Crazy's 2024 new release purchases

[CRAZY-HORSE]

as is tradition at the end of the year i listen to, rate and rank all the albums/EP's that were released in 2024 that i purchased:

so this year was a pretty good year (and expensive year LOL) for myself and Lynne.

the final results are:

24 vinyl LP's
01 vinyl EP's
16 compact disks

4 of those vinyl albums were also purchased on cd
so less 4cds there 37 albums to rate and rank from favorite to least favorite which means i need to get my butt into gear to get them all done by years' end.

for those who cannot or do not know the rating system:
*     -  i do not like it
**   -  i like it
*** -  i love it

Lynne and I also purchased the new Avril Lavigne compilation which was released this year plus we picked up the "50th anniversary UV printed clear vinyl" version of Dark Side Of The Moon.
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RANKINGS:

1:   ZACH TOP  -  "cold beer and country music"  (2.66)
2:   TAYLOR SWIFT  -  "the tortured poets department"  (2.61)
3:   FATHER JOHN MISTY  -  "mahashmashana"  (2.51)
4:   JOHNNY BLUE SKIES  -  "passage du desir"  (2.51)
5:   WILLIE NELSON  -  "the border"  (2.51)
6:   BRIGHT EYES  -  "five dice, all threes"  (2.51)
7:   BILLIE EILISH  -  "hit me hard and soft"  (2.51)
8:   BILLY STRINGS  -  "highway prayers"  (2.45)
9:   AVETT BROTHERS  -  "the avett brothers"  (2.44)
10:  IMAGINE DRAGONS  -  "loom"  (2.44)
11:  KINGS OF LEON  -  "can we please have fun"  (2.41)
12:  KASABIAN  -  "happenings"   (2.41)
13:  LADY GAGA  -   "harlequin"  (2.38)
14:  EMINEM  -  "the death of slim shady: coup de grace"  (2.37)
15:  DUA LIPA  -  "radical optimism"  (2.36)
16:  MARK KNOPFLER  -  "one deep river"  (2.33)
17:  NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS  -  "wild god"  (2.31)
18:  CROWDED HOUSE  -  "gravity stairs"   (2.27)
19:  CHARLEY CROCKETT  -  "$10 cowboy"  (2.25)
20:  JUSTIN MOORE  -  "this is my dirt"  (2.25)
21:  SACRED SOULS  -  "got a story to tell"  (2.25)
22:  ROSE  -  "rosie"   (2.25)
23:  JOAQUIN PHOENIX & LADY GAGA  -  "the joker: folie a deux" OST   (2.21)
24:  BENSON BOONE  -  "fireworks & rollerblades"  (2.21)
25:  ERNEST  -  "nashville, tennessee"  (2.19)
26:  SNOW PATROL  -  "the forest is the path"  (2.16)
27:  GREEN DAY  -  "saviors"  (2.06)
28:  DAVID GILMOUR  -  "luck and strange"  (2.01)
29:  LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE  -  "liam gallagher & john squire"   (2.01)
30:  KASEY CHAMBERS  -  "backbone"  (2.01)
31:  FINNEAS  -  "for cryin' out loud!"  (1.91)
32:  COWARD BROTHERS  -  "coward brothers"  (1.85)
33:  ROD STEWART with JOOLS HOLLAND  -  "swing fever"   (1.83)
34:  GLASS ANIMALS  -  "i love you so f***ing much"   (1.81)
35:  JACK WHITE   -  "no name"   (1.76)
36: PAUL WELLER  -  "supplement 66" (EP)   (1.75)
37: PAUL WELLER  -  "66"   (1.66)

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ROD STEWART with JOOLS HOLLAND  "swing fever"

release date:  23rd Feb 2024

chart stats:   #1 UK,  #19 AU

format owned:  vinyl, signed by Rod and Jools as a pre-sale special

a collection of standards mostly from the jazz and blues genres
Rod's voice is just about shot now but he can get away with it with these sorts of songs
Jools' tinkling the ivories is subtle yet effective
a decent album for what it is worth
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

fave:





tracks:

1:  lullaby of broadway  **
2:  oh marie  *
3:  sentimental journey  *
4:  pennies from heaven  **
5:  night train  **
6:  love is the sweetest thing  **
7:  them there eyes  **
8:  good rockin' tonight  **
9:  aint misbehavin'  **
10: frankie and johnny  **
11: walking my baby back home  **
12: almost like being in love  **
13: tennessee waltz  **

3s -  0
2s -  11
1s -  2

rating:  1.83