Friday Playlist #5
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A lot of posts to this blog are about music at the moment. There’s a lot of stunning music around to listen to. Here’s a Friday playlist:
1. Porcupine Tree – The Incident
Already reviewed this. It’s their best album to date. The range of music and variety from intense to melodic.
2. David Sylvian – Manafon
Review coming – music that requires effort to listen to. Worth it for the pay-back.
3. Jonsi & Alex- Riceboy Sleeps
Best ambient album I have heard in a while.
4. The Duckworth Lewis Method – The Duckworth Lewis Method
An album about cricket from two Irishmen! Neil Hannon from Divine Comedy shows what a great lyricist he is. It’s ELO meets 10CC.
5. Madness – The Liberty of Norton Folgate
A concept album from Madness – whatever next. Great tunes and a massive track to finish the album.
6. Bach – Mass in B Minor
Listening to this is like a marvellous antidote to modern living.
7. Porcupine Tree – Stupid Dream
An older album by the band – not as good as the new one, but great tunes and it really rocks.
8. A-ha – Foot of the mountain
I’ve always loved the music of A-ha. This new album by them is a return to form (a cliche I know, but it is!)
9. Jan Garbarek Group -Dresden
If you search for Garbarek in this blog you’ll find earlier reviews including a live concert I saw. This new double live album is wonderful. Eberhard Weber is still not around, due to having had a stroke, but this new line-up produce great music.
10. Keith Jarrett – Testament: Paris / London
ECM go from strength to strength. This is a live triple CD of two concerts. Spontaneous composition / improvisation. Beautiful melodies plucked out of the air by Jarrett.