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Title: favourite album of 2009
Post by: HTH AMPS on December 26, 2009, 07:16:11 PM
ok, the title of the thread is probably a bit misleading, but what I mean is - what album have you discovered for the first time in 2009 that really blew you away.

for me I've kept coming back to the Glasvegas album time and time again - a total masterpiece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSdQxKaBfU
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Andrew W on December 26, 2009, 07:34:35 PM
For me I think it's probably "88 Elmira Street" by Danny Gatton.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Dmoney on December 26, 2009, 07:36:43 PM
cold world - dedicated to babies that came feet first
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Twinfan on December 26, 2009, 10:33:39 PM
Probably not an album as such, but I'm glad I discovered Peter Green this year.  I'd heard the rave reviews but never really "got it".  I do now.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: shobet on December 26, 2009, 10:44:45 PM
The discovery that stands out heads and shoulders above everything else I've come across this year is Neil Young's Harvest.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: badgermark on December 26, 2009, 10:53:47 PM
Pain Agency by Sucioperro is my most played album of the year. That and the new Biffy Clyro album, Only Revolutions is fantastic.

I also got into a load of new bands this year, my music library doubled in size. I've had so much time to listen to music I've been hunting out new bands like a fat kid searches for cake.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: HTH AMPS on December 26, 2009, 11:01:00 PM
Probably not an album as such, but I'm glad I discovered Peter Green this year.  I'd heard the rave reviews but never really "got it".  I do now.

I'd have put money on Peter Green being in your riff arsenal already.  Surprising TF.

Glad you're digging his stuff though - I love how he had his own vibe (and tone) altogether from the other players around at the time.  My old science teacher at school always went on about PG, but it wasn't till many years later that I heard his stuff.  

I'm probably alone in thinking this, but I don't really like his stuff on the Bluesbreakers album he did - does nothing for me.  However, in Fleetwood Mac PG just flat out rawked.  This tone is what its all about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlrB1tqNP5o&feature=related

Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Will on December 27, 2009, 01:57:28 AM
Feel the Steel
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: horsehead on December 27, 2009, 09:43:19 AM
For just pure enjoyment - John Mayer - Battle Studies
Because I was looking forward to it - The Answer - Everyday Demons
For happen-stance - Steel Panther - Feel The Steel
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Twinfan on December 27, 2009, 09:59:02 AM
I'd have put money on Peter Green being in your riff arsenal already.  Surprising TF.

I'm probably alone in thinking this, but I don't really like his stuff on the Bluesbreakers album he did - does nothing for me.

I'd heard of him, but never bought his stuff.  I saw a documentary on early Fleetwood Mac, bought some albums, and there you go.  I actually love his voice more than his guitar playing.

You have to love some of Hard Road HTH - The Stumble is an absolute classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnyPYRJ5-JU
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: nfe on December 27, 2009, 12:59:10 PM
My top fifteen as compiled for other forums:

Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred for Mankind
Black Sun - Code Black
Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation...
Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II...
Cobalt - Gin
Absu - Absu
Steve Earle - Townes
1349 - Revelations of the Black Flame
Wodensthrone - Loss
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts

Not in any order but Dragged Into Sunlight's was my favourite of the year.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Supernaught on December 27, 2009, 03:48:00 PM
Paul Gilbert & Freddie Nelson - United States.

Took me a while to get into it but now absolutely love it.

And if nothing else Im not sure Ive heard any good albums this year other than that.   2009 sucked for me music-wise.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Jonny on December 28, 2009, 12:14:41 AM
I would say it's either Miasma by Black Dahlia Murder or just anything by Protest The Hero. The shred is the shiz.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: mecca777 on December 28, 2009, 09:23:21 AM
Aluk Todolo, "Finsternis". Black metal meets krautrock!
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Muttley on December 28, 2009, 10:54:48 PM
Can't decide between these three:

Devin Townsend Project - Ki
Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
The Wildhearts - Chutzpah!

All brilliant albums...
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Afghan Dave on December 28, 2009, 11:06:22 PM
Paul Gilbert & Freddie Nelson - United States.

Took me a while to get into it but now absolutely love it.

And if nothing else Im not sure Ive heard any good albums this year other than that.   2009 sucked for me music-wise.

Great choice!

I love the new Lynch Mob album "Smoke & Mirrors" plus...

Danger Danger - Revolve

Europe - Last Look At Eden
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Philly Q on December 29, 2009, 06:10:19 PM
I can't think of any exciting album, new or old, I've actually discovered for the first time this year.

I still listening to my usual old stuff, and I've bought a few new releases but nothing that blew me away.  Unless I've forgotten something.

But that reminds me I still haven't heard Them Crooked Vultures.... off to Spotify I go.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Afghan Dave on December 29, 2009, 06:12:16 PM
Thought you'd like the new Winger CD Philly..  :?
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Philly Q on December 29, 2009, 06:29:57 PM
Thought you'd like the new Winger CD Philly..  :?

Oh I do, I do.  But I don't think it's as good as IV or Pull, so in that sense I was a bit disappointed.  But maybe a few more listens will swing it.  :)
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Denim n Leather on December 29, 2009, 06:44:28 PM
Heaven & Hell, The Devil You Know
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: HTH AMPS on December 29, 2009, 07:52:33 PM
I can't think of any exciting album, new or old, I've actually discovered for the first time this year.

I still listening to my usual old stuff, and I've bought a few new releases but nothing that blew me away.  Unless I've forgotten something.

But that reminds me I still haven't heard Them Crooked Vultures.... off to Spotify I go.

I got it twice for xmas - worth buying for sure.  Not so sure how much influence I can hear from Grohl and JPJ, but if you like QOTSA you'll like Them Crooked Vultures.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Philly Q on December 29, 2009, 08:33:26 PM
I can't think of any exciting album, new or old, I've actually discovered for the first time this year.

I still listening to my usual old stuff, and I've bought a few new releases but nothing that blew me away.  Unless I've forgotten something.

But that reminds me I still haven't heard Them Crooked Vultures.... off to Spotify I go.

I got it twice for xmas - worth buying for sure.  Not so sure how much influence I can hear from Grohl and JPJ, but if you like QOTSA you'll like Them Crooked Vultures.

I had a listen on Spotify this afternoon - quite liked it, but a bit too much QOTSA.  I like QOTSA and I like Josh Homme, but I liked him 1,000 times better in Kyuss.

I guess I'd really like to hear Grohl and JPJ with some sh!t-hot funky blues-rock monster wailing over the top.  Richie Kotzen maybe?
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Ian Price on December 29, 2009, 08:58:23 PM
Heaven & Hell, The Devil You Know

That's a good shout - I'd never really listened too much to any Sabbath stuff before this year and love this album.

I did get quite a few albums* for Christmas though so the jury is out for me.

*
Electric Ladyland
Bluesbreakers
BB King at The Regal
Boggy Depot
The Incident
Moving Pictures
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: _tom_ on December 29, 2009, 09:04:36 PM
Like Philly, I don't think theres been any 2009 music I've found that interesting or exciting. Was going to say Lady Gaga - The Fame, but apparently that's 2008.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Dmoney on December 29, 2009, 11:06:07 PM
I can't think of any exciting album, new or old, I've actually discovered for the first time this year.

I still listening to my usual old stuff, and I've bought a few new releases but nothing that blew me away.  Unless I've forgotten something.

But that reminds me I still haven't heard Them Crooked Vultures.... off to Spotify I go.

I got it twice for xmas - worth buying for sure.  Not so sure how much influence I can hear from Grohl and JPJ, but if you like QOTSA you'll like Them Crooked Vultures.

I had a listen on Spotify this afternoon - quite liked it, but a bit too much QOTSA.  I like QOTSA and I like Josh Homme, but I liked him 1,000 times better in Kyuss.

I guess I'd really like to hear Grohl and JPJ with some sh!t-hot funky blues-rock monster wailing over the top.  Richie Kotzen maybe?

Homme IS at his best in Kyuss. ive always found QOTSA a bit dull. I think Grohl is pretty easy to pick out as a drummer, maybe even in Scream.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on December 30, 2009, 01:18:30 AM

Europe - Last Look At Eden

Kiss - Sonic Boom

Steel Panther - Feel The Steel

Joie Bonamassa - The Ballad Of John Henry
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: murraymurray on December 30, 2009, 02:43:15 AM
Converge - axe to fall
havent listened to it enough yet, i now know what to put on the ipod for the walk home from work

in regards to Josh Homme, im pretty sick of everything hes done recently, enjoyed early QOTSA, lover Kyuss, once he gave nick oliveri the boot from QOTSA i stopped listening, Homme took full control and steered the boat away from my island of enjoyment
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Twinfan on December 30, 2009, 09:37:43 AM
Not so sure how much influence I can hear from Grohl and JPJ, but if you like QOTSA you'll like Them Crooked Vultures.

I'm glad I'm not the only one!  Everyone seems to be raving about TCV, but I can just hear a rehashed QOTSA.  And I don't like QOTSA.....
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Johnny Mac on December 30, 2009, 12:01:25 PM
Apart from the old stuff on my ipod, ( I managed to fill a 80g one) I really like Paloma Faiths album. I still listen to stuff from 30 odd years ago like The Faces, Curtis Mayfield. I liked Joe Bonamassa and Derek Trucks new stuff, plus some of that Chicken Head album was ok.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: LazyNinja on December 30, 2009, 12:24:25 PM
I've been listening to Florence & the Machine a lot lately. Great album.

This thread reminded me I need to get that Them Crooked Vultures album!
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Antag on December 30, 2009, 01:24:23 PM
Now you come to mention it, I can't think of a single studio release that I really liked.

My favourite CD purchase of the year was My Dying Bride "Ode to woe" which is a Live CD (i.e. greatest hits + crowd noise :))

MDB's new studio album ("For lies I sire") was a disappointment after their four previous albums (which were all great).

I bought a lot of old releases on CD that I had previously owned on vinyl, so can't really count those.  I guess the least disappointing new studio album was Killswitch Engage...

Not a great year for metal... :(
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: nfe on December 30, 2009, 01:32:15 PM
Not a great year for metal... :(

Nonsense!
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Antag on December 30, 2009, 02:53:44 PM
Not a great year for metal... :(

Nonsense!
OK, what did I miss?
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: nfe on December 30, 2009, 02:57:12 PM
From my earlier post, my favourite metal records of the year have been

Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred for Mankind
Black Sun - Code Black
Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation of teh Black Widow
Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Cobalt - Gin
Absu - Absu
1349 - Revelations of the Black Flame
Wodensthrone - Loss
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts

Some are certainly an aquired taste, though.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: HTH AMPS on December 30, 2009, 10:33:39 PM
From my earlier post, my favourite metal records of the year have been

Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred for Mankind
Black Sun - Code Black
Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation of teh Black Widow
Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Cobalt - Gin
Absu - Absu
1349 - Revelations of the Black Flame
Wodensthrone - Loss
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts

Some are certainly an aquired taste, though.

and also:

Cannibal Corpse, Evisceration Plague
Goatwhore, Carving Out The Eyes Of God (especially this one)
Baroness, Blue Record
Brutal Truth, Evolution Through Revolution
Kylesa, Static Tensions
Skeletonwitch, Breathing The Fire

Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: nfe on December 30, 2009, 10:50:26 PM
I like Goatwhore, and went to see them recently, but I just find myself thinking "ach, they're less than a sum of their parts".
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Philly Q on December 31, 2009, 12:43:08 AM
From my earlier post, my favourite metal records of the year have been

Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred for Mankind
Black Sun - Code Black
Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation of teh Black Widow
Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Cobalt - Gin
Absu - Absu
1349 - Revelations of the Black Flame
Wodensthrone - Loss
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts

Some are certainly an aquired taste, though.

and also:

Cannibal Corpse, Evisceration Plague
Goatwhore, Carving Out The Eyes Of God (especially this one)
Baroness, Blue Record
Brutal Truth, Evolution Through Revolution
Kylesa, Static Tensions
Skeletonwitch, Breathing The Fire

Blimey, you mentioned an album I've actually got!   :?
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: dheim on January 02, 2010, 12:22:36 PM
Now you come to mention it, I can't think of a single studio release that I really liked.

My favourite CD purchase of the year was My Dying Bride "Ode to woe" which is a Live CD (i.e. greatest hits + crowd noise :))

MDB's new studio album ("For lies I sire") was a disappointment after their four previous albums (which were all great).

I bought a lot of old releases on CD that I had previously owned on vinyl, so can't really count those.  I guess the least disappointing new studio album was Killswitch Engage...

Not a great year for metal... :(

i disagree... for lies i sire is not on the same levels like a line of deathless kings or the light at the end of the world but it's a good album anyway...
and this year i heard a lot of good to great albums!
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: dheim on January 02, 2010, 12:28:44 PM
anyway, my choices are:

1) old band, new album: Paradise Lost - faith divides us, death unites us (they're my favourite band and i'm digging that album since i got it)

2) Emilie Autumn - opheliac. album out for a while but i discovered her in the beginning of this year... love at first sight. :)

3) new band, new album... Florence & The Machine - lungs (almost constantly in my CD - mp3 - car stereo etc...)
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Andrew W on January 02, 2010, 04:02:12 PM
I think the two albums actually released in 2009 that I've listened to most are Bill Frisell's "Disfarmer" and Bat For Lashes' "Two Suns".  Both are fantastic and extremely atmospheric.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: dheim on January 03, 2010, 11:11:59 AM
I think the two albums actually released in 2009 that I've listened to most are Bill Frisell's "Disfarmer" and Bat For Lashes' "Two Suns".  Both are fantastic and extremely atmospheric.

+1 for bat for lashes. great album.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: ToneMonkey on January 11, 2010, 02:38:04 PM
Probably not an album as such, but I'm glad I discovered Peter Green this year.  I'd heard the rave reviews but never really "got it".  I do now.

I've got his Robert Johnson songbook album (after the drugs when he learnt to play again) and although it's got two good ingredients (Peter Green and Robert Johnson), the album is aweful.  I was shocked.  I like a lot of his other stuff though.

Things I've got in to this year:

New Elbow album - Been in to Elbow for a while, but this is a really good album
Lightspeed Champion
Got back into my old dancehall (skin head) music - Trojan records and the like



Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Dazza1004 on January 11, 2010, 04:12:32 PM
would have to be Feel The Steel.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: nfe on January 11, 2010, 04:16:56 PM
would have to be Feel The Steel.

Feel The Steel!  :lol:

Who on Earth is that by?
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Will on January 11, 2010, 04:30:50 PM
would have to be Feel The Steel.

Feel The Steel!  :lol:

Who on Earth is that by?

maybe a bit mainstream for you nfe :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZM1CzQF8Y
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: nfe on January 11, 2010, 04:34:27 PM
Oh, it's them  :lol:
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Stevepage on January 11, 2010, 05:13:39 PM
Devin Townsend - Addicted. Absolutely amazing.
Title: Re: favourite album of 2009
Post by: Insightibanez on January 12, 2010, 10:29:02 AM
Winds of Plague!!!

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