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A lot of these lyrics are cryptic, they’re poetic more often than not although more straight-forward love songs come now and then. I have a way with words sometimes.īy a large staying more true to the Folk Rock influences Robert has always taken on successfully, Carry Fire came out of left field to me with how big of a standout its’ mystique was. In the monthly writeups of October, when I talked about this album, I already said that this is not a Led Zeppelin album, but it is a great Robert Plant album. That said, this album by the band’s frontman/singer/principal songwriter isn’t going for that same aesthetic that carried a lot of their albums back in the day, making them Rock ’N’ Roll staples back then. Led Zeppelin are one of my favorite 70’s rock bands, just like they are for everybody. Unapologetic, soulful, open, going with the flow – the word versatile means much more than you’d think at face-value. It’s a later take on a song he most famously performed at a time when he was realizing the artistic direction he wants to take his life as a singer. Since I mentioned Enlightenment: covering Start All Over Again was a really cool moment for Van, too.

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In short, nothing musically groundbreaking is going on here – hell, I’m even sure a lot of my friends won’t like it – but oh my, does Van sound free here. That’s why albums such as No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Avalon Sunset, and Enlightenment are such a treat. Van’s been famous for, off and on, using his albums as extended meditations, letting the atmosphere work hand-in-hand with him instead of him guiding it or vice versa. This album is everything that made RWTP good, but with just a new magnitude to it. How a man in his seventies, and a voice that raspy and unique for Rock music, can have so much soul in his standards-covers makes me realize this is what Bob Dylan’s hideous recent output could have been. When I heard Roll With the Punches I was very impressed. The fundamental idea of this year’s albums? Something Van’s dabbled in numerous times earlier in his career, but has never made this much of a point in interpreting Vocal Jazz/Pop Standards his own way, like you do when you release two albums consisting of nothing but. This does not include 2008’s Keep It Simple by the way that album was fantastic. Pretty much each of them has had a couple or a few songs I fucking love and must have on my phone for when my life calls for me to hear it, but consistency has been a complaint. Van’s albums every since 2002’s Down the Road have been, to me, kind of fancier packagings for missions with objectives to find new favorite Van songs. I didn’t step into October’s Roll With the Punches, or December’s Versatile with a heaping pile of expectations. ”Is it gonna be good? What’s it all about? Can you focus on making two albums fantastic in such a short time span? Furthermore, why two albums and not a double-disc?

When I heard the new, later on in 2017, of two albums by my favorite artist seeing their releases only a month or two apart from each other, naturally questions started to arise. The Clientele - Music for the Age of Miracles Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - Blade Runner 2049 These albums I thought were great - great enough to be a part of this list without a dizzoubt - but I just couldn’t squeeze them in because of the limitation that, setting out to make a top fifty, brings. Looking at this list as I was assembling it, before making the writeups, all I remember thinking was, I don’t remember there being this much variety in the last 12 months.įirst off, honorable mentions. It was nice not having a favorite artist die, but I’m talking more about the music here. This year was wildly different from 2016 in terms of music that was actually being released. Music’s always been something that’s had a special, big place in my heart, I’m happy I now listen to all of its’ genres and like most of them. In the opening words of The Top 50 Albums of 2016, I spent a little time talking about how much I’ve progressed as a music-listener. Life is good and it is bad, just as I’ve always hoped it would be. Here’re my picks for what were the 50 best albums to be released between the time midnight set on the 31st of December, and my birthday, which is the day I’m releasing this.

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