It's that time of year when you start to review stuff...what's been your favourite album of 2022?
I just don't really buy albums any more but this one, Cool it down, is predictably fantastic from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I don't know what is the album for 2022 because I am playing catch up with music/songs from way back to at least 20 years ago. LOL!
Currently listening to the followings:
Ann Clue
Luttrell
Ilan Bluestone
Deniz Bul
Adonis FR
Kazuma Aksaki
Above & Beyond (some of the songs featuring Zoe Johnston are spooky)
Sunny Lax
Andrew Bayer
Pryda
Maksim Dark
Boris Brejcha
Hozho
etc
Haven't heard of any of the above, I'm now officially an old codger
I think I've only listened to one 'album' this year, the rest is singles and whatever plays on 6music or playlists on Spotify.
Which means my only album of 2022 is Yard Act.
They'd also have to be my gig of the year as well...being the only one!
Haven’t heard of any of the above, I’m now officially an old codger
LOL! I feel much younger listening to those music with my earbuds! (earbuds must be new invention for me, LOL!)
Mostly listen to older stuff but Paulo Nutini's Last night in the bittersweet and Arctic Monkeys The Car have been getting lots of time on my Spotify recently.
Maybe cos it's so recent in the memory and they were absolutely frickin awesome live -
GILLA BAND - Most Normal
Some runners up
Working Men's Club - Fear Fear
The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
Haai - Baby We're Ascending
Belief - Belief
billy woods - Church
Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
I could keep going, but they're the ones I listened to most.
Its still J Dilla's The Shining for me. It's been my favourite album of the year since I first heard it around 2010, and that hasn't changed yet.
Alvvays ‘Blue Rev’
Elements of Teenage Fanclub, My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths and R.E.M. but so much more. Molly Rankin is a sublime song writer and lyricist.
Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
@chewkw, finally! Normally my reaction in music discussions on STW is ‘who?’, but finally I can relate.
2022 highlght for me a toss up between Tinlicker ‘In Another Lifetime’ and Grum ‘Unreality’. Most of my listening is sets rather than albums though – more Anjunadeep than Anjunabeats but I still enjoy the old Above & Beyond albums (and am impatiently waiting for the Acoustic 3 tour):
Luttrell
Lane 8
Marsh
Camelphat
Mat Zo
Spencer Brown
Richie Blacker
Jody Wisternoff
Franky Wah
Cubicolor
Ben Bohmer
Nora En Pure
16BL
Who!?
London Fields by Ambient Jazz Ensemble has been on repeat at mine a lot this year.
What's the Franky Wah 2022 album called? I'll check that out.
Just looked at what I've listened to most that came out this year, and very little of it is album based. And I've always been a fan of albums. Hmm...
* Lightning In A Twilight Hour - Overwintering [ ambient but almost pop songs ]
* Gabe Gurnsey - Overwintering [ electro but almost pop songs ]
* Warpaint - Radiate Like This [ lush wrapped in a velvet blanket 4 piece, er, rock ]
* SAULT - AIIR [ R&B Londoners give us their take on last century New World (American) classical music - bloody audacious ]
* JARV IS... This Is Going To Hurt [ Cocker and his jamming crew give us a soundtrack of Krautrock noodling mixed with intimacy and angry resignation ]
Lightning In A Twilight Hour – Overwintering [ ambient but almost pop songs ]
This sounds like something I should listen to, thank you.
It's Bobby Wratten from the Field Mice. In recent years he's alternated between songs and ambient... but on this album he's "floated" the two together. It can pass you by when listening... nothing jumps out at you... and I mean that in a good way. Music to hibernate to.
Thank fudge, there’s still folk who listen to new music!
Gabe Gurnsey – Overwintering
I’ve got “DIABLO” that he released this year… what was “Overwintering”?
I've never heard of half of the ones up there !
Lots of Dad rock/folk/6Music here
It'd be great if people could post links too
I’ve got “DIABLO” that he released this year… what was “Overwintering”?
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* Gabe Gurnsey – Diablo [ electro but almost pop songs ]
Overwintering is the Bobby Wratten album mentioned above. Sorry.
Not listened to too many new albums this year, but I've enjoyed the following;
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Sports Team - Gulp
Yard Act - The Overload
Three good choices. Off to see Yard Act live in Leeds soon.
Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse and Black Thought has been my highlight.
its probably:
the Devil Wears Prada - Color Decay
my fav song from the album:
Now That's What I Call Music! 82
Lots of old men listening to generic dance tunes so far..
What about old men listening to raging punk rock? - Best release of 2022 is this...
It's hard to see past the new Daniel Avery album.
Don't really have a 'best' but came here to post this;
hard to see past the new Daniel Avery album
Also I have mostly been albuming from what came in 2022:
Alabaster Dp - Gold (poncy jazz, nice)
Conflux Coldwell - phantomatic coast (boring ambient)
King gizz - the lava/mushrooms one (overly long and indulgent spacey funk jams)
Bug club - particles (boring guitar focussed 3 piece)
The Daniel Avery album is decent but I need to listen to it a few more times to see if it grows or fades. New Skalpel album is the same, is it a long-term listen?
Overwintering is the Bobby Wratten album
Ah yes, I shoulda looked at the line above… Thought I’d missed something!
Sunrise on Slaughter Beach - Clutch.
Fear of the dawn - Jack White.
Rose Pink Cadillac - Dope Lemon.
Can I take my hounds to Heaven? - Tyler Childers.
It’s not been a great year for music I like. Clutch are always reliable and Neil Fallon is a fantastic story teller with a voice like a possessed preacher. Best rock band ever.
Album released this year that I've actually listened to most is probably Mahal, Toro y Moi, which this is on:
Great seeing them live in Manc the other week, tho I'd have to preferred a slightly more acoustic set.
Fantastic Negrito - White Jesus Black Problems
This is the thread where I wished I'd have had kids. Haven't heard of any of the acts.
Arctic Monkeys cars is very good.
Music event of the year has to be let it be doco
Kids? They just bring Swift to the party.
[ unfair, not true, but rhymes with the truth ]
I do like 'Wet Leg' by Wet Leg (surprisingly).
Danger Mouse and Black Thought.
Nova Twins.
Jamie T.
Suede.
I reckon Wet Leg would be on there too but I've not bought it (yet).
Obviously the answer is Meshuggah - Immutable
That Daniel Avery album (Ultra Truth) is ace. Some nice tracks on there with Lone Swordsman, which is dedicated to Andrew Weatherall, being the highlight for me.
On the same day that was released, so was Palomino by First Aid Kit. Some nice tunes on there too. Probably their best album to date. We are off to see them live in December.
Time to Burn : Ultrabomb
Decomposed: Blind Eye
Woman on the Internet: Orla Gartland
Ultrabomb is a ‘super group’ comprising ex-members of Hüsker Dü, The Mahones and the UK Subs. It’s a fun bit of punkpoprock.
Thank fudge, there’s still folk who listen to new music!
It’s almost an obsession, finding new music, but at the same time I keep re-discovering old music that I’d forgotten or just hadn’t listened to for a long while.
An example is the new release of Revolver - the use of technology developed by Peter Jackson has allowed Giles Martin to go further than just cleaning up the existing four-track masters, or however many there were, they’ve been able to isolate every individual part of Ringo’s drums, and bring the drums further forward in the mix, for one example. It’s also shown that ‘Yellow Submarine’ was actually a Lennon song about his childhood, and developed into a song for children sung by Ringo.
It’s a superb piece of work.
Trying to pick a best of album for any particular year I find almost impossible - there’s usually a number of albums I love, and I really don’t want to have to choose between them. I’ll look back and see if I can at least make a short short-list
I agree it's very hard to reduce it down to just one and was expecting people to post shortlists.
I've not bought much new music this year. I was looking at some CDs earlier thinking they were from this year but they're from 2021 e.g. Delta Kream by Black Keys
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