With all the recent threads about Musicology; whether it's boring or brilliant, rehashed or refreshing, I thought it would be an interesting exercise for everyone to list 5 releases this year that they find superior.

For you hopelessly sarcastic, please avoid overdramatic statements like "Every release was better!", or, "There are thousands!"... Just gimmie 5!

Thanks for playing!

Jpav

I like Lenny's Baptism better.

Wilco's A Ghost is Born
Ron Sexsmith's Retriever
Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose
Sonic Youth's Sonic Nurse
Jolie Holland's Escondida

I enjoyed "Good News For People Who Like Bad News" from Modest Mouse a good deal more than Musicology, but other than that I don't think I've really listened to any other 2004 releases.

Not that I don't like Musicology, but it's just a good album, not a great one.

CHOCOLATE INVASION
SLAUGHTER HOUSE
CONFESSIONS BY USHER
COLLEGE DROPOUT BY KANYE WEST

Though I did love 'Musicology'....my favs for 2004 so far are...

1-Loretta Lynn-'Van Lear Rose'
2-Killers-I forgot the records name...all amazing songs!
3-Wilco-Ghost Is Born
4-Nikka Costa-Cant Never Did Nothin
5-Jesse Malin-the new one

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

What, she's made a new album! And nobody told me !

Oh, and I think Chocolate Invasion is better than Musicology.

AND... Swedish singer Louise Hoffsten has a live album out that I love more than both of those.
[This message was edited Sun Jul 11 20:39:34 2004 by scififilmnerd]

jpav said:

Musicology is a good CD, but I'd rather the "Free Prince", if you will. Not stating that he had more talent back then or that he's not free now, but I'd rather the older music even if it's borderline explicit. However, no one is as great a musician as Prince in my opinion, I just like the way he always used spirituality and sexuality and made it one. I don't know if we'll ever see that side of Prince again, but I welcome the new material, just as well. I just like these more than Musicology, but not more than "LoveSexy" or "Prince", that's for sure.

Usher - Confessions
Lenny Kravitz - Baptism
Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs
Sweetback - Stage 2
Amel Larrieux - Bravebird

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

Nikka is out already??!! :::runs to wrekka sto:::

:::finds it's not out until October:::

I hate y'all sometimes

As far as naming 5 better, I can't - I really don't buy enough music to know...

And one more thing, all of you Errrsherr buyin' muufuckas



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[This message was edited Sun Jul 11 21:06:18 2004 by CalhounSq]

mrdespues said:

Tell me Despues, if I think "Where Are We Running" is utter shite, will I like anything else on the album? I like Lenny but I feel like he's taking a long fall off a cliff since his greatest hits release Do tell, thanks

The new Beasties
Loretta Lynn's album
The new Cure
Magnetic Fields "i"
David Byrne's newest album

i like musicology a lot, but even with the year only a little over half over, i can tell ya it's not my "album of the year".

I don't like any albums this year better than "Musicology" simply because I hate today's music. There's only one album besides "Musicology" that I like and that is Lenny Kravitz's new album.

The only new music I can even deal with is house music and it has been underground for years and all of it sounds alike.

I've been sick of new music since the mid 90s. All of R&B is either slow or hip hop. Nothing ever gets faster than midtempo. Rock music sounds like folk music, nowadays. I'm still waiting for hip hop to go out of style so we can get back to jamming again.

THIS HAS BEEN A SAD YEAR FOR MUSIC.

ALL THIS SHIT SOUNDS LIKE FILLER TODAY.....HORRIBLE STUFF.

CalhounSq said:

We Are We Runnin' is just one of the OK songs on the album. There are much better. Here's a few I prefer:

Lady (very cool!)
Baptised (soulful)
Minister of Rock and Roll (cool screaming!)
Destiny
Sister Mama Lover (AWESOME guitar riff and bassline)

mrdespues said:

I went & checked out some samples on ITunes. Here's what I bought:

from Baptism:
Minister of Rock & Roll
Sistamamalover
Storm
Calling All Angels

from Lenny:
Pay to Play

I have yet to listen to them in their entirety but overall I'm still disappointed in Lenny's output for the past 2 albums. Maybe he's in his "Prince 90's" phase - some of the weakest shit of his career But I'm glad there seem to be a few tunes worth hearing on Baptism

CalhounSq said:

co-sign

This year was a bad one 4 music imo...I'm still listening 2 albums from tha last year or the year b4:

The Headphone Masterpiece - Cody ChestnuTT
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast
Sleeping With Ghosts - Placebo
Room On Fire - Strokes

And from this year:
Musicology - I listened 2 it a lot in the first 2 months...now, I'm bored with this one
Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs --this one is really good...specially the track "Hey F*?# You"

go2theMax said:

I agree that 2004 was a bad year for music. The one I still listen to from last year is Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk.

heck, i think 2004 has been a GREAT year for music...it's been a little wobbly for concert sales, but everyone i love in music has either released a fantastic album or they're in the process of putting something out later in the year. what's not for me to love?

mrdespues said:

please to all the geniuses out there, get a guitar or piano and get performing. if this is what we are reduced to then we are on a road to what the corporates want, bland fucking shite. A waste of generated electricity, molded plastic in the shape of mixing desks and computer technology overall. This is the worst album i have heard in 2004. Just because the style is similar to prince doesnt give it merit. A college student could have done better than this ( apart from 'california').

Slipknot- Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Rasputina- Frustration Plantation
Scarling- Sweet Heart Dealer
D-12- D-12 World
The Beastie Boys- To The 5 Boroughs

I have bought Musicology, but I also like Lennys Baptism more. I am thinking of Maroon 5 but am not sure yet. Alicia Keyes or Angie Stone are other options. Slow year, I'd say.

To the guy who asked about Lennys music:

Baptism favourites:
Minister of Rock 'n roll
Lady ---it's great!
Sistamamalover
Baptized ---it's amazing, really good
Flash ---so funny lyrics.
Storm (featuring Jay-Z) ---I thought J-Z might ruin it, but it's really good.

Lenny favourites:
Battlefield of love ---it's got this "wall of sound" feeling...
If I could fall in love ---Amazing.
Believe in me ---ahhh....
A million miles away ---I think this sounds like his old stuff, I always forget it's on this album.
You were in my heart ---cool, evil, stylish, sexy.
Bank robber man ---reminds me of Mr. Cab Driver, way cool.

Hope I helped!
Sirah

But ask again about a month and a half from now, when Björk's new album will b out

Hmm...
I cant list albums that are BETTER but I can list other albums I listen to just as much!

Reggae Gold 2004
Janet Jackson's "Damito Jo"
Im soooo over Usher so Im not even gonna list him
George Micheal's "Ladies and Gentlemen, the best of George Micheal
and
Brandy's "Aphrodiasiac"

only got two...

scissor sisters by scissor sisters for its apparent originality and fearlessness

college dropout by kanye west since i like the concept stuff and its like THE alternative college handbook

Anxiety said:

I agree, I don't know what people are talking about. I think it's all in where you look for good music...for example, I haven't tuned into FM radio in over 10 years.

As Hobbes said earlier (your avatar makes me hard, yo) Modest Mouse's "Good News for People Who Like Bad News" is (in my opinion) a far "better" album than Musicology. I honestly would be at a loss to describe the amount of pleasure this album has given me, is giving me. The Good Times Are Killing Me. Indeed.

Oh, and I like Musicology an awful lot, by the way, and don't understand all the recent dogging. It's not supposed to be a GRAND STATEMENT, it was just an album to remind people he could make good, catchy songs.

Also, Franz Ferdinand's self-titled CD runs circles around Musicology in terms of its ability to make me shake my ass. Got-DAMN them boys is hott.

theblueangel said:

razorlight - "up all night" is also far better than Musicology.

mrdespues said:

Me too. Musicology is still a good album IMO.

octovo said:

Sweetback has a new one? Nikka Costa also? loved both of their cds. I've turned a lot of people on to Sweetback. Good sounds.