I really need to cath up on some albums I missed this year, I was only able to come up with 7 that I've enjoyed.
1 -
Crack the Skye - Mastodon
Not only the best album of the year, but my favorite album in years. Proggy/spacey stoner metal at its absolute finest. It needs to be listened to front-to-back in a blaze of pot smoke, but
these two songs still kick ass on thier own.
2 -
Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West
Strong contender for the #1 spot. Awesome bluesy stoner rock, and one of thier best albums, period.
If this song doesn't make you want to get up and dance and headbang, then you have no soul.
3 -
The Bakerton Group - El Rojo
Insturmental side project from the members of Clutch, and it's also awesome. I'm not sure how they managed to pull off putting out
two albums this amazing in one year.
4 -
Leonard Cohen - Live in London
If you enjoy Cohen in the slightest, this is a fantastic album. If you can't stand him, this won't change your mind. The performances are brilliant, and the setlist is flawless.
5 -
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Dylan pretty much just churned this one out on a whim. He's one of the few people that can do that and still make a really damn good album.
6 -
K-os - Yes!
Uptown Girl is quite possibly the catchiest rap song I've ever heard. Probably his best album, but it took a few spins to grow on me.
7 -
Joel Plaskett - Three
I'm not quite as enamoured with this one as everyone else seems to be, but there's some really great songwriting on this. I really want to see him live again.
XX -
We Are the Same - Tragically Hip
The only album I bought this year that I genuinely can't listen to all the way through. We waited three years for
this?
