Monday, March 12, 2018

Top Ten Albums of 2017

Heeeeeeeelo folks! I told you I was gonna pick this back up again, and look at me! two weeks strong. I love doing a yearly recap of my favorite albums. I love music and all kinds of it too, so being able to bring you my favorite albums of the year from all across the genres is single handedly my favorite blog of the year. Now I normally do this blog on January first, but as you all know I quit doing the blog for a while so I am just now getting to it. Nonetheless I am ready to review and reveal my top ten favorite albums of the year(including as usual my top three favorite songs off the album!) Lets start it up!




10. Huncho Jack - Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho

 Favorite Tracks!

  1. Motorcyle Parts
  2. Black & Chinese 
  3. Moon Rock

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Travis Scott, Quavo, and Grand Hustle Records. 


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9. Little Dragon - Season High

Favorite Tracks!

  1. Strobe Light
  2. Celebrate
  3. Should I

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Little Dragon, and Because Music.




8. Noah Gundersen - White Noise

Favorite Tracks!
  1. Bad Desire
  2. Fear & Loathing
  3. Number One Hit Of The Summer (Fade Out)

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Noah Gundersen, and Cooking Vinyl Records. 




7. Circa Survive - The Amulet 

Favorite Tracks!
  1. Never Tell A Soul
  2. The Hex
  3. Premonition of the Hex

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Circa Survive, and Hopeless Records.




6. Villains - Queens of the Stone Age

Favorite Tracks!
  1. Feet Don't Fail Me
  2. The Evil Has Landed
  3. The Way You Used to Do

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Queens of the Stone Age, and Matador Records.




5. August Burns Red - Phantom Anthem

Favorite Tracks!
  1. Coordinates 
  2. Quake
  3. Generations 

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to August Burns Red, and Fearless Records.





4. Brand New - Science Fiction 

Favorite Tracks!
  1. Lit Me Up
  2. Desert
  3. Same Logic/Teeth


I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Brand New, and Procrastinate! Music Traitors.






3. Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

Favorite Tracks!
  1. This Old Dog
  2. Still Beating
  3. My Old Man

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Mac Demarco, and Captured Tracks Records.




2. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand

Favorite Tracks!
  1. Show Yourself
  2. Steambreather
  3. Jaguar God

I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Mastodon, and Reprise Records.





1. Tyler Childers - Purgatory 

Favorite Tracks!
  1. Lady May
  2. Purgatory 
  3. Feathered Indians 



I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Tyler Childers, and Hickman Holler Records.



EXTRAVAGANT!

Thats my very late, but still here recap of my favorite albums of twenty seventeen. Stay tuned for individual album reviews in the coming weeks!










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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Elton John - Honky Chateau



March 4, 2018
Elton John - Honky Chateau 


This album has so much resonance on so many levels. It all starts with my mother and I, and one sweet lady. My Nanna. My Nanna loved Elton John. Now she wasn't actual blood relation, but she was so close to my mom that I grew up always knowing her as Nanna. I would hear her sing and jam to Elton as much as she breathed. It was so refreshing and it also got me started on my music passion. She passed away quite some time ago, but I still see her and feel her whenever I hear Elton's music. Fast forward many years. I am twenty three and visiting my friend and uncle(he is practically my brother) and he as a newborn son. He tells me to play Rocket Man because his son loves that song. I play that song and his son is dancing... we are all dancing in the living room. His son, his two nieces' his girlfriend, and I. We are all getting down to this amazing music. I start to think how content I am with how I was feeling in that moment. If only I had my own little family to do that with. Except my kids and I will be jamming out to Deer Tick or Coheed (haha.) Much time has past since I last did a blog. I am sorry. I bought a house, got a puppy, and have been busy with work. All I know is that I am ready to get back to writing about the music I love. I love all kinda of music. Some of that just so happens to be by Englishmen from the seventies. I am sitting here writing this blog while my puppy is now damn near a year old (he was like three months in my last blog.) I realized this blog brought me way more happiness than I had originally thought. Everything that happened in the past to this music, and everything that happened tonight to it. I am really feeling these tunes. I obviously don't have to tell you guys' about this guy or this album. Chances are you all know it already. I mean its Elton John for goodness sakes. All I have to say about this album is to just listen to it. Obviously its rough. I mean it was recorded in the seventies, but the music still speaks for itself. This would be an album I would want to own on vinyl. I am sure it sound ten times better on vinyl. I will be completely honest with you. Aside from Honky Cat, Rocket Man, and Amy I just don't know the rest of this album. I am about four songs into this album as I a writing these very words (10:16.) I will keep you all updated as I go. I apologize in advance. It is going to take me a few posts to get back into writing in a nice organized manner. So as I will continue as I am working through the album. I am on the song Amy now. These last three songs will be where I learn. I have never heard of them. I don't think. Now that I have heard the last two songs of this album I think I am about ready to rap this review up. Overall its a fantastic album and everyone should give it a whirl. I give this album 🎹🎹🎹 out of five! Extravagant!


Favorite Tracks!
  1. Honky Cat
  2. Hercules 
  3. Rocket Man


I do not own any of the pictures or songs associated with this review. All rights belong to Coheed And Cambria and Columbia Records. 



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