Albums Of The Year

I pretty much agree with Spin. So much for original thinking.

System of a Down - Toxicity
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Basement Jaxx - Rooty

[Big Ed]

In no particular order:

Stephen Malkmus/Stephen Malkmus
Look into the Eyeball/David Byrne
The Negatives/Lloyd Cole
The Facts of Life/Black Box Recorder
Let It Come Down/Spiritualized

[Jed the Humanoid]

[Hey Ed]it's time to move those music threads here before the wc collapses !
[/Hey Ed]

In a very particular order (alphabetical) :
1- Bran Van 3000 : "Discosis"
2- Daniel Belanger : "Rever mieux"
3- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds : "No more shall we part"
4- Rufus Wainwright : "Poses"
5- Radiohead : "Amnesiac"

Most of these people come from Montreal, asides from Radiohead and Cave. And if Leonard Cohen had been able to put a better musical wrapping on his new songs, 80% of my choices would be Montrealers.

I'm going back there in 4 days

Just got that Nick Cave CD. Did he change his singing style or something??? He kinda sounds like Elvis Costello now. The last thing of his I bought was Boatman's Call (or whatever it was called).

[Jed the Humanoid]

Flag : If we talk strictly on a vocal-level, Cave did change his singing style from his last album (Boatman's call - 1996). There is indeed a Costello ring to it and I admit, I miss his perfect former barytone voice in a few songs of the album.

I don't know if heavy smoking is to blame for this or if the change is voluntary, as another step further away from his Birthday Party/Kicking Against the Pricks days.

His music is constantly evolving and each album has its own musical texture. This voice thing, along with the McGarrigle sisters in the background and the always excellent Seeds make this album different from all his other ones.

He'll be in LA in April. Can't wait.

[Cannonball]

The Springsteen Live form New York album is a rollicker.

[tan] It's not 2001, but I wonder if anyone's listened to Shane MacGowan's solo album from 2000. Just recently discovered The Pogues, and I can't get enough of 'em. I've heard that MacGowan's solo material ain't as good, but thought I'd ask the opinion of the RF regulars [/tan]

[The Mister]

<font size=2>In no particular order...

• Roland Orzabal's solo album Tomcats Screaming Outside
  http://www.rolandorzabal.co.uk
• Kubusschnitt - The Singularity
  They're at MP3.com.
• Isildurs Bane - Mind, Vol.2
  http://www.isildursbane.se/
• The Anubian Lights - Naz Bar
  Here for a review, and Here for the label website. There are also sound samples @ CDNow.
• Honorable mention: Glass Hammer - The Middle Earth Album
  http://www.glasshammer.com/

There... five albums.


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: The Mister on 2001-12-19 09:29 ]</font>

Besides that first one, congrats Mister on bamboozling me!

[TANGENT]

Anyone heard of Baz or Edith Bunker's Crustified Armpit Insurance??? I bought a split LP last weekend strictly based on the handmade cover (actually a defaced country gospel album cover from 1973).

Anyway, besides an LP, inside was:

-a CDR of misc files and pictures
-half a Simon & Garfunkel 45 (yes half!)
-misc papers and handwritings

My turntable's on the fritz, so I don't know what it sounds like yet. Just the grab bag of goodies was worth the $10.

Today we are offering a little gem which is a beautiful beholderance. A split 12 inch record between Baz and Edith Bunker's Dandruff Sandwich Alert, with mostly strange experimentally retarded idiot savant John Cages falling down stairs made of cotton candy reinforced with broken thermometers. For these harsh times you need softer, fluffier garbage trucks to run you over. Warning! Record has a built-in Insult-O-Matic (activated during play). Handmade jackets and lots of baffling/stupid inserts. Some even come with a bonus CDR of miscellaneous elf gadgetry to have you scraping the tip of the Moon for moosebarns to crumble. $8 postpaid in the Uvula States of Hysteria and Canada, $11 in luckier places. (This record is actually on Ghosted Records out of Canada but is being distributed by Nauscopy/The Fringe. Your toaster oven is next.)


Nauscopy Records/Brent Field, 4 Elm St. #204, Lancaster NH 03584 USA, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy.

http://www.nauscopy.com/pc.html
(careful, website has some cartoon sound effects!)

[/TANGENT]


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[The Mister]

On 2001-12-19 23:49, Black Flag wrote:
Besides that first one, congrats Mister on bamboozling me!

<font size=2>Thanks! Uh, I think. How have I "deceived you by underhanded methods"? (from the dictionary)

These are, in my opinion, my favorite albums of the year.

Granted, only the first one is mainstream, but -
(Kubusschnitt) I like a good retro Berlin-Schüle vibe;
(Isildurs) I really dig the way they mix jazz, rock and ambient elements;
(Anubian Lights) That album is just d*mn infectious!; and
(Glass Hammer) this one is just timely.