Årtiets album

Sunday 6 December, 2009

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Ja, nu er året snart slut og vi begynder at se top-lister for årets bedste plade poppe frem rundt omkring. Men samtidig slutter et helt årti, og derfor har det britiske musikblad NME sammen med en jury bestående af nogle prominente navne (bla. New Order, Ian Brown, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dave Grohl, Alan McGee, Michael Eavis), sammensat en liste over årtiets hundrede bedste albums. Det kan virkelig ikke have været en nem opgave. Listen indeholder nogle gode kendinge i blandt. Især har jeg bidt mærke i at Wild Beasts er kommet til trods for den er ganske ny. Det gør den naturligvis ikke mindre egnet til at være med på listen og det er tilmed også end rigtig rigtig fed plade. Jeg er især også glad for at se små perler som Frightened Rabbit, Sufjan Stevens og Wilco på listen. Nummer 1 er nu en smagssag, men jeg kan faktisk ikke være uenig selvom jeg ikke ville have placeret den samme sted.

Skulle jeg begå mig ud i en lignende opgave, ville resultatet nok blive en anelse mere snævert. Men jeg tillader mig nu alligevel at spørge hvor er store navne som The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Coldplay, Doves, Guillemots, Kings Of Leon, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Notwist, TV On The Radio og Wolf Parade? Dem havde jeg ikke forventet kunne udelades fra en top 100 liste.

Se bla. Gaffa’s årsfavoritter på http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/36018. Kudos til Grizzly Bear er helt klart en værdig top. Derudover indeholder listen et par mine egne favoritter, selvom det er en ret bred liste. Kan kun konstatere at jeg i år ikke har fået lyttet til alle de nye plader jeg gerne ville.

Favorite albums of 2008

Tuesday 13 January, 2009

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It’s been a good and stellar music year. A lot of debuts have made it to the top ten all around the media. My list is no exception. These are my favorite albums released in 2008:

  1. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
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  2. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
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  3. Teitur – The Singer
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  4. Shearwater – Rook
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  5. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
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  6. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
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  7. The Notwist – The Devil, You + Me
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  8. The Dodo’s – Visiter
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  9. No Age- Nouns
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  10. Delta Spirit – Ode to Sunshine
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  11. Bowerbirds – Hymns For A Dark Horse
  12. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
  13. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
  14. Blind Pilot – 3 Round and a Sound
  15. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
  16. Bloc Party – Intimacy
  17. The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
  18. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
  19. The Walkmen – You & Me
  20. Port O’Brien – All We Could Do Was Sing
  21. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Lie Down in the Light
  22. Bound Stems – The Family Afloat
  23. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
  24. Annuals – Such Fun
  25. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
  26. Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
  27. Mugiboogie – Mugison
  28. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – Searching For The Hows And Whys
  29. Land Of Talk – Some Are Lakes
  30. Nomo – Ghost Rock

And albums that I didn’t get to listen to due to lack of time and/or money, but definitly will get to as soon as possible:

  • Portishead – Third
  • Deerhunter – Microcastle
  • The Uglysuit – The Uglysuit
  • Mercury Rev – Snowflake Midnight
  • Tapes n’ Tapes – Walk It Off
  • MGMT – Oracular Spectular
  • Eagles Of Death Metal – Heart On
  • The Kills – Midnight Boom
  • Nick Cave: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
  • Sun Kil Moon – April
  • Sigur Rós – Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
  • Choir of Young Believers – This Is for the White In Your Eyes
  • Beck – Modern Guilt
  • Deerhoof – Offend Maggie

Favorite albums of 2007

Sunday 27 January, 2008

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My favorites 40 albums of 2007. Soo much magnificent music. Impressive that exceptional bands like Wilco, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Queens Of The Stone Age ended up below top 10.

  1. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
  2. Menomena – Friend and Foe
  3. Okkervil River – The Stage Names
  4. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
  5. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
  6. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
  7. Radiohead – In Rainbows
  8. Windmill – Puddle City Racing Lights
  9. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
  10. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
  11. The National – Boxer
  12. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
  13. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
  14. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
  15. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
  16. Tunng – Good Arrows
  17. Explosions In The Sky – All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
  18. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
  19. Josh Ritter – The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
  20. Interpol – Our Love To Admire
  21. Queens Of The Stone Age – Era Vulgaris
  22. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
  23. The Kissaway Trail – The Kissaway Trail
  24. Frog Eyes – Tears of the Valedictorian
  25. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Baby 81
  26. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
  27. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
  28. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
  29. The Earlies – The Enemy Chorus
  30. Feist – The Reminder
  31. Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew – Spirit If…
  32. Apostle of Hustle – National Anthem of Nowhere
  33. The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
  34. Akron/Family – Love Is Simple
  35. Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation
  36. Blue Foundation – Life Of A Ghost
  37. Cold War Kids – Robbers & Cowards
  38. Blonde Redhead – 23
  39. Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
  40. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! – Some Loud Thunder

I would also like to mention the albums that I didn’t get time to listen to thoroughly. Ah, all this music.

In total random order:

  • Panda Bear – Person Pitch
  • The Twilight Sad – Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
  • Liars – Liars (Good koncert, though)
  • Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
  • Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
  • Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
  • Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity
  • Battles – Mirrored
  • The New Pornographers – Challengers
  • Devendra Banhart – Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
  • The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
  • Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
  • Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
  • Sunset Rubdown – Random Spirit Lover
  • British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music
  • Deerhunter – Cryptograms
  • St. Vincent – Marry Me
  • Josh Rouse – Country Mouse City House

Favorite albums of 2006

Saturday 3 February, 2007

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When Flaming Lips released At War with the Mystics and after seeing their fantastic live show, I would never have thought that they wouldn’t be on my top 10 list of favorite album of 2006. But this proved to be the case after a year with a buck load of terrific albums with superb music.
My Latest Novel released at unique debut and it took me several considerations not to give it the top spot. But Black Holes And Revelations contained super summer hits for the whole year – even wintertime. An achievement which was impossible to overlook. Their personal mixture of indie rock, electronica, progressive rock and heavy metal really came into it’s own on this album.
The Decemberists takes indie pop even further wth The Crane Wife. Based on an old Japanese tale, the album is a huge ambitious project that succeeds in every way. This stuff really grows on you.
The Thermals, The Mondo Generator and Cursive RUBAR (Rock Us Beyond All Recognition) and takes no prisoners. (Yes, I have seen Saving Private Ryan recently.)

No more talking. Here they are, my favorite albums of 2006:

  1. Muse – Black Holes And Revelations
  2. My Latest Novel – Wolves
  3. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
  4. The Thermals – The Body, the Blood, the Machine
  5. Tunng – Comments of the Inner Chorus
  6. The Mondo Generator – Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails
  7. Cursive – Happy Hollow
  8. Ratatat – Ratatat: Classics
  9. Guillemots – Through the Window Pane
  10. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time

The year 2006 wouldn’t be complete without listening to Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones, TV On The Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain, The Flaming Lips – At War With the Mystics, Swan Lake – Beast Moans, Annuals – Be He Me, Midlake – The Trials of van Occupanther, Loose Fur – Born Again in the USA

Favorite albums of 2005

Monday 12 December, 2005

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After much consideration, here’s my list of favorite albums released in 2005.

  1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl
  2. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
  3. Queens of the Stone Age – Lullabies to Paralyze
  4. Eels – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
  5. System Of a Down – Mezmerize
  6. Doves – Some Cities
  7. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary
  8. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
  9. Sufjan Stevens – Come On Feel the Illinoise
  10. Athlete – Tourist

Also very mentionable (In alphabetical order)

  • …And You Will Know Us By Trail Of Dead – Worlds Apart
  • Adams, Ryan – 29
  • Adams, Ryan – Cold Roses
  • Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals – Jacksonville City Nights
  • Arcade Fire – Funeral
  • Audioslave – Out of Exile
  • Beck – Guero
  • Block Party – Silent Alarm
  • Bravery, The – The Bravery
  • Broughton, David Thomas – The Complete Guide to Insufficiency
  • dEUS – Pocket Revolution
  • Elbow – Leaders of the Free World
  • Electric Six – Señor Smoke
  • Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
  • Gorillaz – Demon Days
  • Harcourt, Ed – Elephant’s Graveyard
  • Kashmir – No Balance Palace
  • Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
  • Mercury Rev – The Secret Migration
  • Nationals, The – Alligator
  • Nine Black Alps – Everything Is
  • Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
  • Opeth – Ghost Reveries
  • Rouse, Josh – Nashville
  • Spoon – Gimme Fiction
  • Standard, The – Albatross
  • Subways, The – Young for Eternity
  • System of a Down – Hypnotize
  • Turbonegro – Party Animals
  • Whitey – The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train
  • Wilco – Kicking Television (Live) [If this wasn't live recordings from their three previous albums, it would definitely have been high up on that top ten list. I guess Wilco just have to be satisfied with the fact that they propably would have taken the top spots with their last two albums, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost Is Born]
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