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Tom’s Top 10’s: Most Anticipated Albums of 2015
Any year that kicks off with Kanye West and Paul McCartney collaborating on a Stevie Wonder-esque ballad is going to be a year of surprises. A mere week into the new year, it’s tough to say what curve balls 2015 … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2010
As the first decade of the third millennium comes to a close, you may have noticed that, when I like a band, I really like a band, to the point that their releases tend to dominate my Top 5’s. So … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2009
2009 is a surprisingly thin year for me. The following albums completely deserve their Top 5 rankings on objective merits. But as I was putting the list together, I came to the realization that I didn’t actually own that many … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2006
I have little to say about 2006, except that it’s a year from which I own an awful lot of albums and subsequently a year for whose Top 5 I had to be especially choosy. So, let’s nod to some … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2003
For 2003, I simply want to mention two albums that don’t make the list due to my self-imposed guidelines and that will demolish whatever remaining cool points I have. The first is Michael McDonald’s Motown, an album of Hitsville U.S.A. … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1998
As I’ve mentioned before, one of the most gratifying things about this Top 5 Albums project is that, through friends, acquaintances, and fellow online list-makers, I’m discovering a boatload of new and great music. And the two major recommendations for … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1996
As the 90s progress, I notice that World Music constitutes a larger and larger proportion of my library. For the purposes of this exercise, I have chosen to limit myself to rock/pop/R&B. Most of the time, it’s not an issue … Continue reading
Album Review: Camera Obscura, “Desire Lines”
Glasgow might just be the indie pop capital of the world. Maybe there’s something in the water, industrial tailings in the Clyde that induce in the city’s inhabitants a preternatural talent for gently ironic lyrics and gorgeously melancholy melodies. It … Continue reading
Album Review: The Leisure Society, “Alone Aboard the Ark”
In an interview with For Folk’s Sake, British songwriter Nick Hemming had to say of his band the Leisure Society’s latest record, Alone Aboard the Ark (2013): “this one sounds pretty much perfect – or at least how I envisioned it.” … Continue reading
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