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Dinosaurs on the mountains
Mother I’ve taken LSD
Fluffy psychedelic pop-prog sounds from Oklahoma. The Flaming Lips haven’t always made music for the masses. Remember 1997’s Zaireeka, which consisted of 4 CDs, where each CD had to be played on 4 different players at the same time? Compared to this, American Head is easy consumable and appealed to many new fans – my album of the year!
Love is on its way out
Once I saw the river clean
Hardcore fans of the Smiths weren’t always too much excited about Morrissey’s solo albums. He is a special kind of guy, whose point of view one can’t always share. Nevertheless, I love his absurd, bitter- sweet and socially critical lyrics, always delivered in a sweet voice. The 2020 album convinced with catchy melodies that have earworm potential.
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
Lookout Man!
Joe Bonamassa is a constant on the US blues rock scene. In his latest album he pays tribute to his idols. These are not the US American blues greats but British bands like The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Consequently, he recorded the album at Abbey Road Studios in London.
False Prophet
Crossing Rubicon
Bob Dylan began his career as a folk singer. When he switched to electric guitar he was called “Judas” by his fans at a concert in Manchester in 1966. He continued to challenge his fans by changing styles. Greil Marcus’ review of the 1970 album “Self-Portrait” in Rolling Stone, which began with the words “what is this shit ?”, is legendary. The subsequent change from Jewish to Christianity and a handful of records with religious motifs did not necessarily make things better. After he had only released records with cover versions from the Great American Songbook in recent years, we were eagerly awaiting the 2020 LP with original songs. It was a pleasant surprise and a worthy, timeless work of the 79-year-old.
Nothing at all
And the address
More than 50 years after their founding, Deep Purple are not an old men’s band but solid hard rock. Don Airey proves once again that he is a more than worthy successor to Jon Lord on the keyboards. Musically, the 2020 album goes back to the roots and even includes a cover version of one of their few instrumental tracks, which originally appeared on “Shades of Deep Puple” in 1968.
Jungbusch
Lukas
The first album of a young singer from the French part of Switzerland – she has a lot of potential.
Shot in the dark
Witch’s Spell
My favourite Angus Young quote stems from 1989 “It bores me to death when people tell me that we’ve made 11 records that sound exactly the same. The fact is that we have made 12 records that sound exactly the same”. There’s nothing to add to that for the 18th record.
Timpani in the morning
Me, on the beach
Even if Bela B nowadays has the same haircut as Cruella de Ville in 101 Dalmatians and the lyrics no longer attract the attention of the censorship authorities and had been more profound in the past, it’s still fun to listen to the Ärzte in the 2020s.
You’re no good
You might as well forget him
The five boys who formed the Toten Hosen in Düsseldorf in 1982 as a local punk rock band have become older gentlemen who fill football stadiums all over the world at their concerts. The lead singer did what older celebrities do: he wrote an autobiography. Apparently a branch of his family tree comes from Liverpool, which is why the new Hosen album consists of cover versions of Mersey Beat hits. So far, so good – but I sorely missed the satire of the language lab announcements on the Learning English 1 and 2 LPs.
Nos celebrations
3Sex
Since I have all the Indochine LPs, a “Best of” would have been superfluous for me and I probably bought these two due to a “hunter-gatherer” gene disposition. For all those who don’t know Indochine yet, the 10 LP Box Singles Collection 1980 to 2021 is a good start.
Dinosaurs on the mountains
Mother I’ve taken LSD
Fluffy psychedelic pop prog from Oklahoma. The Flaming Lips were not always suitable for the masses – remember the 1997 Zaireeka, which consisted of 4 CDs that were supposed to be played on 4 different players in parallel. American Head is light fare compared to that and appealed to many new fans – for me personally the album of the year!
Love is on its way out
Once I saw the river clean
Hardcore fans of the Smiths are usually not that enthusiastic about Morrissey’s solo albums. He is a headstrong character whose views cannot always be shared. Nevertheless, I love his absurd, bitterly angry and socially critical texts, which are presented in a sugar-sweet voice. The 2020 album captivates with catchy melodies with catchy tune potential.
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
Lookout Man!
Joe Bonamassa is a constant in the US blues rock scene. In his latest album he pays tribute to his role models. These are not some of the US American blues greats but British bands like Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. It was only logical that he recorded the album in Abbey Road Studios in London.
False Prophet
Crossing Rubicon
Bob Dylan started his folk bard career. His switch to the electric guitar led to the abuse of Judas by his fans in a concert in Manchester in 1966. But even afterwards he alienated fans with renewed style changes. The review by Greil Marcus of the 1970 album “Self-Portrait” in Rolling Stone, which with the words “what is this shit?” started. The subsequent switch from Jewish to Christianity and a handful of records with religious motifs did not necessarily make things better. After he had only released records with cover versions from the Great American Songbook in recent years, we were excited about the 2020 LP with his own songs. It was a happy surprise and a worthy, timeless old work by the 79 year old.
Nothing at all
And the address
Even more than 50 years after their founding, Deep Purple are anything but an old man’s band but solid hard rock. Don Airey proves once again that he is a more than worthy successor to Jon Lord on the keyboards. Musically, the 2020 album goes back to its roots and even contains a cover version of one of their few instrumental pieces, which originally appeared on “Shades of Deep Puple” in 1968.
Jungbusch
Lukas
The debut of a promising young singer from western Switzerland.
Shot in the dark
Witch’s Spell
My favorite quote from Angus Young in 1989 “It bores me to death when people tell me that we’ve now made 11 records that sound exactly the same. The fact is that we made 12 records that sound exactly the same ”. There is nothing to add to that, even with their 18th album
Timpani in the morning
Me, on the beach
Even if Bela B now has the same hairstyle as Cruella de Ville in the 101 Dalmatians and the texts no longer call the censorship authorities on the scene and were also more profound, it is still fun to listen to the doctors in 2020.
You’re no good
You might as well forget him
The five boys who founded Die Toten Hosen in Düsseldorf as a local punk rock band in 1982 have become older men who fill football stadiums all over the world at their concerts. The lead singer did what older celebrities do: he wrote an autobiography. Apparently a branch of his family tree comes from Liverpool, which is why the new Hosen album consists of cover versions of Mersey Beat Hits. So far, so good – but I sorely missed the satiricals on the language laboratory announcements of Learning English 1 and 2 LPs.
Nos celebrations
3Sex
Since I have all Indochine LP’s, a “Best of” would actually have been dispensable for me and I probably bought it following a hunter-gatherer genetic disposition. For everyone who is new to Indochine, the 10 LP Box Singles Collection 1980 to 2021 is definitely a good start.
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