rparis74 top 20 and other albums

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

Top 20
1. The Black Keys - Brothers
2. Free Energy - Stuck on Nothing
3. Luke Doucet & The White Falcon - Steel City Trawler
4. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
5. Spoon - Transference
6. The National - High Violet
7. Loyd Cole - Broken Record
8. Surfer Blood - Astrocoast
9. Butch Walker - I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
10. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt

11-20.
The Henry Clay People - Somewhere on the Golden Coast
Locksley - Be in Love
Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
My Jerusalem - Gone for Good
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Twin Shadow - Forget
Two Cow Garage - Sweet Saint Me
The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever

Others I liked
Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs of Love
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Bobby Bare, Jr. - A Storm, A Tree, My Mother's Head
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Glossary - Feral Fire
Harlem - Hippies
J. Roddy Walston and the Business - S/T
Jason and the Scorchers - Halcyon Times
Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away
Len Price 3 - Pictures
Moondoggies - Tidelands
The Mynabirds - What We Lose in the Flood We Gain in the Fire
Silver Sea - Chateau Revenge
The Soft Pack - S/T
Volebeats - The Volebeats
The Walkmen - Lisbon
A Weather - Everyday Balloons

Average
Alberta Cross - Broken Side of Time
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Carrie Rodriguez - Love and Circumstance
Freedy Johnston - Rain on the City
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Jesse Malin - Love it to Life
Morning Benders - Big Echo
Nick Curran and the Lowlifes - Reform School Girl
The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
Dan Sartain - Lives

Disappointments
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void
Drive by Truckers - The Big To-Do
Elvis Costello - National Ransom
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song (based on some hype, but still would like to listen to it more)
New Pornographers - Together
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
Tift Merritt - See You On the Moon
The Posies - Blood/Candy

Didnt Like at All
Black Prairie - Feast of the Hunters' Moon
Clem Snide - The Meat of Life
Mgmt - Congratulations
Neil Young - Le Noise
The Strange Boys - Be Brave

Ones I Own But Haven't Listend to Much Yet/On The Way
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement
Menomena - Mines Final
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot. . .
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Phosphorescent - Here's to Taking it Easy
Wild Nothing - Gemini
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

DumpJack · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:45 pm

holy shit, I forgot all about that Butch Walker album.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

rparis74 Wrote:

Ones I Own But Haven't Listend to Much Yet/On The Way
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

I think you owe it to yourself to make listening to these three your next priority. I was late to Mumford & Sons but its fantastic, as are the other two. the Kanye may not be your thing but for what it is, its excellent

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:59 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

Ones I Own But Haven't Listend to Much Yet/On The Way
Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement

This one's been kind of a late discovery for me, too, but so far I love it.

A little surprised to see it here. I don't know if you'll dig it, but you might. A lot of it is instrumental.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

I have it and have listened to about a third of it, seems ok so far. we'll see.

Dalen · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:12 pm

dude, you have to check out Wild Nothing asap.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

its on my computer at home, just havent synced it with the phone yet.

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:31 pm

Drinky Wrote:

rparis74 Wrote:

Ones I Own But Haven't Listend to Much Yet/On The Way
Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement

This one's been kind of a late discovery for me, too, but so far I love it.

A little surprised to see it here. I don't know if you'll dig it, but you might. A lot of it is instrumental.

Someone (barker?) recommended the Lower Dens album a few weeks ago and it quickly became a 2010 favorite for me.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:14 pm

Drinky Wrote:

rparis74 Wrote:

Ones I Own But Haven't Listend to Much Yet/On The Way
Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement

This one's been kind of a late discovery for me, too, but so far I love it.

A little surprised to see it here. I don't know if you'll dig it, but you might. A lot of it is instrumental.

I haven't spent enough time with it, but I like it too. Good shit.

Does anybody have a link for Mumford & Sons? My wife is clamoring and I wouldn't mind hearing it either. I guess.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:03 am

I came to the conclusion tonight that Harlem River Blues is my #1 for the year. I'm not sure how it happened, as I thought his output to date was pretty average. List forthcoming, but it will be the lamest this side of FT.

hey look · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:18 am

Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:

I came to the conclusion tonight that Harlem River Blues is my #1 for the year. I'm not sure how it happened, as I thought his output to date was pretty average. List forthcoming, but it will be the lamest this side of FT.

thats cool. i think it is probably his weakest album. i like it, but he sounds fucked up (which he is/was). Idk, will like to see your list though LOOG

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:28 pm

contradiction Wrote:

Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:

I came to the conclusion tonight that Harlem River Blues is my #1 for the year. I'm not sure how it happened, as I thought his output to date was pretty average. List forthcoming, but it will be the lamest this side of FT.

thats cool. i think it is probably his weakest album.

Doubly cool, 'cuz I think it's his best. He's pushed himself forward rather than just staying as one more faceless folkie.

mutty · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:46 pm

Patrick Wrote:

rparis74 Wrote:

Ones I Own But Haven't Listend to Much Yet/On The Way
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More

I think you owe it to yourself to make listening to these three your next priority. I was late to Mumford & Sons but its fantastic, as are the other two. the Kanye may not be your thing but for what it is, its excellent

Isn't that 2009?

FT · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:54 pm

glad to see you came around on that volebeats record

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:00 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

contradiction Wrote:

Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:

I came to the conclusion tonight that Harlem River Blues is my #1 for the year. I'm not sure how it happened, as I thought his output to date was pretty average. List forthcoming, but it will be the lamest this side of FT.

thats cool. i think it is probably his weakest album.

Doubly cool, 'cuz I think it's his best. He's pushed himself forward rather than just staying as one more faceless folkie.

Yeah, I think it's a great leap forward in both style and lyrics. I think listening to it on the plane to NYC may have influenced what Dr. Cook would term my "recency effect" but I also feel a sort of kinship with the sensibility of the Southerner in NYC that I would have whether I was visiting this weekend or not.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

mutty Wrote:

Patrick Wrote:

rparis74 Wrote:

Ones I Own But Haven't Listend to Much Yet/On The Way
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More

I think you owe it to yourself to make listening to these three your next priority. I was late to Mumford & Sons but its fantastic, as are the other two. the Kanye may not be your thing but for what it is, its excellent

Isn't that 2009?

11/09 in UK, 2/10 in US

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

contradiction Wrote:

Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:

I came to the conclusion tonight that Harlem River Blues is my #1 for the year. I'm not sure how it happened, as I thought his output to date was pretty average. List forthcoming, but it will be the lamest this side of FT.

thats cool. i think it is probably his weakest album.

Doubly cool, 'cuz I think it's his best. He's pushed himself forward rather than just staying as one more faceless folkie.

Yeah, I think it's a great leap forward in both style and lyrics. I think listening to it on the plane to NYC may have influenced what Dr. Cook would term my "recency effect" but I also feel a sort of kinship with the sensibility of the Southerner in NYC that I would have whether I was visiting this weekend or not.

i actually wasn't that much of a fan of his first two, but think this one is a big leap forward for him.

same with the Black Keys for me...never was a big fan, but I was pretty blown away by this new one.

south pacific · **Posted:** Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:59 am

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Disappointments

The Posies - Blood/Candy

Really? I think there's some good tunes on this one, especially "Daylight" which is catchy enough to sound like a track off of Frosting On The Beater

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

yeah I go back and forth a little bit on it. the album isnt totally without value, but there are several real clunkers.

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