It’s the last week of 2010 and good riddance, musically speaking. There just wasn’t a lot of really worthwhile new music out this year. There was exactly ONE album that kicked my ass this year. That would be Macy Gray as The Sellout. That was a thing of beauty. If you don’t have it, you should just go ahead and spend the money. You NEED “There Is Beauty in the World” in your life.
Also, you really need the long at last banjo album from Steve Martin, The Crow: New Songs for Five String Banjo. Now there’s someone what can play their instrument – and it has two of the best songs of the year, “Late for School” and “Daddy Played the Banjo.”
Beyond that, I’ll give some props out for Ben Folds Lonely Avenue. A lot of that is for “Levi Johnston’s Blues,” but there’s definitely some points for “Picture Window” and a couple of others.
See you next year.
Here’s the list of last week of the year straggling CD album releases:
Andrew Gold
All This & Heaven Too
Ais
Pop/Rock
Dianne Reeves
New Morning
EMI
Vocal
Flame
Captured
Religious
Formel 1 Die Grossten Hits Amiga International
International Hello
International Hello
Holy Mountain
Electronic
Jude Cole
Jude Cole
Ais
Pop/Rock
Michael Omartian
White Horse
Universal Japan
Religious
Motorhead
World Is Yours [Limited Edition]
EMI
Pop/Rock
Paul Williams
Phantom of the Paradise
Universal Japan
Pop/Rock
Paul Williams
Life Goes On
Universal Japan
Pop/Rock
Pavlov’s Dog
Echo & Boo
Disk Union Japan
Pop/Rock
Roch Voisine
Confidences
Jive International
Roger Nichols
Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends
Universal Japan
Pop/Rock
Ronin
Ronin
Universal Japan
Pop/Rock
Rupert Holmes
Pursuit of Happiness
Universal Japan
Pop/Rock
Rupert Holmes
Partners in Crime
Universal Japan
Pop/Rock
Steve Forde
Wild Ride Rowdy Livin Right
ABC OZ
Pop/Rock
Tags: New Albums