29-12-2010, 12:45
I guess I'm done for the year.
The following is a list of all the new albums I have listened to online this year, along with the grades after 1 listen.
I have only included those that I would consider buying.
The list of those that fell below that mark is longer than this one.
Of those on this list, I have a purchased a grand total of 4. lol
Those are numbers 1,2, the first 3, and the first 5.
Of those 4, only #2 has stood up to repeated listenings.
That is an excellent soul/jazz/blues album.
Here is my list.
1) Eels - End Times - 2.7
2) Sade - Soldier Of Love - 2.4
3) Tim Barry - 28th & Stonewall - 2.3
3) Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Age Of Miracles - 2.3
5) Vampire Weekend - Contra - 2.2
5) Patty Griffin - Downtown Church - 2.2
5) Reckless Kelly - Somewhere In Time - 2.2
8) Joe Firstman - El Porto - 2.1
8) Midlake - The Courage Of Others - 2.1
8) Citizen Cope - The Rainwatewr LP - 2.1
8) Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - 2.1
8) Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More - 2.1
8) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devils Tattoo - 2.1
8) Jakob Dylan - Women + Country - 2.1
8) The National - High Violet - 2.1
8) Wintersleep - New Inheritors - 2.1
8) Villagers - Becoming A Jackal - 2.1
8) Elsinore - Yes Yes Yes - 2.1
8) Joey & Rory - Album #2 - 2.1
20) Ok Go - Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky - 2.0
20) Surfer Blood - Astrocoast - 2.0
20) Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own - 2.0
20) Beach House - Teen Dream - 2.0
20) Adam Green - Minor Love - 2.0
20) Electric President - The Violent Blue 2.0
20) Butch Walker - I Like It Better When You Had No Heart - 2.0
20) Sambassadeur - European - 2.0
20) Zeus - Say Us - 2.0
20) Shout Out Louds - 2.0
20) Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat - 2.0
20) Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time - 2.0
20) Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame - 2.0
20) Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social - Love It To Life - 2.0
20) Patrick Park - Come What Will - 2.0
20) Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing - 2.0
20) Fyfe Dangerfield - Fly Yellow Moon - 2.0
20) Peggy Sue - Fossils And Other Phantoms - 2.0
20) Hank Williams III - Rebel Within - 2.0
20) Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer Of The Vois - 2.0
20) Shoulders Of Giants - Shoulders Of Giants - 2.0
20) Great Big Sea - Safe Upon The Shore - 2.0
20) Ryan Star - 11:59 - 2.0
20) Toadies - Feeler - 2.0
20) Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise - 2.0
20) Moondoggies - Tidelands - 2.0
20) Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown - 2.0
47) Katherine McPhee - Unbroken - 1.9
47) Freedy Johnston - Rain On The City - 1.9
47) Lady Antebelum - Need You Now - 1.9
47) Soft Pack - Soft Pack - 1.9
47) Fair - Disappearing World - 1.9
47) Angels & Airwaves - Love - 1.9
47) Sarah Buxton - Sarah Buxton - 1.9
47) Alkaline Trio - This Addiction - 1.9
47) Quasi - American Gong - 1.9
47) Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way - 1.9
47) Wakey! Wakey! - Almost Everything I Wished I'd Said - 1.9
47) Scorpions - Sting In The Tail - 1.9
47) Secret History - The World That Never Was - 1.9
47) Barenaked Ladies - All In Good Time - 1.9
47) Mishka - Talk About - 1.9
47) Greg Laswell - Take A Bow - 1.9
47) New Pornographers - Together - 1.9
47) Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms - 1.9
47) Tift Merritt - See You On The Moon - 1.9
47) Cat Empire - Cinema - 1.9
47) Halsted - Life Underwater - 1.9
47) Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill - 1.9
47) John Mellencamp - No Better Than This - 1.9
47) Dead Confederate - Sugar - 1.9
47) Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us - 1.9
47) Jarrod Gorbel - Devil's Made A New Friend - 1.9
47) Buddy Guy - Living Proof - 1.9
47) Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You? - 1.9
47) Johnny Flynn - Been Listening - 1.9
76) Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 1.8
76) Soundtrack - When In Rome - 1.8
76) Day Of Fire - Losing All - 1.8
76) ALO Man Of The World - 1.8
76) Watson Twins - Talkin To You, Talking To Me - 1.8
76) Scanners - Submarine - 1.8
76) One For The Team - Ghosts - 1.8
76) Look Mexico - To Bed To Battle - 1.8
76) Yukon Blonde - Yukon Blonde - 1.8
76) Melissa Auf Der Maur - Out Of Our Minds - 1.8
76) Freelance Whales - Weathervanes - 1.8
76) Court Yard Hounds - Court Yard Hounds - 1.8
76) New Young Pony Club - The Optimist - 1.8
76) Meat Loaf - Hang Cool Teddy Bear - 1.8
76) Everest - On Approach - 1.8
76) Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy - 1.8
76) Tracey Thorn - Love And Its opposite - 1.8
76) Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels - 1.8
76) Jack Johnson - To The Sea - 1.8
76) Travie McCoy - Lazarus - 1.8
76) Tokyo Police Club - Champ - 1.8
76) Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - 1.8
76) Constellations - Southern Gothic - 1.8
76) Alex Band - We've All Been There - 1.8
76) Jackie Greene - Till The Light Comes On - 1.8
76) Silver Seas - Chateau Revenge - 1.8
76) New Politics - New Politics - 1.8
76) Crowded House - Intriguer - 1.8
76) Miniature Tigers - Fortress - 1.8
76) Jenny & Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now - 1.8
76) American Bang - American Bang - 1.8
76) Robert Plant - Band Of Joy - 1.8
76) Rhonda Vincent - Taken - 1.8
76) Tired Pony - The Place We Ran From - 1.8
76) Electric Six - Zodiac - 1.8
76) Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 - 1.8
76) Valencia - Dancing With A Ghost - 1.8
76) Monster Magnet - Mastermind - 1.8
76) Tangents - One Little Light Year - 1.8
76) My Jerusalem - Gone For Good - 1.8
76) Rusty Willoughby - Cobirds Unite - 1.8
76) Susan Boyle - The Gift - 1.8
118) Plain White T's - Wonders Of The Younger - 1.7
118) Matt Morriss - When Everything Breaks Open - 1.7
118) AM Conspiracy - Am Conspiracy - 1.7
118) Nick Jonas & The Administration - Who I Am - 1.7
118) TobyMac - City On Our Knees - 1.7
118) Story Of The Year - The Constant - 1.7
118) Benjy Davis Project - Lost Souls Like Us - 1.7
118) Drive By Truckers - The Big To-Do - 1.7
118) Titus Adronicus - The Monitor - 1.7
118) Slow Club - Yeah, So - 1.7
118) MGMT - Congratulations - 1.7
118) Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can - 1.7
118) Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt - 1.7
118) Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks - 1.7
118) Alpha Rev - New Morning - 1.7
118) Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever - 1.7
118) Crash test Dummies - Oooh La La - 1.7
118) Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots - 1.7
118) Hawthorne Heights - Skeletons - 1.7
118) Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation - 1.7
118) Futureheads - The Chaos - 1.7
118) Against Me! - White Crosses - 1.7
118) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo - 1.7
118) Gaslight Anthem - American Slang - 1.7
118) Macy Gray - The Sellout - 1.7
118) Korn - Remember Who You Are - 1.7
118) Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose - 1.7
118) Clubfeet - Gold On Gold - 1.7
118) Futurebirds - Hamptons Lullaby - 1.7
118) J Roddy Walston & The Business - J Roddy Walston & The Business - 1.7
118) Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight To The World - 1.7
118) Lost In The Trees - All Alone In An Empty House - 1.7
118) American Hi-Fi - Fight The Frequency - 1.7
118) Jeremy Camp - We Cry Out (The Worship Project) - 1.7
118) Dylan LeBlanc - Pauper's Field - 1.7
118) Atom Smash - Love Is In The Missile - 1.7
118) Interpol - Interpol - 1.7
118) Eden Brent - Ain't Got No Troubles - 1.7
118) Walkmen - Lisbon - 1.7
118) Matt White - It's The Good Crazy - 1.7
118) Big B - Good Times And Bad Advice - 1.7
118) Margot and The Nuclear So and So's - Buzzard - 1.7
118) Pete Yorn - Pete Yorn - 1.7
118) Joshua Radin - The Rock And The Tide - 1.7
118) Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love - 1.7
118) Liz Phair - Funstyle - 1.7
118) Bryan Ferry - Olympia - 1.7
118) Matt & Kim - Sidewalks - 1.7
118) Alter Bridge - AB III - 1.7
The following is a list of all the new albums I have listened to online this year, along with the grades after 1 listen.
I have only included those that I would consider buying.
The list of those that fell below that mark is longer than this one.
Of those on this list, I have a purchased a grand total of 4. lol
Those are numbers 1,2, the first 3, and the first 5.
Of those 4, only #2 has stood up to repeated listenings.
That is an excellent soul/jazz/blues album.
Here is my list.
1) Eels - End Times - 2.7
2) Sade - Soldier Of Love - 2.4
3) Tim Barry - 28th & Stonewall - 2.3
3) Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Age Of Miracles - 2.3
5) Vampire Weekend - Contra - 2.2
5) Patty Griffin - Downtown Church - 2.2
5) Reckless Kelly - Somewhere In Time - 2.2
8) Joe Firstman - El Porto - 2.1
8) Midlake - The Courage Of Others - 2.1
8) Citizen Cope - The Rainwatewr LP - 2.1
8) Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - 2.1
8) Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More - 2.1
8) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devils Tattoo - 2.1
8) Jakob Dylan - Women + Country - 2.1
8) The National - High Violet - 2.1
8) Wintersleep - New Inheritors - 2.1
8) Villagers - Becoming A Jackal - 2.1
8) Elsinore - Yes Yes Yes - 2.1
8) Joey & Rory - Album #2 - 2.1
20) Ok Go - Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky - 2.0
20) Surfer Blood - Astrocoast - 2.0
20) Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own - 2.0
20) Beach House - Teen Dream - 2.0
20) Adam Green - Minor Love - 2.0
20) Electric President - The Violent Blue 2.0
20) Butch Walker - I Like It Better When You Had No Heart - 2.0
20) Sambassadeur - European - 2.0
20) Zeus - Say Us - 2.0
20) Shout Out Louds - 2.0
20) Jason Collett - Rat A Tat Tat - 2.0
20) Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time - 2.0
20) Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame - 2.0
20) Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social - Love It To Life - 2.0
20) Patrick Park - Come What Will - 2.0
20) Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing - 2.0
20) Fyfe Dangerfield - Fly Yellow Moon - 2.0
20) Peggy Sue - Fossils And Other Phantoms - 2.0
20) Hank Williams III - Rebel Within - 2.0
20) Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer Of The Vois - 2.0
20) Shoulders Of Giants - Shoulders Of Giants - 2.0
20) Great Big Sea - Safe Upon The Shore - 2.0
20) Ryan Star - 11:59 - 2.0
20) Toadies - Feeler - 2.0
20) Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise - 2.0
20) Moondoggies - Tidelands - 2.0
20) Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown - 2.0
47) Katherine McPhee - Unbroken - 1.9
47) Freedy Johnston - Rain On The City - 1.9
47) Lady Antebelum - Need You Now - 1.9
47) Soft Pack - Soft Pack - 1.9
47) Fair - Disappearing World - 1.9
47) Angels & Airwaves - Love - 1.9
47) Sarah Buxton - Sarah Buxton - 1.9
47) Alkaline Trio - This Addiction - 1.9
47) Quasi - American Gong - 1.9
47) Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way - 1.9
47) Wakey! Wakey! - Almost Everything I Wished I'd Said - 1.9
47) Scorpions - Sting In The Tail - 1.9
47) Secret History - The World That Never Was - 1.9
47) Barenaked Ladies - All In Good Time - 1.9
47) Mishka - Talk About - 1.9
47) Greg Laswell - Take A Bow - 1.9
47) New Pornographers - Together - 1.9
47) Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms - 1.9
47) Tift Merritt - See You On The Moon - 1.9
47) Cat Empire - Cinema - 1.9
47) Halsted - Life Underwater - 1.9
47) Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill - 1.9
47) John Mellencamp - No Better Than This - 1.9
47) Dead Confederate - Sugar - 1.9
47) Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us - 1.9
47) Jarrod Gorbel - Devil's Made A New Friend - 1.9
47) Buddy Guy - Living Proof - 1.9
47) Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You? - 1.9
47) Johnny Flynn - Been Listening - 1.9
76) Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life - 1.8
76) Soundtrack - When In Rome - 1.8
76) Day Of Fire - Losing All - 1.8
76) ALO Man Of The World - 1.8
76) Watson Twins - Talkin To You, Talking To Me - 1.8
76) Scanners - Submarine - 1.8
76) One For The Team - Ghosts - 1.8
76) Look Mexico - To Bed To Battle - 1.8
76) Yukon Blonde - Yukon Blonde - 1.8
76) Melissa Auf Der Maur - Out Of Our Minds - 1.8
76) Freelance Whales - Weathervanes - 1.8
76) Court Yard Hounds - Court Yard Hounds - 1.8
76) New Young Pony Club - The Optimist - 1.8
76) Meat Loaf - Hang Cool Teddy Bear - 1.8
76) Everest - On Approach - 1.8
76) Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy - 1.8
76) Tracey Thorn - Love And Its opposite - 1.8
76) Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels - 1.8
76) Jack Johnson - To The Sea - 1.8
76) Travie McCoy - Lazarus - 1.8
76) Tokyo Police Club - Champ - 1.8
76) Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - 1.8
76) Constellations - Southern Gothic - 1.8
76) Alex Band - We've All Been There - 1.8
76) Jackie Greene - Till The Light Comes On - 1.8
76) Silver Seas - Chateau Revenge - 1.8
76) New Politics - New Politics - 1.8
76) Crowded House - Intriguer - 1.8
76) Miniature Tigers - Fortress - 1.8
76) Jenny & Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now - 1.8
76) American Bang - American Bang - 1.8
76) Robert Plant - Band Of Joy - 1.8
76) Rhonda Vincent - Taken - 1.8
76) Tired Pony - The Place We Ran From - 1.8
76) Electric Six - Zodiac - 1.8
76) Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 - 1.8
76) Valencia - Dancing With A Ghost - 1.8
76) Monster Magnet - Mastermind - 1.8
76) Tangents - One Little Light Year - 1.8
76) My Jerusalem - Gone For Good - 1.8
76) Rusty Willoughby - Cobirds Unite - 1.8
76) Susan Boyle - The Gift - 1.8
118) Plain White T's - Wonders Of The Younger - 1.7
118) Matt Morriss - When Everything Breaks Open - 1.7
118) AM Conspiracy - Am Conspiracy - 1.7
118) Nick Jonas & The Administration - Who I Am - 1.7
118) TobyMac - City On Our Knees - 1.7
118) Story Of The Year - The Constant - 1.7
118) Benjy Davis Project - Lost Souls Like Us - 1.7
118) Drive By Truckers - The Big To-Do - 1.7
118) Titus Adronicus - The Monitor - 1.7
118) Slow Club - Yeah, So - 1.7
118) MGMT - Congratulations - 1.7
118) Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can - 1.7
118) Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt - 1.7
118) Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks - 1.7
118) Alpha Rev - New Morning - 1.7
118) Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever - 1.7
118) Crash test Dummies - Oooh La La - 1.7
118) Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots - 1.7
118) Hawthorne Heights - Skeletons - 1.7
118) Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation - 1.7
118) Futureheads - The Chaos - 1.7
118) Against Me! - White Crosses - 1.7
118) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo - 1.7
118) Gaslight Anthem - American Slang - 1.7
118) Macy Gray - The Sellout - 1.7
118) Korn - Remember Who You Are - 1.7
118) Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose - 1.7
118) Clubfeet - Gold On Gold - 1.7
118) Futurebirds - Hamptons Lullaby - 1.7
118) J Roddy Walston & The Business - J Roddy Walston & The Business - 1.7
118) Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight To The World - 1.7
118) Lost In The Trees - All Alone In An Empty House - 1.7
118) American Hi-Fi - Fight The Frequency - 1.7
118) Jeremy Camp - We Cry Out (The Worship Project) - 1.7
118) Dylan LeBlanc - Pauper's Field - 1.7
118) Atom Smash - Love Is In The Missile - 1.7
118) Interpol - Interpol - 1.7
118) Eden Brent - Ain't Got No Troubles - 1.7
118) Walkmen - Lisbon - 1.7
118) Matt White - It's The Good Crazy - 1.7
118) Big B - Good Times And Bad Advice - 1.7
118) Margot and The Nuclear So and So's - Buzzard - 1.7
118) Pete Yorn - Pete Yorn - 1.7
118) Joshua Radin - The Rock And The Tide - 1.7
118) Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love - 1.7
118) Liz Phair - Funstyle - 1.7
118) Bryan Ferry - Olympia - 1.7
118) Matt & Kim - Sidewalks - 1.7
118) Alter Bridge - AB III - 1.7