albums of the year?

clewsr · Post by **clewsr** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:11 am

alright then, its getting near the time for this sort of stuff.

My top three albums of 2004:

1. Joy Zipper - American Whip
2. Beta Band - Heros to Zero's
3. Lamb Chop - Aw comon, no you comon

what are yours?

KevW · Post by **KevW** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 5:49 pm

Tricky cos there's so many Album I haven't heard. Here's some of my faves in no particular order:

Smile - Brian Wilson
Universal Audio - The Delgados
Welcome To The North - The Music
The Lost Riots - Hope Of The States
It's Beyond Our Control - Campag Velocet

veiko · Post by **veiko** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:30 pm

Sonic Boom - Spectrum
Spiritualized - song "Lord let it rain on me"
Spacemen 3 - B-side of the single "Revolution"
Spiritualized - song "These blues" from 1995 tour.
[Spacelines] - Sonic sounds for subterraneans

but besides screwing around my vote is going for the Low compilation, best off-beat-off-beat-off.

it's the time when Peel is nevermore. who is next? i don't mean who is next going to be dust, but who is the next gravedigger of the pop-music, commercial-shit-called commercial-shit.

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:33 pm

Miles Davis - Jack Johnson Sessions
Death in Vegas - Satan's Circus
Fennesz - Venice
Jean Grae - This Week
Springheel Jack - The Sweetness Of The Water
Spacelines - Sonic Sounds for Subterraneans
Air - Talkie Walkie
Easy Star All-Stars - Dub Side Of The Moon
Lee Perry - Son of Thunder
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues & The Lyre Of Orpheus
Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
MF Doom & Madlib - Are MadVillain
Prince - Musicology
Can - Monster Movie
Masta Killa - No Said Date
Two Lone Swordsmen - From the Double Gone Chapel
Really Heavy Soul - V/A
Miles Davis - The Complete In Person : Friday & Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk
Miles Davis -
Tom Waits - Real Gone
Underscores Heavyweight Funk Mix
Really Heavy Soul - V/A

Like Veiko I vote the Toronto (?) 1995 bootleg... also a track on Bobby Gs c90 'Am I Groovin You' by Freddie Scott. Cookin.

Zippy · Post by **Zippy** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 11:56 pm

The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere

clewsr · Post by **clewsr** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:30 pm

Spacelines would have got my vote as well, but I was limiting my choices to music released in 2004 for the first time.

I'm sure i've missed out on a lot of good releases this year, albums I haven't heard but might now get are:

Secret Machines, Nick Cave and perhaps the latest Death in Vegas.

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:21 pm

I haven't put these in a particular order yet, but these are my favorites for the year. I doubt anything else of interest will be released between now and Dec. 31st.

The Veils ~ The Runaway Found
Bark Psychosis ~ Codename: Dustsucker
Brian Wilson ~ Smile
Wilco ~ A Ghost Is Born
Kings Of Convenience ~ A Riot On An Empty Street
Sondre Lerche ~ Two-Way Monologue
Luna ~ Rendezvous
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ~ Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Manual & Syntaks ~ Golden Sun
Morrissey ~ You Are The Quarry
A.C. Newman ~ Slow Wonder
Elliott Smith ~ From A Basement On The Hill

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:38 pm

without a doubt,

smile - brian wilson.

everything else pales in comparison this year. personally i thought alot of the other choices were let downs. delgados, wilco, nick cave.

xxxshonnxxx

p/s- yes the toronto gig is amazing, absolutely brilliant. almost as good as the c-90 cd that I SENT YOU TODAY MONDAY THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER. i luv subtlety.

Lauren · Post by **Lauren** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:58 am

Elliott Smith- from a basement on a hill
The Album Leaf- In a Safe Place
Mum- summer make good

I not really sure that there was that many impressionable album created this year. There certainly was many let downs(badly drawn boy, interpol..)

victor · Post by **victor** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:40 am

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
for me too.

Clownbait · Post by **Clownbait** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:43 am

The Reigning Sound "Too Much Guitar"
The Gris Gris "The Gris Gris"
Wrangler Brutes "Zulu"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "Abattoir Blues/Lyre"
The Piranhas "Piscis Clangor"

wilky · Post by **wilky** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:00 pm

The Postal Service - Give Up
The Killers - Hot Fuss

Well, I did grow up in the 80's.

Wilco - A Ghost is Born is always getting played so I would dhave to include that as well.

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:04 pm

The Killers???? Arrrrgh. Can't stand them!!! I was embarrassed just having to stand through their set when they opened for Morrissey.

wilky · Post by **wilky** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:07 pm

I have to admit that I feel as if I should be 14 to listen to them. They are almost the acceptable version of a boy band but the songs are so catchy.

Juzba · Post by **Juzba** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:51 pm

BzaInSpace wrote:Miles Davis - Jack Johnson Sessions
Death in Vegas - Satan's Circus
Fennesz - Venice
Jean Grae - This Week
Springheel Jack - The Sweetness Of The Water
Spacelines - Sonic Sounds for Subterraneans
Air - Talkie Walkie
Easy Star All-Stars - Dub Side Of The Moon
Lee Perry - Son of Thunder
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues & The Lyre Of Orpheus
Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
MF Doom & Madlib - Are MadVillain
Prince - Musicology
Can - Monster Movie
Masta Killa - No Said Date
Two Lone Swordsmen - From the Double Gone Chapel
Really Heavy Soul - V/A
Miles Davis - The Complete In Person : Friday & Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk
Miles Davis -
Tom Waits - Real Gone
Underscores Heavyweight Funk Mix
Really Heavy Soul - V/A

SHJ, Two lone swordsmen, and the sublime Venice by Fennesz. Definately agreed, superb albums. Waits and Cave too. Have to add:

Squarepusher - Ultravisitor (one of the albums of the decade!)
Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
Gravenhurst - Flashlight Seasons & Black holes in the sand EP
Brian Wilson: Smile
The Brian Eno remasters, especially Ambient 2 & 4
Gonzales - Solo piano (Sounds like Satie is not dead at all)

And the Chris Morris Blue Jam Mp3:s. Though not technically albums, I've been listening to these very often for the past 5 months. Amazing mix of music and surreal/macabre comedy. Anything pales by comparison.
oooh, fucked up satsuma

Lauren · Post by **Lauren** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:12 pm

wilky wrote:I have to admit that I feel as if I should be 14 to listen to them. They are almost the acceptable version of a boy band but the songs are so catchy.

Ive never understood the whole catchy thing.. why does something need to be catchy... the hansen bros made catchy tunes

wilky · Post by **wilky** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 8:06 am

Well. I didn't say something has to be catchy. I just said it (The Killers album) was.

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:58 pm

Juzba wrote:
BzaInSpace wrote:

Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning
Westlife - Let Us be Frank
Miles Davis -
Tom Waits - Real Gone

Hey the Miles Davis albums were a couple of startlingly clear bootlegs from '73 and '74... the latter being particularly funky...yet savage. Heavy electricity. I haven't heard any of his albums that sound quite like this.

Squarepusher sounds good...have to check that out.

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:47 am

I tried Squarepusher's "Ultravisitor," but couldn't get into it and found it mostly annoying. Does he have anything better out there anyone can recommend?

Post by **runcible** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:55 pm

Been thinking about this...

Genuinely 2004 recordings unfortunately only rate these:
The Quarter After - Unremastered Preview album. Sublime Byrds/Beatles 60s jangly psych/pop pastiche.
Bloemfontein - The Longer Now. The last word in ambient space drone.

The Spacemen 3 show from Germany 1989 must rate, but its not exactly a 2004 recording.
Simply Saucer were new to me in 2004 - incredible stuff but from the 70s.

I haven't heard the Smile album but have it on my list. I'm sure it'd be mentioned if I had.

2004 doesn't seem the finest music vintage I guess.

ash · Post by **ash** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:55 pm

I thought that the self-titled debut album from Dios Malos was particularly special. Gotta love that laid back west coast pop.

IMHO, one of the best things to come out of America since J*ff B*ckley.

Even (if anyone's heard of 'em) released a cracker of a record, their fourth long player, entitled Free Kicks, and in doing so proved that *real* rock and roll is still alive and well in the post-idol world. Check it out if you can find it.

Post by **spzretent** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:54 am

I'll chime in:

Lone Pigeon- Schoozzzmmii
Coldharbourstores- More Than The Other
Wilco- A Ghost is Born
Luna- Rendezvous
Mark Lanegan- Bubblegum
Death In Vegas- Satans Circus
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives- Origin Vol.1
Bloemfontein- The Longer Now

jesus son · Post by **jesus son** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:39 am

And some more...

Brian Wilson - Smile
Cherry Stones - Hidden Charms
Skalpel - Skalpel
Joy Zipper - Amercian Whip
Bloemfontein - The Longer Now

ekewebb · Post by **ekewebb** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:55 am

Kanye West - The College Dropout
Cee-Lo Green - Is The Soul Machine
the Earlies - These Were the Earlies

Oh yes!

CinnamonBoy · Post by **CinnamonBoy** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:18 pm

Hm...I miss some metal on your lists, so I'll have to add the brilliant new Enslaved album, "Isa". True Norwegian Black Metal

In addition, I think Wolverhampton's finest, Ben Christophers, deserves some praise for his beautiful 'The Spaces In Between'.
He also takes the price for greatest live performance this year!

Post by **spzretent** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:03 am

I forgot this one.

West Indian Girl- S/T on Astralwerks

A friend turned me onto this last month. Very trippy and very nice.

squirrel · Post by **squirrel** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:05 am

Drive by Truckers
U2
Fiery Furnaces
Loretta Lynn
Streets

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 2:09 pm

i forgot to mention Bloemfontein's 'The Longer Now' ... glad to see the rest of you remembered!

To me, that was the best debut album i have heard in ages, its just so much better than any number of over-hyped, musically weak pin-up 'rock n roll' bands who are flogged by an increasingly desperate music bizzzzz.

Those guys are the real deal...it's an epic, far out classic.

[... I saw the NME Albums of the year, i'm so glad they are in touch with 'the youth' : Fra** Fer****** . Yeah, right... I apologise on behalf of Scotland]

Anybody around these parts want to be in a band? Gonna get shit sorted out this year...

Post by **runcible** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:44 pm

Speaking of forgetting...

What about the double Brian Jonestown Massacre CD compilation? Not all new stuff but an incredibly enjoyable listen without a dull moment at any point (and a tip of the hat to Mr K for leaving that at my place recently).

jess farr · Post by **jess farr** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 4:01 pm

runcible wrote:Speaking of forgetting...

What about the double Brian Jonestown Massacre CD compilation? Not all new stuff but an incredibly enjoyable listen without a dull moment at any point (and a tip of the hat to Mr K for leaving that at my place recently).

haven't heard about that one. who put it out? is it all old stuff?

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 4:40 pm

i think the concretes debut was impressive.

xxxshonnxxx

Fuzzhead · Post by **Fuzzhead** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:52 pm

ABN, I'm with you all the way on that one. I love The Concretes.

BVCP206 · Post by **BVCP206** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:59 pm

Bloemfontein - The Longer Now (by a country mile)

Also gotta mention the Low boxset (that's how it should be done!)

Post by **runcible** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:29 pm

jess farr wrote:
runcible wrote:Speaking of forgetting...

What about the double Brian Jonestown Massacre CD compilation? Not all new stuff but an incredibly enjoyable listen without a dull moment at any point (and a tip of the hat to Mr K for leaving that at my place recently).
haven't heard about that one. who put it out? is it all old stuff?

Its a bit of everything from early to recent and has something like 5 unreleased songs and a few live tracks. Nice booklet with it too. One of those albums you stick on and leave for the duration.

Released through Tee Pee.

ash · Post by **ash** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:51 pm

They'd want to put a few unreleased songs on it, given that you can download their entire back catalogue from their website. What on earth is Anton smoking? (not that we mind, though...)

asd2112 · Post by **asd2112** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 6:48 am

here is my two cents.

Bloemfontein - The Longer Now
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus
Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
Mike Watt - The Secondman's Middle Stand
The Fontaine Toups - TFT
Low - A Lifetime Of Temporary Relief
Tom Waits - Real Gone
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Belle & Sebastian - Books (EP)
Savath & Savalas - MaÃ±ana (EP)

Zenchan · Post by **Zenchan** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:04 pm

In no specific order

Hope of The States - The Lost Riots
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Futureheads - Futureheads
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
Joy Zipper - American Whip
Morrissey - You Are The Quarry

Spiritualized

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