5 Best Albums (CD's) From the Last Year

[txa1265]

This isn't meant to *decide* the best, merely a subjective posting of the five (or perhaps more) best things you've heard in the past year.

 

Format:

# Artist - Title (Genre)

 

For me:

1. Bill Laswell - Cyclops (Ambient Jazz)

2. Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane - Personae (Fusion)

3. John Scofield - Uberjam (Jazz)

4. Pat Metheny Group - Speaking of Now (Jazz)

5. Chick Corea - Past, Present & Futures (Jazz)

... I can't stop at 5 ...

6. Herbie Han**** - Future2Future (Jazz/ Hip-hop)

7. John Williams - Attack of the Clones Soundtract (Soundtrack)

 

My iPod has been mainly playing these recently, which is what prompted this.

 

What about you ... ?

[txa1265]

Originally posted by txa1265

6. Herbie Han**** - Future2Future (Jazz/ Hip-hop)

 

That is Herbie Hanc*o*ck ... interesting how these text processors work ...

 

Mike

[JrKASperov]

Howz about hullabaloo from Muse....

[Divine Spirit]

I've decided not to use genres on my list because a lot of music cannot be simply put under a genre. But most of the music on my list is indie/rock. Here's the list of my 5 favourite albums released in the last year:

 

1 Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head

 

2 Doves - The Last Broadcast

 

3 Muse - Hullabaloo

 

4 The Coral - The Coral

 

5 The Strokes - Is This It (released exactly a year ago today!)

[txa1265]

Originally posted by Divine Spirit

I've decided not to use genres on my list because a lot of music cannot be simply put under a genre. But most of the music on my list is indie/rock. Here's the list of my 5 favourite albums released in the last year:

 

While I agree that genre's are a gross oversimplification the second time they are used, they are decent as 'mile markers' ... clearly Vivaldi is very different from Wagner is very different from John Cage, but 'Classical' works to identify them, as is true for Jazz and Louis Armstrong to Bird & Diz to Ornette to Miles to John Zorn, and rock from Chuck Berry to the Yardbirds to Rush to the Police and Oasis. 'Alternative' is a constant misnomer, as groups like the Who and U2 were once 'alternative' ...

 

My thought is always to learn a bit from people on this list ...

[txa1265]

Originally posted by Divine Spirit

I've decided not to use genres on my list because a lot of music cannot be simply put under a genre. But most of the music on my list is indie/rock. Here's the list of my 5 favourite albums released in the last year:

 

While I agree that genre's are a gross oversimplification the second time they are used, they are decent as 'mile markers' ... clearly Vivaldi is very different from Wagner is very different from John Cage, but 'Classical' works to identify them, as is true for Jazz and Louis Armstrong to Bird & Diz to Ornette to Miles to John Zorn, and rock from Chuck Berry to the Yardbirds to Rush to the Police and Oasis. 'Alternative' is a constant misnomer, as groups like the Who and U2 were once 'alternative' ...

 

My thought is always to learn a bit from people on this list ...

[txa1265]

Sorry for the double post ... it seems that the afternoons get awful busy on the servers, and I hit a refresh, which ended up double posting.

 

I was thinking more about genres last night while taking out the trash ... as my primary love is Jazz, and more specifically avant garde jazz, there are few things I hate as much as having someone ask what kind of music I like, me replying Jazz, and them saying 'oh, like Kenny G' ... I have to take a deep breath, and say 'no' in as polite a way as possible - just trying to point out that Kenny G doesn't represent what Jazz music is about in any productive or positive way ...

 

Oh well ...