RIP Lemmy. The last Motorhead album made the big list of 2015, just not the Top Ten.
For tracks from Part 1, click here:
If you're just into the list aspect, so far it's:
10. Fast Forward - Joe Jackson
9. Sound and Color - Alabama Shakes
8. Faith in the Future - Craig Finn
Moving swiftly on:
7. - What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World - The Decemberists
I got to them live at the Peabody shortly after this came out. Ever since The Hazards of Love, I've been expecting another monumental prog-rock concept album. Instead we just get album after album after EP of individual gems of songs. Boo-hoo.
As Colin Meloy explains here, sorry - not sorry:
6. - The Longest River - Olivia Chaney
It's hard not to mention any clear-voiced British folk songstress without summoning the ghost of Sandy Denny and Chaney is no exception. Like Denny, her phrasing, especially what she does within a note, demands you listen to every word and her voice makes you more than a little sad when it stops
5. - Sonic Soul Surfer - Seasick Steve
The very definition of chooglin', these last two albums couldn't be more different. A big thanks to Jim Krizan for introducing me to Seasick Steve. Where have you been all my life!
Leaving home to be a hobo, hanging out with Joni Mitchell, busking around the world with a three-string guitar and a stomp-box, Steve has enjoyed a renaissance in the last decade or so.
PS: One of the best of that tricky sub-genre: the puppet music video.
Tune in tomorrow for tracks 4 through 2!
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