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Tom’s Top 5’s: Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 (Addendum!)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

Upon posting my Top 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015, friends questioned why I hadn’t included several other exciting new releases scheduled for the coming year. In my defense I can offer only ignorance: in most of these cases, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Aleksander Vinter, Astoria, blues rock, Dire Straits, dubstep, EDM, electronica, glitch hop, Here's to the Zeros, hip-hop, indie, Invasian, Josh Ramsay, Macklemore, Marianas Trench, Mark Knopfler, Neal Morse, pop, Pop 101, pop-rock, prog, progressive rock, Ryan Lewis, Savant, singer-songwriter, symphonic prog, The Grand Experiment, The Heist, Tracker | 2 Comments

Tom’s Top 10’s: Most Anticipated Albums of 2015

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

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 →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged 74 Is the New 24, Albums of 2015, avant-pop, Belle & Sebastian, Brian Wilson, chamber pop, Classic Rock, Colin Meloy, Daft Punk, EDM, electronic, Ellis Ludwig-Leone, Fokus, Georgio Moroder, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, Hand. Cannot. Erase., Hollywood, indie, indie pop, Jens Lekman, Josh Ritter, Just a Dream, Liam Hayes, No Pier Pressure, Nobody's Empire, One Way Out, Parasites, Plush, power pop, prog, progressive rock, San Fermin, singer-songwriter, Slurrup, Steven Wilson, The Cat with the Cream, The Decemberists, The Party Line, Tobias Jesso Jr., True Love, What a Terrible World What a Beautiful World | 3 Comments

Tom’s Top 10 of 2014, Pt. 1

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

In December 2013, as regular readers may recall, I decided to catch up on the state of contemporary music by listening to and reviewing an album every day for a month. My listening in 2014 was more evenly spread out … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged acid folk, Albums of 2014, Best Albums of 2014, Bruce Springsteen, Dap-Kings, David Gilmour, E Street Band, folk rock, High Hopes, Jenny Lewis, Linda Perhacs, mainstream rock, neo-psych, Nick Mason, Parallelograms, Pink Floyd, power pop, psych, R&B, Rick Wright, Rilo Kiley, Sharon Jones, singer-songwriter, soft rock, The Endless River, The Soul of All Natural Things, The Voyager | 1 Comment

Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 2006

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

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 →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, chamber pop, Colin Meloy, Decemberists, folk, indie pop, indie rock, Jr., Let's Get Out of This Country, pop-rock, power pop, prog, Roger Joseph Manning, Ron Sexsmith, singer-songwriter, The Crane Wife, The Land of Pure Imagination, The Life Pursuit, Time Being, Tom 5 Albums of 2006 | Leave a comment

Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1971

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

As mentioned before, I’m hard-pressed to say that 1971 isn’t the single best year for rock & roll. It wasn’t a year of earth-shaking changes in popular music. It’s simply a year in which incredible artists released incredible albums, from … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Alice's Restaurant, Aqualung, Billy Joel, Cold Spring Harbor, hard rock, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV, Linda McCartney, pop, progressive rock, Ram, singer-songwriter, The Who, Top 5 Albums of 1971, Who's Next, Zoso | 2 Comments