Music Gourmets Presents 60 Years of Great Music - 2016

[Zeeba Neighba]

Welcome to the FINAL year in our "Great Music" series - 2016

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 2016

Post your picks. Great series - we lost a few posters along the way but even in later years, I personally always enjoyed seeing people's choices.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

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[Unsomnambulist]

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity



This Aussie band approaches psych rock from a jazzy/math rock angle.

 

[lpfreak1170]

Welcome to the FINAL year in our "Great Music" series - 2016


Each week, we'll introduce a new year from 1957 through 2017.

This confuses me.

 

[lpfreak1170]

David Bowie - Blackstar


Ridiculously easy choice.

 

[axolotl]

This confuses me.

It's the penultimate!

 

[Unsomnambulist]

It's the penultimate!

Now your dictionary budget is in the red.

 

[lpfreak1170]

It's the penultimate!

Don't be usin' them thar big fancy words on me!

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

This confuses me.

Hmm, could have sworn that we set up 2016 as the last year - in fact 1957 to 2016 is 60 years as in the thread title, plus we started in 2016 so didn't think I was going to include 2017.

Let's end with 2016 but maybe I'll include a 2017-18 add on thread in case anyone has recent recommendations - I sure don't. I'm personally very behind in music of the past 1-1/2 yrs

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Hmm, could have sworn that we set up 2016 as the last year - in fact 1957 to 2016 is 60 years as in the thread title, plus we started in 2016 so didn't think I was going to include 2017.

Let's end with 2016 but maybe I'll include a 2017-18 add on thread in case anyone has recent recommendations - I sure don't. I'm personally very behind in music of the past 1-1/2 yrs

I've never understood your attitude about that. Do you feel that music can't possibly be very good unless it's aged a few years?

 

[axolotl]

I've never understood your attitude about that. Do you feel that music can't possibly be very good unless it's aged a few years?

If the series started in 2016, 2017 was merely a glimmer in the eye, so to speak. 2018 was so far in the future that it would be like thinking

Spoiler

something a tad political for 2018

(never mind). I digress.

Zeebs is one of the most, if not the most, eclectic listeners on this board, both with regard to genre and year of release, so your take, while it might be valid with many listeners hearers of music, would likely not pertain to him. He gave us a top 6K songs, which included music from the 18th, 19th, and even the first two decades of the 21st century.

Now that I have blathered on relentlessly, I would prefer to hear from Doc Z. Neighba on this topic.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

I've never understood your attitude about that. Do you feel that music can't possibly be very good unless it's aged a few years?

No....and yes

Clearly music can be great from the moment of creation, and I used to be much better at trying to find those "it doesn't have to be old to be classic" (to quote old rock station DJs) music. Over the past few years though, I've been paying less attention to current releases because a) I seem to have gotten more stodgier from age 45 to 50 clinging on tighter to more familiar, comfort food music, b) I haven't invested the time in seeking out music, and c) because of the overwhelming amount of music to check out (and greater and easier availability), I tend to get around to music that has had some proven staying power (either critically or in the public consciousness) over a couple of years.
Also, like much of modern American, I have been more exposed and aware of artists through their singles than their albums (e.g. Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino - though thanks to my sons, I've heard their albums too)
So, new music, I say to you, "it's not you, it's me"

Who knows though? After my top 6000 song listening, maybe I'll get on a modern music kick. Ya never know

(he says as he retreats back to the Temptations album currently playing in his office)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

No....and yes

Clearly music can be great from the moment of creation, and I used to be much better at trying to find those "it doesn't have to be old to be classic" (to quote old rock station DJs) music. Over the past few years though, I've been paying less attention to current releases because a) I seem to have gotten more stodgier from age 45 to 50 clinging on tighter to more familiar, comfort food music, b) I haven't invested the time in seeking out music, and c) because of the overwhelming amount of music to check out (and greater and easier availability), I tend to get around to music that has had some proven staying power (either critically or in the public consciousness) over a couple of years.
Also, like much of modern American, I have been more exposed and aware of artists through their singles than their albums (e.g. Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino - though thanks to my sons, I've heard their albums too)
So, new music, I say to you, "it's not you, it's me"

Who knows though? After my top 6000 song listening, maybe I'll get on a modern music kick. Ya never know

(he says as he retreats back to the Temptations album currently playing in his office)

I can say for myself that I have held on to my rock preference as hip-hop and dance music have eclipsed it in popularity. However, I can find new rock still being released. The problem is that much of it is not as good as the "classics" of rock, but every once in awhile I find a really good artist.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

^
It does seem like 10-15 years ago, when one searched on line for, say "Best Albums of 2005" you'd get 20-30 album suggestions to glean through and now you get more sites suggesting perhaps 100+ album suggestions to glean through. It's a bit daunting. I retreat back into my shell rather than spend the time sifting through all that music.

Who knows though - with the new MG Album Club, perhaps others will help me discover some new goodies when modern years pop up (shameless pitch )

 

[Mattafett]

I own 4 albums from this year, and got through 250 on RYM's list and gave up. I got nothing. I just haven't listened to anything from this year.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome




The Stones roll it back to their blues roots. Grungy, under-produced blues. Story goes they put the album together in three days. It sounds like it, but in a good way. The quality is less about editing and overdubs, more about a band that knows how to play together.

 

[patrikc325]

Tedeschi Trucks Band- Let Me Get By

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Tedeschi Trucks Band- Let Me Get By

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A standout album.