2018 so far: 3 questions...

Three questions:

1. Favourite new album of 2018 so far?
2. Favourite archival release of 2018 so far?
3. Most exciting forthcoming 2018 release (new or archival)?

 

1. Judas Priest - Firepower
2. Siren - Up From The Depths: Early Anthology & More
3. Not sure - haven't really been keeping my ear to the ground lately so I'm not sure what's coming up

 

Favorite new album is Virginia Wing Ecstatic Arrow (per my current signature)

Favorite reissue is Tindersticks Simple Pleasure on MOV

Most exciting upcoming release is Emma Ruth Rundle On Dark Horses in September ...

 

1. Favourite new album of 2018 so far?

Winner so far: The Decemberists I'll Be Your Girl
Runner up so far: Fall Out Boy MANIA

2. Favourite archival release of 2018 so far?

Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" single? Hasn't been much to choose from yet.

3. Most exciting forthcoming 2018 release (new or archival)?

Appetite for Destruction super deluxe. Or (rumored for now but if we get it) Pink Floyd's Animals in 5.1/possible deluxe edition!

 

1. No One Cares About You Creative Hub...: Half Man Half Biscuit (one of their best albums, containing 3 of the best songs ever written by anyone in Terminus, Harsh Times In Umberstone Covert and Emergency Locksmith. In a fair and decent world, it’d be multiple platinum already)

2. Albums Collection Vol 2: Bruce Springsteen.

3. Next David Bowie box set.

 

1. Rick Sprinfield - The Snake King

2. Morningstar - S/T

3. Hotel's two albums on Rock Candy

 

Great answers here and I am noting down recommendations. Keep them coming.

 

1: Van Morrison: You're Driving Me Crazy
2: Van Morrison: The Alternative Moondance
3: Tool. But I'not holding my breathe. I'll settle for 10,000 Day out on vinyl. Otherwise, I do have a mono UHQR Axis: Bold as Love on order.

 

I had no idea this existed...

 

1. Piniol - Bran Coucou
2. Zappa - Roxy Performances
3. Mats/Morgan Band Live with Orchestra (cd/dvd) . . .
. . . and whatever the ZFT release.

 

Jack White - Boarding House Reach
Pink Floyd - Piper At the Gates of Dawn (RSD mono LP)
Buffalo Springfield - What's That Sound? (I’ve never heard them in mono before)

 

1. The Church : Man Woman Life Death Infinity
2. David Bowie : Welcome To The Blackout
3. The new Elvis Costello if it actually happens, if not, it'll either be the new James or Neil and Liam Finn album.

 

It's kind of an impossible to choose 1 favorite so far. Here some of my favorites

Aïsha Devi - DNA Feelings (electronic)
Aleyson Scopel - Aleyson Prado: Complete Cartas Celestes, Vol. 4 (classical)
Anteloper - Kudu (avant garde/jazz)
Certain Creatures - Nasadiya Sykta (electronic)
Various Artists - Daqun Jia: Percussion Works (classical)
Various artists - Ferneyhough: La terre est un homme (classical)
Various artists - Kalevi Aho: Timpani & Piano Concertos (classical)
Various artists - Steve Reich: Pulse / Quartet
Various artists - Tüür: Illuminatio, Whistles and Whispers from Uluru & Symphony No. 8 (classical)
Various artists - We out Here (jazz)
Dave Holland, Evan Parker, Craig Taborn and Ches Smilth - Uncharted Territories (jazz)
Dylan Carson - Conquistador (rock)
Emmanuel Pahud - Solo (classical)
Erik Friedlander - Artemisia (jazz?)
Evelyn Glennie/Michael Jefry Stevens/Szilárd Mezei/Jon Hemmersam - The Core-tet Project
GAS - Rauch
Heather Roche - Christopher Fox: Headlong (classical)
Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids - An Angel Fell
Ill Considered - Ill Considered III
John Surman - Invisible Threads
Latvian Radio Choir - Sviridov: Canticles & Prayers (classical)
Lucrecia Dalt - Anticlines (electronic)
oOoOO & Islamiq Grrrls - Faminine Mystique (electronic)
Oren Ambarchi / Kassel Jaeger / James Rushford - Face Time (ambient)
Sly & Robbie & Nils Petter Molvaer - Nordub - Sly & Robbie Meet Nils Petter Molvaer (dub/jazz)
Sonar with David Torn - Vortex (rock)
Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile (jazz)
Steppe-Scape (Stars of Eurasia) - The Great Steppe Live (world)
Steve Tibbetts - Life of (jazz)
Stile Antico - Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories (classical)
The Choir of Kings College Cambridge - Byrd: Motets (classical)
Thievery Corporation - Treasures from the Temple (reggae)
Third Coast Percussion - Paddle to the Sea (classical)
Thumbscrew [Michael Formanek / Tomas Fujiwara / Mary Halvorson] - Theirs/Ours (really two albums) (jazz)
Till Brönner & Dieter Ilg - Nightfall
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My favorite archival release so far is probably Ragnar Johnson - Crying Bamboos: Ceremonial Flute Music from New Guinea: Madang
Here's a few others

Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel (various artists compilation with a few originals by Obel)
Gordon Beck - Gordon Beck: Jubilation! Trios, Quartets And Septets In Session 1964-1984 (jazz)
Frank Zappa - The Roxy Performances
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses New Shoes Edition
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I have no idea what's scheduled for release later this year. It's hard enough keeping up with what's already out.

 

1. Invisible Threads - John Surman
2. Mondo Decco - The Quick
3. Ed O'Brien's debut solo album (assuming it's released this year) Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien announces debut solo album

Oh yes, and my favorite album cover of 2018:

 

1. Favorite new album of 2018 so far?
Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour

2. Favorite archival release of 2018 so far?
Does the Beach Boys with the Philharmonic release count? That's old music with a new twist and I've been enjoying that.
+ Honorable mention for Peter Gabriel's catalog finally getting released on Spotify.

3. Most exciting forthcoming release of 2018?
Florence + the Machine, High as Hope (out June 29)

 

1. Favourite new album of 2018 so far?

Lowtide - Southern Mind

2. Favourite archival release of 2018 so far?

Disco Inferno - DI go Pop

3. Most exciting forthcoming 2018 release (new or archival)?

Nothing Yet, but surprises are great

 

1. Either Courtney Barnett- Tell Me How You Really Feel or Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer

2 Cocteau Twins- treasure and Head Over Heels

3. Florence and the Machine

 

Wow. Where do you hear about all of these releases?

That cover is amazing. Maybe I’ll get it just for that.

 

Join us!

Best New Albums of 2018

 

Thanks. I do read that thread but ought to post more in it.

My own answers:

1. Favourite new album of 2018 so far?
Very few have wowed me. Has it been a good half year for music? Just ordered the new Innocence Mission album and expect that it will be a favourite.
2. Favourite archival release of 2018 so far?
Neil Young’s Roxy. (Runners up: Holger Czukay – Cinema / Liz Phair’s Girly Sound to Guyville).
3. Most exciting forthcoming 2018 release (new or archival)?
Prince (Piano & Mic) or Bowie (Blackout).

 

1 "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" by Arctic Monkeys (Probably not the coolest name to drop and there have been so many great new albums so far but I really love this album.)

2. Swans "Die Tür Ist Zu" finally on vinyl. Supposedly an EP. 60 minutes"Soundtracks For The Blind" coming in July and that gap in the Swans vinyl collection will be closed for the first time in 20 years

3. Anna Calvi: "Hunter"

 

1. Roger Daltrey As Long As I Have
2. The Who Live At The Fillmore East 1968
3. The Action: Shadows & Reflections, The Complete Recordings 1964-1968

 

1. Either Movida by Alfa9 or Songs From Somewhere Else by The Hanging Stars, wouldn't like to choose between them but if pushed I think Alfa9 just about edges it.
2. Vintage Years 1979-1991 by Wishbone Ash, the way to do a box set properly.
3. As I Fell by Curse of Lono, their last album was superb, can't wait for the new one.

 

1. Ghost-Note - Swagism
2. John Renbourn - Live in Kyoto 1978
3. Oh Sees - Smote Reverser

 

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Sounds like fun!