Therapy mentioned tonight that he was contemplating his top 10 cd's from 2004. It seems that since
triple j have released their
top 10 CD list he thought that as a radio dj it was a part of his new found calling to release his own top ten.
triple j really had their jobs cut out for them this year, no Radiohead, Coldplay, Muse, Powderfinger or You Am I cd release to take a few of the spaces up and so I'm not surprised that a number of the dj's have
completely different lists. I am however surprised that William Schatner's "Has Been" didn't make it onto ANYONE's list at all!!!
That being the case I started to contemplate what were my top 10, in doing so I decided that numbering them would be one of the harder jobs of the task, hence why I'm still up with a half full glass of coke at 1am in the morning...
Heh, so... here's my Top Ten for 2004.
1. A Ghost is Born - Wilco This cd got number 1 without much thought, these guys continue to surprise me with their musical ability and it's a cd that has had a lot of rotation on my cd player this year.
2. Summer Make Good - MumI wanted to be different, hardly anyone will have this cd and even less of you will have it in the Ltd Edition format that I do :) Needless to say that I'm a musical snob and I'm damn proud of it and these guys are one of the best things that has ever happened to my ears. Their gig in Adelaide last year ssent me into a spin that took me a few weeks to recover from.
3. American Idiot - GreendayNormally these guys would shit me to tears, but this year's release really made me turn around and have a second and third listen, it's a rock opera from a band that's growing up and yelling out for people to pay attention to them again., probably not worthy of the number 3 but I felt that they deserved it for effort.
4. John Butler Trio - Sunrise Over SeaAnd the Aria goes to..... John Butler. This cd should lose a few demerit points for the 20 minutes of Rain Forrest noises that comes at the end of the cd. I bought this to listen on a road trip and as I drove through the mountains to Tahmoor I thought I'd accidentally ran over a bird and got it stuck up my vent...
That being said it's a great cd and well worth the Arias that he received for it.
5. Little Chills - Darren HanlonAhh my little indie collection jumps for glee when Darren releases another cd. This cd is full of great little ditties and I enjoy playing it around the house... He also deserves a place for writing a song titled "(There's Not Enough Songs About) Squash."
6. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2I'm running out of spaces, and I've got to include the U2 cd in the list... It's formula U2 which makes me kind of depressed that the days of Zooropa and Pop may have gone by, but it's still a great cd. Currently getting a lot of rotation in my car and house it'll continue to get a lot of play through the next few years.
7. Smile - Brian WilsonSo, I added SMILE, if you have an issue with this then go and suck on a lemon.
Therapy and I were talking a while ago about if we liked it or not, and although I'm still not sure if i do indeed like it, the cd needs to be in this list because it exists. Brian Wilson put together the remaining pieces of this fabled album and released it this year and although it may not be to everyone's tastes it's certainly getting a lot of play here.
8. There Will Be A Light - Ben Harper & Blind Boys Of AlabamaAhhhh, there's nothing like some good old time gospel roots and blues music and there's never anything like a new Ben Harper cd.
This cd is heavenly.
9. No Roots - FaithlessUncut dealt with this cd harshly, but Uncut loves Johnny Cash and John Cale (who are great musicians by the way). My point being is that they never seem to deal well with dance, electronic or rap that well. I love this cd because it's fun to listen to, the video clips that are coming out for it are great and I just love hearing Maxi Jazz's voice again.
10. Time In The Sun - JuniorI've given this position to some mates of mine in Adelaide... Favoritism? Yes, I won't deny that but it's still getting tonnes of rotation in my cd player, it's still one of the first cds to be in the player on a road trip and it brings back tonnes of memories, so bite me if you think that Xavier Rudd or Elliot Smith or The Libertines should have made it.
Special mention goes to these cds:- Butterfly Boucher - Flutterby
- Xavier Rudd - Solace
- The Libertines - The Libertines
- Uh Huh Her - PJ Harvey
- Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
- Dear Friends and Enemies - Big Heavy Stuff
- Please Describe Yourself Dogs Die In Hot Cars
- From A Basement On The Hill - Elliott Smith
- Inner North - The Guild League
Therapy's just pointed out that I'm a sexist pig and that there are no females at all on this list, sure that Mum has a female vocalist and that PJ, Butterfly and the chicks in The Guild League get a mention, but all up none of them made it top 10. I guess that I could just add PJ or Little Birdy to make me a little less sexist, but to tell you the truth I don't care :)
Besides... I hate Little Birdie, the Dresden Dolls make my ears bleed after the third listen, Delta Goodrem makes me cry, Missy Higgins is great but too cliche at the moment, I'm not going to mention Kylie Minogue or Hillary Duff and all The Waifs did this year was release some live double cd for the Christmas rush...
Currenttly Feeling:
bored
Currently Listening To: The Brian Jonestown Massacre - geezers