username Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) It's still a little early, but what the heck. What were your favorite releases of 2018? For me: 1. Ry Cooder - Prodigal Son 2. Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee 3. Bob Dylan - More Blood On The Tracks (The Bootleg Series Vol 14) 4. Bombino - Deran 5. The Beatles - The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Box Set 6. Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction: Locked n' Loaded Box Set (which was ridiculously overpriced and definitely not worth the money) Edited December 4, 2018 by username 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 There's been a Beatles box set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 22 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: There's been a Beatles box set? Yeah man. It's a remaster of The White Album that includes one disc with The Escher Demo's, 3 discs of other demo's and a DVD-Audio disc. And a book. Priced around 150 euro's. I thought the demo material was really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, username said: Yeah man. It's a remaster of The White Album that includes one disc with The Escher Demo's, 3 discs of other demo's and a DVD-Audio disc. And a book. Priced around 150 euro's. I thought the demo material was really interesting. Oh yeah, I remember that, I think they did a Sgt Peppers too, I thought you meant like a box set of like...all The Beatles stuff, which there's probably a few around. What were the Esher demos like? EDIT: Shit, yeah, The White Album is technically called The Beatles isn't it, sorry, my mistake. Edited December 4, 2018 by Len Cnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 There wasn't a ton of new music released this year that I loved which is unusual. Here's some stuff that struck me throughout the year, whether is was a new release, re-issue or possibly released late last year: The Lone Bellow - The Restless EP (One of my favorite bands in the past decade. Solid EP to showcase what they do) Parker Milsap - Other Arrangements (Another favorite artist I've been turned on to. LOVE his latest album) The Beatles - The White Album, 2018 Mix (Giles worked a miracle here) Kelly Clarkson - Meaning Of Life (Released late last year, but I love this album. It's by far her best) Mumford & Sons - Delta (Really digging that they continued what they started on the last album) Culture Club - Life (Love, love, love this album. Glad it was finally released) Leon Bridges - Good Thing (Probably the best album of the year, IMO) The Magpie Salute - High Water I (Solid continuation of what the Crowes were doing) The biggest disapointments for me were the latest Jack White album and the crazy over pricing of the AFD Boxed Set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 16 minutes ago, RussTCB said: Mumford & Sons - Delta (Really digging that they continued what they started on the last album) Is it really worth a spin? I honestly hated their last album for being so generic and boring. I skipped through Delta a but, but nothing really caught my ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, username said: Is it really worth a spin? I honestly hated their last album for being so generic and boring. I skipped through Delta a but, but nothing really caught my ear. Let me start by saying I liked the last album. I didn't love it, but I liked it. I mostly liked that they started to evolve away from their original sound. The new album isn't earth shaking or anything, but it does build on the last sound IMO. Having said that, I'd tell you to listen to the two track combo of Picture You into Darkness Visible. Picture You is an example of what the rest of the album sounds like. It transitions into Darkness Visible which is REALLY like. I hope they continue to evolve more towards the sound of that track. If you don't like that two track combo, don't bother with the rest of the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Ariana Grande - Sweetener L. A. Guns - Made in Milan Guns N' Roses - AfD Locked N' Loaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Steve Perry - Traces Razorlight - Olympus Sleeping David Bowie - Glastonbury 2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) I really liked Muse's Simulation Theory. Really got me back on board with their modern music Edited December 4, 2018 by ZoSoRose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 37 minutes ago, Dean said: Steve Perry - Traces I keep meaning to get around to this one. I thought the single was just so-so but I'd like to hear the rest of the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, RussTCB said: I keep meaning to get around to this one. I thought the single was just so-so but I'd like to hear the rest of the album. You've listed The Beatles boxset as one of your favourite releases, Steve covers 'I Need You' on the album. It's different to the album version from Help, but I think he done a great job. He said he contacted George's wife for permission and let her hear it and she loved it. I'm not the biggest Journey fan, but the man has an incredible voice and it's great seeing him active again. There's some songs on the album that I could be doing without but all in all, it's a great record. When you get round to listening to it, let me know what you think! Here's the cover: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Album of the year for me was Ghost - Prequelle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) VOLA - Applause of a Distant Crowd The Cruel Intentions - No Sign of Relief Anderson .Paak - Oxnard Eminem - Kamikaze Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog The Fever 333 - Made An America EP Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - Tearing at the Seams Edited December 5, 2018 by Gordon Comstock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Competition Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 I'm probably forgetting things but for me... White Album 4LP box set as previously mentioned (I don't buy cd's but will at some point get the cd set as well just because theres so much extra material on it) How The West Was Won 4LP box set Starcrawler - S/T Jack White - Boarding House Reach The Rob Zombie Vinyl Box Set Jack White Live at Third Man Records (Vault release. I was at the show that makes up 2/3 of this set, so it's a super special release for me) There were some really good soundtracks that came out this year as well like You Were Never Really Here, Hereditary, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Bullet for My Valentine Gravity Ghost Prequelle GNR AFD anniversary edition Dee Snider Ghost live cd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Judas Priest - Firepower Steve Perry - Traces Ghost - Prequelle Sleep - Sciences Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant Clutch - Book of Bad Decisions Monster Magnet - Mindfucker Billy F Gibbons - Big Bad Blues Joe Perry - Sweetzerland Manifesto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketfoot Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Black Label Society - Grimmest Hits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Powerage5 said: Album of the year for me was Ghost - Prequelle I've heard they're great live 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billly B Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 GNR -AFD remastered 5FDP - and Justice for None Bad Wolves -Disobey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Haven't listened to much new stuff but I listened to this yesterday and thought it was a banger: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 21 hours ago, RussTCB said: If you don't like that two track combo, don't bother with the rest of the album. In that case, it's just not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) Kamikaze - Eminem 001 - Joe Strummer Edited December 5, 2018 by Len Cnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 21 hours ago, Powerage5 said: Album of the year for me was Ghost - Prequelle Quoted for truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merslain Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 My favorites were Rise Against - The Ghost Notes Symphonies Vol. 1 First Aid Kit - Ruins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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