Albums Your Looking Forward To In 2009

**The Optimist** · 05/01/2009, 3:10 PM

Its the start of a new year so are there any albums that people are looking forward to that are due to be released in the coming year?

Mine are:

U2 - No Line On The Horizon
Doves - TBA
Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream
Depeche Mode - TBA
David Kitt - The Nightsaver
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Morrissey - Years Of Refusal
Iain Archer - To The Pine Roots
The Answer - Everyday Demons

**Neish** · 05/01/2009, 4:03 PM

Chris Cornell-Scream
Massive Attack - (Title TBA)
Muse - (Title TBA)
Pearl Jam - (Title TBA)
Alice In Chains – (Title TBA)

**Pauro 76** · 05/01/2009, 9:38 PM

Originally Posted by Neish

Chris Cornell-Scream
Massive Attack - (Title TBA)
Muse - (Title TBA)
Pearl Jam - (Title TBA)
Alice In Chains – (Title TBA)

Alice in Chains? Thought they were finished after their lead singer's death... no idea they had a new album in the pipeline, this'll be interesting.

**stann** · 05/01/2009, 11:04 PM

The new Franz Ferdinand album, Tonight:, out at the end of the month, supposed to be surprisingly good, a real departure from the last one. Bit of electronic danciness, some dub reggae, African drums... Sounds good!

Didn't know Massive Attack had a new one due but am also now very much looking forward to that!

**Pauro 76** · 06/01/2009, 8:16 AM

The Prodigy 'Invaders Must Die', ive heard the title track, sounds pretty good. And the original line-up is back too.

**tetsujin1979** · 06/01/2009, 9:42 AM

I'll just be happy if Dr Dre releases Detox
Think I remember saying that this time last year too!

**shedite** · 06/01/2009, 10:00 AM

These are 2 albums that were actually released last year, but I reckon will be big in 2009 on this side of the pond.

Nikelback - Dark Horse
Lady Gaga - The Fame

**superfrank** · 06/01/2009, 2:27 PM

Big Boi's first solo one. I've already heard some of it, it's very good.
Dr. Dre (hopefully).

**ken foree** · 06/01/2009, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by stann

The new Franz Ferdinand album, Tonight:, out at the end of the month, supposed to be surprisingly good, a real departure from the last one. Bit of electronic danciness, some dub reggae, African drums... Sounds good!

merriweather post pavillion - animal collective. insanely touted as album of the year already according to pitchfork but it wouldn't surprise me, i love the AC i dooo.

stann that forthcoming franz ferdinand album sounds as if they might've been listening to these boys' records. spin mag says: "Call it searching for the perfect peak. Merriweather plays like the summation of a long, strange trip, combining the group's career touchstones: harmonic Beach Boys pop, African tribal chants, minimalism, minimal techno, psychedelia, and dub."

i dunno, music with conventional guitars/verses/choruses bores the hell out of me mostly, i might pick up more spoken word stuff like robert ashley or the sound-art strangeness of william burroughs. but that's already released, not exactly 2009

**Wolfie** · 07/01/2009, 12:51 PM

The Manics - Journal For Plague Lovers (Working Title)
Doves
Yeah Yeah Yeah's

The Strokes, The Arctic Monkeys and My Bloody Valentine have all gone into the studio or are in the process of doing so in the next while.

Remains to be seen if the sessions result in an album for 2009.

I'd particularly hold my breath on the MBV record!

**stann** · 07/01/2009, 2:23 PM

Originally Posted by ken foree

merriweather post pavillion - animal collective. insanely touted as album of the year already according to pitchfork but it wouldn't surprise me, i love the AC i dooo.

stann that forthcoming franz ferdinand album sounds as if they might've been listening to these boys' records. spin mag says: "Call it searching for the perfect peak. Merriweather plays like the summation of a long, strange trip, combining the group's career touchstones: harmonic Beach Boys pop, African tribal chants, minimalism, minimal techno, psychedelia, and dub."

Ooh, sounds kind of intriguing too. Without fear of correction I can say I've never heard one iota about them before, but I'll be keeping an ear out from now.

Originally Posted by Wolfie

The Strokes, The Arctic Monkeys and My Bloody Valentine have all gone into the studio or are in the process of doing so in the next while.

Remains to be seen if the sessions result in an album for 2009.

I'd particularly hold my breath on the MBV record!

We have a winner already for the Album Of The Year 2019!

**Neish** · 07/01/2009, 3:23 PM

Originally Posted by Pauro 76

Alice in Chains? Thought they were finished after their lead singer's death... no idea they had a new album in the pipeline, this'll be interesting.

Yeah only heard it recently myself. They toured with Velvet Revolver in 2007 with former "Comes With The Fall"( I never heard of them) frontman William DuVall as lead singer and have been in the studio since last september. Don't sound too bad see below

**TonyD** · 08/01/2009, 9:02 PM

Trash Can Sinatras - In the Music. Due in April I think.

**juan** · 09/01/2009, 9:39 PM

Originally Posted by The Optimist

Its the start of a new year so are there any albums that people are looking forward to that are due to be released in the coming year?

Mine are:

U2 - No Line On The Horizon
Doves - TBA
Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream
Depeche Mode - TBA
David Kitt - The Nightsaver
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Morrissey - Years Of Refusal
Iain Archer - To The Pine Roots
The Answer - Everyday Demons

U2 and Bruce Springsteen's new albums are the one 's I look forward to getting me hands on

**Pauro 76** · 09/01/2009, 11:38 PM

Hearing a lot of good things about White Lies, not least that they're comparable to Manics 1994 classic 'The Holy Bible'. I hope they're not a let-down. i'll most certainly give it a few listens.

**BohsPartisan** · 10/01/2009, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by juan

U2 and Bruce Springsteen's new albums are the one 's I look forward to getting me hands on

Funnily enough I'm not, but the first two albums I ever owned that weren't Now thats what I call music (insert number > 5) were Born in the USA and The unforgettable fire.

**Neish** · 10/01/2009, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Funnily enough I'm not, but the first two albums I ever owned that weren't Now thats what I call music (insert number > 5) were Born in the USA and The unforgettable fire.

Used to be a big fan of his late 70's & early 80's stuff when I was a cub. Getting back into his music in last couple of years, loved "The Seeger Sessions" also rediscovered "Nebraska" classic albums

Ps U2 Suck

**The Optimist** · 10/01/2009, 6:43 PM

Originally Posted by Pauro 76

Hearing a lot of good things about White Lies, not least that they're comparable to Manics 1994 classic 'The Holy Bible'. I hope they're not a let-down. i'll most certainly give it a few listens.

I got the White lies album today.The more i play it,it keeps getting better and better.
I don't see the comparison with the manics "the holy bible" tho.
I saw White Lies playing support to Glasvegas a few weeks ago and i was very impressed with their live set.

**Pauro 76** · 11/01/2009, 8:44 AM

Originally Posted by The Optimist

I got the White lies album today.The more i play it,it keeps getting better and better.
I don't see the comparison with the manics "the holy bible" tho.
I saw White Lies playing support to Glasvegas a few weeks ago and i was very impressed with their live set.

Some critic in The Fly mag over here, compared the album to it. That really got my hopes up. On first impressions, it's really good...

**razor** · 12/01/2009, 1:36 PM

Originally Posted by The Optimist

Its the start of a new year so are there any albums that people are looking forward to that are due to be released in the coming year?

Morrissey - Years Of Refusal

Can't wait for this myself

New single is catchy but not top class, video debuted on Channel 4 the other night.