It's been a busy holiday so far, so I haven't really gotten to listen to a lot of CDs that I'd like to. However, in a year as strong as this one for good music, I figure a recap of some of the year's best albums would be a good way to segue into what we're looking forward to in the first few months of 2009.
*Note: the albums recognized by me will likely be in the last half of the year seeing as I haven't reviewed any of the CDs before that point. There are plenty of good CDs out there that will not get mentioned, so apologies in advance.
Eric Hutchinson - Sounds Like This: A fresh sound that really took me by surprise. There's enough different genres on this album to appeal to everyone.
Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.: Great comeback album after the sort of weak Mr. A-Z. It shows that when Mraz wants to, he can make emotional, probing music that isn't just based around a cool rap verse.
The Killers - Day And Age: Despite not getting a lot of attention from the media at large, The Killers delivered a big follow-up to the slow-moving Sam's Town and showed that the world should take notice.
Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy: Crazy, right? I thought this CD would be terrible after all the build up, but Axl Rose managed to put out an enjoyable album that was a tribute to their old sound mixed with a new type of music that suited them even better.
Looking Forward to the Best Albums of 2009
Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream: The 16th studio album from Springsteen coincides with his performance at the halftime of the Super Bowl. Hopefully the legendary songwriter can get some new fans during the performance just in time for his album release.
Chris Cornell - Scream: Early indications mark that this album is going to be more of an R & B album as opposed to Cornell's grunge roots. If nothing else, his collaboration with Timbaland is sure to be interesting.
Mos Def - The Ecstatic: With Kanye West among the rumored producers and Slick Rick and Talib among the confirmed guest stars, the rapper-turned-actor-turned-rapper-again has the potential to really take early 2009 by storm.
U2 - No Line on the Horizon: Even though the band trashed all of their songs produced by Rick Rubin, there is still a big buzz of positive energy focused on their first album since 2004.
Enough of my forward looking. Before the new year is done I should have my CD review on Ben Folds' latest done and ready, and then we can look forward to the mystery that is 2009.
Happy Holidays everyone, and hope 2009 is as good as 2008 was.
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