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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6310 Registered: 05-2005 |
A couple of albums released this year are on the way to me as Christmas presents, but for now, here is my top 30. 1 Chris Stamey - Lovesick Blues 2 David Bowie – The Next Day 3 The Drones - I See Seaweed 4 My Bloody Valentine – mbv 5 Prefab Sprout – Crimson/Red 6 Jason Isbell – Southeastern 7 The National – Trouble Will Find Me 8 Joe Laffer - When The Iron Glows Red 9 Doctor Millar – C48 10 Yo La Tengo – Fade 11 Billy Bragg – Tooth & Nail 12 Primal Scream – More Light 13 Bill Callahan – Dream River 14 Kurt Vile – Walkin’ On A Pretty Daze 15 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away 16 Scud Mountain Boys - Do You Love The Sun 17 The Parson Red Heads - Orb Weaver 18 Paul McCartney – New 19 Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse 20 Savages - Silence Yourself 21 The Nines – The Nines 22 Jagwar Ma – Howlin 23 Manic Street Preachers – Rewind The Film 24 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City 25 Phoenix – Bankrupt! 26 Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs – Under The Covers Vol 3 27 Dean Wareham – Emancipated Hearts 28 Matthew E White – Big Inner 29 Coronet Blue – Better Day 30 Foals - Holy Fire | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 859 Registered: 05-2005 |
Top Ten (first draft) 1. Mark Kozelek and Desert Shore- Mark Kozelek and Desert Shore 2. Kurt Vile - Walkin on a Pretty Haze 3. Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time 4. Bill Callahan - Dream River 5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away 6. Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork 7. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts 8. Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare 9. Wire - Change Becomes Us 10. Soft Hearted Scientists - False Lights | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 860 Registered: 05-2005 |
This is one of my favourite topics of the year, any other Favourite Albums lists out there on the board | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 941 Registered: 10-2006 |
I don't think I could scrape together even a top five this year, not having bought enough 2013 albums. But in any case, the Kozelek/Lavalle collaboration Perils from the Sea would certainly be in top place. At least, unlike the Desert Shore album, the record company was kind enough to make it available to purchasers. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3322 Registered: 03-2005 |
I thought I would be able to say that Dominique A's "Vers les Lueurs" trumps the rest but it turns out to be a very late 2012 release. I'm always very slow about buying new releases and have only picked up 9 2013 releases so far. As a contrast, I've gotten 17 2012 releases so far. The 2011 tally is 21 releases. The biggest disappointment in the 2013 group is Paradise Motel's "Oh Boy" on which it's clear that long-time vocalist Marida Sussex is being phased out. Her male replacement is not remotely equal to the task. Most of the other albums haven't been heard by me enough times to evaluate them, including Neko Case's new album, or the Drones, or Phosphorescent or even Wire. I agree with Cosmo, the Soft-Hearted Scientists put in a solid entry this year with "False Lights." Among the 2013 releases I still haven't heard enough times I can safely say that Jae Laffer's solo album is a pleasure. It revives what I liked about the earlier Panics records and what I found missing in their last album. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3323 Registered: 03-2005 |
Consistent with my own tendencies of taking my jolly sweet time to get things and absorb them, here are the 2012 releases that have scored best with me at least until I hear some others that I like even better: 1. Dominique A -- Vers les Lueurs. This is his greatest album since the blindingly brilliant "Remue." 2. Adele & Glenn -- Carrington Street. It's charming, unpretentious and wears very well. 3. Francoiz Breut -- La Chirurgie des Sentiments. I don't think it's as good as the previous "L'Aveuglette" but a medium Breut album is still very good and her records have a way of revealing their charms very slowly over time. 4. Paul Kelly -- Spring & Fall. Like Nick Cave, Paul Kelly drifts in and out of focus from one album to the next. This is one of his good ones. 5. Knievel -- Emerald City. This terminally bland group revived after many years' silence to make probably the only album of theirs that I honestly enjoy. A pleasant surprise. 6. Let's Go Naked -- Emotion Engine. Brisbane's secret wonder boy Murray Power has released his first album with this band after issuing an infrequent smattering of singles since the mid-1980s. I suspect that if I walked around town there and asked people about Power--even in hip zones like New Farm, Spring Hill and West End--I'd get blank stares. This is a satisfying album. Honorable mentions: The Walkmen's "Heaven" and First Aid Kit's "The Lion Roars." The big disappointment for me so far in the 2012 crop? The Leonard Cohen album. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 858 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm struggling here too ! I can think of only 3 2013 releases that I've bought and one consists of rerecordings of old songs ! 1. Grand Corps Malade - Funambule Beautiful live version of 'Course contre la course' with the actor Richard Bohringer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25MoY4KM ow8 2. The Apartments - Seven Songs 3. Edwyn Collins - Understated | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 245 Registered: 06-2005 |
would probably add most of the albums from my best of 2013 and add : Allah lahs Darkstar Billy Bragg Edwyn `Collins 65 days of static Godspeed .... Jagwar ma Jonathan wilson & T Hardy Morris amongst others..... a decent year for music all told! | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 225 Registered: 05-2005 |
Favourite album this year is Public Service Broadcasting just for being a bit different, entertaining but also great to listen to. Other favourites for 2013 Yo La tango Wooden Shjips, mbv, Deerhunter, lanterns on the lake. I bought more music this year than for a good few years and also saw lots of good gigs, overall I would say 2013 was a very good year for music. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6338 Registered: 05-2005 |
And my favourite track of the year, outside of the albums above, is Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?). It's both comedic genius, and genuinely great Euro-disco. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 227 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig - you should have come to my son's school disco for 9-10 year olds -it goes down a storm there! Gering, ning, ning ning...! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_Wko CE Certainly worth a GB's lyrics thread style dissection - why does the Seal say ow ow ow! Is this a reference to culling? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6347 Registered: 05-2005 |
Think of the sound a seal makes when flapping his flippers in anticipation of a fish reward. I was discussing the lyrics of the song just this morning while walking to Fairlight harbour beach with my daughter. My favourite line is when he says of the fox: "You're my guardian angel." | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 862 Registered: 05-2005 |
forgot The Monochrome Set album which is superb | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 863 Registered: 05-2005 |
and The National | ||
| Austin Member Username: Bruegelpie Post Number: 109 Registered: 09-2004 |
Sorry that this is slightly off topic, but here are some of my favorite songs of 2013: "The Stairs" by Family Of The Year "If You Didn't See Me (Then You Weren't On The Dancefloor)" by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. "Backyard Skulls" by Frightened Rabbit "Harper Lee" by Little Green Cars "I Was A Fool" by Tegan and Sara "Where You Stand" by Travis "I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands" by Minor Alps "Water Damage" by Dick Diver "GMF " by John Grant "Robert Pollard" by Big Dipper "Shake" by The Head and The Heart "One Way Trigger" by The Strokes "Weight" by Mikal Cronin "Your Body Is a Weapon" by The Wombats "Melody Calling" by The Vaccines |