Union 5-3992 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 A little later than usual but here's the annual year-end topic. What were some of your favorite releases over the year? Here's my Top Ten in no particular order. 1. Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex 2. OK Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird 3. Baroness - Stone 4. Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman... 5. Katatonia - Sky Void of Stars 6. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony 7. Entheos - Time Will Take Us All 8. Haken - Fauna 9. Royal Thunder - Rebuilding the Mountain 10. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are Honorable Mentions: Howling Giant - Glass Future Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds Iggy Pop - Every loser Peter Gabriel - I/O King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Antihalation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 You're a better man than me for keeping up with new releases! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 1 minute ago, Nova Carmina said: You're a better man than me for keeping up with new releases! There's plenty of good music released every year. You just gotta do a bit more digging than in prior years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) I listened to about 56 newly released albums last year (most of them only once or twice though) and this is how I ranked them. Paramore - This Is Why Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream... 100 Gecs - 10000 Gecs Good Game - Get Good Kesha - Gag Order Noname - Sundial Foo Fighters - But Here We Are Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust MisterWives - Nosebleeds Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS White Reaper - Asking For A Ride Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! Squid - O Monolith Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 5: In The Garden… Grouplove - I Want It All Right Now The Dirty Nil - Free Reign To Passions boygenius - The Record Shame - Food For Worms Genesis Owusu - Struggler Explosions In The Sky - End Gabrielle Aplin - Phosphorescent Olivia Jean - Raving Ghost Winery Dogs - III Swans - The Beggar Margot Price - Strays L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog Jockstrap - I<3QTINVU Post Malone - Austin Maneskin - RUSH! Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You Within Temptation - Bleed Out André 3000 - New Blue Sun Black Pumas - Chronicles Of A Diamond Apashe - Antagonist Thomas Bangalter - Mythologies Open Mic Eagle - Another Triumph Of Ghetto Engineering Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We Blur - The Ballad Of Darren Soen - Memorial Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds Kim Petras - Problematique Tanukichan - GIZMO Kaytraminé - Kaytraminé Skrillex - Quest For Fire Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City Janelle Monae - The Age Of Pleasure Portrayal Of Guilt - Devil Music Veil Of Maya - Mother Soft On Crime - New Suite Metallica - 72 Seasons Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman Blink-182 - One More Time… Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation Grupo Frontera - El Comienzo Taking Back Sunday - 152 Skrillex - Don't Get Too Close I think the last new one I tried before the end of the year was I/O by Peter Gabriel, which I remember liking but not thoroughly loving, and I may have been pulled away from my listening session slightly before the end by work. I’d say it would slot in somewhere around André 3000 and Within Temptation. EDIT: I did also listen to PetroDragonic Apocalypse by King Gizzard many months after it came out, but I forgot to rank it. I think it would go somewhere around Squid and Jessie Ware. It was really good. EDIT 2: Ope, and I listened to Stone by Baroness, which I really enjoyed. That would probably fall in around Shame and Genesis Owusu Edited January 2 by Entre_Perpetuo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I'll be back on this one, but I cannot promise such an extensive list as Entre_Perpetuo's mighty effort!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Haken - Fauna Tesseract - War of Being King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse Foo Fighters - But Here We Are QOTSA - In Times New Roman Never got around to the new Steven Wilson album. Still on my list. The new Porcupine Tree live album kicks some serious ass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Okay, I've had a weird year. Barely listened to new albums, but I have some: 1. The Gaslight Anthem- History Books This feels like something many will write off as bleh, but the album felt like a return home to a style of music I am increasingly fond of again. Bruce Springsteen cameos on the title track, but the album as a whole is beautifully understated and feels like a classic to my ears. 2. Taylor Swift- 1989 (Taylor's Version) When this album came out, I was confused as to why she released the vault tracks on the same disc as the re-recording. Then I played it a few times before it clicked: 1989 TV works, bonus material and new material all, as one brilliant pop album. The new recordings blow the original out of the water, the bonus material is sublime, and oddly, the way the album glows start to finish is now so smooth the listening experience feels shorter. I was lukewarm to the original 1989, I now think this is the most spectacular and immaculate pop album of the century to date. 3. Avenged Sevenfold- ...Life Is But A Dream Oh I hated this, but could I stop listening to it? No, I was compelled. Now I think it's a work of genius. Few bands this big take risks THIS left of the field. Masterpiece. 4. Taylor Swift- Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Mick and I have different opinions. For me, this album is wonderful in both its iterations. What makes thus special for me is the Vault tracks. I love each and every one. Foo Fighters- But Here We Are I didn't know I needed this til I heard it. Beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) In no order (except for number 1 that is) 1. Avenged Sevenfold-Life is but a dream 2. In Flames-Foregone 3. Haken-Fauna 4. Periphery-Djent is Not A Genre 5. Steven Wilson-The Harmony Codex 6. Peter Gabriel-I/O 7. Steve Lukathar-Bridges 8. Olivia Rodigo-GUTS 9. Taylor Swift- 1989 TV That's about as much as i can get. with my neice and nephew i don't consume THAT much new stuff anymore but the list here are some GREAT albums. A7X remains my fav with albums from In Flames and Haken and Steven wilson being nice surprises. the Swift MIGHT be a cheat but it's far and away her best re-record. It also blows me away that this year gave us that weird time where Take me back to Edan was a thing as it seems now Sleep Token has fizzled a great deal. All and all what i likd this year i loved. and i had to edit to talk about A7X some more . they're album blows me away. Zappa-esque in it's pure abadonment of fitting inside a pretty box. what a risk and they didn't seem to care. "here it is. if you like it great. if not that's a you problem." Segue's journey with it made my year. KNEW he'd hate at first., after a decade i know his reactions to things a bit, lol. but he came around. Mick Edited January 3 by bluefox4000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, bluefox4000 said: In no order (except for number 1 that is) 1. Avenged Sevenfold-Life is but a dream 2. In Flames-Foregone 3. Haken-Fauna 4. Periphery-Djent is Not A Genre 5. Steven Wilson-The Harmony Codex 6. Peter Gabriel-I/O 7. Steve Lukathar-Bridges 8. Olivia Rodigo-GUTS 9. Taylor Swift- 1989 TV That's about as much as i can get. with my neice and nephew i don't consume THAT much new stuff anymore but the list here are some GREAT albums. A7X remains my fav with albums from In Flames and Haken and Steven wilson being nice surprises. the Swift MIGHT be a cheat but it's far and away her best re-record. It also blows me away that this year gave us that weird time where Take me back to Edan was a thing as it seems now Sleep Token has fizzled a great deal. All and all what i likd this year i loved. and i had to edit to talk about A7X some more . they're album blows me away. Zappa-esque in it's pure abadonment of fitting inside a pretty box. what a risk and they didn't seem to care. "here it is. if you like it great. if not that's a you problem." Segue's journey with it made my year. KNEW he'd hate at first., after a decade i know his reactions to things a bit, lol. but he came around. Mick Not me thinking Foregone was 2022 That's my second album of the year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 On 1/2/2024 at 3:52 PM, Entre_Perpetuo said: I listened to about 56 newly released albums last year (most of them only once or twice though) and this is how I ranked them. Paramore - This Is Why Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream... 100 Gecs - 10000 Gecs Good Game - Get Good Kesha - Gag Order Noname - Sundial Foo Fighters - But Here We Are Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust MisterWives - Nosebleeds Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS White Reaper - Asking For A Ride Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! Squid - O Monolith Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 5: In The Garden… Grouplove - I Want It All Right Now The Dirty Nil - Free Reign To Passions boygenius - The Record Shame - Food For Worms Genesis Owusu - Struggler Explosions In The Sky - End Gabrielle Aplin - Phosphorescent Olivia Jean - Raving Ghost Winery Dogs - III Swans - The Beggar Margot Price - Strays L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog Jockstrap - I<3QTINVU Post Malone - Austin Maneskin - RUSH! Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers - I Love You Within Temptation - Bleed Out André 3000 - New Blue Sun Black Pumas - Chronicles Of A Diamond Apashe - Antagonist Thomas Bangalter - Mythologies Open Mic Eagle - Another Triumph Of Ghetto Engineering Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We Blur - The Ballad Of Darren Soen - Memorial Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds Kim Petras - Problematique Tanukichan - GIZMO Kaytraminé - Kaytraminé Skrillex - Quest For Fire Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City Janelle Monae - The Age Of Pleasure Portrayal Of Guilt - Devil Music Veil Of Maya - Mother Soft On Crime - New Suite Metallica - 72 Seasons Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman Blink-182 - One More Time… Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation Grupo Frontera - El Comienzo Taking Back Sunday - 152 Skrillex - Don't Get Too Close I think the last new one I tried before the end of the year was I/O by Peter Gabriel, which I remember liking but not thoroughly loving, and I may have been pulled away from my listening session slightly before the end by work. I’d say it would slot in somewhere around André 3000 and Within Temptation. EDIT: I did also listen to PetroDragonic Apocalypse by King Gizzard many months after it came out, but I forgot to rank it. I think it would go somewhere around Squid and Jessie Ware. It was really good. EDIT 2: Ope, and I listened to Stone by Baroness, which I really enjoyed. That would probably fall in around Shame and Genesis Owusu Did you ever feel like you listened to far too many new releases this year? I'm all for discovering new music, but a list like this doesn't allow time to listen to the albums and really get to know them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 30 minutes ago, J2112YYZ said: Did you ever feel like you listened to far too many new releases this year? I'm all for discovering new music, but a list like this doesn't allow time to listen to the albums and really get to know them. Yeah I feel like if I get half a dozen new releases from bands I know and maybe discover a new band for my rotation that's a really good year. I simply wouldn't have the time or energy to devote that level of attention to much more, and I've got a desk job for a living. Edited January 3 by The Analog Cub 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) I listened to a lot of new stuff released in 2023 and the immediate ones that spring to mind are - 1. Peter Gabriel - I/O 2. Moon Safari - Himlabacken Vol II 3. Crown Lands - Fearless 4. Enslaved - Heimdal 5. Lars Fredrik Frøislie - Fire Fortellinger 6. Mystery - Redemption 7. Haken - Fauna 8. Green Lung - This Heathen Land 9. The Chronicles Of Father Robin - The Songs & Tales Of Airoea (Books I & II) 10. RPWL - Crime Scene 11. This Winter Machine - The Clockwork Man 12. Pattern-Seeking Animals - Spooky Action At A Distance Not in any order of preference (although at the moment I am playing Peter Gabriel & Moon Safari a lot.). Edited January 3 by zepphead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 3 minutes ago, zepphead said: I listened to a lot of new stuff released in 2023 and the immediate ones that spring to mind are - 1. Peter Gabriel - I/O 2. Moon Safari - Himlabacken Vol II 3. Crown Lands - Fearless 4. Enslaved - Heimdal 5. Lars Fredrik Frøislie - Fire Fortellinger 6. Mystery - Redemption 7. Haken - Fauna 8. Green Lung - This Heathen Land 9. The Chronicles Of Father Robin - The Songs & Tales Of Airoea (Books I & II) 10. RPWL - Crime Scene 11. This Winter Machine - The Clockwork Man 12. Pattern-Seeking Animals - Spooky Action At A Distance Not in any order of preference (although at the moment I am playing Peter Gabriel & Moon Safari a lot.). My list is like this: 1. A heavy metal album 2. Followed by another heavy metal album 3. Another heavy metal album 4. Tony R's 50 best heavy breathing phone calls 5. Fridge - Just Got up in the Morning Insults 6. Segue and Bluefox - Waffling Together Again 7. Blackhawkrush - The Sound of Blackhawk trying to do every Fred Astaire dance routine on film. 8. 73 - Tuning a Guitar for 24 Hours non-stop by the Fireplace 9. Johnny Blaze - AWOL Blues 10. RUSHHEAD666 - The AWOL Jazz/Fusion album 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, J2112YYZ said: Did you ever feel like you listened to far too many new releases this year? I'm all for discovering new music, but a list like this doesn't allow time to listen to the albums and really get to know them. I challenged myself to get to at least one new album every week. If I didn’t get into it on first or second listen I didn’t bother trying harder for the most part. I suppose I could have given more of these more of a shot, but I’m very satisfied with those top ten, and a few outside as well. I spun them all a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 57 minutes ago, The Analog Cub said: Yeah I feel like if I get half a dozen new releases from bands I know and maybe discover a new band for my rotation that's a really good year. I simply wouldn't have the time or energy to devote that level of attention to much more, and I've got a desk job for a living. See the beauty of my desk job is I can listen to music while I work, hence the only giving most of these one or two spins unless they immediately stuck out to me as great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 9 hours ago, treeduck said: My list is like this: 1. A heavy metal album 2. Followed by another heavy metal album 3. Another heavy metal album 4. Tony R's 50 best heavy breathing phone calls 5. Fridge - Just Got up in the Morning Insults 6. Segue and Bluefox - Waffling Together Again 7. Blackhawkrush - The Sound of Blackhawk trying to do every Fred Astaire dance routine on film. 8. 73 - Tuning a Guitar for 24 Hours non-stop by the Fireplace 9. Johnny Blaze - AWOL Blues 10. RUSHHEAD666 - The AWOL Jazz/Fusion album Some classics there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 7 hours ago, zepphead said: Some classics there. Mick and Segue waffling...kinda like the vagina monologues but with extra pussy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 only ones ive heard 1. Depeche Mode - Memento Mori 2. QOTSA - In Times New Roman 3. Albert Hammond Jr. - Melodies On Hiatus 4. Temples - Exotico 5. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 On 1/3/2024 at 5:01 PM, J2112YYZ said: Did you ever feel like you listened to far too many new releases this year? I'm all for discovering new music, but a list like this doesn't allow time to listen to the albums and really get to know them. I did a more extreme version last year with one a day and quickly realized I didn't have time to properly digest most works. It did introduce me to a lot of new music, but most of what stood out had to stand out immediately. I often had to go back and remind myself what some of the material I listened to earlier in the year even sounded like. My new goal is just listen to 50 albums 7+ times. The only rule is the albums have to have been previously unknown to me. It'll be like buying a new album at the store each weekend and sitting with it at home for a week to see if I really like it or not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/5/2024 at 9:43 AM, Union 5-3992 said: I did a more extreme version last year with one a day and quickly realized I didn't have time to properly digest most works. It did introduce me to a lot of new music, but most of what stood out had to stand out immediately. I often had to go back and remind myself what some of the material I listened to earlier in the year even sounded like. My new goal is just listen to 50 albums 7+ times. The only rule is the albums have to have been previously unknown to me. It'll be like buying a new album at the store each weekend and sitting with it at home for a week to see if I really like it or not. Love that idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 In no order. Albums that I really enjoy from 2023: Margo Price - Strays Susan Sundfor - Blomi Blondshell - Blondshell boygenius - The Record The Bug Club - Rare Birds: Hour of Song Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You Wednesday - Rat Saw God Bar Italia - Tracey Denim Melanie Martinez - Portals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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