine Tree) (34)
   
7. Jaime Salazar (The Flower Kings/Roine Stolt/Tomas Bodin) (32)
   
8. Jeff Brockman (Cairo) (29)
   
9. Daniel Denis (Present) (24)
   
10. Mick Pointer (Arena) (23)
    
11. Paul Cook (IQ) (22)
    
12. Peter Nordins (Anekdoten/Morte Macabre) (21)
    
13. Dave Wagstaffe (Landmarq/Janison Edge) (20)
    
14. Andy Barker (Jump) (19)
    Christian Vander (Magma) (19)
    
15. Tony Williams (18)
    Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (18)
    
16. Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson/ProjeKct) (17)
    
17. Dave 'Squeeky' Stewart (Camel/Fish) (16)
    David Kerman (Present/U Totem/5 uu's/Thinking Plague) (16)
    
18. Dennis Chambers (The Heart Of Things/John McLaughlin) (15)
    
19. Morgan Agren (Mats & Morgan) (14)
    Simon Phillips (14)
    
20. Leon Parr (Mr So & So) (12)
    Steve Christey (Jadis/John Wetton) (12)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 6."Best drummers of 1998"

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T h e  P a r t i c i p a n t s (31)

(Are from Australia, England, France, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and U.S.A.)
(C-Critics, D-Distributors, M-Musicians, P-Producers, DJ-Radio DJ's):

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1. Enrique Jardines (M, Absolute Zero)
2. Carsten Busch (C)
3. Joakim Jahlmar (C)
4. Rick Neuhoff (M)
5. Mel Huang (C)
6. Peter Karlis Maizitis (M, Peter Maizitis)
7. Richard Youngs (M, Richard Youngs)
8. Thomas Gagliardi (DJ)
9. Charoenkwan Luesumphan (C)
10. Phil Jackson (C)
11. Annette Williams (C)
12. Duncan Harris (C)
13. Mike Ezzo (C/M)
14. Jeff Matheus (C)
15. Ken Senior (M, Evolution/Tundra)
16. Aymeric Leroy (C)
17. Russell Hammond
18. Claire Vinten (C)
19. Christine Holz (C)
20. Daniel Gish (M, ex Bark Psychosis, Boymerang)
21. Vasiliy Perelygin (C)
22. Gary HillL (C)
23. Paolo Frascolla (C/D)
24. Rafa Dorado (C)
25. Aigars Cervinskis (M, Holy Lamb, Jade)
26. Kenneth Magnusson (P, M, The Moor)
27. Liv G. Whetmore (C)
28. Tiz Hay & Charles Imperatori (C)
29. Steven McCabe (M, Steven McCabe)
30. Olafs Stals (M, ex EGO)
31. Juan Mares (M, Mascarada)

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This poll was compiled by Dainis Bushmanis, February , 1999.

The Green Dolphin's Poll, © Dainis Bushmanis, P.O.Box 345, Riga, LV-1050, LATVIA.

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