Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Two final albums, ever.


#1 daughter said to me the other day, "dad, stop comparing everything to Robyn", well this week I don't have to, for she's only on the last ever album by Rรถyksopp, called appropriately The Inevitable End - the Norwegian kings of electronic music have always been better live than on an album, but they are always, or maybe mostly, worth a listen. I'll miss them, but will always try and catch up with whatever they do next.

The other final ever album this week is from Pink Floyd. It's a lazy money making exercise of a collection of tracks that weren't deemed good enough to get onto The Division Bell, which was released over 20 years ago. Listen if you must, it's called The Endless River, which seems to describe a lot of their output.

Another big name with a new album this week is The Foo Fighters, with Sonic Highways. It's the poppy side of rock, and there's loads of guests on the album, but I like Dave Grohl, and he seems to be having fun, so why not carry on as before. Nothing new here.

If that lot doesn't tickle your fancy you could always try Christmas at Downton Abbey (seriously), Now That's What I Call Disney, or Cheryl's new album, Only Human.  In fact, here's a good game: listen to Cheryl's album, then search out a recording of Cheryl singing with no autotune, or production of any kind, and compare what you hear, then ponder the album title.

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