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Jedi |
Like five people in Fiery's thread want this thread to exist. It's turning into an 'Everybody, somebody, nobody, anybody' deal. Soo...here it is.
This year what I basically did was, anything that got really good reviews I tried to find samples for, and if those samples impressed me, buy the album. So if there's a critically acclaimed album I don't have, it's because I didn't like the samples enough. (Not to say the album isn't good, just it didn't get through my filter by convincing me well enough that it was good). That or it's a live album. Out of the metacritic top 30. Isolee - Wearemonster Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t The Earlies - These Were the Earlies Buck 65 - This Right Here is BUck 65 Books - Lost and Safe I also didn't pick up that Kraftwerk thing. |
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Apprentice Guru |
Wouldn't it be more fun to do "Critically acclaimed stuff you heard and hated in 2005"? Otherwise, it'll just be people posting similar lists and someone replying, "You're crazy!! How could you not have heard _____?!"
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I agree with Dubs. There's plenty of albums I haven't heard in their entirety (like Kraftwerk or System of a Down) simply because their not my taste. It's far more interesting when you have an album that you listened to, gave it a fair shot, but still weren't impressed by.
Example: Steven Malkmus - Face the Truth. By all accounts, I should like this album. Pavement is one of my all time favorite bands, but I haven't been terribly wowed by Malkmus' solo work. Supposedly this album was supposed to be a return to form for him, but other than "Baby C'Mon", I just didn't enjoy the songs as much as I enjoy his work in Pavement. ----- Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste. |
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Jedi |
I agree with dubs and eric. I was one of those who called for a separate thread, but I wanted it to be a "critically acclaimed releases you didn't care for" sort of thing. I was actually planning to start it today, but maybe we should just re-name this one.
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Know-It-All |
Ok, well I'll do both.
Critically acclaimed, didn't hear: Ocean's Apart - The Go-Betweens Takk... - Sigur Ros Cole's Corner - Richard Hawley Lost And Safe - The Books These Were The Earlies - The Earlies Beauty And The Beat - Edan Mezmerize - System Of A Down Wearemonster - Isolee Hypermagic Mountain - Lightning Bolt Chavez Ravine - Ry Cooder Lookaftering - Vashti Bunyan Heard but didn't care for (note: I did actually like most of these CD's, I just felt they were overrated - none of them made my top 20, although a few were in my top 30): I Am A Bird Now - Antony And The Johnsons Arular - M.I.A. Mysterious Production Of Eggs - Andrew Bird Gimme Fiction - Spoon LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem s/t - Broken Social Scene Late Registration - Kanye West |
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Jedi |
Hmm..I was avoiding making it that, because I knew it'd just turn into a lot of people trashing other people's favorite bands. Very well.
Bought, didn't like: Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain LCD Soundsystem - s/t (I hated it at first, then liked it, now hate it again) Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (One rule for this thread now that other people have changed it: No trashing other people's dislikes. That's just flamebait.) |
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Jedi |
I don't get it. Why bother posting lists of "critically acclaimed albums" you didn't like? Use the Who do you just not...get? or 2005 CD's Listened To But Didn't care for...or did! or Overrated and Underrated Artists threads. It seems like the only way music fans feel content to set themselves apart from their (very) like-minded peers is to trash a few albums and thereby prove you're not just like everyone else. This reads like an exercise in hipster self-loathing. Give it a rest already.
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Jedi |
They could already do that looking at all the favorites list. Let's just hope people respectfully disagree...  Some of the albums I listened to at least a couple times and didn't really like: Lightning Bolt - "Hypermagic Mountain" I tried. I really did. My Morning Jacket - "Z" This one just never hooked me. Fiona Apple - "Extraordinary Machine" I still love her voice, but it wasn't enough this time. Hold Steady - "Separation Sunday" For me, this one actually got a little worse each time I listened to it. Deerhoof - "The Runners Four" I'm sorry, Satomi's voice just kills me. I've given it many chances and it just doesn't work. Il n'y a pas de hors-texte. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Considering everything you get, I'm thinking you need to get some better samples, or just go ahead and get the thing. Hell, if you PM me, I'll send it to you. I can't for the life of me see how somebody who loves Wolf Parade wouldn't feel the same way about CYHSY. There are just too many great songs on the sucka. "Naked Woman, Naked Man Where did you get that nice sun tan?" |
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Jedi |
Heh, I gave CYHSY a very, very long chance. I had like three tracks that I listened to like ten times each, trying to force myself to get into it. I didn't think it was *bad*, per se, it just didn't stand out to me.
I could go see if the album's on rhapsody or something so I can listen to all the tracks and give it another chance. -- Well, leland, some people set themselves apart by trashing albums most people like, and some people do it by trashing thread concepts without contributing anything to the thread. To each his own, eh?  |
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Guru |
Well, I also didn't care for CYHSY that much either. "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth," however, is wonderful. The guy's voice just REALLY drives me crazy.
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
My thoughts exactly. -------------------------------------------------- I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being—that is enough for me; he can't be any worse. |
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I missed out on a lot of great jazz.
DAISUKE ABE On My Way Back Home (Nagel Heyer) AFFINITY Route 66 (Rhombus) ERIC ALEXANDER AND VINCENT HERRING The Battle: Live at Smoke (HighNote) SCOTT AMENDOLA BAND Believe (Cryptogramophone) PAUL ANKA Rock Swings (Verve Music Group) IVO ANTOGNINI JAZZ PROJECT Feggari Mou (Self Released) PETER APFELBAUM & THE NEW YORK HIEROGLYPHICS It Is Written (HighNote(ACT)) SUSIE ARIOLI Learn To Smile Again (Justin Time) ANTONIO ARNEDO Colombia (Adventure Music) KYLE ASCHE The Hook Up (OA2 Records) GREGG AUGUST Late August (Iaguessa Records) DAVID AXELROD The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Records 1966-1970 (Capitol) THE BAD PLUS Suspicious Activity? (Columbia) NOAH BAERMAN Soul Force (Lemel Music) ANITA BAKER Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note) AMY BANKS When The Sun Comes Out (Self Released) RAY BARRETTO Time Was... Time Is (O+) KENNY BARRON Live At Bradley’s II: The Perfect Set (Sunnyside) GERRY BEAUDOIN TRIO Swing Cafe (North Star) HEATHER BENNETT Reflections In Red (Apria) GEORGE BENSON Best of George Benson Live (GRP) GENE BERTONCINI Quiet Now (Ambient) BETHANY AND RUFUS Bethany and Rufus (bethanyandrufus.com) BIG NEIGHBORHOOD Neighbors (Origin) NICK BISESI Gemini (Blujazz) TERENCE BLANCHARD Flow (Blue Note) BOB BOGUSLAW & THE WAY Gabrielle’s Hand (Summit) BONA FIDE Soul Lounge (Heads Up) CHRIS BOTTI To Love Again (Sony) BOX (BINDER/WEBER/ULRICH) Ten Variations on an Unknown Theme (Origin Records) JOSHUA BREAKSTONE Memoire: The French Sessions, Vol. 2 (Capri) DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER J’ai Deux Amours (Sovereign Artists) ALAN BROADBENT ‘Round Midnight (Artistry) ANTHONY BROWN’S ORCHESTRA Rhapsodies (Water Baby) MICHAEL BUBLE It’s Time (143 Records/Reprise) ALEX BUDMAN & THE CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ORCHESTRA Instruments Of Mass Pleasure (OA2 Records) CADWALLADER, ASETTA & DIXSON Quicker Than The Eye (Stanza USA) NEIL CAINE Backstabber’s Ball (Smalls Records) WILL CALHOUN Native Lands (Half Note Records) ROYCE CAMPBELL Plays For Lovers (Moon Cycle Records— RE 1995) GERALD CANNON Gerald Cannon (Woodneck Records) KENNY CARR Friday at Five (TAS Management) JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO Out Of Nowhere (Half Note Records) PHILIP CATHERINE Meeting Colors (Dreyfus) BILL CHARLAP Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul (Blue Note) BILL CHARLAP AND SANDY STEWART Love Is Here To Stay (Blue Note) BUDDY CHARLES We’re Here (Jazzed Media) BILLY CHILDS Lyric (Lunacy Music) CINTRON Back in the Day (ARK 21) CITY RHYTHM ORCHESTRA Vibrant Tones (Limehouse Records— 77112) CLAIRDEE Music Moves (Sin-Drome) KEN CLARK ORGAN TRIO Mutual Respect (Severn) CLAYTON BROTHERS Back In The Swing Of Things (Hyena Records) THE CLAYTON-HAMILTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA Live At MCG (MCG Jazz) HILARY NOBLE AND REBECCA CLINE Enclave (Zoho Music) EVITA COBO Invitation (Self Released) TIM COFFMAN Crossroads (Blujazz) MARK COLBY Speaking of Stan (Hallway Records) FREDDY COLE This Love Of Mine (HighNote) RICHIE COLE & THE ALTO MADNESS ORCHESTRA Back On Top (Jazz Excursion) COMMON GROUND High Voltage (Delmark) HARRY CONNICK JR. Occasion (Marsalis Music/ Rounder Records) GLORIA COOPER Dedicated To You (Origin) LARRY CORYELL, VICTOR BAILEY & LENNY WHITE Electric (Chesky) DAN CRAY TRIO Save Us! (Blujazz) JAMIE CULLUM Catching Tales (Verve Music Group) PAQUITO D’RIVERA The Jazz Chamber Trio (Chesky) ELAINE DAME Comes Love (Blujazz) KENNY DAVERN In Concert (Arbors) RON DAVIS TRIO & THE SHIMMERING RHYTHM ENSEMBLE Shimmering Rhythm (Davinor) TONY DESARE Want You (Telarc) MELODYE DEWINE Nocturnal Velvet (SMS Jazz) GENE DIAMOND Bittersweet (Rhombus) DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND This is the Dirty Dozen Brass Band Collection (Shout Factory) BOB DOGAN Rings (Big Foot Jazz) TOMMY DORSEY The Sentimental Gentleman Of Swing: Centennial Collection (Bluebird / Legacy) DAVE DOUGLAS Keystone (Greenleaf Music) WILL DOWNING Soul Symphony (GRP) DR. JOHN & THE LOWER 911 Sippiana Hericane (Blue Note) MARK DRESSER Time Changes (Cryptogramophone) E.S.T. Viaticum (215 Records) KYLE EASTWOOD Paris Blue (Rendevous) MARTY EHRLICH News On The Rail (Palmetto) EITHER/ORCHESTRA Ethiopiques 20: Live In Addis (Buda Musique) KENNY ELLIS Hanukkah Swings! (Favored Nations) AVRAM FEFER & BOBBY FEW Kindred Spirits (Boxholder Records) FIELDWORK Simulated Progress (PI Recordings) AMINA FIGEROVA September Suite (215 Records) SAMMY FIGUEROA & HIS LATIN JAZZ EXPLOSION ... And Sammy Walked In (Savant) BOB FLORENCE Friends, Treasures, Heroes (Summit) YVES FRANçOIS Blues For Hawk (Delmark) THE FRANK & JOE SHOW 66 2/3 (Hyena Records) NNEENA FREELON Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Future Life of Billie Holiday (Concord Records) THE DON FRIEDMAN VIP TRIO Timeless (441 / Village) BILL FRISELL East/West (Nonesuch) TIA FULLER Pillar Of Strength (Wambutia) GABIN Mr. Freedom (Astralworks) RICHARD GALLIANO Ruby, My Dear (Dreyfus Jazz) GARAGE A TROIS Outre Mer [Original Soundtrack] (Telarc) SARA GAZAREK Yours (Native Language) TERRY GIBBS Feelin’ Good: Live In Studio (Mack Avenue) DAVID GIBSON The Path To Delphi (Nagel Heyer) GILFEMA Gilfema (Obliqsound) RICHARD GLASER BAND That’s Okay (Richard Glaser Music) ROBERT GLASPER Canvas (Blue Note) JERRY GONZALEZ & THE FORT APACHE BAND Rumba Buhaina - The Music of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers (Random Chance— RCD-25) GOSPEL KEYBOARD TRIO Heavenly Keys (The Sirens Recordings) ALEX GRAHAM The Good Life (Origin) THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO ‘S Wonderful (441 Records) GEORGE GRUNTZ Piano Works II: Ringing The Luminator (ACT) ROLAND GUERIN Groove, Swings And Harmony II (Jazz Maniacs) CHARLIE HADEN MUSIC LIBERATION ORCHESTRA Not in our Name (Verve Music Group) JIM HALL & ENRICO PIERANUNZI Duologues (CAM Jazz/Sunnyside) HERBIE HANCOCK Possibilities (Vector Recordings) CURT HANRAHAN To Be Again (Blujazz) DONALD HARRISON New York Cool (Half Note Records) JOEL HARRISON Harrison On Harrison (HighNote— 7147) RICHIE HART Greasy Street (Zoho Music) STEVE HECKMAN Live At Yoshi’s (World City) STOCKTON HELBING Lodestar (Self Released) NACHITO HERRERA Bembe en Mi Casa (SF Music) EDDIE HIGGINS TRIO Christmas Songs (Sunnyside) LISA HILTON My Favorite Things (Ruby Slippers Productions) HOLLY HOFFMAN Minor Miracle (Capri) STAN HOPE Put On A Happy Face (Savant) JC HOPKINS BIGGISH BAND Underneath a Brooklyn Moon (Tigerlily Records) SHIRLEY HORN But Beautiful ... The Best of Shirley Horn (Verve Music Group) HORNHEADS Fat Lip (Bone 2B Wild Music) TED HOWE Elton Exposed: Revealing The Jazz Soul Of Elton John (Summit) SHERMAN IRBY Faith (BWR) JAVON JACKSON Have You Heard (Palmetto) AHMAD JAMAL After Fajr (Dreyfus Jazz) JASPECTS In ‘House’ Sessions (Jaspects) JAZZANOVA Blue Note Trip (Blue Note) KELLEY JOHNSON Music is the Magic (Sapphire) MARC JOHNSON Shades of Jade (ECM) MARC COURTNEY JOHNSON & THE DAN CRAY TRIO Marc Courtney Johnson (DreamyJazz) BUJO KEVIN JONES Tenth World (Motema) RODNEY JONES Dreams and Stories (Savant— 2068) SEAN JONES Gemini (Mack Avenue) BETTY JOPLIN Visions of the Moment (Preserved Moments Music) MARLON JORDAN You Don’t Know What Love Is (Louisiana Red Hot Records) SHEILA JORDAN Celebration: Live at the Triad (HighNote) MARLON JORDAN W/ STEPHANIE JORDAN You Don’t Know What Love Is (Louisiana Red Hot Records) JEFF KAYE Just Like Me (Jazzed Media) GEOFFREY KEEZER Wildcrafted: Live At The Dakota (MAXJAZZ) ROGER KELLAWAY Remembering Bobby Darin (IPO Recordings) CALVIN KEYS Calvinesque’ (Silverado Records) ILONA KNOPFLER Live The Life (Mack Avenue) DIANA KRALL Christmas Songs (Verve Music Group) JONATHAN KREISBERG Unearth (Mel Bay) JOACHIM KUHN Piano Works I - Allegro Vivace (ACT) STEVE KUHN TRIO Quiereme Mucho (Sunnyside/Venus) JOHN LA BARBERA BIG BAND Fantazm (Jazz Compass) ELISSA LALA Touch of Your Voice - New Takes on Chet Baker (OmniTone) PAULA LAMMERS A Blanket of Blue (Nightingale Jazz— 0022) MIKE LEDONNE Night Song (Savant) RANEE LEE AND OLIVER JONES Just You, Just Me (Justin Time) KEVYN LETTAU Bye Bye Blackbird (MCG Jazz) DAVE LIEBMAN Manhattan Dialogues (Zoho Music) LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA W/ WYNTON MARSALIS Don’t be afraid... the music of Charles Mingus (Palmetto— 2114) JOE LOCKE & THE MILT JACKSON TRIBUTE BAND Rev-elation (Sharp Nine) PAT LONGO Extreme Heat (Jazzed Media) BRIAN LYNCH 24/7 (Nagel Heyer) THE LESLIE MACLEAN TRIO That’s Time Enough (KippieJosh Jazz) FRANK MANTOOTH Ladies Sing for Lovers (MCG Jazz) SHERRIE MARICLE & THE DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA TNT: A Tommy Newsom Tribute (Lightyear) WYNTON MARSALIS Amongst the People: Live at the House of Tribes (Blue Note— 77132) MIKE MARSHALL Brazil Duets (Adventure Music) VERONICA MARTELL The Art Of Intimacy (Apria) ANGELYNA MARTINEZ Labor of Love (MexiScott Music) WILLIE MARTINEZ Family (Cuch Be Witcha Productions) EUGENE MASLOV Where The Light Comes From (Self Released) BOB MASTELLER The Jazz Corner Swings Latin (Self Released) GRETA MATASSA Favorites From A Long Walk (Origin Records) EARL MAY QUARTET Swinging The Blues with Barry Harris (Arbors) BILL MAYS TRIO Live at Jazz Standard (Palmetto) JOE MCBRIDE Texas Hold’em (Heads Up) CHRIS MCNULTY Dance Delicioso (Elefant Dreams) MARIAN MCPARTLAND Piano Jazz w/ Elvis Costello (Concord) MARIAN MCPARTLAND W/ BRUCE HORNSBY Piano Jazz (The Jazz Alliance— TJA-12051-2) MARIAN MCPARTLAND W/ TEDDY WILSON Piano Jazz (The Jazz Alliance— TJA-12052-2) BRAD MEHLDAU Day Is Done (Nonesuch) PABLO MENDENDEZ Havana Blues Mambo (Zoho Music) DON MENZA Menza Lines (Jazzed Media) PAT METHENY & ORNETTE COLEMAN Song X (Nonesuch) HENDRIK MEURKENS Amazon River (Blue Toucan Music) MIAMI SAXOPHONE QUARTET Midnight Rumba (Fourtitude Records) RAUL MIDON State of Mind (Manhattan Records) MULGREW MILLER Live At Yoshi’s: Vol. 2 (MAXJAZZ) MINGUS BIG BAND/ORCHESTRA/DYNASTY I Am Three (Sunnyside) THE MIZELL BROTHERS Mizell (Blue Note) MODERN TRADITIONS ENSEMBLE New Old Music (Adventure Music) JANE MONHEIT The Season (Epic) THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET WITH JOHN COLTRANE At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note) DAN MORETTI & ONCE THROUGH Passing Place (Whaling City Sound) FRANK MORGAN Raising The Standard: Live At The Jazz Standard Vol.2 (HighNote) BARBARA MORRISON Live @The Dakota (Dakota Live Label) MOUTIN REUNION QUARTET Something Like Now (Lightyear/Nocturne) OLIVER MTUKUDZI Nhava (Heads Up) MARK MURPHY Once To Every Heart (Verve Music Group— B000547-02) DAVID MURRAY QUARTET W/ STRINGS Waltz Again (Justin Time) MYANNA One Never Knows (Bridge Street Records) NAJEE My Point of View (Heads Up) MILTON NASCIMENTO Pieta (Savoy Jazz— 17476) MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO PRESENTS THE SPIRIT MUSIC JAMIA Dance Of The Infidel (Shanachie) CALVIN NEWBORN New Born (Yellow Dog) PJ NEWMAN The Hand of Dog (Origin Records) NIA QUINTET End of Time (Blujazz) MARK O’ CONNOR’S HOT SWING TRIO Live In New York (OMAC) HOD O’BRIEN Live At Blues Alley: First Set (Reservoir) ARTURO O’FARRILL Live In Brooklyn (Zoho Music) KAYODE OLAJIDE Iba (Self Released) THE ONUS Triphony (Hipnotic) OREGON Prime (CAM Jazz/Sunnyside) ORGANISSIMO This Is The Place (Big “O” Records) JEFFREY OSBOURNE From The Soul (Koch) GREG OSBY Channel Three (Blue Note) MATT OTTO Red (Origin Records) EDDIE PALMIERI Listen Here! (Concord Jazz) MACEO PARKER School’s In! (BHM Music) CHARLIE PEACOCK Love Press Ex-Curio (Emergent/92e) PEARL DJANGO Chasing Shadows (Modern Hot Records— MHR009) DAVE PECK Good Road (LPS Records) JEREMY PELT Identity (MAXJAZZ) P. J. PERRY Time Flies (Justin Time) SACHA PERRY Eretik (Smalls Records) HOUSTON PERSON All Soul (HighNote— 7146) ENRICO PIERANUNZI, MARC JOHNSON & JOEY BARON Play Morricone (Sunnyside) JEAN-MICHEL PILC Live At Iridium, New York (Dreyfus) BUCKY PIZZARELLI & FRANK VIGNOLA Moonglow (Hyena Records— TMF 9339) LEV POLYAKIN Christmas Kaleidoscope (Mira Recordings) JIMMY PONDER What’s New (HighNote) TINEKE POSTMA For The Rhythm (215/Munich Records) FLORA PURIM Flora’s Song (Narada Jazz) TOM RAINER & GLENN CASHMAN Blue In Green (Primrose Lane) JOYCE RANDOLPH Just A Little Blue (Myrlys Music) BILL RANSOM Generations (Bongo Time Records) ENRICO RAVA Full of Life (Camjazz) ENRICO RAVA Tati (ECM) JOSHUA REDMAN ELASTIC BAND Momentum (Nonesuch) THE REESE PROJECT Vicodin Dreams (95 North) DIANNE REEVES Good Night and Good Luck [Soundtrack] (Concord) RANDY REINHART at the Mill Hill Playhouse: As Long As I Live (Arbors) TIM RIES The Rolling Stones Project (Concord) BOB RODRIGUEZ Corridor (CreOp Muse) SONNY ROLLINS Without A Song: The 9/11 Concert (Milestone) WALLACE RONEY Mystikal (HighNote— 7145) ADA ROVATTI Airbop (Apria) ROSWELL RUDD & THE MONGOLIAN BURYAT BAND Blue Mongol (Sunnyside) SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBERJAZZ QUARTET SFCJQ (Music Wizards) PONCHO SANCHEZ Do It! (Concord Picante) MOACIR SANTOS Choros & Alegria (Adventure Music) JENNY SCHEINMAN 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone) LALO SCHIFRIN Kaleidoscope: Jazz Meets The Symphony #6 (Aleph Records) RADAM SCHWARTZ Conspiracy For Positivity (Blue Ark Records) RHODA SCOTT Encore, Encore, Encore.. (Sunnyside) PAUL SEAFORTH When Did You Leave Heaven? (Rhombus) JIM SELF InnerPlay (Bassett Hound Records) VINCE SENERI Street Talk (Senful Records) JOHN SHERIDAN Dream Band (Arbors) MARK SHERMAN One Step Closer (CAP) WAYNE SHORTER Beyond The Sound Barrier (Verve Music Group) THE LIAM SILLERY QUINTET Minor Changes (OA2 Records) FRANK SINATRA W/ TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA The Essential Frank Sinatra w/ Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Bluebird / Legacy) SLAMMIN’ ALL-BODY BAND Slammin’ All-Body Band (Crosspulse Records) SONIDO ISLEÑO Vive Jazz (Tresero) SOULIVE Breakout (Concord) MELVIN SPARKS This Is It (Savant) BOBO STENSON Goodbye (ECM) NICOLA STILO/TONINHO HORTA Duets (Adventure Music) DAVE STRYKER Big City (Mel Bay) STRYKER/SLAGLE BAND Live at the Jazz Standard (Zoho Music) TIERNEY SUTTON I’m with the Band (Telarc) BRIAN SWARTZ QUARTET Live At The Jazz Bakery (Summit) TANGO CRASH Tango Crash (Justin Time) XIMO TEBAR Goes Blue (Sunnyside) BEN THOMAS Triskaidekaphobia (Origin) PYENG THREADGILL Of The Air (Random Chance— RCD-26) JULIUS TOLENTINO Just The Beginning (Sharp Nine) TOMASSO-RAVA QUARTET La Dolce Vita (Camjazz) KEVIN TONEY 110 Degrees And Rising (Shanachie) TONIC VINTAGE VOCALS It Ain’t Over ‘Til The Fat Man Swings (SKM Creative, Inc.) TRIO DA PAZ Somewhere (Blue Toucan Music) ERIK TRUFFAZ Saloua (Blue Note) KENICHI TSUNODA BIG BAND For J.G. (Sea Breeze) JAMES BLOOD ULMER Birthright (Hyena Records) BEBO VALDÉS Bebo De Cuba (Calle 54) DAVE VALENTIN World on a String (HighNote) VARIOUS ARTISTS Putumayo Presents: Swing Around the World (Putumayo) VARIOUS ARTISTS Sprout [Soundtrack] (Record Collection) VARIOUS ARTISTS Symphonic Jobim (Adventure Music) VARIOUS ARTISTS Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar (Sony) VARIOUS ARTISTS So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (J Records) VARIOUS ARTISTS Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked (Impulse) VARIOUS ARTISTS Higher Ground : Hurricane Relief Benefit (Blue Note) VARIOUS ARTISTS Gilles Peterson Digs America: Brownswood USA (Luv N’ Haight/Ubiquity) GERALD VEASLEY At The Jazz Base! (Heads Up) CEDAR WALTON Underground Memoirs (HighNote) KIM WATERS All For Love (Shanachie) THE DAVE WECKL BAND Multiplicity (Stretch/Concord) MARK WEINSTEIN Algo Mas/Cuban Roots (Jazz Heads) EZRA WEISS Persephone (UMOJA) THE MORT WEISS QUARTET The Four Of Us: Live At Steamers (SMS Jazz) LAURA WELLAND Dissertation On The State Of Bliss (OA2 Records) WESTWIND BRASS Jazztet (LMP Productions) KIRK WHALUM Performs The Babyface Songbook (Rendezvous (Red)) KIRK WHALUM Performs The Babyface Songbook (Rendevous) BRAD WHEELER The Future Was Yesterday (Origin Records) JESSICA WILLIAMS Live At Yoshi’s Vol. 2 (MAXJAZZ) REUBEN WILSON Fun House (Savant— 2064) GERALD WILSON ORCHESTRA In My Time (Mack Avenue) ANTHONY WILSON TRIO Savivity (Groove Note) DEANNA WITKOWSKI Length of Days (Artist Share) ALLEN WON QUARTET The Jewel In The Lotus (Self-Produced) DAVE YOUNG Mainly Mingus (Justin Time) RUTH YOUNG This Is Always (Nagel Heyer) RACHEL Z Grace (Chesky) JOE ZAWINUL & THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE Vienna Nights (BHM Music) DENNY ZEITLIN Solo Voyage (MAXJAZZ) |
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Jedi |
Alphabetized. Very nice. Il n'y a pas de hors-texte. |
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I like to make things easy, you know?
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
What the heck was that all about?
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I didn't listen to those records.
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Apprentice Guru |
What a bad post.
I'll second everyone who said The Hold Steady, although I don't hate them. And I can tolerate a bad voice (CYHSY is definitely top 10 for me) but I cannot deal with Deerhoof. I think they're unlistenable and they're my main problem with Pitchfork, especially Nick Sylvester. Also: "Wilderness" (the one by Wilderness, not Prewitt) features another deal-breaking voice. And I can't get through more than about two minutes of "Lost and Safe" by the Books. Maybe I just haven't gotten to the good part. Oh yeah and "Hypermagic Mountain." Awful. But if you like it, that's totally cool with me. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I actually enjoy the Hold Steady. They're probably my fave bar band of 2005, but the Queens of the Stone Age rock just as much and with more melody. I'm pretty sure neither will make my top 20, but QOTSA has a better chance, even if their latest album is kinda "lazy".
This thing about vocalists needs to be reconciled because all the initial Roxy Music albums had Bryan Ferry squawking (they are my fave band of the Pre-1977 70s, and who would've thought Ferry would become the ultimate crooner?), early Smiths had Morrissey bellowing and now he's considered a damn fine vocalist, and Talking Heads and Television's first albums had shitty singing!!! (at least the unenlightened thought so); it's almost amazing how half the shit singers nowadays "sound like David Byrne", a guy who practically turned into a soul singer.  "Naked Woman, Naked Man Where did you get that nice sun tan?" |
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Guru |
...you forgot lazy, ugly and disrespectful.... point taken. But were all those critically acclaimed???? I'd like to spin something positive out of this: bands I HAVE NOT LISTENED TO, but want to check out in the new year (when I have time/money) because of the acclaim you guys set forth. They will miss my 2005 List, but I can't listen to everything...so things I'll give a go: Lightning Bolt Isolee The National Hold Steady My Morning Jacket (I'll give a second look at) "the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me" |
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