Since I did listen to more than 8 albums this year I have an easier time filling up this list- but not putting it in order. And really who cares if such and such is #5 or #3? What matters is here is 8 great records that I dug from this year:
1. Sheryl Crow- Detours. You might think from reading the track listing (Love is Free, Peace Be Upon Us, God Bless This Mess) that this is a happy hippie album. Part of it is, though it is just as much protest album as anything else. And actually some of it's darker than Slipknot's- Make It Go Away( Radiation Song) reminds you what she's been through.
2. Metallica- Death Magnetic. Apparently it's a concept album about aging superstars but all I hear is kickass.
3. Slipknot- All Hope Is Gone. Really all three of these CDs could be tied for number 1. Make sure you get the Bonus tracks edition of this one though.
4. Wendy McNeill- A Dreamer's Guide to Hardcore Living. Earlier I compared her to a villainous Red Riding Hood, and Michelle recently remarked she is sort of like Tom Waits. As if that doesn't send you scurrying to your iTunes.
5. Alanis Morissette- Flavors of Entanglement. There are songs on this CD that are as strong as anything she's ever written. Not As We, Incomplete and Citizen of the Planet especially.
6. Raconteurs- Consolers of the Lonely- Anything Jack White puts out is gold. If only he and Jack Black would collaborate!
7. Cadence Weapon- Afterparty Babies. I don't really follow the hiphop world but Rollie Pemberton is easily Edmonton's best rapper ever, I think.
8. Foxboro Hottubs- Stop Drop and Roll. It will do until Green Day puts out something uncer their own name.
Cheers!
