OT: Albums of the year.

Aguila

In need of some new tunes, love getting suggestions.

For me faves of the year:

Florence and the machine, Lungs. Think PJ Harvey mixed with Beth Orton

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz. Breathtaking.

So what have you been loving this year (maybe even whilst riding!)

Wallace1492

Aguila wrote:

(maybe even whilst riding!)

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Music while riding (a bike) dulls your perception.

You did mean bike, didn't you?

gtvlusso

Hmm - Disraeli Gears - Cream...oh, hang on that was 1967...

Urm....Foo Fighters Greatest hits, Them Crooked Vultures, the last QOTSA album whenever that was!

I am stuck in a time warp!

afcbian

Wallace1492 wrote:

Aguila wrote:

(maybe even whilst riding!)

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Music while riding (a bike) dulls your perception.

You did mean bike, didn't you?

+1 to that

iain_j

Wallace1492 wrote:

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Music while riding (a bike) dulls your perception.

But that's on topic! This thread's meant to be off-topic :P

Wallace1492

iain_j wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Music while riding (a bike) dulls your perception.

But that's on topic! This thread's meant to be off-topic :P

Gets me coat...... was meant to be tongue in cheek.......

Anyway, back to OT

The Stone Roses - Stone Roses
The Beatles - Revolver
Queen - Day at the Races

...... hell albums I have liked THIS year!!

Single of the year - (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
(reason - downloaded it and have played it a lot, its been my song of the year)

iain_j

Tongue also in cheek mate

Don't think I've bought any albums released this year. Crap year for music :?

Wallace1492

iain_j wrote:

Tongue also in cheek mate

Don't think I've bought any albums released this year. Crap year for music :?

Agree, your scouse brethern have been poor recently!! And they usually so good. Guess that revolutionary Cavern Club just don't churn them out anymore...

iain_j

Oh hang on. I bought the 30th anniversary re-release of One Step Beyond. That was awesome 8)

iain_j

It's all coming back!

Madness - Liberty of Norton Folgate. Absolute brilliant.

Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Disappointed on first listen after their first 2 albums but it grew on me.

stuaff

Got the Them Crooked Vultures album on its way from Play, so can't say about that, but...
Absolute favourite: Rammstein's 'Liebe Ist Für Alle Da'.
Honourable mentions:
Alice In Chains 'Black Turns Into Blue"
Pearl Jam 'Backspacer'
And reissues of the year, no question for me, Kraftwerk....

PedalPedant

I find it rather sad to say but I don't think I've listened to a whole album this year, for that matter I can't quite remember the last time I did :-(

I used to be *really* into music but I just seem to have lost interest recently, maybe it's my age.

I am seriously considering buying my first ever single download though, I wonder if anyone can guess what it might be

PP

System_1

gtvlusso wrote:

Hmm - Disraeli Gears - Cream...oh, hang on that was 1967...

Urm....Foo Fighters Greatest hits, Them Crooked Vultures, the last QOTSA album whenever that was!

I am stuck in a time warp!

Oh yes! Them Crooked Vultures are just awesome.

I've also just started getting into Future of the Left. They're kind of like And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead mixed with The Pixies. 'Travels with Myself and Another' is pretty good and so is 'Curses' (which is probably the better album) but it's 2007 so probably doesn't count.

cjcp

PedalPedant wrote:

I find it rather sad to say but I don't think I've listened to a whole album this year, for that matter I can't quite remember the last time I did :-(

Never have been a big album buyer, but not bought any music this year whatsoever. Some great tunes this year, mind, by e.g.

Noah and the Whale
Temper Trap
MGMT
The Doves

redddraggon

21st Century Breakdown.

evil_breakfast

Gomez - A New Tide
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

prawny

I think the only album that I've got this year from this year is Brand New Eyes bby Paramore, I love it, but it's a bit of a guilty pleasure.

Hayley is lovely though mmmm, gawd I'm off again!

iain_j

I also got Kingdom of Rust but IMO it's Dreary Depressing Album Of The Year. Liked all their albums so far but not this one :roll:

il_principe

+ 1 Temper Trap - saw them live last night as it happens.
+ 1 for It's a Blitz, superb despite the slight change in direction
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear - beautiful stuff
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires - ok technically 2008 but a great album
Mind Chaos - Hockey
Understanding Electricity - Official Secrets Act

gert_lush

Phil King - They come & they go
Angus and Julia stone - a book like this
sea sick steve!


really want to get sme songs by stornaway as I heard them a Jules Holland a while ago and they were great

iPete

This year I have thoroughly got into..
Interpol - Our love to admire (be it a few years old),
The Dark Knight Soundtrack :oops:
Bloc Party - Intimacy Remixed
John Butler Trio - Live at St.Gallen (a few years old)





....and the Winner for iPetes best album of the year goes to....

(2 minute pause)

Florence and the Machines - Lungs! 8)

Clever Pun

Them crooked vultures are such a dissapointment for me, very bland qotsa imo

Srinebuilder -S/t
OM - God is Good
Baroness - Blue Record
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Isis - Wavering Radiant

gert_lush

I'm so not down with the kids with music anymore!

teagar

Surprised no-one mentioned The XX.


Easily best album of the year.

jeepie

I really like the XX too. My fav album of the year is either Wild Beasts Two Dancers or Atlas Sound Logos. I listen to Atlas Sound more when I'm tired which is most of the time, but I think Wild Beasts is very fresh.

greg66_tri_v2.0

It would immeasurably help us old codger types if those posting in this thread could identify what term is the artist and what term is the title of the LP. Are all these works available in stereo? Proper stereo? Not that rubbish where the voices come from one side and the musical instruments from the other.

Next up:

"Do they call that singing these days?"
"Is that person dancing or is he in some sort of pain?"
and my personal favourite:
"Is that a man or a woman?"

cjcp

Greg66 wrote:

It would immeasurably help us old codger types if those posting in this thread could identify what term is the artist and what term is the title of the LP. Are all these works available in stereo? Proper stereo? Not that rubbish where the voices come from one side and the musical instruments from the other.

Next up:

"Do they call that singing these days?"
"Is that person dancing or is he in some sort of pain?"
and my personal favourite:
"Is that a man or a woman?"

I bet you've got Andy Williams on at the moment. It's probably on repeat. :P

prawny

cjcp wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

It would immeasurably help us old codger types if those posting in this thread could identify what term is the artist and what term is the title of the LP. Are all these works available in stereo? Proper stereo? Not that rubbish where the voices come from one side and the musical instruments from the other.

Next up:

"Do they call that singing these days?"
"Is that person dancing or is he in some sort of pain?"
and my personal favourite:
"Is that a man or a woman?"

I bet you've got Andy Williams on at the moment. It's probably on repeat. :P

Just that repeating hissing with a thump when the record has finished but no one has turned it off.

teagar

Greg66 wrote:

It would immeasurably help us old codger types if those posting in this thread could identify what term is the artist and what term is the title of the LP. Are all these works available in stereo? Proper stereo? Not that rubbish where the voices come from one side and the musical instruments from the other.

Next up:

"Do they call that singing these days?"
"Is that person dancing or is he in some sort of pain?"
and my personal favourite:
"Is that a man or a woman?"

Well the xx is self titled...


It's just bare, dubby influenced, pop I guess.
Think interpol meets portishead - but then with a more intimate feel.

greg66_tri_v2.0

cjcp wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

It would immeasurably help us old codger types if those posting in this thread could identify what term is the artist and what term is the title of the LP. Are all these works available in stereo? Proper stereo? Not that rubbish where the voices come from one side and the musical instruments from the other.

Next up:

"Do they call that singing these days?"
"Is that person dancing or is he in some sort of pain?"
and my personal favourite:
"Is that a man or a woman?"

I bet you've got Andy Williams on at the moment. It's probably on repeat. :P

What? At Christmastime? Not with the ickle baby jesus.

Bing Crosby. White Christmas.

The music centre is quite space-age, so it will take the needle back to the beginning when it's finished and start it again. Isn't that clever?

lost_in_thought

Another vote for Florence and the Machine...

And Paloma Faith... I think she's great.