there were no perfect albums this year but a handful of near perfect ones. i won't get too long winded, just separate them into categories...
- organic: Troglobite - Blind Cave Salamander and The Dark Age Of Love - This Immortal Coil (a collection of Coil covers. wow.)
- synthetic: Evenings In Eternity - Coconaut (one of Eric Chamberlain's [Index] projects. beautifully executed.)
- synthetic with organic elements: Für Euch, Die Ihr Liebt - Helium Vola and Nothing Lasts - Opposite Exhale
i have a feeling Tony Wakeford's latest effort should go there somewhere but i bought it and it never came in. =(
you'd be doing yourself a favor by picking up at least one of these. i'm rarely wrong about these things.