QuoteI liked
the Yeah Yeah Yeah's It's Blitz
Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
The xx's the xx
Grizzly Bear's vectatimest
hypnotic brass ensemble's self titled album
and
Jamie t's Kings and Queens
My Favourite Albums of 2009:
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Manics gets my vote.
Quoting years at random since 1975
I liked
the Yeah Yeah Yeah's It's Blitz
Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
The xx's the xx
Grizzly Bear's vectatimest
hypnotic brass ensemble's self titled album
and
Jamie t's Kings and Queens
Oh this is a toughie. In no particular order...
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Manics - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Ian Brown - My Way
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Some great albums listed here so far, my pick in no particular order:
Soulsavers - Broken
Cursive - Mama I'm Swollen
Mission of Burma - The Sound The Speed The Light
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I wish we were an eagle
Raekwan - Only Built For Cuban Linx 2
New York Dolls - Cause I Sez So
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
Jaysus - completely forgot about the Arctics. Really liked Humbug.
A brave and ambitious leap forward by them.
Will be interesting to see where they head to next.
Not heard new Ian Brown album yet - but appears to have been well received here and has been reviewed favourably.
Quoting years at random since 1975
Only 2009 album I've bought is Basement Jaxx's new one and I love it.
Extratime.ie
Yo te quiero, mi querida. Sin tus besos, yo soy nada.
Abri o portão de ouro, da maquina do tempo.
Mi mamá me hizo guapo, listo y antimadridista.
let's see...
animal collective - merriweather post pavilion
steven r. smith - cities
alisdair roberts - spoils
current 93 - aleph at hallucinatory mountain
sunn o))) - monoliths and dimensions
goslings/warmth - S/T
zombie/thread killer..
Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast - Cornershop
Truelove's Gutter - Richard Hawley
Beware - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Dark Days/Light Years - Super Furry Animals
They say what about the meek?
I say they’ve got a bloody cheek
For me it'll probably come from this list of1011. Very good year this, lot of good albums not on the list (Phoenix,Monkeys, Grizzlies, Duckworth Lewis, Doves...).
Eels - Hombre Lobo
Cornershop - Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Easy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Florence & The Machine - Lungs
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (yeah feck it, this was a really pleasant surprise!)
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bravo stann and everyone, music is some of the best dope -
superfrank they rereleased all of fela's catalogue this past year, forty plus albums i think man, you could just list all of them instead of the one b. jaxx record?
zombie/thread killer..
Forgot about Invaders Must Die, a real return to form for the Prodigy. White Lies 'To Lose My Life' in there too, honourable mentions must go to Editors 'In This Light..' and Placebo 'Battle For The Sun'...
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Have to say, really enjoying listening to Paolo Nuitini's new album, Sunny Side Up.
Haven't heard it yet but if the singles from it so far are anything to go by, Biffy Clyro 'Only Revolutions'... Expecting big things.
Disappointment of the year? Muse's album for me.....
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Temper Trap - Conditions
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Hockey - Mind Chaos
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Has no-one else found this a really poor year for music?
The album that I've liked best was released in 2008 I think : Tallest Man on Earth's "Shallow Graves"
The Muse album leads a list of massive disappointments in my book.
Will add Biffy Clyro's 'Only Revolutions' to the list, very impressive. Them Crooked Vultures debut worth a mention too.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
In order
Regina Spektor - Far [Shocking omission by everyone else, my future second wife]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Florence & The Machine - Lungs
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Mos Def - The ecstatic [Wouldn't normally be into hip-hop/Rap, but Mos Def is exceptional]
Ida Maria - Fortress Round my heart
Phioenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Wilco - Wilco [the album]
Cork City: Making 'Dream Team' seem realistic since 2007.
Just got 'Them Crooked Vultures' great album
John Mayer - Battle Studies
Only album that I have that was released this year, and John Mayer is always reliable for brilliant music.. though he apparently spends up to 14 hours a day writing music so it's not as though it comes without hard work. Legend.
Two to add from Asian artists
The new she album called Orion is as good as the debut (I threw one of her tracks on my last Foot Exchange CD for those of you that got it, if you liked that, you'll like this)
and a female pianist I was put on to yesterday called Yuki Murata just released her debut album called Films, brilliant stuff from the first couple of listens, here's a taster
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