Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Music of 2009 Reviewed.

And finally we come to the end of the year with the albums that I bought.  Good or bad this concludes the wasted decade.

1.   Franz Ferdinand-Tonight (Domino 42:43)  B+
2.   Buddy Holly-Down The Line (Geffen 55:07-65:28) A-
3.   Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop 39:15) B
4.   Queen & Paul Rodgers-The Cosmo Rocks (Hollywood 59:00) B
5.   Uriah Heep-Wake The Sleeper (Hip O/Noise 50:44) B
6.   Morrissey-Years Of Refusal (Lost Highway 43:22) B
7.   Coolest Songs In The World Volume 8 (Wicked Cool 41:56) A-
8.   Neko Case-Middle Cyclone (Anti 74:00) B-
9.   Hoobastank For(n)ever (Island 38:30) D+
10. Thin Lizzy-Still Dangerous (VH1 Classics 45:26) B+

11. Tommy Keene-In The Late Bright (Second Motion 38:20) B
12. Steve Earle- Live At The BBC (MCA 75:16) B+
13. Willie Nelson-Naked Willie (RCA 48:58) B+
14. Songs That Made An Impact 2009 (DK Records 64:05) B+
15. Queensryche-American Soldier (Rhino/ATCO 60:37) A-
16. Keith Urban-Defying Gravity (Capitol 48:17) B-
17. MXPX-On The Cover 2 (Tooth & Nail 35:15) B
18. Gomez-A New Tide (ATO 43:46) B-
19. Filter-The Very Best Things (Reprise/Rhino 65:33) B-
20. Neil Young-Fork In The Road (Reprise 37:33) B

21. John Rich-Son Of A Preacher Man (WB 41:13) C+
22. White Lies-To Lose My Life (Fiction 45:05) B
23. Randall Bramblett-Now It's Tomorrow (New West 50:00) B+
24. JJ Cale-Roll On (Rounder 40:33) B+
25. Bob Dylan-Together Through Life (Columbia 45:33) A-
26. Melody Gardot-My One And Only Thrill (Verve 48:07) B-
27. Booker T Jones-Potatoe Hole (Anti 43:35) B+
28. Radio Moscow-Brain Cycles (Alive 44:07) B-
29. Heaven And Hell-The Devil You Know (Rhino 54:03) B-
30. Tilted Windows (S Curve 35:52) A-

31. New York Dolls-Cuz I Sez So (Atco 41:36) A-
32. Steve Earle-Townes (New West 45:04) B
33. Green Day-21st Century Breakdown (Reprise 69:13) C+
34. Gin Blossoms-In Concert (Cleopatra 69:19) B
35. Cracker-Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey (429 36:39) A-
36. Rhett Miller (Shout Factory 42:00) B+
37. Steve Martin-The Crow (Rounder 46:46) B+
38. UFO-The Visitor (SPV 45:26) C+
39. Spinal Tap-Back From The Dead (66:00) B
40. Leonard Cohen-Live From London (Columbia) A

41. Dead Weather-Horehound (Third Man/WB 43:55) B+
42. Judas Priest-Touch Of Evil Live (Epic 52:56) B-
43. Jayhawks-Music From The North Country (American 76:30) B+
44. Marianne Faithfull-Easy Come Easy Go (Decca 56:13) B
45. Marshall Crenshaw-Jaggedland (429 46:33) B+
46. Incubus-Monuments And Memories (Epic 61:11) B+
47. 54 40-Northern Soul (True North 41:00) B+
48. Clutch-Strange Cousins From The West (Weather Maker 48:55) B+
49. Mike Farris-Shout Live (INO/Columbia 74:25) A-
50. George Thorogood-The Dirty Dozen (Capitol 55:53) B+

51. Bottle Rockets-Lean Forward (Bloodshot 41:47) A-
52. Sister Hazel-Release (Rock Ridge 46:15) B
53. Jet-Shaka Rock (Horrorhouse/EMI 40:53) C+
54. Collective Soul (Roadrunner 40:16) B+
55. Delbert McClinton-Acquired Taste (New West 48:33) B-
56. New Riders Of Purple Sage-Where I Come From (Woodstock 74:23) B+
57. Super 400-Sweet Fist (Rock Ridge 51:12) B
58. Parachute-Losing Sleep (Mercury 38:52) B-
59. Saving Abel (Virgin 42:34) B-
60. Bombastic Meatballs-Meet The Meatballs (Warrior 56:03) B+

61. Mark Knopfler-Get Lucky (Reprise 52:09) B-
62. Pearl Jam-Backspacer (Monkey Wrench 36:38) B
63. Porcupine Tree-The Incident (Roadrunner 55:35) A-
64. Lynyrd Skynyrd-God And Guns (Roadrunner 49:39) B-
65. Miranda Lambert-Revolution (Columbia 51:05) A-
66. Drivin N Cryin-Great American Bubble Factory (Vintage Soul 52:45)A-
67. Status Quo-In Search Of The Fourth Chord (Eagle 58:00) B+
68. Manic Street Preachers-Journal For Plague Lovers (Columbia 45:39) A-
69. KI$$-Sonic Boom (Kiss Records 43:17) B+
70. Ace Frehley-Anomaly (Bronx Born 54:44) B

71. Alice In Chains-Black Gives Way To Blue (Virgin 54:34) B+
72. Mac McNally-Down By The River (Showdog 37:06) B+
73. Arvett Brothers-I And Love And You (American 50:44) B-
74. Monsters Of Folk (Shangrala 54:45) A-
75. Joe Perry-Have Guitar Will Travel (Roman/Mailboat 47:35) B+
76. Wolfmother-Cosmic Egg (Interscope 53:40) C-
77. Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest (Warp 52:46) C
78. Gov Mule-By A Thread (Evil Teen 67:57) B
79. Train-Save Me San Francisco (Columbia 43:30) D+
80. Love & Theft-World Wide Open (Carolwood/Lyric Street 40:00)B+

81. Leon Russell-Best Of Hank Wilson (Leon Russell Music 66:22) B+
82. Joe Cocker-Live At Woodstock (A & M 77:56) B+
83. Them Crooked Vultures (DGC/Interscope 66:22) A-
84. Norah Jones-The Fall (Blue Note 45:58) A-
85. Chickenfoot (Redline 62:16) B+
86. Foo Fighters Greatest Hits (RCA 63:44) A-
87. Tom Waits-Glitter And Doom Live (Anti 73:35-35:50) B
88. Dan Fogleberg-Love In Time (Full Moon 44:16) A-