proftournesol Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 OK, half way through the year, how about we look at best new release best purchase of the year (not released in 2011). I don't think that it's been a great year this year, my choices though are: New PJ Harvey - Let England Shake Joan As Policewoman - Deep Field Gill Scott-Heron & Jamie XX - We're New Here Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys! best purchases (not current release): Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse (2009) Robert Johnson - The Complete Original Masters (1937) QOTSA - Queens of the Stone Age (re-released 1st album)
Full Range Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 I have the Original Gill Scott-Heron - I am New Here The Original is still better to my taste However its great to hear Gill Scott-Heron at any time and style of music FR
DaveMS Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh Wretches & Jabberers soundtrack PJ Harvey - Let England Shake Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for my Halo
Jake Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 New Foster the People - Torches (one of those albums that's almost too likeable....will the love wear off?) Wild Beasts - Smother Low - C'mon Adele - 21 Cut Copy - Zonoscope Depeche Mode - Remixes 2. 81-11 Destroyer - Kaputt Great purchases Lambchop - Is a Woman (fantastic reissue) Lambchop - Nixon (fantastic reissue) Richard Thompson - Dream Attic Shearwater - Palo Santo Valgeir Sigurdsson - EkvÃlÃbrium Neil Young - Reactor (NOS)
RockandorRoll Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) New Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator Clutch - Blast Tyrant/Basket of Eggs Reissue Bill Callahan - Apocalypse Iron and Wine - Kiss each other clean Purchases King Hobo - King Hobo The Company Band - The Company Band Bob Seger - Stranger in Town (Feel Like A Number - probably the best rock and roll song ive ever heard) Tabithas Secret - Dont Play with Matches Edited July 25, 2011 by RockandorRoll
Hergest Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 New Magnum-The Visitation Whitesnake-Forevermore Cut/Copy-Zonoscope David Gray-Foundling Great purchases Bee Gees first 3 album boxset Anthony Phillips-Sides (Japanese white label promo) ZZ.Top-Rio Grande Mud (RTI reissue) James Taylor-Dad Loves His Work (Japanese white label promo) OMD-History Of Modern
soundfan Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) My fave new albums are mostly female. Gillian Welch: The Harrow & The Harvest PJ Harvey: Let England Shake Jolie Holland: Pint Of Blood Anna Calvi: self titled Low: C'mon Reissues: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours 45RPM All vinyl apart from Gillian Welch Edited July 9, 2011 by soundfan
Damien Collins Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) New (in order of Preference) Hugh Laurie - let them talk (Excellent) Ben Waters - Boogie 4 Stu (so many highlights) Gillian Welch: The Harrow & The Harvest .....daylight..... Joan as Policewoman - Deep Field Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant PJ Harvey let england Shake (I still struggle to listen to any whole album by Polly) Bought solely from reading Music threads on stereo.net.au John Lee hooker - It serves you right to suffer Muddy Waters - Folk singer - both these two blues remasters are excellent Dub side of the moon The album I play most/best purchase (and I found it meself) The Coodabeen Champions Present: We've Got You Covered - (Dont dimiss it quickly, Billy Baxter sourced these cover versions and the production is almost always high-quality) Edited July 9, 2011 by dammers31 Had to get back on track of the OP
Guest Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 New The cars - move like this Amos lee - mission bell Best music purchases Fleetwood mac - rumours reissue lp Wings - Band on the run reissue cd Black keys - brothers lp Best equipment purchase Denon sacd player dvd 2900 Best car purchase 1966 mustang
Luc Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 @Jake: How good is Kaputt eh, I understand why it's only received 5 star reviews so far. The Y/Tube vids are bunk imo but the music...blended Nu Acid Jazz and Indie cool. Excellent stuff. Have managed to grab some very hard to get Blues recordings Big Jack Jackson The Oil Man Got Drunk-Rooster Blues Sessions 93/94/95 Jimmy Dawkins Fast Fingers With Eddie Shaw and Mighty Joe Young. Delmark 623 Earl-hooker-play-your-guitar-Mr-hooker. Earl Hooker - Guitar, Vocals Muddy Waters Jr.,Little Tommy, Frank Clark - Vocals A.C. Reed, Bobby Fields - Tenor Saxophones Freddy Roulette - Steel Guitar Bobby Little - Drums [ATTACH=CONFIG]34013[/ATTACH] This is a ripper and quite hard to get. A little blurb from a review: 1964-1967 output by the guitarist that was largely done for the tiny Cuca logo of Sauk City, WI. The normally tight-lipped Hooker proves that he could sing on this romping version of "Swear to Tell the Truth," while A.C. Reed, Little Tommy, Frank Clark, and Muddy Waters, Jr. help out behind the mike elsewhere. A pair of live cuts from 1968 find Hooker stretching out in amazing fashion.
Guest Willow Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 New : Anna Calvi : Self Titled ( CD made my ears bleed , bought vinyl ) Jesca Hoop : Snowglobe ( Currently Spinnin' ) Elbow : Build a Rocket Boys ( Good follow-up ) Adele : 21 ( Daughter no*1 will shoot me if I don't include ) Best Purchases ( all SNA recommendations ) : American Beauty Soundtrack ( Thanks to Bunyip or Cheeky , sorry can't remember ) The Future Sounds of London : Lifeforms ( J Darko ) The Bossa 'n' Ramones ( Rural Rat & Grumps ) , heaps of other stuff given the treatment , bound to be something else people will like.
Probbo Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Amazon UK has got in on the act............here are their best 50 Albums of 2011 so far ! http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html/ref=pe_123551_25716821_pe_09/?node=905475031 cheers
heman_ Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Best releases Peter Evans Quintet- Ghosts Nicholas Jaar - Space is only Noise Colin Stetson- New History Warfare Vol. 2 Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972 I wish i was including the new beastie boys on there
dack Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 Cults - S/T my favourite album so far. the three Jezabels EPs. not sure if they're from this year but they're all rippers.
sligoriverblues Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 PJ Harvey: Let England Shake Jolie Holland: Pint Of Blood Anna Calvi: self titled Those three plus I put Josh T. Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen on top without any expectations that I will like anything better this year...
soundfan Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Those three plus I put Josh T. Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen on top without any expectations that I will like anything better this year... I've never heard of Josh T. Pearson. Time to do some research.... I know you have great taste srb.
Jake Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Those three plus I put Josh T. Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen on top without any expectations that I will like anything better this year... Oh yeah, great album.
Guest Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Got the last of the country gentlemen coming on vinyl and should arrive this week i think - cant wait
Jake Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Got the last of the country gentlemen coming on vinyl and should arrive this week i think - cant wait Ive listened, not yet bought. Let us know what you reckon.
Guest Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 My international shipping agent as been a bit slow of late jake but anticipate i might have it in my hands on the weekend all things being even
sligoriverblues Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I've never heard of Josh T. Pearson. Time to do some research.... I know you have great taste srb. Yeah, well don't we agree on three? :eek: The same goes your way! I've just finished the second LP of this album and I wouldn't dare recommend this to anyone... It reminds me of when I first heard Idiot Wind, the first Bootleg Series version. For some reason I felt embarrassed, like I didn't need to hear it or something like that. This one is very personal and heavy album. On LP, it sounds great and it also comes with the enclosed CD, which I haven't played yet. That's all I can and going to say
Guest Muon Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 I have been wondering who does that sound track for Underbelly Razor, Adele! I have to get her album now, that song is awesome. Adele is an awesome singer.
soundfan Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Yeah, well don't we agree on three? The same goes your way!I've just finished the second LP of this album and I wouldn't dare recommend this to anyone... It reminds me of when I first heard Idiot Wind, the first Bootleg Series version. For some reason I felt embarrassed, like I didn't need to hear it or something like that. This one is very personal and heavy album. On LP, it sounds great and it also comes with the enclosed CD, which I haven't played yet. That's all I can and going to say I will definately be ordering this on vinyl, any hints on best site to get it from? I'm also delighted that Warren Ellis from the Dirty Three guests on at least one of the songs too with his magical work on the violin. I'm not quite sure who this Josh T P reminds me of, traces of Townes Van Zandt perhaps.
Viognier Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 I will definately be ordering this on vinyl, any hints on best site to get it from? I'm also delighted that Warren Ellis from the Dirty Three guests on at least one of the songs too with his magical work on the violin. I'm not quite sure who this Josh T P reminds me of, traces of Townes Van Zandt perhaps. Soundfan, I ordered mine last night from www.rise-music.co.uk where they are also doing a preorder on a limited release 400 copies of a live The King Is Dead also. I use Rise all the time from aus and can't fault them. Was my local store when I lived in Bristol.
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