POP DEPRESSION ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2005.
01_Benjamin Biolay_A L’origine_EMI
Ismejan od kritike posle albuma “Home” i “prokazan” zbog braka sa Kjarom Mastrojani, Benžaman Biole odgovara “dušebrižnicima” na jedini mogući način – “koliko me ne zanima šta mislite.”
Ovo je ploča koja nadahnjuje, ispunjava i podstiče. Radost zbog rođenja deteta, razočaranje zbog napuštanja prijatelja, porodica kao smisao života i muzika u slavu života.
KLJUČNE PESME: A L’ORIGINE, COURS!, GROUND ZERO BAR
01_My Morning Jacket_Z_ATO/RCA
Brutalno iskreno, potresno i moćno. Kao da na transfuziju uzimate plutonijum. A opet tako lično, “šareno”, direktno i zabavno…
SF-epik u sudaru sa prirodom i samoćom i Jim James kao “karika koja povezuje” Neila Younga, Ozzyja i Davida Byrna. Reverb možda jeste “so eighties” ali najzad da se neko “poigra” dobrim stvarima iz te decenije i da ih učini “vanvremenskim”. Cosmic American Music.
KLJUČNE PESME: DONDANTE, LAY LOW, ANYTIME
02_Okkervil River_Black Sheep Boy/Black Sheep Boy Appendix_Jagjaguwar
“Black Sheep Boy” je odgovor novog milenijuma na Tweedyjev “Beeing There”. Odgovor koji je duboko promišljen, melodičan, iskren, ličan i direktan. Dok se smenjuju pop dragulji, honky-tonk minijature, “patos” i introspekcije, solaže na lap steel gitari, usnoj harmonici ili trubi, nespremni smo na katarzično finale koje nas očekuje – osmominutnu monumentalnu “So Come Back, I Am Waiting” i “prolog” u obliku “A Glow”. Odavno niko svoje “ludilo” nije ovako hrabro i direktno izneo u javnost.
KLJUČNE PESME: SO COME BACK I’M WAITING, STONE, A GLOW
03_Antony and the Johnsons_I Am a Bird Now_Secretly Canadian
Retko se dešava da jedan umetnik svojom pojavom, posebnošću, talentom i karakterom toliko ujedini stavove totalno različitih ljudi, kao što se to desilo Antonyju u poslednjih nekoliko meseci. Iako je prvi solo album zvanično objavio još 2000. godine, 4 godine kasnije doživeo je pravu afirmaciju. Tokom
2005. recenzije novog albuma I’m A Bird Now kretale su se od superlativa do egzaltacije (to “stanje” nije zaobišlo ni UNCUT i MOJO), a čini se da Antony još nije napisao svoje najbolje pesme i da još uvek napreduje i kao muzičar i kao “performer”.
KLJUČNE PESME: HOPE THERE IS SOMEONE, SPIRALLING, YOU ARE MY SISTER
04_Broken Social Scene_Broken Social Scene_Arts & Crafts/City Slang
Posle skoro tri godine rada, čestih promene koncepcije, broja pesama, aranžmana, filosofije … kanadski “wild bunch” još jednom napravio je autentično remek delo. Album Broken Social Scene muzička je enciklopedija sa direktnim citatima idola i posvetama prijateljima – u slavu života i ljubavi. Čist eskapizam i razlog za život.
KLJUČNE PESME: SHORELINE (7/4), WINDSURFING NATION, SUPERCONNECTED
05_Damon & Naomi_The Blue Earth_20/20/20
U godini u kojoj Luna i definitivno prestaje sa radom, malo je radosnih stvari ostalo za sve fanove Galaxie 500. Možda samo jedna velika i epska ploča Damon & Naomi? Album “The Earth Is Blue” ima sve odlike remek dela. “Svemirski pop” u kombinaciji sa poezijom/vinjetama o ljudima, gradovima i osećanjima, sve prekrasno aranžirano i pojačano genijalnim psihodeličnim gitarskim deonicama Michio Kuriharae iz sastava Ghost (nezvaničnim trećim članom benda).
KLJUČNE PESME: THE ROBOT SPEAKS, HOUSE OF GLASS, A SECOND LIFE
06_Laura Cantrell_Humming By The The Flowered Vine_Matador
Treći studijski album u karijeri radijskog DJ-a i Pilove muze Lore Kantrel i još jedan “popdepresivni” klasik. U jednoj recenziji ovog albuma naišao sam na izraz “bittersweet pop” i zaista nije lepo od autora što stvari ne zove pravim imenom :). 39 minuta vaše pažnje za povratak u vreme hrabrih, iskrenih i slobodnih ljudi.
KLJUČNE PESME: KHAKI & CORDUROY, LETTER, BEES
07_Low_The Great Destroyer_Sub Pop
Jedan kupac “The Great Destroyer” albuma na sajtu amazon.com napisao je sledeće: “This is a terrible Cd. I can’t believe I wasted money on it. All hype and no substance. A perfect CD if your contemplating suicide and you need something to push you over the edge. Don’t waste your time.” I sada, kao, neko treba da odoli ovakvom pozivu i ne kupi album!?
KLJUČNE PESME: SILVER RIDER, CUE THE STRINGS, WHEN I GO DEAF
08_The Decemberists_Picaresque_KRS
Najbolja ploča u karijeri Colina Meloya i ulaznica za “Major League.” Prepustite se maštanju uz priče o princezama, špijunima, samoubistvima, duhovima, političarima, kanibalima i (ne)slavnim fudbalskim karijerama.
KLJUČNE PESME: THE ENGINE DRIVER, THE SPORTING LIFE, WE BOTH GO DOWN TOGETHER
09_Kathleen Edwards_Back To Me_Zoe/Rounder/Maple
Savršen osećaj za pop pesmu, drskost u neograničenim količinama, flertovanje i senzualnost. Kao najbolji “prvi dejt” koji se nikada neće desiti.
KLJUČNE PESME: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?, AWAY, PINK EMERSON RADIO
10_Queens Of The Stone Age_Lullabies To Paralyze_Interscope
Hard rok himne, psihodelija, šamanizam i čist seks. Josh Homme kao “postmodernistička” kombinacija Jima Morrisona i Roberta Planta.
KLJUČNE PESME: “YOU GOT A KILLER SCENE THERE, MAN”, LONG SLOW GOODBYE, I NEVER CAME
11_Martha Wainwright_Martha Wainwright_Drowned in Sound
12_Clem Snide_End Of Love_Fargo
13_LCD Soundsystem_LCD Soundsystem_DFA/EMI
14_Richard Hawley_Coles Corner_Mute
15_Sufjan Stevens_Illinois_Ashmatic Kitty
16_Karl Broadie_Black Crow Callin’_Universal
17_Broken Family Band_Welcome Home Looser/The Singing Adams_Problems_Track & Field
18_Spoon_Gimmie Fiction_Merge
19_Shelby Lynne_Suit Yourself_Epic
20_Laura Veirs_Year Of Meteors_Nonesuch
21_The Posies_Every Kind Of Light/Big Star_In Space_Rykodisc
22_Ryan Adams and The Cardinals_Cold Roses/Jacksonville City Nights/29_Lost Highway
23_Deadstring Brothers_Starving Winter Report_Bloodshot Records
24_the Pernice Brothers_Discover A Lovelier You_Ashmont Records
25_Sylvie Lewis_Tangos & Tantrums_Cheap Lullabies
bubbling under… Sleater-Kinney_Entertain_Sub Pop, Richmond Fontaine_The Fitzgerald_Decor, dEUS_Pocket Revolution_Universal, John Vanderslice_Pixel Revolt_Basruk, Jeff Klein_The Hustler_One Little Indian, Jason Collett_Idols Of Exile_Arts & Crafts, CocoRosie_Noah’s Ark_Touch & Go, Coralie Clement_Bye Bye Beute_Nettwerk/EMI, Fiery Furnaces_EP_Rough Trade, Al Green_Everything’s OK_Blue Note, Marah_If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry_Yep Roc, Bright Eyes_Digital Ash In Digital Urn/I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning_Saddle Creek, The Mountain Goats_The Sunset Tree_4AD, Jens Lekman_Oh You’re So Silent Jens_Secretly Canadian, Silver Jews_Tanglewood Numbers_Domino, Rosebuds_Birds Make Good Neighbors_Merge, Wolf Parade_Apologies to the Queen Mary_Sub Pop, Ladytron_Witching Hour_V2, The National_Alligator_Beggars Banquet, The New Pornographers_Twin Cinema_Mint, M Ward_Transistor Radio_Merge, Sambassadeur_ST_Labrador, Bell Orchestre_Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light_Rough Trade, M83_Before the Dawn Heals Us_Gooom/Mute, Animal Collective_Feels_Fat Cat, Nine Horses_Snow Borne Sorrow_Samadhisound, The Devastations_Coal_In-Fidelity/Shock Peace, the Wedding Present_Take Fountain_Scopitone, Michelle Shocked_Threesome_Mighty Sound, Josh Rouse_Nashville_Rykodisc, Final Fantasy_Has A Good Home_Blocks Recording Club, Smog_Electrelane_Axes_Too Pure, The Go-Betweens_Oceans Apart_Yep Roc, Herman Dune_Not On Top_Track & Field, P:ano_Brigadoon_Mint, David Pajo_Pajo_Drag City/Domino, Edith Frost_It’s A Game_Drag City, Death Cab For Cutie_Plans_Atlantic,Smog_A River Ain’t Too Much To Love_Domino, Monica Quinn_Return of the Sacred Heart_Vertical, Montag_Alone, Not Alone_Goom, The Most Serene Republic_Underwater Cinematographer_Arts & Crafts, Petra Jean Philipson_Notes: On Love_Gronland, South San Gabriel_The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until the Operation’s Through_Misra, Saint Thomas_Children of the New Brigade_Track & Field, Paula Frazer_Leave The Sad Things Behind_Birdman, Metric_Live It Out_Poptones, Arab Strap_The Last Romance_Chemikal Und/Matador, Dios (Malos)_Dios (Malos)_Star Time, Mick Harvey_One Man’s Treasure_Mute, Richard Swift_The Novelist/Walking Without Effort_Secretly Canadian, the White Stripes_Get Behind Me Satan_XL, Devendra Banhart_Cripple Crow_XL, Page France_Hello, Dear Wind_Fall Records, Controller.Controller_X-Amounts_Paper Bag Records, Boards Of Canada_The Campfire Headphase_WARP…
VAN KONKURENCIJE [Albumi izvođača za koje sam “intimno vezan”…]
Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3_…Tick…Tick…Tick_Blue Rose
Sid Griffin_As Certain As Sunrise_Prima
Wilco_Kicking Television (live)_Nonesuch
Magnolia Electric Co_What Comes After The Blues/Trials & Errors/Hard To Love A Man_Secretly Canadian
The Walkabouts_Acetylene_Glitterhouse
Son Volt_Okemah and the Melody of Riot_WB
Archer Prewitt_Wilderness_Thrill Jockey
Sam Prekop_Who’s Your New Professor?_Thrill Jockey
The Saints_Nothing Is Straight In This House_Cadiz
KOMPILACIJE
Cheatin’ Soul, and the Southern Dream of Freedom_Trikont
For A Decade Of Sin-11 Years Of Bloodshot Records_Bloodshot
Soul Gospel_Soul Jazz
Sweetheart Love Songs 2005_Hear Music/Starbacks
The Believer June 2005 Music Issue
Live At KEXP Volume One
Dirty Laundry – The Soul Of Black Country_Trikont
Studio One Roots 2_Soul Jazz
Welsh Rare Beat_Finders Keepers
Adventures in Advertising_Arts & Crafts
the Enlightened Family – a Collection Of Lost Songs_Voodoo-EROS
Stubbs the Zombie OST_Shout!
This Bird Has Flown – A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul_Razor & Tie
Studio One Classic Lovers_Soul Jazz
Dimension Mix – Dimension 5 Records For Children
