Yeah probably Andre's "Love Below". I was like. These songs go more than just "im tryinna get a hit".


The last OUTSTANDING album I heard was Nelly Furtado's Loose. She really up'd her game and was a force to be reckoned with. By the time I got to "Do It" I was like....this bitch is baaadd....

RipHer2Shreds said:

Valerie and I were talking recently about how much we both like this album:


Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55

It blows me away too.

My favorite albums from the last years:
André 3000: The Love Below
George Michael: Patience
Gwen Stefani: Love Angel Music Baby
Katie Melua: Piece by piece
Pink: I'm not dead

Prince: The Rainbow Children. Before that was Lovesexy.
Non-Prince: Probably the remastered, re-sequenced release of the original Wicker Man soundtrack.

sextonseven said:

It's Air! What's not to like?

WHAT WAS THE LAST PRINCE ALBUM...

That really blew you away?

Lammastide said:

no sh*t, really? the wicker man?

i just recently saw the film and thought it was horrid...so much so i can't even recall the music. wait, isn't like Celtic music or something?

papaaisaway said:

lovesexy

I'll also say that this one blew me totally away when I first heard it:




And this one too:


[Edited 6/26/07 16:21pm]

I've been blown away by three albums in their entirety this year:

LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
!!!- Myth Takes
Chromeo- Fancy Footwork

Björk's Volta and Aracde Fire's Neon Bible are close.

sosgemini said:

WHAT!?!? You saw the ORIGINAL and hated it?!? It's been called one of the greatest British films ever! The "Citizen Cane of horror!" Actually, I understand... It's very, very quirky; achingly subtle; and nothing like anything in its genre these days.

Yeah, the music might be said to have some Celtic influences (it even features some reworked Robert Burns stuff.) But most of it is '70s folk penned and/or arranged by New York slickster Paul Giovanni. There is even one really campy disco-influenced track , but they dropped the dance beat for the re-release.

Lammastide said:

I so want that! I loved the movie and the music is very key.

Moonbeam said:

For a fan, it was near-miraculous that they found the original masters intact from WAAAAY back in the day! It was lost for decades! Older versions of the soundtrack were a patchwork of inferior recordings directly from the movie (with all sorts of background noise, dialogue and abrupt editing), and they left off at least one key song, "Gently Johnny," which is recovered for this newer release.
[Edited 6/26/07 17:08pm]

Lammastide said:

Man, let's just say it's been several years since a new release really blew me away.

I wouldn't say either of them "blew me away", but I enjoy them both a great deal. And they're both earlier from this year, so cool...

Lammastide said:

ugh. that movie sucked. i can't even imagine how much more horrible it would be with Nicholas Cage starring in it

Raze said:

Moonbeam said:

sorry it did i wanted to like it, but...

probably this

Continum John Mayer & just recently Jamie Lidell Multiply even though this album came out a few years ago it's new to me.

I've just discovered recently the album Retriever (from 2003 I think) by Ron Sexsmith ( pop-rock), if you love the Beatles- Neil Finn.. I think you will like it a lot ( => not about to lose).

I'm digging the new Interpol. Not sure if it blows me away, but it's new.

RipHer2Shreds said:

co-co-sign. album of the year, period. thsi has been on HEAVY rotation since months for me, more than any other new release in recent years (*), and I'm still not getting tired of it




(*) except Morph The Cat probably

Raze said:

Hey there, watch it, now! You ever seen "Conair", "Valley gIrL", "Snake Eyes", and/or "The Rock" (AND NO, I DON'T MEAN THAT SILLY ASS FORMER PRO-WRESTLER/NOW TURNED ACTOR")?

GangstaFam said:

And you haven't listened to LCD Soundsystem yet?

Raze said:

I'm with you. I love horror; always have and always will. But Wacker Man? No!

Raze said:

Well, it's regarded as a horror classic by many.

RipHer2Shreds said:

It's understandable. It is an odd little film -- very folky, very campy. And it's peculiar amid its genre: more a detective flick with pagan underpinnings than a full-out horror narrative.

Nevertheless, I LUVs me some Wicker Man! ...And, yeah, Nick Cage, is probably awful in the remake, which I have no interest in seeing anytime soon.