GrahamJags Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Ryan Adams' cover album of Taylor Swift's 1989 is the album of the year for me. Absolutely unreal how good it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 So far ChillxWill Czarface Dr Yen Lo Fabreeze Brothers The Sam Hill Story Vince Staples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Ryan Adams' cover album of Taylor Swift's 1989 is the album of the year for me. Absolutely unreal how good it is. Going to give it a shot. 1989 is a horrible, vacuous, obnoxious album with ghastly sentiments, but I really like Ryan Adams (about 50% of the time) so we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I think overall it's been a pretty great year for music so far, current pick of the crop- Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I sit and think, Sometimes I just sit Albert Hammond Jr - Momentary Masters IAMDYNAMITE - Wasa Tusa FFS - FFS JEFF the Brotherhood - Wasted on the Dream Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms Dead Sara - Pleasure To Meet You Been quite a few good albums released this year so likely to change again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Going to give it a shot. 1989 is a horrible, vacuous, obnoxious album with ghastly sentiments, but I really like Ryan Adams (about 50% of the time) so we shall see. I think 1989 has got a couple of great pop songs on it, but Ryan has completely ripped it apart and made it his own. It's an interesting listen even if you don't end up liking it. I'd say if you liked his last self-titled record then chances are you'll like this since they're pretty similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Listened to a couple of the tracks on YouTube and it's okay-ish. It sounds like everything else Ryan Adams has been doing for the last ten years, but because he's singing bubblegum pop lyrics over this sombre Americana music, it comes across as insincere and like he's taking the piss out of it. I don't think he's been relevant since 2005 (and even then it was because he released three albums in one year) so fair play to him for getting back on the map. Anyway, the new Carly Rae Jepsen album is a shout for the album of the year so far. Some solid-gold bangers on it, especially Run Away With Me and When I Needed You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Listened to a couple of the tracks on YouTube and it's okay-ish. It sounds like everything else Ryan Adams has been doing for the last ten years, but because he's singing bubblegum pop lyrics over this sombre Americana music, it comes across as insincere and like he's taking the piss out of it. I don't think he's been relevant since 2005 (and even then it was because he released three albums in one year) so fair play to him for getting back on the map. Anyway, the new Carly Rae Jepsen album is a shout for the album of the year so far. Some solid-gold bangers on it, especially Run Away With Me and When I Needed You. I disagree about it sounding insincere. On Out Of The Woods in particular, it sounds like it was him who had written it with the way he comes across. Agree that it sounds like a combination of everything he's done for the last 10 years though, although for me that's a good thing as I loved his self-titled album and Ashes & Fire I do definitely agree with you about the Carly Rae Jepsen album. Absolutely cracking pop record. How Run Away With Me isn't the biggest song in the world just now I do not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Plenty of musicians have a great deal of time for Taylor Swift, so like GrahamJags, I don't imagine that there's taking the piss going on here at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdogunderdog underdog Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 One of my favourite albums from this year is My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice. Looking forward to hearing The Arcs album. Added it to my Spotify play lists today. It is from one of The Black Keys members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Listened to a couple of the tracks on YouTube and it's okay-ish. It sounds like everything else Ryan Adams has been doing for the last ten years, but because he's singing bubblegum pop lyrics over this sombre Americana music, it comes across as insincere and like he's taking the piss out of it. I don't think he's been relevant since 2005 (and even then it was because he released three albums in one year) so fair play to him for getting back on the map. Listened to some of the Ryan Adams covers which are ok but he always uses the same vocal rhythm as TS which makes them a bit pointless in my opinion. Musically they are quite nice if you like that kind of thing. I hope he gets on with that follow up to 1984 now though...which is the most relevant thing he's done since 2005 (and nothing like anything else he's done in the last ten years) if you haven't heard it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Anyway, bet he's gutted he spunked that idea on 1989 now that everyone's realised E/MO/TION's better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I disagree about it sounding insincere. On Out Of The Woods in particular, it sounds like it was him who had written it with the way he comes across. Agree that it sounds like a combination of everything he's done for the last 10 years though, although for me that's a good thing as I loved his self-titled album and Ashes & Fire I do definitely agree with you about the Carly Rae Jepsen album. Absolutely cracking pop record. How Run Away With Me isn't the biggest song in the world just now I do not know. When I listened to it, I thought "I'd rather be listening to Taylor Swift's 1989 and Ryan Adams' Love is Hell" rather than a mash-up of the two. I appreciate the comments about sincerity and I'm sure his heart's in the right place but that's how it came across to me. I agree with Christophe, 1984 was pretty handy. I enjoyed that (and forgot about it when I was thinking about his back catalogue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I have a very hard time believing that Ryan Adams genuinely does admire Taylor Swift, nor was Adams "central" to forming Swift's "songwriting", but then again he was married to a vacuous bubblegum actress/singer for a while, so maybe it is sincere. Either way I'll give it another few whirls and try to ignore the lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 FJM hitting the spot far better than Radams... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU1roh5edj4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I agree with Christophe, 1984 was pretty handy. I enjoyed that (and forgot about it when I was thinking about his back catalogue). While I do like most of the stuff he's done in the last 10 years, 1984 is definitely up there with some of the best stuff he's ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 While I do like most of the stuff he's done in the last 10 years, 1984 is definitely up there with some of the best stuff he's ever done. I've only liked 1984 in that spell. I still love Whiskeytown, Heartbreaker, Gold, Demolition, Cold Roses, (most of) Love is Hell. Then there are some lovely bits of Jacksonville City Nights and Easy Tiger. Even 29 and Rock n Roll have songs I like. But after Easy Tiger I have struggled to maintain interest until 1984. The songs don't grab me anymore, but I'm looking forward to hearing an album along the lines of Love is Hell, which is what he has compared his next one to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Got a hold of the new Beirut album. It's.... not quite as immediate as the first two records. ETA: that said, album closer So Allowed is about the catchiest thing they've ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Really enjoying the New Order album right now. Wasn't sold on Restless completely, but on first listen, pretty much everything on the album is better than it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Listening to so many great albums right now, will hopefully update my list tonight if I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Atreyu's comeback is the second metalcore type album this year that I've really enjoyed, with While She Sleeps being the other one. Atreyu is actually going to be way up there on my list when I finally get around to posting it on here again. Got a lot more to listen to before I do that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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