Top 5 Albums in the Last 5 Years

[Randy Myers]

Love most Beck albums... "Sea Change" is one of my favorites... agree with the Vanessa Fernandez pick... "Use Me" is a fantastic album. I also enjoy her second album, maybe even more; "When The Levee Breaks", in my view is the best cover of Zeppelin songs ever... but with Vanessa's unique twist and voice, oh what a voice!

Originally Posted by Bikeman71

I'm always looking for engaging new music. While it's getting more difficult to find great new bands, I do occasionally find that rare gem that is musically interesting and is recorded exceptionally well.

Here are my top 5 from the last 5 years:

5. Angus and Julia Stone - Down the Way - one of my favorites is "Draw Your Sword"...very dark but emotionally engaging

4. Band of Horses - Acoustic at the Ryman DSD download from Acoustic Sounds - I found this on Christmas and have been listening to it daily...awesome example of DSD done right!

3. Beck - Morning Phase - This has become my go-to Saturday morning album

2. Vanessa Fernandez - Use Me - if you enjoy female vocals, you MUST have this SACD or vinyl offering (or both)

1. Les Mis - The 25th Anniversary Concert on Blu Ray - Turn up the volume and be prepared for tears. This is an incredible experience!

I'm hoping this provides a few titles to explore for some of you...and hoping you might post a few that I need to know about as well!

Happy listening!

[80B]

Not many recent albums catch my interest; have been more successful finding classic jazz and other older albums of interest vs. newer material. That said, a few stand out:

The Blasters - Fun on Saturday Night
Rolling Stones - Blue and Lonesome
and by far #1:
St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Half the City

[Questortapes74]

I'll to a stab at this...

In no particular order:

1. Tony McAlpine --- Concrete Gardens
2. Rush --- Clockwork Angels
3. Pat Metheny Unity Group --- Kin
4. Simon Phillips --- Protocol ll
5. Caligula' Horse --- Bloom

[phishphan]

Bowie - Blackstar
Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get....
Big Grams - Big Grams --- the best rap album I've heard in 15+ years and I don't like rap, so making this list is something
Courtney Barnett - sometimes I sit

[Questortapes74]

I had further thoughts about this topic and have another 5 recent albums to add. Many of you on this board have been listening to this same collection. For myself, these 5 have a special gravity not only in the lyrics, but in the compositions that pulls the listener into the moment. Each album has a little melancholia that allows the listener to experience a deeper connection with the emotion of the music, but not to dark to be distracting.

Again in no particular order:

1. Kurt Vile --- b'lieve i'm goin down...
2. The War On Drugs --- Lost In The Dream
3. Beck --- Morning Phase
4. Neko Case --- The Worse Things Get...
5. Hope Sandoval And The Warm Intentions --- Until The Hunter

[GaryProtein]

ARE THERE five good (pop) albums in the last five years?

[audioguy3107]

That War On Drugs album "Lost in The Dream" is fantastic. One of the best albums of the last several years.

- Buck

[phishphan]

Originally Posted by GaryProtein

ARE THERE five good (pop) albums in the last five years?

Define "pop". Phantogram's - Three was somewhat pop in my eyes and I really liked it. So was Borns - Dopamine.

[streetspirit]

Originally Posted by audioguy3107

That War On Drugs album "Lost in The Dream" is fantastic. One of the best albums of the last several years.

- Buck

By far in my top five of the five years! It's stunning the whole LP. Saw them live too for a taping of Austin City Limits.

I'll have to think about the other four for this list!

Mitch

[GaryProtein]

Originally Posted by GaryProtein

ARE THERE five good (pop) albums in the last five years?

This pretty well sums it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP0wuwJBdMI