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2009 End of year Best of list

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Started by Simon (Simon) in Other Bands & Artists

Well the year is almost over and as album releases are winding down as the Christmas collection cd’s that Dennis has put together hit the Bargin Bins, so what has been peoples highlights this year?

For Me the albums i have been playing to death have been..
1. Alice in Chains- Black Gives Way to Blue
2. Therapy?- Crooked Timber
3. Andrew Weatherall- A Pox On the Pioneers
4. Depeche Mode- Sounds Of The Universe
5. Nofx- Coaster

Other albums Artists that have put some good stuff out this year were: Mastodon, Spinnerette, The Prodigy, Megadeth, Them Crooked Vultures, Easy Star Allstars and Lamb Of God. Apart from that its been a bit of a quiet year for me… been buying more classic albums than new ones.

Best two Films of the year for were, Moon and inglourious basterds :)

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 11:05

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Simon’s post on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 11:06 was deleted by hoochalobster (Message to moderator)

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Alan wrote:

FAIL.

That is all.

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 12:20

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

:p

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 12:22

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Dermot wrote:

Top Five Albums:

1) Manic Street Preachers – Journal for Plague Lovers
2) Atlas Sound – Logos
3) The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come
4) Therapy? – Crooked Timber
5) Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

As for movies, can’t really put these in order, but:

Moon
Triangle
A Perfect Getaway

Were all good.

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 13:19

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g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:

in no particular order

1. therapy? crooked timber
2. Anaal Nathrakh - in the constellation of the black widow
3. Between the buried and me - the great misdirect
4. wildhearts - chutzpah
5. suffocation - blood oath

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 15:14

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msd wrote:

Oddly enough the album I enjoyed most this year was Ian Brown’s “My Way”.

Paradise Lost’s “Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us” was also good.

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 16:32

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zipless wrote:

Tough call, as always…

Alice in Chains - Black gives way to blue
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da

Movies?
Havent been to a cinema since September 08

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 16:36

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Epitome (Dave) wrote:

Damn it, I usually do these threads on the forums I use - but I always wait till near the end of the year :-P
There are probably still another couple of albums at least due out this year which might make my list, and there are some I haven’t listened to enough to fairly judge yet.

I’ve bought about 20 albums that were released this year, well something like that, and I think they’re all worthy of a mention, so I’ll have to think about my list a bit. Really been an exceptional year for new album, for me anyway. Got to be at least 6 “classics” this year, which has to be a record!

I’ll post my list later :-)

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 16:50

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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:

I have possibly my weakest year at getting new stuff, so have to make do with a top 3 of T?, Little Boots and Muse, in that order. Next would be Lady Gaga and then Green Day, more because they’re new this year (I think Lady Gaga was anyhoo), rather than I actually like them much. Wasn’t impressed with the Arctic Monkeys effort.

Film-wise I think its fairly clearly Moon and District 9 for me - Revolutionery Road was good too, in a kinda exhausting way.

Don’t think I’ve read much that’s new either (The Mammoth Book of On The Edge Stories notwithstanding) - have the new Douglas Coupland and Terry Pratchetts waiting but currently the new Dawkins seems pretty good - v rude about stupid people (again) :-)

Posted on Wed, 11 November 2009 at 18:55

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Simon (Simon) wrote:

[quote=Epitome]Damn it, I usually do these threads on the forums I use[/quote]

Life’s a shit ay? Graeme stole my usual only thread of the year last year i was fucked to miss out this time.

- but I always wait till near the end of the year :-P[/quote]

Then don’t post till the end of the year? :p

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 07:33 in reply to an earlier post

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Epitome (Dave) wrote:

I’ll post now and post an updated one at the end of the year!

I usually do a top 10, but because I got so many great albums this year I’ll do more, but break them up a bit:

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= Essential =
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1. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
2. Minsk - With Echoes From The Movement of Stone
3. Porcupine Tree - The Incident
4. Isis - Wavering Radiant
5. OSI - Blood
6. Severed Nerve - The Y Incision
7. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine - The Audacity of Hype

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= Very Good =
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8. Static-X - Cult of Static
9. Therapy? - Crooked Timber
10. Eels - Hombre Lobo
11. Powerman 5000 - Somewhere on the Otherside of Nowhere
12. Crippled Black Phoenix - The Resurrectionists
13. Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
14. NOFX - Coaster

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= Good =
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15. Crippled Black Phoenix - Night Raider
16. Dope - No Regrets
17. Bile - Hate Radio

I think I might have forgot one or two, and a lot of them are too close to really say one is better than the other, but that’s the general list. I’ve only listened to the OSI album once, but it sounded great, so I’m guessing it will go in the top 7 somewhere.

I’m still planning to buy the new Alice in Chains and Placebo albums too. And then there should be a few more albums out by the end of the year that I’ll get (next up is Cokie the Clown by NOFX).

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 08:19

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

LMAO @ Divers first post.

Wanker! :p

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 10:01

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

Didn’t buy much this year, but in no particular order i liked

Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
And, of course, Crooked Timber

Didn’t see any new films this year - been a shit year for film really, but like the look of 2012, so i’ll maybe go see that.

Gig of the year has to be AC/DC at Hampden. What a show those guys put on!!! :)

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 13:02

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Gav wrote:

Highlights for me:
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardinals
Ian Brown - My Way
Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us
Gallows - Grey Britain
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz!
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Megadeth - Endgame
Therapy? - Crooked Timber
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

Thought was ok:
Devin Townsend (Ki & Addicted)
The Wildhearts - Chutzpah!
My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
Depeche Mode - Sounds Of the Universe
Lamb of God - Wrath
Revolting Cocks - Sex-O-Olympic-O

Missed the Mark:
Muse
Morrissey

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 13:20

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Epitome (Dave) wrote:

Oh, I forgot Chuck Ragan - Gold Country and Pete Mac - In Limbo… they’d both be under the “very good” section somewhere :-)

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 16:33

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fatboy wrote:

I buy back catalouge stuff than I do with newer stuff, though Crooked Timber is THE best album that came out this year, followed by Fleet Foxes (or did that come out last year?)

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 17:14

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Taunty Dan wrote:

last year

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 20:12

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Joshua (Joshua VP) wrote:

Sting - If on a winter’s night.
Beatles - Stereo Box.
Winger - Karma.
Kiss - Sonic Boom.
Ace Frehley - Anomaly.

Posted on Thu, 12 November 2009 at 20:47

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Beefgrinder wrote:

I struggled to find 5 albums from 2009 that I’ve bought this year, but I’d say:

Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Therapy? - Crooked Timber
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
Skindred - Shark Bites and Dog Fights

Some of the albums I didn’t like this year include:

Muse - The Resistance… just takes the Queen thing too far.
Editors - In This Light and On This Evening… “Wow, aren’t we original, we can replace our guitars with cheesy synths, thereby sounding like a cross between New Order and the sodding Human League”

Was also not blown away with the new CLutch album (though it wasn’t bad, I just really liked the organ they had on the previous couple) and the Beirut “album” was a bit stinky too.

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 08:17

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Beefgrinder wrote:

Oh, and I hope the new Biffy album (which I’m yet to buy) is better than what I’ve heard so far… ‘The Captain’ is simply dire!

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 08:18

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Gav wrote:

I forgot to mention ‘The Century of Self’ by …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - which is a great album!

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 08:37

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LunacyBooth wrote:

Top 5 albums in no particular order:

Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Alice In Chains - Black Gives way To Blue
Riverside - Anno Domino High Definition
OSI - Blood

Top 5 Gigs (very much in order):

Alice In Chains - Glasgow Barrowlands
Faith No More - Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Focus - Glasgow Ferry
AC/DC - Glasgow Hampden Stadium
Mudhoney - Edinburgh Picturehouse

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 11:06

#23

Gav wrote:

I keep hearing good things about Porcupine Tree - Might have to give them a listen

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 11:15

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

This is the good hting about YouTube - it means people like me and you can suss out bands like Porcupine Tree without having to invest in an album we might hate. And then if we like what we hear online, we can go out and buy the entire back catalogue in an overdraft-crippling fit of OCD.

Or is it just me that does that with bands…? :(

But yeah, I think I ought to check out Hedgehog Bush or whatever they’re called myself, cos I keep seeing their name everywhere.

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 11:28

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

:D Hedgehog Bush :D
You been watching your Animal Porn collection again??

I saw Porcupine Tree a few years ago when i worked at 1 of their gigs. Thoroughly enjoyed it, but never got round to checking them out some more. Time to change that methinks.

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 11:45

#26

Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

Hedgehog Bush is a cosmetic condition caused when confusing your firm hold hair gel with your shower gel when washing one’s private-and-confidentials.

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 11:47

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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:

A mistake you’ll never want to make again then???

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 11:49

#28

Gav wrote:

mistake? he’s been showing it to passers by on the high street for the last week…

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 11:54

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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:

It’s not painful or particularly long-lasting, it just meant it took 45 minutes to put my jeans on that day…:(

My “best of 2010” (sic) in no particular hors-d’oeuvres is:

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
U2 - No Line On The Horizon
Therapy? - Crooked Timber
Slayer - World Painted Blood

and I quite liked:

Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Echo & the Bunnymen - The Fountain
Simple Minds - Graffiti Soul
Maximo Park - Quicken The Heart.

I know Depeche Mode really ought to be on there somewhere, but I am embarrassed to say I haven’t properly listened to the album yet.

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 11:54

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Bad Astronaut (Your mommy's alright, your daddy's alright....) wrote:

1-) Chuck Ragan - Gold Country
2-) AFI - Crash Love
3-) Pearl Jam - Backspacer
4-) He İs Legend - İt Hates You
5-) Therapy? - Crooked Timber
6-) Crazy Arms - Born to Ruin
7-) Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
8-) Darkest Hour - Eternal Return
9-) The Wildhearts - Chutzpah!
10-) Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know

Best Gig:
FNM İstanbul, obviously.

Best Movie: The Hurt Locker ( Bigelow=Rock’n Roll)

Looking Forward: Black Spiders debut album, new Nolan movie & anything from Therapy? (Double live album will be great?)

Posted on Fri, 13 November 2009 at 14:52

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