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These are not albums that I own, but those that I have listened to online throughout the year. I may purchase some during the year. I will make a new post for each month, and edit the current months post as I listen to something new. The grading system is as follows.
2.4 to 3.0 - Love it and will no doubt get purchased
1.7 to 2.3 - Like it and will get added to the year end list unless purchased before then
1.0 to 1.6 - Do not like it and it will probably never see my home
I compute this average grade by grading each track with a 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0.
I then add those individual grades and divide by the number of tracks to get an average.
There are very few albums that will fall into that Love category on a first listen.
That doesn't mean that they wouldn't after a few spins.
Last year, more fell into the bottom ranking than any other.
However, enough fall into the middle to end up with a buy list that I never achieve.
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Broken Records - Let Me Come Home - 1.9
Decemberists - The King Is Dead - 1.9
Amos Lee - Mission Bell - 1.8
Blackmore's Night - Autumn Sky - 1.7
Cage The Elephant - Thank You, Happy Birthday - 1.7
Cake - Showroom Of Compassion - 1.7
British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall - 1.6
Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming - 1.6
Steel Magnolia - Steel Magnolia - 1.6
Script - Science & Faith - 1.5
Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues - 1.5
Social Distortion - Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes - 1.5
Tapes 'N Tapes - Outside - 1.4
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean - 1.4
Abigail Washburn - City Of Refuge - 1.4
Aquabats - Hi-Five Soup - 1.3
Audio Bullys - Higher Than The Eiffel - 1.3
Tennis - Cape Dory - 1.3
Get Up Kids - There Are Rules - 1.3
John Vanderslice - White Wilderness - 1.3
Shadow Theory - Behind The Black Veil - 1.2
Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings - 1.2
Jake Shimabukuro - Peace Love Ukulele - 1.0
Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil - 1.0
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Hey Ed - I have to say I have never met anyone who listens to as much material as you. You must be a walking music encyclopaedia (sp?)
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maybe instead of books i should buy MH and sit him in a corner.
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David Lowery - The Palace Guards - 2.1
Adele - 21 - 2.0
Bright Eyes - The People’s Key - 1.9
Lifeguards - Waving At The Astronauts - 1.9
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - Chasing Someday - 1.8
Cowboy Junkies - Demons - 1.8
G. Love - Fixin’ To Die - 1.8
Ben Ottewell - Shapes & Shadows - 1.8
P.J. Harvey - Let England Shake - 1.8
Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots - 1.8
Nicole Atkins - Mondo Amore - 1.8
Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps - 1.7
Bayside - Killing Time - 1.7
Bobby Long - A Winter Tale - 1.7
Cave Singers - No Witch - 1.7
Builders & Butchers - Dead Reckoning - 1.6
Yuck - Yuck - 1.5
Zoey Van Goey - Propeller Versus Wings - 1.3
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Tao Of The Dead - 1.3
Malachai - Return To The Ugly Side - 1.3
Motorhead - The World Is Yours - 1.3
Covenant - Modern Ruin - 1.2
Cut Copy - Zonoscope - 1.2
Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence - 1.2
MEN - Talk About Body - 1.2
Yanni - Truth Of Touch - 1.1
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will - 1.1
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol 2 - 1.1
Seefeel - Seefeel - 1.0
A Skylit Drive - Identity On Fire - 1.0
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I'm sad to see that nothing has made it to 'Love it and will no doubt get purchased' but it's only January.
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TraceNspace Wrote:I'm sad to see that nothing has made it to 'Love it and will no doubt get purchased' but it's only January.
No worries, that just means the ones in that second tier will get purchased.
Takes a lot for me to say I love an album on 1 listen.
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Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing - 2.1
Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby - 1.9
Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style - 1.8
DeVotchKa - 100 Lovers - 1.8
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Don't Say We Didn't Warn You - 1.8
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Rare Bird Alert - 1.8
Smoking Popes - This Is Only A Test - 1.8
Bob Geldof - How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell - 1.7
Tommy Shaw - The Great Divide - 1.7
Ari Hest - Sunset Over Hope Street - 1.7
Ron Sexsmith - Long Player Late Bloomer - 1.7
Megaphonic Thrift - Decay Decoy - 1.6
Rival Schools - Pedals - 1.6
Found - Factorycraft - 1.6
New York Dolls - Dancing Backwards In High Heels - 1.5
Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some - 1.5
R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now - 1.5
Buffalo Tom - Skins - 1.5
Eisley - The Valley - 1.5
Jennifer Hudson - I Remember Me - 1.4
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding - 1.4
Oh Land - Oh Land - 1.4
Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights, Early Mornings - 1.4
Strokes - Angles - 1.3
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs - 1.3
Los Lonely Boys - Rockpango 1.3
Acrylics - Lives And Treasure - 1.3
Parts & Labor - Constant Future - 1.3
Nostalgia 77 - The Sleepwalking Society - 1.3
Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip - 1.2
Chris Brown - F.A.M.E. - 1.2
Deadlock - Bizarro World - 1.1
Gucci Mane - The Return Of Mr. Zone 6 - 1.1
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous - 1.1
Britney Spears - Femme Fatale - 1.1
Human Abstract - Digital Veil - 1.0
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Augustana - Augustana - 2.0
Steve Earle - I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - 1.7
I’m From Barcelona - Forever Today - 1.5
Lenka - Two - 1.5
Mary Mary - Something Big - 1.5
Symfonia - In Paradism - 1.5
Whitesnake - Forevermore - 1.4
Daphne Willis - Because I Can - 1.4
Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds - Under Streetlight Glow - 1.3
Duff McKagan's Loaded - The Taking - 1.3
Dengue Fever - Cannibal Courtship - 1.3
Belle Brigade - Belle Brigade - 1.2
Dennis Coffey - Dennis Coffey - 1.2
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Well, I like Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby album, It is really enjoyable for me.
