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Item 186: Favorite Albums and Songs of 2004

Entered by krj on Wed Dec 29 04:28:23 2004:

OK, music fans!  It's time to get those "best of 2004" lists turned in!
 
By my rules, it's a 2004 album if you acquired it in 2004, but feel
free to acquire your own rules.
 
Please try to say something about each entry so this doesn't become
just a dry list of titles.  Music tastes are so fragmented these days
that few readers are likely to know much about any one person's 
favorites.
 
Previous years' lists can be found in the Music and Music2 conferences.
 
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10 responses total.
#1 of 10 by krj on Wed Dec 29 04:44:36 2004:

(This is an early draft; there may be a later revision.)
 
Kadril & Alumea, LA PALOMA NEGRA
     Kadril is a group of Belgian folk instrumentalists; Alumea is a group
     of Spanish women singers from the pandeteira tradition, plus a 
     bagpiper.  A great mix of sounds sustained over both CDs of this set.   

La Piva Dal Carner, M'HAN PRESA
     Hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, and other reedy instruments from northern
     Italy, with some singing.  

Tinariwen, AMASSAKOUL
     Wonderful electric guitar sketching links between blues and 
     the Malian desert.

Patti Smith, TRAMPIN'
     Echoes of her first two albums, all the way down to one long-winded
     track amidst the concise rock gems.

Anna Massie, GLAD COMPANY
     Young Scottish woman wizard guitarist with two friends on backup 
     instruments; two well-chosen American songs.

#2 of 10 by scott on Wed Dec 29 07:18:08 2004:

Tom Waits, "Alice".

#3 of 10 by mfp on Wed Dec 29 07:39:50 2004:

I played that on WKDU to-day!  Just ask, uh, Todd!

#4 of 10 by jvmv on Sun Jan 2 18:58:32 2005:


         Pink Martini - Hang on Little Tomato
         [Big big hot jazz to Brazilian]

         Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
         [I thnik this is a great album Morrissey had never made]
         
         Patti Smith - Trampin'
         [Well, Patti Smith is - as you say - amusing & genial ]

         Wayne Shorter - Alegria
         [Unbelieveble. This musician is still great. By th e way, 
         "Alegria" in Portuguese means "Happiness"]

#5 of 10 by richard on Tue Jan 4 05:41:40 2005:

I really like the new U2 album, "How to dismantle an Atomic Bomb"  For 
a band that is in its 25th year, they have kept up a strong level of 
artistry.  Many bands who have been around even half as long go into 
permanent decline.  These guys are still relevant, still (in many 
observers' view) the best band in the world, at least major studio 
band.

U2 goes into the the rock and roll hall of fame this year.  When they 
accept, Bono needs to say "this is fucking brilliant" again.  He did 
that when they got an award a couple years ago and got the network 
fined for indecency.  When they asked Bono what he thought of the 
network getting fined over his comments, he said "thats fucking 
brilliant!"  The FCC later threw out the fine.  They like U2 too  :)

#6 of 10 by tod on Tue Jan 4 16:05:47 2005:

The new Duran Duran is grating my nerves.  I did NOT need to see them
performing live on "Vegas" last night while James Caan got his old man butt
kicked.

#7 of 10 by mth on Wed Jan 5 00:14:19 2005:

Re. #5: I don't mean to go off-topic, but I thought you'd find this a bit
funny: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst .

#8 of 10 by gregb on Sun Jan 9 22:17:17 2005:

That dude's got some serious U2 issues.

#9 of 10 by mth on Mon Jan 10 16:05:06 2005:

That dude has got some serious issues, period.

#10 of 10 by edina on Tue Feb 1 00:23:06 2005:

"Into Your Heart" by Hothouse Flowers.  "The Diary of Alicia Keys" by Alicia
Keys.  "Elephant" by Black Eyed Peas (though that might be old).  "Obrigado"
by Yo-Yo Ma.

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