Posts Tagged ‘Album of the Year of the Day’

Album of the Year of the Day: David Bowie – Station to Station [Deluxe Edition]

December 31, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is the Deluxe Edition of Station to Station by David Bowie — between the all-ought breakneck onslaught of the 1976 live performance in my hometown arena of Nassau Coliseum and the simpler, woodier sound of the analog-remaster version of the album itself, it’s a point-blank blast from the European cannon.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Hot Chip – One Life Stand

December 29, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is One Life Stand by Hot Chip, released by Astralworks — their mixture of heartstring-tugging and butt-shaking is one of my favorites.


Hot Chip – One Life Stand
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Album of the Year of the Day: Glasser – Ring

December 28, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Ring by Glasser, released by True Panther — melodic and dark, it twitches and pops until it gets airborne.

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Album of the Year of the Day : Big Boi – Sir Lucious Leftfoot…The Son of Chico Dusty

December 27, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Sir Lucious Leftfoot…The Son of Chico Dusty by Big Boi, released by Def Jam — meaty beaty big and bouncy.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Delorean – Subiza

December 26, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Subiza by Delorean, released by True Panther — endless summer.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Interpol – Interpol

December 25, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Interpol by Interpol, released by Matador — cavernous and lovely in its studied unloveliness.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Pantha Du Prince – Black Noise

December 24, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Black Noise by Pantha Du Prince, released by Rough Trade — tinkling, twinkling, melancholy music for dancing in your head on the train.

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Album of the Year: Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 1, Body Talk Pt. 2, and Body Talk

December 23, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is the Body Talk series by Robyn, released by Cherrytree — an exquisite one-woman anthology of songs about and for dancing and crying.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Antony & the Johnsons – Swanlights

December 22, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Swanlights by Antony & the Johnsons, released by Secretly Canadian — an album recorded to sound like you’re sitting in a room around a fire listening to live music, only it’s coming from the fire.

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Album of the Year of the Day: School of Seven Bells – Disconnect from Desire

December 21, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Disconnect from Desire by School of Seven Bells, released by Ghostly — dreampop fundamentally without flaw.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Eric Whitacre – Light and Gold

December 20, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s albums is Light and Gold by Eric Whitacre, released by Decca — choral music for people who (like me) don’t listen to choral music, or: it’s not just a clever title.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Matthew Dear – Black City

December 19, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Black City by Matthew Dear, released by Ghostly — perfect for when all you want your music to do is quietly bounce, bubble, and brood.

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Album of the Year of the Day: David Bowie – A Reality Tour

December 18, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is A Reality Tour by David Bowie, released by Epic — a double-live retrospective of pretty much every single phase of a career that may well now be over, performed with evident glee.

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Album of the Year of the Day: A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Autumn, Again

December 16, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Autumn, Again by A Sunny Day in Glasgow, self-released — a little cauldron out of which love songs are poured.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Social Network

December 15, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is The Social Network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, released by the Null Corporation — Reznor’s finest instrumental suite yet is both warm and cold, like a computer rotting.

Click here for a full review of both the album and the movie for which it forms the soundtrack; click here to download a free sampler or the full album from the Null Corporation.

Album of the Year of the Day: Four Tet – There Is Love in You

December 12, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is There Is Love in You by Four Tet, released by Domino — as full in its restraint as How to Dress Well is barren in its release.

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Album of the Year of the Day: !!! – Strange Weather, Isn’t It?

December 10, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Strange Weather, Isn’t It? by !!!, released by Warp — if this album had existed while I was in college, I don’t think my house full of white funkateers would ever have thrown a party to anything else.

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Album of the Year of the Day: The Knife in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock – Tomorrow, in a Year

December 9, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Tomorrow, in a Year by the Knife in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, released by Rabid — harsh, eerie, and lovely, like the detuning of the spheres.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Sleigh Bells – Treats

December 8, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Treats by Sleigh Bells, released by Mom & Pop — “Ministry” written in pink glitter pen with little hearts over the “i”s.

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Album of the Year of the Day: Underworld – Barking

December 7, 2010

Every day throughout the month of December, Attentiondeficitdisorderly will spotlight one of the best albums of 2010. Today’s album is Barking by Underworld, released by Cooking Vinyl — unabashed body-music joy.

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