Music Gourmets Presents 60 Years of Great Music - 2012

[Zeeba Neighba]

Alright, Rick, here it is:

Welcome to the next year in our "Great Music" series - 2012

Here's the rules:

Each week, we'll introduce a new year from 1957 through 2017. Each member selects an album released in that year with a few lines (or more) on why you picked it/enjoy it. Your selection does not have to be the most important release or the most admired release of that year (though it certainly can be), simply an album that grabs you and that you really love.

However, once an album is selected by a member, you must choose a different album.

Together we will compile quite the canon of "Great Music" and, who knows, maybe inspire each other to check out some new artists (or to revisit old forgotten classics).

This week - the albums of 2012

 

[Unsomnambulist]

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[Unsomnambulist]

Goat - World Music



Pretty great psych rock.

 

[patrikc325]

Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll

 

[LeslieC]

Jake Bugg - S/T

 

[lpfreak1170]

Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll

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That one was on my short list.

 

[axolotl]

Neil Halstead ~ Palindrome Hunches



He of Slowdive and Mojave 3 brings us mostly-acoustic music and musings.

Personally, I don't know if "Wittgenstein's Arm" has anything to do with Wittgenstein or his upper extremity, but I haven't seen Schrödinger's cat, either.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Please get your picks in, as I will be posting the 2013 thread tomorrow.

 

[lpfreak1170]

Janiva Magness - Stronger For It

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream

"The album was listed at No. 22 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying 'As young stars like Adele and Katy Perry cover her songs, Raitt continues what she’s been doing, more or less, for 40-plus years.'"

I think that's a compliment, albeit a little left-handed.

 

[axolotl]

Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream

"The album was listed at No. 22 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying 'As young stars like Adele and Katy Perry cover her songs, Raitt continues what she’s been doing, more or less, for 40-plus years.'"

I think that's a compliment, albeit a little left-handed.

It gives them something to talk about.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

Hey! I was away and never posted this year
Although a Springsteen pick from me is predictable, this was a really good album by the Boss. He changed producer and brought back an earthier sound; it was a return to form IMO. Several of these songs have been since become concert staples.