Welcome back! Either Part 1 did not scare you off or you stumbled onto this blog directly onto this page. If that's the case, to see what picks 8, 9, & 10 were and for an explanation of how they got there, see PART I.
On with the show . . .
7. Rejoice! I'm Dead! - Gong
And yes, Daevid Allen is. Though he manages to put in an appearance on this album despite (because of?) dying of cancer. Oddly, he's not alone this year as the terminal, both known (David Bowie) and unknown (The Frightnrs) put out great albums.
6. Ouroboros - Ray LaMontagne
I get the feeling LaMontagne goes into the studio to make a perfectly good pop album and keeps coming out of it with some sort of delicious throwback psychedelia/Prog masterpiece like someone who learns to fly by throwing themselves at the ground and missing.
Both Ouroboros and 2014's Supernova showed up atop the Best Of pile. The tracks fit together like a jigsaw puzzle so picking one cut was hard, but I went with . . .
5. Sorrow - Colin Stetson
This one is probably the hardest to swallow. A reworking of a modern classical symphony by an avant-garde saxophonist. It, however, is a truly moving piece. It was hard to rank it this far down. Here's a sample:
We're getting close to the top! Tomorrow it's numbers 2, 3, & 4. Then the big one!
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