I'm surprised the new Chili Pepper's album is on people's lists. Their last two albums have been absolute cack. And this is coming from an absolutely huge Chili Peppers fan
NME choices (if you see any other lists, stick 'em up here!)
2011 Top 5 Albums Let England Shake - PJ Harvey The English Riviera - Metronomy Skying - The Horrors Smother - Wild Beasts Smoke Ring For My Halo - Kurt Vile
2011 Top 5 Songs Video Games - Lana Del Rey Yonkers - Tyler, The Creator Still Life - The Horrors The Words That Maketh Murder - PJ Harvey Bed of Nails - Wild Beasts
I'm surprised the new Chili Pepper's album is on people's lists. Their last two albums have been absolute cack. And this is coming from an absolutely huge Chili Peppers fan
Agreed the last album was utter dross, think this new one has some great stuff on it. Try not to compare it to their older stuff, listen as if it was something completely new
I'm surprised the new Chili Pepper's album is on people's lists. Their last two albums have been absolute cack. And this is coming from an absolutely huge Chili Peppers fan
Agreed the last album was utter dross, think this new one has some great stuff on it. Try not to compare it to their older stuff, listen as if it was something completely new
their last album was okay. Shouldn't have made it a double album and I would have probably have liked it. By the Way and Californication were incredible albums. One Hot Minute was okay and Blood Sugar Sex Magik was their most original and influential album.
Just thought this one was way too poppy. I've listened to a lot of Josh Klinghoffer's stuff so I know it's not down to the change of guitar player. Still a massive fan and would kill to go see them in concert. Never got round to it/been able to afford/could go.
NME choices (if you see any other lists, stick 'em up here!)
2011 Top 5 Albums Let England Shake - PJ Harvey The English Riviera - Metronomy Skying - The Horrors Smother - Wild Beasts Smoke Ring For My Halo - Kurt Vile
2011 Top 5 Songs Video Games - Lana Del Rey Yonkers - Tyler, The Creator Still Life - The Horrors The Words That Maketh Murder - PJ Harvey Bed of Nails - Wild Beasts
Uncut 2011 Top 5 Albums PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest Metronomy – The English Riviera White Denim – D Josh T. Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen
Mojo 2011 Top 5 Albums PJ Harvey – Let England Shake The Horrors – Skying Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
Rough Trade 2011 Top 5 Albums Josh T. Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen Nicolas Jaar – Space is Only Noise Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
BBC Music Writers 2011 Top 5 Albums PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Wild Beasts - Smother The Horrors – Skying The Antlers - Burst Apart Tom Waits - Bad As Me
I'm surprised the new Chili Pepper's album is on people's lists. Their last two albums have been absolute cack. And this is coming from an absolutely huge Chili Peppers fan
Agreed the last album was utter dross, think this new one has some great stuff on it. Try not to compare it to their older stuff, listen as if it was something completely new
their last album was okay. Shouldn't have made it a double album and I would have probably have liked it. By the Way and Californication were incredible albums. One Hot Minute was okay and Blood Sugar Sex Magik was their most original and influential album.
Just thought this one was way too poppy. I've listened to a lot of Josh Klinghoffer's stuff so I know it's not down to the change of guitar player. Still a massive fan and would kill to go see them in concert. Never got round to it/been able to afford/could go.
Mother's Milk destroys every other album the Chilis have made or ever will make. I stopped taking them seriously after Californication (which was good, but patchy to say the least) as everything since then has been dreck, IMO
Albums Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX - We're New Here The Horrors - Skying Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix Fionn Regan - 100 Acres of Sycamore The Waterboys - An Appointment With Mr Yeats
Singles Paul Weller - Starlite Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard Chapel Club - Surfacing Foo Fighters - Rope
Way too difficult to limit to 5. Would recommend Wild Beasts, Low, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, The Villagers, Miles Kane, The Vaccines, Arctic Monkeys, White Denim, BellX1, Death Cab for Cutie, The Drums, Foster the People, Gomez, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and so many more
I'm 52 and can't be bothered to listen to new music any more. Sad but it's all much for me. I'd love to be John Peel but its all too time consuming. But my son has me listening to the Vaccines - Wrecking bar best song of the year - and the Unthanks are good if you're off your nut. Gregory Porter is good if you wanna be a bit classy. Other than that just go for the first three Clash albums, a bit of early Dexys and some Motown chartbusters. I think thats about right.
Metronomy seems to be cropping up on everyone's list. I haven't heard anything by them before, so I'm giving their album a listen on Spotify now...
what did you think?
I only got a chance to listen to a couple of songs, but it didn't really sound like my sort of thing. I'll give them another listen soon though; to be honest, it usually takes me at least 5 listens of any song for me to even form any sort of opinion on it. Unless it's absolutely terrible.
Comments
1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
2. The Unthanks - Last
3. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From
4.Thee Spivs - Black And White Memories
5. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
Just missed out: Tom Waits / Bad As Me, Fionn Regan /The End Of History, Milos / Mediterraneo
2011 Top 5 Albums
Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
The English Riviera - Metronomy
Skying - The Horrors
Smother - Wild Beasts
Smoke Ring For My Halo - Kurt Vile
2011 Top 5 Songs
Video Games - Lana Del Rey
Yonkers - Tyler, The Creator
Still Life - The Horrors
The Words That Maketh Murder - PJ Harvey
Bed of Nails - Wild Beasts
Elbow - Build a rocket boys
Uncut 2011 Top 5 Albums
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
Metronomy – The English Riviera
White Denim – D
Josh T. Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen
Mojo 2011 Top 5 Albums
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
The Horrors – Skying
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit
Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
Rough Trade 2011 Top 5 Albums
Josh T. Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen
Nicolas Jaar – Space is Only Noise
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
BBC Music Writers 2011 Top 5 Albums
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Wild Beasts - Smother
The Horrors – Skying
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX - We're New Here
The Horrors - Skying
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
Fionn Regan - 100 Acres of Sycamore
The Waterboys - An Appointment With Mr Yeats
Singles
Paul Weller - Starlite
Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle
Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard
Chapel Club - Surfacing
Foo Fighters - Rope
Way too difficult to limit to 5. Would recommend Wild Beasts, Low, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, The Villagers, Miles Kane, The Vaccines, Arctic Monkeys, White Denim, BellX1, Death Cab for Cutie, The Drums, Foster the People, Gomez, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and so many more
5. Jonny - Jonny
4. Wooden Shjips - West / Moon Duo - Mazes
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
2. Meg Baird - Seasons on Earth
1. Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings For My Halo
5. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
4. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
3. Adele - 21
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
1. Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials
Black keys-el camino
Manic street preachers- national treasures
Chase n status- No more idols
Vaccines-
Noel Gallaghers high flying birds