...thus spake Nigel Blackwell
Rough Trade shop albums of the year, of which I have only a few.
I score better with the Mojo top 50, which I guess tells us rather a lot about which particular record buying demographic I fall into...ie a tired old middle class white man.
This album sounds great, it's cropping up in a lot of the end of the year lists, and it's the first one that I have thought 'bugger, I wish I'd put that on my cd'. I have downloaded it, but I'll swing by Selectadisc tomorrow.
meanwhile, Q has got the Killer's LP listed as the 5th best album released this year...it's one of the most hatefully shallow and soulless records I've ever heard.
That Midlake LP is growing on me, slightly.
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Beirut is probably the best album of 2006 to have completely passed me by, until now. Wow. And if the new Brakes album is as good as the first...
I should try to make sure I'm in Nottingham in time for a quick browse in Selectadisc next week (nowhere near as dingy as it was in days of yore, unfortunatley).
And I'm afraid the Q top 5 just about sums up why I'll only buy it if I'm desperate, about to board a train, and there's a free CD that looks worth having:
05) The Killers – Sam's Town
04) Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
03) Razorlight – s/t
02) Muse Black Holes and Revelations
01) Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
I do own two of these - but what was I saying about the Arctic Monkeys being too predictable? And I totally agree with you about The Killers. After a superb debut, this really was the biggest disappointment of the year (closely followed by the Futureheads and Flaming Lips - although the latter has popped up in many end of year lists).
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