Friday 11 January 2019

My Year In CDs, 2018

I bought an extraordinary fifty-nine CDs in 2018. How many did i buy last year? Maybe 35? But don't worry, i haven't all of a sudden embraced contemporary pop music, which is even worse than ever now. Very few of the albums were by current artists, they were mostly replacements for old vinyl (which i can no longer play) or "best of" collections by old favourites.

I've written replacements for old vinyl in (and in a couple of cases, old cassettes) in red. New albums by contemporary artists are indicated with an octothorpe – or hashtag, if you prefer. (#) File everything else here under “m” for miscellaneous. “Best of” collections should be obvious.

I wrote (above) that i certainly have not embraced contemporary pop music, however, there was one album by an artist who might be considered “contempop” -- Pink (although, really, i think she's a genre unto herself). I'd always liked what i'd heard of her music, without being particularly interested in exploring further, until i heard a story about her and, isn't this awful, i forget the details. But! She did something extraordinarily nice for someone and it showed to me that she's not at all the tuff chick she comes across as, but is a truly sensitive artist. So i bought an anthology and guess what? It's my CD Of The Year!



I can't choose a “best of” replacement for vinyl, though. It would be almost of them....

#Caro Emerald -- Metropole Orkest X Caro Emerald
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – The Brandenburg Concertos
Musicians Of The Nile – From Luxor To Isna
Jack Bruce – Songs For A Tailor
Dick Gaughan – Gaughan
Dick Gaughan – The Definitive Collection
"Guys And Dolls" (Original Broadway Cast)
Jack Bruce – Harmony Row
Donna Summer – The Ultimate Collection
#Martin & Eliza Carthy – Moral Of The Elephant
John Kirkpatrick – Sheepskins
#Marillion – All One Tonight
Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Davy Spillane – Atlantic Bridge
Mott The Hoople – Mott
Spirit – Clear
Patti Smith – Outside Society
Shirley Collins And The Albion Band – No Roses
Planxty – One Night In Bremen
Siouxsie & The Banshees – A Kiss In The Dreamhouse
#Ray Davies – Our Country: Americana act II
Runrig – Heartland
Donna Summer – Live And More
Barbra Streisand – The Broadway Album
Davy Spillane Band – Out Of The Air
The Kinks – Misfits
#Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
The Kinks – Sleepwalker
Loggins & Messina – Sittin' In Again
The Kinks – Soap Opera
#Richard Thompson – 13 Rivers
The Kinks -- Muswell Hillbillies
#Wolfscote – Turn The Glass
#Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet – Landfall
The Kinks – Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround
#Runrig – The Ones That Got Away
#Happy Rhodes – Ectotrophia
Silly Wizard – A Glint Of Silver
Emerson, Lake & Powell – Emerson, Lake & Powell
The Bothy Band – The Bothy Band
#Paul Simon – In The Blue Light
Various Artists – Big Blue Ball
#Colin James – Miles To Go
Graham Nash David Crosby – Graham Nash David Crosby
#Sharon Shannon – Sacred Earth
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Nocturne
Triona Ni Dhomhnaill – Triona
The Beat – I Just Can't Stop It
Renaissance – Novella
Pink –Greatest Hits ... So Far!!!
#Dead Can Dance – Dionysus
King Crimson – Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Kenny Loggins – The Essential Kenny Loggins
Renaissance – A Song For All Seasons
#Afro Celt Sound System – Flight
#The Albion Christmas Band – Under The Christmas Tree
Atlanta Rhythm Section – ARS: The Best Of Atlanta Rhythm Section
The Who – Quadrophenia

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