Album of the Month ~ January 2015

Top Reads of 2014

 
 
 



1: Inside the Dream Palace: The Life & Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel (Sherill Tippins)
2: Chapter & Verse (Bernard Sumner)
3: Frank (Jon Ronson)
4: Autobiography (Morrissey)
5: Ten Years in an Open Neck Shirt (John Cooper Clarke)
6: Waging Heavy Peace (NeilYoung)
7: Mod: A Very British Style (Richard Weight)
8: Going to Sea in a Sieve (Danny Baker)
9: That Close (Suggs)
10: KLF Chaos, Magic & the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds (John Higgs)

Rocket Science 100 albums of 2014

1:  Elbow – the Take Off and Landing of Everything

2:  Bear Hands – Distraction
3:  War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
4:  Johnny Cash – Out Among the Stars
5:  Pixies – Indy Cindy
6:  Hamilton Leithuaser – Black Hours
7:  Morrissey – World Peace is none of your Business
8:  Hurry for Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
9:  Manic Street Preachers – Futurology

10:First Aid Kit – Stay Gold

 

11: Bear’s Den - Islands

12: Olivia Jean - Bathtub Love Killings
13: Interpol – El Pintor
14: Raveonettes – Pe’ahi
15: Eagulls – Eagulls
16: East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
17: Tom Petty – Hypnotic Eye
18: Joan as Police Woman – The Classic
19: Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
20: Walter Martin – We’re all Young Together

21: Wilko Johnson & Rodger Daltrey – Going Back Home

22: Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain

23: Johnny Marr – Playland
24: Half Man Half Biscuit – Urge for Offal
25: Eels – The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
26: The Jimi Goodwin – Odludek
27: Teleman – Breakfast
28: The Black Keys – Turn Blue
29: Roddy Frame – Seven Dials
30: Warpaint – Warpaint

31: Natalie Merchant  – Natalie Merchant
32: Mary J Blige – The London Sessions
33: Snowbird – Moon / Luna
34: St. Vincent – St. Vincent
35: Maxïmo Park - Too Much Information
36: Drums - Encyclopedia
37: Tinariwen – Emmaar
38: Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
39: Jenny Lewis – The Voyager
40: U2 – Songs of Innocence

41: Lament -Einstuerzende Neubauten
42: Lucius - Wildewoman
43: Gardens & Villa – Dunes
44: Augustines – Augustines
45: The Horrors - Luminous
46: James – la Petit Mort
47: Neil Young – A Letter Home
48: Metronomy – Love Letters
49: Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray
50: Tune-Yards – Nikki Nak

51: Painted Palms – Forever
52: She & Him - Classics

53: Leonard Cohen – Popular Songs

54: Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
55: The Hosts – softly softly
56: Foster the People – Supermodel
57: Beck – Morning Phase
58: Broken Bells – After the Disco
59: Rifles – None the Wiser
60: Jack White – Lazatetto

61: Fanfarlo – Let’s Go Extinct
62: Breton - War Room Stories
63: Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
64: The New Basement Tapes – Lost Down the River
65: Gruff Rhys –  American Exterior
66: Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Anmials
67: Spoon – they Want My Soul
68: Bombay Bicycyle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
69: Lykke Li – I Never Learn
70: Paul Smith + Peter Brewis - Frozen By Sight

71: Clean Bandit – New Eyes
72: Imogen Heap – Sparks

73: Shovels + Rope – Swimmin’ Time

74: Jamie T – Carry on the Grudge
75: Hiss Golden Messenger – Lateness of Dancers
76: Perfume Genius – Too Bright
77: Juan Maclean – In A Dream
78: Ex Hex - Rips
79: Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
80: Marianne Faithfull – Give My Love to London

81: The Both – The Both
82: The Bug – Angels & Devils
83: Honeyblood – Honeyblood
84: Thurston Moore – The Best Day
85: Superfood – Don’t Say That
86: Ought – More Than Any Other Day
87: Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
88: Young fathers - Dead
89: The Coral – The Curse of Love
90: Real Estate – Atlas

91: Karen o – Crush Songs
92: The Flaming Lips – With A Little Help From My Fwends
93: Neil Young - Storytone
94: The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams
95: James Vincent McMorrow - Post Tropical
96: John Fruscuiante - Enclosure
97: Eno+Hyde – High LIfe
98: Fat White Family – Champagne Holocaust
99: King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
100: Alvvays – Alvvays