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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2012

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

As Ralph Ellison once put it, “Eclecticism is the word.” So after several years of Belle & Sebastian/Camera Obscura/Divine Comedy indie pop consistency, my tastes throw me a curveball in 2012: hip-hop, glitch-hop, throwback prog, piano rock, and anthemic indie … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1999

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

And so we come to the close of the 1900s, a century of radical changes in all areas of life: political, economic, cultural, intellectual, musical, you name it. As we’ve gone through the last third or so of the century … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Air, Back on Top, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Camel, electronica, Fountains of Wayne, French electronica, power pop, Premiers Symptômes, prog, progressive rock, Rajaz, Top 5 Albums of 1999, Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, Van Morrison | Leave a comment

Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1997

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

1997 is, for me, the Year of Leaving Out Obvious Choices. The first such Obvious Choice is OK Computer. Oh, look at Tom, being all underground and contrary. It’s not like it’s one of the few albums that regularly challenges Sgt. … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1995

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

After a solid decade of struggling to find full albums that I’d even listened to, 1995 marks, for me at least, the beginning of something of a rock & roll renaissance. Maybe it’s that bands were finally getting away from … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Back in the World of Adventure, Ben Folds Five, Britpop, Dead Winter Dead, Flower Kings, Oasis, power metal, prog, progressive rock, Savatage, Spock's Beard, symphonic metal, The Light, Top 5 Albums of 1995, Trans-Siberian Orchestra | 2 Comments