The GrEEN DoLPHiN's PoLL – 7

Best albums, bands / solo artists & musicians of 1999

B e s t   b a n d s / s o l o   a r t i s t s (114)

1. Yes (UK/USA) (70)
   
2. Dream Theater (USA) (61)
   
3. Porcupine Tree (UK) (59)
   Spock's Beard (USA) (59)
   
4. The Flower Kings (Sweden) (46)
   
5. Fish (UK) (44)
   
6. King Crimson (UK/USA) (42)
   
7. Marillion (UK) (39)
   
8. Camel (UK) (36)
   
9. Iona (UK) (33)
   Steve Hackett (UK) (33)
   
10. Anekdoten (Sweden) (32)
    
11. Univers Zero (Belgium) (29)
    
12. Present (Belgium) (27)
    
13. Jethro Tull (UK) (24)
    
14. Arena (UK) (20)
    Magma (France) (20)
    
15. IQ (UK) (18)
    
16. Peter Hammill (UK) (17)
    
17. Janison Edge (UK) (16)
    Quidam (Poland) (16)
    
18. Ozric Tentacles (UK) (15)
    
19. Alan Parsons (UK) (14)
    Steve Vai (USA) (14)
    
20. Liquid Tension Experiment (USA) (12)
    
21. Landmarq (UK) (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 7."Best bands/solo artists of 1999"

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B e s t   a l b u m s (126)

1. Porcupine Tree "Stupid Dream" (K-Scope/Snapper Music) (75)
   
2. Yes "The Ladder" (Beyond) (67)
   
3. Dream Theater "Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory" (Elektra/EastWest) (65)
   
4. The Flower Kings "Flower Power" (Foxtrot) (52)
   
5. Spock's Beard "Day For Night" (Radiant/Metal Blade/Inside Out) (44)
   
6. Univers Zero "The Hard Quest" (Cuneiform) (39)
   
7. Camel "Rajaz"(Camel Productions) (36)
   Present "No 6" (Carbon 7) (36)
   
8. Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman "Jabberwocky" (Verglas) (31)
   
9. Fish "Raingods With Zippos" (RoadRunner) (30)
   
10. Steve Hackett "Darktown" (Camino) (28)
    
11. Iona with the All Souls Orchestra "Woven Cord" (Alliance Music) (26)
    Jethro Tull "J-Tull Dot Com" (Papillon/RoadRunner) (26)
    
12. King Crimson "The ProjeKcts" (box set) (Discipline Global Mobile) (25)
    
13. Anekdoten "From Within" (Virtalevy) (23)
    Marillion "Marillion.com" (Castle) (23)
    
14. IQ "The Lost Attic" (Giant Electric Pea) (20)
    
15. Janison Edge "The Services Of Mary Goode" (Gargoyle) (18)
    Rick Wakeman "Return To The Centre Of The Earth" (EMI) (18)
    
16. Mahavishnu Orchestra "The Lost Trident Sessions" (Columbia/Legacy) (17)
    
17. Mike Keneally "Nonkertompf" (Exowax) (15)
    
18. Alan Parsons "The Time Machine" (Horipro) (14)
    Liquid Tension Experiment "Liquid Tension Experiment 2" (Magna Carta) (14)
    
19. Morte Macabre "Symphonic Holocaust" (Mellotronen) (13)
    
20. Aragon "Mouse (including "The Meeting")" (LaBraD'or) (12)
    Quidam "Baja Prog - Live In Mexico'99" (Rock Serwis) (12)
    
21. Ozric Tentacles "Waterfall Cities" (Stretchy/Phoenix Media Group) (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 7."Best albums of 1999"

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B e s t   f e m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (73)

1. Tracy Hitchings (Landmarq/Dirtbox/Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman) (64)
   
2. Joanne Hogg (Iona) (56)
   
3. Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering/Ayreon) (42)
   
4. Emila Derkowska (Quidam) (38)
   
5. Annie Haslam (Renaissance/solo) (37)
   
6. Sue Element (Janison Edge) (36)
   
7. Tori Amos (33)
   
8. Madonna (27)
   Stella Vander (Magma) (27)
   
9. Alanis Morissette (25)
   
10. Loreena McKennitt (23)
    
11. Elizabeth Antwi (Fish) (22)
    
12. Cerys Matthews (Catatonia) (18)
    
13. Dagmar Krause (16)
    
14. Shirley Manson (Garbage) (15)
    
15. Annie Lennox (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 7."Best female vocalists of 1999"

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B e s t   m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (91)

1. Jon Anderson (Yes) (99)
   
2. Fish (76)
   
3. Steve Hogarth (Marillion) (73)
   
4. James LaBrie (Dream Theater/Mullmuzzler) (56)
   
5. Neal Morse (Spock's Beard) (52)
   
6. Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree/No Man) (46)
   
7. John Wetton (41)
   
8. Peter Nicholls (IQ) (33)
   
9. Peter Hammill (30)
   Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) (30)
   
10. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) (24)
    
11. Damian Wilson (Les Miserables) (20)
    Peter Gabriel (20)
    
12. Andrew Latimer (Camel) (19)
    
13. Hasse Fröberg (The Flower Kings) (17)
    Tim Bowness (No-Man/Samuel Smiles) (17)
    
14. Adrian Belew (King Crimson/solo) (14)
    Stefan Zell (Wolverine/Book Of Hours) (14)
    Steve Hackett (14)
    
15. Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche) (13)
    
16. Les Dougan (Aragon) (12)
    Rob Sowden (Arena) (12)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 7."Best male vocalists of 1999"

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B e s t   g u i t a r   p l a y e r s (98)

1. Steve Howe (Yes) (83)
   
2. Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree/Fish) (81)
   
3. John Petrucci (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment) (69)
   
4. Robert Fripp (King Crimson & ProjeKcts) (63)
   
5. Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) (62)
   
6. Steve Rothery (Marillion) (51)
   
7. Andy Latimer (49)
   
8. Dave Bainbridge (Iona) (33)
   
9. John Mitchell (Arena/Neon/The Urbane) (27)
   
10. Alan Morse (Spock's Beard) (23)
    Bill Berends (Mastermind) (23)
    
11. John McLaughlin (Shakti/solo) (22)
    Mike Keneally (Steve Vai/Mullmuzzler/solo) (22)
    
12. Allan Holdsworth (18)
    Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) (18)
    Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs/Deep Purple) (18)
    
13. Steve Vai (17)
    
14. Ian Crichton (Saga) (16)
    John Wesley (Fish) (16)
    
15. Nick Barrett (Pendragon) (15)
    Reginald Trigaux (Present) (15)
    
16. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) (14)
    
17. Ian Bairnson (Alan Parsons/Pilot) (13)
    
18. Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles) (12)
    Jeff Beck (12)
    
19. Roger Trigaux (Present) (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 7."Best guitar players of 1999"

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B e s t   b a s s   p l a y e r s (87)

1. Tony Levin (Liquid Tension Experiment/King Crimson/ProjeKct Four) (131)
   
2. Chris Squire (Yes) (104)
   
3. John Jowitt (IQ/Jadis/Arena/Dirtbox) (58)
   
4. Pete Trewavas (Marillion) (56)
   
5. John Myung (Dream Theater/Platypus) (53)
   
6. John Wetton (43)
   
7. Dave Meros (Spock's Beard) (29)
   
8. Colin Bass (Camel/solo) (27)
   Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree) (27)
   
9. John Paul Jones (23)
   
10. Steve Vantsis (Fish) (22)
    
11. Ian Salmon (Arena) (19)
    
12. Philippe Bussonnet (Magma) (18)
    
13. Bernard Paganotti (17)
    Les Claypool (Primus) (17)
    
14. Pete Gee (Pendragon) (16)
    
15. Dave Holland (15)
    
16. Jim Crichton (Saga) (13)
    
17. Trey Gunn (King Crimson/Trey Gunn Band/ProjeKct Four/Raw Power) (12)
    
18. Gary Peacock (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 7."Best bass players of 1999"

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B e s t   k e y b o a r d   p l a y e r s (97)

1. Igor Khoroshev (Yes) (86)
   
2. Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment) (83)
   
3. Clive Nolan (Arena/Pendragon/Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman) (72)
   
4. Rick Wakeman (62)
   
5. Tomas Bodin (The Flower Kings) (41)
   
6. Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree/Jansen-Barbieri-Karn) (37)
   
7. Mark Kelly (Marillion) (35)
   
8. Martin Orford (IQ/Jadis/John Wetton) (33)
   
9. Oliver Wakeman (Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman) (25)
   
10. Ton Scherpenzeel (Camel) (24)
    
11. Derek Sherinian (Platypus) (23)
    Mickey Simmonds (Fish) (23)
    
12. Andrew Giddings (Jethro Tull) (17)
    Keith Jarrett (17)
    
13. Jens Johansson (Mastermind/Stratovarius) (16)
    Pierre Chevalier (Present) (16)
    
14. Ryo Okumoto (Spock's Beard) (13)
    
15. Matthew Parmenter (Discipline) (12)
    Neal Morse (Spock's Beard) (12)
    Seaweed (Ozric Tentacles) (12)
    
16. Tom Behrsing (Aragon) (11)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 7."Best keyboard players of 1999"

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B e s t   d r u m m e r s (89)

1. Bill Bruford (King Crimson/Earthworks) (95)
   
2. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment) (77)
   
3. Alan White (Yes) (50)
   Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard) (50)
   
4. Dave 'Squeeky' Stewart (Fish/Camel) (35)
   
5. Ian Mosley (Marillion) (31)
   
6. Christian Vander (Magma) (30)
   
7. Daniel Denis (Univers Zero) (27)
   Simon Phillips (Toto/solo) (27)
   
8. Mick Pointer (Arena) (26)
   Pat Mastelotto (ProjeKct Four) (26)
   
9. Neil Peart (Rush) (22)
   
10. Dave Wagstaffe (Landmarq/Janison Edge) (21)
    Jaime Salazar (The Flower Kings) (21)
    
11. Chris Maitland (18)
    Ginger Baker (18)
    Paul Cook (IQ) (18)
    Rod Morgenstein (Jazz Is Dead/Dixie Dregs/Platypus) (18)
    
12. Doanne Perry (Jethro Tull) (16)
    Sean Reinert (Gordian Knot/Cynic/Sean Malone) (16)
    
13. Fudge Smith (Pendragon) (15)
    
14. Steve Negus (Saga) (13)
    

The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 7."Best drummers of 1999"

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T h e  P a r t i c i p a n t s (27)

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

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1. Ray Ashley (M, Three Hour Detour)    Three Hour Detour
2. Kristian Selm (C)    Progressive Newsletter
3. Christine Holz (C)
4. Daniel Gish (M, ex-Bark Psychosis, Boymerang)    Bark Psychosis
5. Joakim Jahlmar (C)
6. Mel Huang (C/M)    Estonian Progressive Rock Page
7. Shawn Persinger (M, Boud Deun)    Shawn Persinger
   
8. Peteris Karlis Maizitis (M, Peter Maizitis)    Peter Maizitis    Peter Maizitis
9. Emmanuel Delestre (M, XANG)    Xang
10. Sven Schmidt (M, Sfumato)    Sfumato
11. Tomasz Skibinski (C/DJ)
12. Vladislav Petchnikov (C/M/DJ)
13. Enrique Jardines (M, Absolute Zero)    Absolute Zero
14. Mike Ezzo (C/M, Rain Of Thought)    Rain Of Thought
15. Phil Jackson (C)    Phil Jackson
16. Charoenkwan Luesumphan (C)    Prog Maniac
17. Tizwin Hay (C)    The Yes Music Circle
18. Charles Imperatori (C)    The Yes Music Circle
19. Aigars Cervinskis (C, M, Holy Lamb, Jade)    Holy Lamb
20. Duncan Harris (C)
21. Jeff Matheus (C)
22. Russell Hammond
23. Hester Stasse (C, M)
24. Vasiliy Perelygin (C)    RPRP
25. Toms Circenis (M, Agnese)
26. Kirill Reznik-Martov (M, Illium High School Band)
27. Andreas Kasper (C)

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This poll was compiled by Dainis Bushmanis, February 7, 2000.

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

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