Pick out your top 10 albums or singles or both....

Here is mine....

Local Natives - Hummingbird (By far my favorite album of the year)


Moon Taxi - Mountains Beaches Cities (Not nearly as good as my fav, but ranks 2nd)


Abandoned Pools - Somnambulist


Foals - Holy Fire


Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City


Nine In Nails - Hesitation Marks


Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Fly By Wire


Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt


The Neighbourhood - I Love You


Will Hoge - Never Give In



Singles:

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? (Loved this song, but the rest of the album didn't do it for me)

CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share (The rest of the album is solid, just outside my Top 10)

Surfer Blood - Demon Dance (Album wasn't nearly as good as Astro Coast)

The 1975 - Sex (Couple good singles, but album was not a great collection)

Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running (Couldn't rank an EP in my Top 10)

Capital Cities - Safe & Sound (Almost left it off the list due to overplay)

Phoenix - Trying To Be Cool (Overall album is solid as well, just outside my Top 10)

Portugal. The Man - Purple Yellow Red & Blue (Album was very disappointing, but single is addictive)

Atlas Genius - Trojans (Couple good singles, but album feels disjointed)

Still Corners - Berlin Lovers

Released in 2013 or you got in 2013?

2013 CDs I got:

Scott Stapp: Proof of Life
Korn: The Paradigm Shift
Stone Temple Pilots: High Rise (ep)
Eminem: The Slim Shady LP2
LL Cool J: Authentic Hip Hop
Nelly: M.O.

****

Nelly's cd would be last IMO. Only a few good tracks.

Stapp's solo record was pretty solid so I'd go #1 there. All the other had their moments but not distancing themselves from one another.

(12-11-2013 05:07 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  2013 CDs I got:

Scott Stapp: Proof of Life
Korn: The Paradigm Shift
Stone Temple Pilots: High Rise (ep)
Eminem: The Slim Shady LP2
LL Cool J: Authentic Hip Hop
Nelly: M.O.

****

Nelly's cd would be last IMO. Only a few good tracks.

Stapp's solo record was pretty solid so I'd go #1 there. All the other had their moments but not distancing themselves from one another.

wow. no offense but you've got a horrible music taste.

(12-11-2013 07:49 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  wow. no offense but you've got a horrible music taste.

"But I said 'With all due respect!'"

(12-11-2013 07:49 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(12-11-2013 05:07 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  2013 CDs I got:

Scott Stapp: Proof of Life
Korn: The Paradigm Shift
Stone Temple Pilots: High Rise (ep)
Eminem: The Slim Shady LP2
LL Cool J: Authentic Hip Hop
Nelly: M.O.

****

Nelly's cd would be last IMO. Only a few good tracks.

Stapp's solo record was pretty solid so I'd go #1 there. All the other had their moments but not distancing themselves from one another.

wow. no offense but you've got a horrible music taste.

Whatever.

Go listen to your Justin Beiber cds.

Caitlin Rose - The Stand In (Spotify)


Jason Isbell - Southeastern (Spotify)

I haven't bought much in 2013 and I probably missed some good releases, but here are a few that I enjoyed. Looking at the list, seems my tastes leaned a bit more electronica this year.

1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter at the Feast
2. Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
3. Knife Party - Haunted House EP (great dubstep)
4. Frontline Assembly - Echogenetic
5. NIN - Hesitation Marks

(12-11-2013 05:02 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  Released in 2013 or you got in 2013?

If it's "you got in 2013," then for me it's The Black Keys "Brothers." A gem that I never picked up until this past summer.

Best single by far...





Full CD coming out early 2014.

(12-11-2013 11:55 PM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  Best single by far...





Full CD coming out early 2014.

Kind of retro, but not bad....

(12-11-2013 07:49 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(12-11-2013 05:07 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  2013 CDs I got:

Scott Stapp: Proof of Life
Korn: The Paradigm Shift
Stone Temple Pilots: High Rise (ep)
Eminem: The Slim Shady LP2
LL Cool J: Authentic Hip Hop
Nelly: M.O.

****

Nelly's cd would be last IMO. Only a few good tracks.

Stapp's solo record was pretty solid so I'd go #1 there. All the other had their moments but not distancing themselves from one another.

wow. no offense but you've got a horrible music taste.

what would a good music taste sound like? ok, what about a mediocre music taste? i mean, only you can determine what sounds good, no?

What is an album?

basically from favorite to not as favorite but still very good. #1 and #2 are the only ones that are definitely in the right spot

Vampire Weekend- Modern Vampires of the City


Arctic Monkeys- AM


Portugal The Man- Evil Friends


Janelle Monae- The ELectric Lady


Frightened Rabbit- Pedestrian Verse


Haim- Days Are Gone


Ariana Grande- Yours Truly


Jake Bugg- Shangri La


Arcade Fire- Reflektor


Okkervil River- The Silver Gymnasium


The National- Trouble Will Find Me


Classified- Classified


London Grammar- If You Wait


Noah and the Whale- Heart of Nowhere


Blitzen Trapper- VII


Fall Out Boy- Save Rock and Roll


San Fermin- San Fermin

Killer Mike & El-P - Run the Jewels



Flatbush Zombies- Betteroffdead



Bliss n Eso- Circus in the Sky



Danny Brown- Old

IMO it was a pretty weak year. A bunch of decent stuff, but not really a lot of great albums.

I gotta ask if Haim is named after Corey Haim?

(12-12-2013 04:25 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  What is an album?

flat circular piece of vinyl that you play on a record player.

OR

A collection of songs.

(12-12-2013 08:51 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  I gotta ask if Haim is named after Corey Haim?

Haim is their last name. the band is made up of 3 sisters

(12-12-2013 08:18 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  IMO it was a pretty weak year. A bunch of decent stuff, but not really a lot of great albums.

if you're a hip hop fan every year is gonna be weak. Hip hop is dead my friend

(12-12-2013 10:55 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(12-12-2013 08:18 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  IMO it was a pretty weak year. A bunch of decent stuff, but not really a lot of great albums.

if you're a hip hop fan every year is gonna be weak. Hip hop is dead my friend

Only if you listen to the radio.