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| From | "Keith Cook" <cookk@digis.net> |
| Subject | 2003 Favorites |
| Date | Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:37:35 -0700 |
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Time to come out of lurking and mention the music that made me smile as
I listened this year. After the top 15 or so they could interchange
places depending on the day of the week and my mood. Thanks to all for
your comments, suggestions and reccomendations throughout the year, they
are much appreciated.
1 Playmates - Listen
2 Badger - C'Mon Girls
3 Bacino, Mark - Million Dollar Milkshake
4 Liverpool - Love Is All
5 Singles, The - Better Than Before
6 Treeberrys - Treeberrys
7 Soul Engines - Closer Still
8 Richies - Forever & Today
9 Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
10 Mr. Encrypto - Secret Identity Crisis
11 Winnerys - And.The Winnerys
12 Rhinos - The Year Of The Rhinos
13 Squires Of The Subterrain - Strawberries On Sunday
14 Pillbugs - 3-D Popcycle Dream
15 Tiny Volcano - Tiny Volcano
16 Badge - Calling Generation Mojo
17 Traynor, Neil - August Sun
18 Splittsville - Incorporated
19 See Saw - After Sunset
20 Ward, Steve - See And Be Seen
21 Oohs - Saturday Morning Dream
22 JTG Implosion, The - All The People Some Of The Time
23 Maple Mars - Circular Haze
24 Jeremy - Pop Dreams
25 Paper Airplane Pilots - History Of Flying
26 Jessica Fletchers - What Happened To The?
27 Cosmic Rough Riders - Too Close To See Far
28 Thrills - So Much For The City
30 Thorns, The - The Thorns
31 Captain Soul - Jetstream Lovers
32 Crenshaw, Robert - Dog Dreams
33 Autumn Defense - Circles
34 Cloudsmen - The Cloudsmen
35 Pernice Brothers -Yours, Mine and Ours
36 Nudge 'Em All - Get Enough
37 High Dials, The - A New Devotion
38 Bangles - Doll Revolution
39 Oranger - Shut Down The Sun / From The Ashes Of Electric Elves
40 Clevenger, Walter & The Dairy Kings - Full Tilt & Swing
41 Waking Hours - The Good Way
42 Redwalls - Universal Blues
43 Carpenter, Michael - KingsRdWorks
44 Sweet, Matthew - Kimi Ga Suri
45 Pulltops - 8 Track
46 Sutliff, Bobby - Perfect Dream
47 Bronco Bullfrog - Emporium Days
48 Syrups, The - The Syrups
49 Rooney - Rooney
50 Blank Pages - 45 & 33
51 Byrd, Jason - Busy Days
52 Eason, Terry - Elephant Garden
53 Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
54 Myracle Brah - Treblemaker
55 Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will
56 Owsley - The Hard Way
57 Andrw - Happy To Be Here
59 Beckley, Matt - Songs From My Wasted Youth
60 American Suitcase - Summerman
61 Bango, Frank - The Unstudied Sea
62 Autumn Leaves - Twilight Hours Of The Autumn Leaves
63 High Llamas - Beet, Maize And Corn
64 Flash Cubes - Brilliant
64 Davenport, Bart - Game Preserve
65 Shnier22 - Mint
66 Grandaddy - Sumday
67 Hunt, Scott - Sonic Symphony
68 Jupiter Affect - Restoration Of Culture After Ghenghis Khan
69 Smile, The - Brighton Pier
70 Copperpot - Copperpot
71 Easterly - Easterly
72 Bleu - Redhead
73 Honeyrider - All Systems Go
74 Lovethugs - Playground Instructors
75 Model Rockets - Model County Suite
76 Marshmallow - Marshmallow
77 Montanta - Bubblegum Love
78 Price, Phillip - Honey In The Chemicals
79 Barenaked Ladies - Everything To Everyone
80 Lynchpin - Hand Picked Words
Best non official release of 2003:
King Radio - Are You The Sick Passenger? (this would have been in my
top 15)
Best Box Set:
Hollies - The Long Ride Home
Best Compilations:
1 Various Artists - Concert For George
2 Lolas - Silver And Gold
3 Foskett, Jeff - Tributes And Rarities
4 VA - Rainbow Quartz Label Sampler 2003
5 VA - Not Lame: Super Charged Flash Light Pops
6 VA - International Pop Overthrow Vol. 6 - 2003
7 VA - 94 Baker Street: Pop-Pysch Sounds of the Apple Era
1967-1969
8 Roy Wood - Outstanding Performer!
9 Mazzerella, Michael - Home Demo Recordings
10 Carroll, Marc - All Wrongs Reversed
11 Kaleidoscope/Fairfield Parlour - Please Listen To The Pictures
12 Boettcher, Curt - Another Time
13 Gladhands - Once Upon A Song: Best Of Gladhands
14 Windbreakers - Time Machine
15 High Llamas - Retrospective, Rarities, & Instrumentals
Best Ep / Singles:
1 Playmates - Session With.
2 Rosenbergs -Department Store Girl
3 Cosmic Rough Riders - Because You 1 & 2 / Justify The Rain 1 & 2
(love those b-sides)
4 Harrison, George - Any Road
5 Andrew - Happily Ever After
6 Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
7 Nudge 'Em All - Clown
8 Squires of The Subterrain - In The Sunlight / The Sunnyside Ups
9 Saturday People - Saturday People
10 King Radio - The Mission Orange
Best Reissues:
1 Aerovans - Ressurection
2 Telepathic Butterflies - Telepathic Butterflies
3 Canterbury Music Festival - Rain & Shine
4 Starry Eyed & Laughing - That Was Now And This Is Then
5 Summer Wine - Fabulous Summer Wine
6 Nirvana(UK) - All Of Us / Story Of Simon Simopath / Markus III
7 Eric, Mark - Midsummer's Day Dream
8 Third Rail, The - Id Music
9 Palace Guard - The Palace Guard
10 Klaatu - Sir Army Suit
11 Moon - Without Earth & The Moon
14 Hard Times, The - Blew Mind
15 Rose Garden - The Rose Garden
16 Deep Six - Deep Six
17 Rounds, Jamie - 10 Great Car Tunes
18 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Tich - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky,
Mick, and Tich
19 Beatles - Let It Be... Naked
20 Broken Hearts - Want One?
Late Arrivals I really enjoyed:
Badge - Digital Retro
Bel-Air Bandits - Baked Goods
Bystanders - Pattern People: Pye Anthology
Dantalians Chariot - Dantalians Chariot
Egan, Walter - Walternative
Edelman, Randy - Farewell Fairbanks / Prime Cuts / You're The One
Maggies - Breakfast At Brelreck's / Cryptic Valentine
Marbles - Pyramid Landing
Nudge 'Em All - The Music Is Playing
Stpehen Parker Band - Cheyenne Autumn
Treeberrys - Come To Play
Twice As Much - Sittin On The Fence
VA - Best Of The Lost Jukeboxes (Thanks again Jeff!)
We All Together - We All Together / 2
I know I left more great ones off because I didn't hear them (sorry if
it was one of yours)
A great year of pop IMHO
Here's to 2004!
Take Care
Keith
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