Well was that a bit of a let down or not? In a year where the world seems to have melted even further into chaos, the music world has rampaged with mediocrity. However, being the eternal optimist, here are my top 5 albums of this past year.
5. Nerina Pallot – Year Of The Wolf
This sneaks onto the top 5 purely from the standpoint that it was a pleasant little album. Easy on the ear as Nerina is on the eye, Year of the Wolf was an inoffensive pleasure to listen to.
4. Rival Sons – Pressure & Time
The Rival Sons’ second studio album served up the biggest surprise and welcomed slice of blues-rock. Not overly saturated like Joe Bonamassa’s twenty four albums released this year, the heavy riffs and floral vocals brought stinging tears to the eyes, like the old smoky rock clubs of yesteryear.
3. Black Spiders – Sons Of The North
Hard rock that gargles with motor oil and eats girders and rivets for breakfast. The debut album from the Doncaster boys celebrated all things excessive with a great artistic flair. ‘KISS Tried to Kill Me’ should have been the track of the summer.
2. Def Leppard – Mirrorball
Released with a DVD and all kinds of tie in malarkey with the subsequent tour and Download headlining, this was actually a really good catalogue of the band’s 30 something year career. State of the art production and an overall glossy sound even bring some of the cheesier synths of a Def Leppard set into the future with aplomb.
1. The Treatment – This Might Hurt
Coming from seemingly nowhere is The Treatment. Tipped to be the next very big thing, this young, vibrant, potential ladened band have announced their intentions. Their rise so quick highlighted by the fact they don’t have a Wikipedia page. Now that’s power you just can’t buy.
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