Album you ask? yes indeed, some of us grew up with vinyl (and I am not talking rubber unders) and loved every moment of holding album covers in our hands and reading all the liners, notes, pictures as we heard the needle scratch and claw its way through the grooves going round and round.
It seems like music releases come in cycles and we are now entering some great up-swings with releases - both quality and quantity.
Some of the recent releases that I have been getting through are:
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 : my rating is a 9 out of 10 (a 10 being Paul's Boutique since nothing can really compare to the FUNK and sampling that was allowed during the time period)... HSC Pt 2 is just an awesome CD that references some earlier work that is just classic - then you have the vid that goes along with the CD that is classic beasties with great cameos
Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks. I give this a solid 7.5 of10. It took me a couple of listens to figure out what to think but a solid effort with a couple of stand out tracks.
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light: 8 of 10. This is one of the better Foo efforts! Every song is great and the single released with it is a sweet hard rocking tune that brings out their edge. They are just a good solid old school rock n roll band without gimmicks.
Sade - Ultimate Collection...I can't give ratings to compilations or best of series...
My Morning Jacket - Circuital - still getting through this and have not really decided...so far, so it is good
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'. 7 of 10 for me. A good solid CD and if you saw the NPR tiny concert series with Raphael, it makes you realize it is not all just studio editing...he got some skills!
Gorillaz - The Fall - still deciding
TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light: 8 of 10 for me. There are a couple of great tracks on the CD and he definitely has a unique style/sound.
Blu - Her Favorite Color: 6.5 of 10. A good down tempo CD with some filler in there...never a big fan of a CD starting out with a bunch of talking to start the CD...it might be interesting the first time through it but hard to be surprised after the first listen.
It seems like music releases come in cycles and we are now entering some great up-swings with releases - both quality and quantity.
Some of the recent releases that I have been getting through are:
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 : my rating is a 9 out of 10 (a 10 being Paul's Boutique since nothing can really compare to the FUNK and sampling that was allowed during the time period)... HSC Pt 2 is just an awesome CD that references some earlier work that is just classic - then you have the vid that goes along with the CD that is classic beasties with great cameos
Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks. I give this a solid 7.5 of10. It took me a couple of listens to figure out what to think but a solid effort with a couple of stand out tracks.
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light: 8 of 10. This is one of the better Foo efforts! Every song is great and the single released with it is a sweet hard rocking tune that brings out their edge. They are just a good solid old school rock n roll band without gimmicks.
Sade - Ultimate Collection...I can't give ratings to compilations or best of series...
My Morning Jacket - Circuital - still getting through this and have not really decided...so far, so it is good
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'. 7 of 10 for me. A good solid CD and if you saw the NPR tiny concert series with Raphael, it makes you realize it is not all just studio editing...he got some skills!
Gorillaz - The Fall - still deciding
TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light: 8 of 10 for me. There are a couple of great tracks on the CD and he definitely has a unique style/sound.
Blu - Her Favorite Color: 6.5 of 10. A good down tempo CD with some filler in there...never a big fan of a CD starting out with a bunch of talking to start the CD...it might be interesting the first time through it but hard to be surprised after the first listen.
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