Tuesday 28 December 2010

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2010

An extraordinary amount of great new things released this year, and some great reissues too.


Three other albums could also have been here as I heard them for the first time in 2010, but they’re not from this year and are nonetheless landmarks: Röövel Ööbik: Ringrada (Universal/UMBLU, 2009); La Grande Sophie: Des Vagues et des Ruisseaux (AZ, 2009); Catherine Major: Rose Sang (Productions De L’Onde, 2008).


After the initial ten or so, the order becomes irrelevant (which is why there are no numbers). The first five are expanded on here: theartsdesk Year Out / Year In: New Music


NEW STUFF

Susanne Sundfør: The Brothel (EMI)
Arnaud Fleurent-Didier: La Reproduction (Columbia/Sony)
MGMT: Congratulations (Columbia)
Our Broken Garden: Golden Sea (Bella Union)
Sylvie Vartan: Soleil Bleu (RCA)
Jane Weaver and Septième Soeur: The Fallen By Watch Bird (Bird)
Kyrie Kristmanson: Origin Of Stars (No Format)
Rose Elinor Dougall: Without Why (Scarlett Music)
Clare Diterzi: Rosa la Rouge (PIAS)
Hjaltalín: Terminal (Borgin Music)
K-X-P (Smalltown Supersound)
Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy/Wondaland)
Françoise Hardy: La Pluie Sans Parapluie (Virgin)
Disappears: Lux (Kranky)
Le Prince Miiaou: Safety First (lpm)
The Concretes: WYWH (Something In Construction)
Islaja: Keraaminen Pää (Fonal)
Mark Ronson & the Business Intl: Record Collection (Columbia)
Frankie Rose and the Outs (Memphis Industries)
Dungen: Skit I Allt (Subliminal Sounds)
Agnes Obel: Philharmonics (PIAS)
Ólafur Arnalds: …And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness (Erased Tapes)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: Before Today (4AD)
Efterklang: Magic Chairs (4AD)
Field Music: Measure (Memphis Industries)
Her Name Is Calla: The Quiet Lamb (Denovali Records)
The Besnard Lakes: …are the Roaring Night (Jagjaguwar)
Soundcarriers: Celeste (Melodic)
Wildbirds & Peace Drums: Rivers (Leaf)

Ólöf Arnalds: Innundor Skinni (One Little Indian)



REISSUES

Various: With Love a Pot of Flowers (Big Beat)
Pärson Sound (Subliminal Sounds - vinyl three-album box set)
FJ McMahon: Spirit of the Golden Juice (Rev-Ola)
Various: Listen To The Voices Sly Stone In The Studio 1965-1970 (Ace)
François de Roubaix: L’Antarctique (WéMè)
Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power (Columbia Legacy – the box set)
The Rationals: Think Rational! (Big Beat)
Turid: Stars and Angels: Songs, 1971-75 (RPM International - one of mine, but so great)
Jim Sullivan: UFO (Light In The Attic)
Various: Dansk Rock Historie (Universal)
The Master’s Apprentices (Aztec Music)
I Marc 4: The Beat Sound of the Fabulous… (Heristal)
Efterklang: Tripper + Springer (Leaf)
Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away The Compete Studio Recordings and more (Universal - despite the really poor editing of the text/label copy)
Belbury Poly: Farmer’s Angle (Ghost Box)
Kenny Graham and his Satellites: Moondog and Suncat Suites (Trunk)
Jet (RPM)
Various: Book A Trip The Pop Psych Sounds Of Capitol Records (Now Sounds)
Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg (Light In the Attic – vinyl version)

The Remo Four: Smile!, Peter Gunn…and more (Bear Family)

1 comment:

  1. Hi Kieron,

    Thanks for including Book A Trip on your Best Reissues list! Hope 2011 is going great for you so far!

    All best,
    Steve Stanley
    www.nowsounds.co.uk

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