What are your non-jazz favourite 2011 releases?
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Topic: What are your non-jazz favourite 2011 releases?
Posted By: idlero
Subject: What are your non-jazz favourite 2011 releases?
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 3:25am
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Some of my favourites: Fairport Convention-Festival Bell Adele-21 PJ Harvey- Let England Shake Marianne faithfull-Horses and High Heels ------------- I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ... Ken Burns |
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 3:38am
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Alternativ Quartet - Aripi The Decemberists - The King Is Dead PJ Harvey - Let England Shake Stephan Mathieu - Static -------------  
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 6:47am
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They're mostly rock. Radiohead - King Of Limbs Eksi Ekso - Brown Shark, Red Lion Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys! Wild Beasts - Smother Anna Calvi - s/t and trip-hop: Nicolas Jarr - Space Is Only Noise |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 7:34am
I've only picked up three from this year this year so far (so far so far?  )Radiohead - King Of Limbs Knifeworld - Dear Lord, No Deal Jakko Jakszyk/Robert Fripp/Mel Collins - A Scarcity Of Miracles Did some catch up for last year with two The Reasoning releases: Adverse Camber and Acoustically Speaking, which are overshadowing those three at the moment. ------------- 
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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 7:43am
Jakko Jakszyk/Robert Fripp/Mel Collins - A Scarcity Of Miracles was a huge disappointment for me  .
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:35pm
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The only 2011 albums Ive heard so far are Beardfish - Mammoth Neal Morse - Testimony 2 Sympony X - Iconoclast Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Rocket Science Beardfish and Neal Morse albums are 5 star albums. The Symphony X and Bela Fleck albums are 4 star albums leaning heavily towards 4 1/2 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:37pm
I'm glad I haven't gotten it yet. You're not the first person to say that. I feel like the new Yes album will be the same way (...heads over to PA) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
snobb wrote:Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:49pm
| New Yes is so-so, but strongly Downes/Trevor Horn/The Buggles album.David Benoit tries hardly to imitate Anderson... Anyway, if you liked Horn/Downes version of Yes, you possibly will like this album,but not my cup of coffee. |
Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:51pm
What? What happened to Oliver Wakeman?! (hell I'm pretty lost concerning prog news
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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:54pm
| Downes is on keyboards filling all the space around,Trevor Horn isn't on board, but musical material is coming mostly from The Buggles unreleased promo from 80s. |
Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:59pm
Ugh, I thought this was going to be brand new. I really like Drama eh, but stil. Anyway, if you remember my posts on PA, I'm not actually really mad about new prog releases from old bands. Probably won't buy this. (and I saw Yes last year! heh)
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 1:02pm
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Im guessing the new Neal Morse blows the new Yes album out of the water (like a fish, oh snap!) Seriously, Testimony 2 is so good!. It has a couple Yes-influenced moments, and all they do is make me throw my fist in the air in triumph  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 1:04pm
All songs are recorded new with current team, just were written three decades ago
 . Not much of neo-prog, more retro-prog from 80s |
Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 3:13pm
Yeah I know, but I thought it would still be brand new material from now. I've listened to various clips on YouTube and it sounds like Unitopia or some other retro-happy Prog band, not much distinguishable nor interesting for me (anymore).
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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 4:00pm
| ^ Agree |
Posted By: Noak2
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 6:25pm
| My favorite record of 2011 so far is Tables and Stairs by Nikos Veliotis, Ferran Fages and Robin Hayward. Excellent EAI. |
Posted By: Matt
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 6:53pm
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Marianne Faithful.....Horses and High Heels
Gillian Welch.....Harrow and The Harvest
Villariny Salsa Project...En Tu Tiempo
Los Chicharrons...Roots of Life......African Fusion....Afro Beat
Not so fav
Bill Laswell.........Aspiration..........I wish the whole thing had aspirated
And as usual the left curve from me, I do want to hear the new Devin Townsend, most likely will get it soon. May be seeing him in September but Sisters of Mercy is on the other stage at the same time  See how I feel on the day.------------- Matt |
Posted By: andyman1125
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 7:02pm
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Heh... this is easier that 2011 jazz albums (which I'm not sure I have any of! ) In no order... Scale the Summit - The Collective Sky Architect - A Dying Man's Hymn Pendragon - Passion Phideux - Snowtorch Alternativ Quartet - Airpi Tesseract - One ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 8:06pm
| I approve of your list Andy. |
Posted By: seb2112
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2011 at 10:08pm
| tangled thoughts of dreaming are leading in the album of the year category as far as I'm concerned. Other than that, Snowgoons present Lord Lhus - The Iron Fist is a really good release for this year. Noir by Blue Sky Black Death is up there as well. Thats all that comes to mind... posters at the PA might remember me for my 2011 Is Such A Disapointment thread |
Posted By: seb2112
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2011 at 10:14pm
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Went through my ipod found a couple more worth mentioning
Virus - The Agent That Shapes The Desert
Beneath The Massacre - Maree Noire EP
Origin - Entity (its a step down from Antithesis but a great record none the less)
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 12:06am
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All of them? Well... My favorite album from this year was probably Phideaux but the rest of the list is way to long. -------------  
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Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2011 at 4:42pm
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My top five ay the years mid-point were:
Calomito - Cane Di...
Faust - Something Dirty
Ahleuchatistas - Location Location
Korekyojin - Tundra
And something else that escapes my memory. Listened to a few more since then so that list may not be entirely accurate att his point. ------------- Hit it on Five. Saxophone Scatterbrain Blitzberg Stab them in the ears. |
Posted By: dionisio
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2011 at 10:12am
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I have two albums that come to my memorie, the first one was a disappointing one, the Glass Drop from Battles, i really cannot love it as much as the Mirrored one, and i really miss Tyondai Braxton on the album (even that the great Yamataka Eye makes an appearance), at least its a worth loss, because Braxton solo is something incredible. (check is Central Market album, pure gem.) and then, a great album is the Turbina Anthem from Sei Miguel and Pedro Gomes, the portuguese duo, Pedro Gomes is known for a very noisy, experimental, guitar stuff, and Sei Miguel is a hell of a musician doing improvised music since the 80's here in portugal, pocket trumpet player that mixes something like improvised music, some almost-jazz, and a lot of free.. the turbina anthem, it's a must listen to. Even that its not from 2011 the last great finding ( i think i start listen to him last week) was Cornelius Cardew, and for jazz lovers / classical / more experimental its someting really impressive, his treatise for exemple, and the interpretation of his work is amazing. (in case that you listen something from him and you get caught, check this ! http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/picturesofmusic/pages/anim.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/picturesofmusic/pages/anim.html )
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2011 at 5:49pm
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The new Karmakanic album "In A Perfect World" is pretty damn good. Maybe not as good as "Who's the Boss In The Factory?" but Ive only listened to the new one 3 times. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2011 at 11:12am
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http://rateyourmusic.com/collection/The_Truth/strm_relyear/2011/1" rel="nofollow - Basically, this is a good gauge of what my favorite albums have been although even it doesn't have every single one.
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Posted By: Matt
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2011 at 3:56pm
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Glen Campbell "Ghost On The Canvas"
Somebody has to recommend a bit of Country.
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2011 at 8:03pm
Opeth's Heritage for me, the only one I can think of right now.
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Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 2:19pm
 superb ------------- I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ... Ken Burns |
Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 1:06pm
 ------------- I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ... Ken Burns |
Posted By: Matt
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 2:54pm
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Here is a few more that grabbed me. I will admit there really is nobody new being all old fave artists.
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 TomRussell is with Calexico again
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 Another Tom, good but I think he needs a change again soon. The last few albums are all starting to get a bit too familar with each other but as I said, still good none the less
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![Bad As Me [Limited Deluxe Edition]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vxsvop0mL._SL500_AA300_.jpg "Bad As Me [Limited Deluxe Edition]") Christy will always be in my top albums. He only has to fart over his accoustic guitar and I will buy it........Luv ya Christy. Another fairly quite album from him, like his previous "Listen"
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 And this is the sad one. Jackie's last album. He has released another one of his Boots as well but "Wayside Shrines For The Travelling Man" is his proper last. Died from cancer this year. Gonna miss his music, he had a new album every year at the minimun and there is not one crap one released.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0056CZP9S/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music" rel="nofollow">
 I have more than one top album from Jackie Leven to recommend but "Shining Brother Shining Sister is stunning. 2003 was the release date.
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Posted By: Frederic_Alderon
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2018 at 1:57pm
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To start with that's for sure Adele with her ’21’ album, then goes Radiohead, ‘The King of Limbs’ and also PandaBear, and SuperHeavy |