2014 Jan-March: Best albums?
Pele-thefiregoddess
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What have been your favourite albums for the first quarter of the year?
And what albums are you looking forward to in the 2nd Quarter April -June?
And what albums are you looking forward to in the 2nd Quarter April -June?
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Second quarter's best so far: Todd Terje - It's Album Time.
Having said that, no release has truly grabbed my attention and made me want to give it anything more than a 6-7/10, sadly. Maybe the aforementioned pair will grow on me though.
Helena Paparizou - One Life
Shakira - Shakira
Looking forward to:
Lily Allen - Sheezus
Foxes - Glorious
And I'll probably check out the new albums from J Lo, Mariah and Lykke Li at some point.
Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction
Looking forward to:
Coldplay - Ghost Stories
Lily Allen - Sheezus
Kelis - FOOD
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Katy B - Little Red
Enrique Iglesias - Sex and Love
Looking forward to:
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I'm Late
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic
Lily Allen - Sheezus
Austin Mahone - The Secret
Clean Bandit - New Eyes
My favourite album release of 2014 so far. I've been waiting for what feels like forever for this album and it doesn't disappoint.
looking forward to - Cautionary Tales by Eels
Little Red - Katy B
Kiss Me Once - Kylie Minogue
Looking forward to:
Sheezus - Lily Allen
Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
Katy B - Little Red
Can't wait for.....
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I'm late
Ella Henderson - Chapter One
Union J - Album 2
http://iplugtoyou.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/best-of-january-2014.html
Favourite album of February - St Vincent - S/T
http://iplugtoyou.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/best-of-february-2014.html
Favourite album of March - Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
http://iplugtoyou.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/best-of-march-2014.html
This is my thoughts on anything this year so far, I've also been struggling to compile a top 20 singles playlist of the year so far, this time last year I had well over 60 by this point. 2014 has been a weak year so far in term of great singles and albums. I'm hoping it starts improving.
We're still very early on in 2014 but having said that, 2013 was such an excellent year for me for finding new music that it would be very hard for 2014 to compare favourably to it.
CHVRCHES, Classixx, Janelle Monae, HAIM, Daft Punk, Gold Panda, The Range, Sky Ferreira and Kelela all released albums that were 8+/10 for me. I genuinely don't think I will live through another year like it, where I will connect with it's new music so well.
So far this year, 2014 has been a disappointment. Nu-disco is probably my absolute favourite genre and Todd Terje has just released probably the Nu-Disco album of the year and I'm just not blown away by it at all. It's kinda like how I feel about Disclosure, I want to love the album, the album is right up my street genre-wise and yet I only enjoy listening to it about 20% of the time
1. rosanna cash - the river and the thread
2. suzanne vega - tales from the realm of the queen of pentacles
3. elbow - the take off and landing of everything
4. tensnake - glow
5. katy b - little red
6. mo - no mythologies to follow
7. st vincent - st vincent
8. paloma faith - a perfect contradiction
9. shakira - shakira
10. broken bells - after the disco
11. beck - morning phase
12. babyface/toni braxton - love, marriage and divorce
13. emeli simon - mue
14. kylie minogue - kiss me once
apr - jun: looking forward to
tori amos - unrepentant geraldines
adele - follow up to 21?
lana del rey - UV
coldplay
lily allen - sheezus
lykke li
clean bandit
sam smith
kelis - food
It's basically a pretty ridiculous fusion of J-pop and extreme metal, and yes that's every bit as hilarious (and surprisingly enjoyable) as it sounds.
I have odd taste, what can I say