I’ll even put these in order for you, from the furthest to crack the Top 25 on down to the nearest.
I’m leaving out the "Try Instead" that I had in Not Quite The Timmys, as these are certainly all worth a listen.
The Dears- No Cities Left
Style: Morrissey and other British influences meet in an album which compares the end of a relationship to the end of the world.
Fatal Flaw: A little too depressing.
Rolling Blackouts- Black Is Beautiful
Style: Sloppy, Stones-y Rock with a capital R.
Fatal Flaw: Sometimes a bit too sloppy, not always memorable.
Goldie Lookin’ Chain- Greatest Hits
Style: Adidas-wearin’ joke-rappers from, you guessed it, Wales.
Fatal Flaw: Works like a comedy album- once you’ve heard the jokes a few times, you don’t have the desire to hear it again right away, or maybe ever…
Nouvelle Vague- Nouvelle Vague
Style: Bossa Nova versions of punk and new wave classics
Fatal Flaw: It’s good at what it is, but I can’t say I’m often in a bossa nova mood.
Bjork- Medulla
Style: Very out there a capella
Fatal Flaw: More interesting and artsy than something I’d put on every day.
Camper Van Beethoven- New Roman Times
Style: Crafty college rockers return after 12 years with a political concept album
Fatal Flaw: They have other albums are much better than this.
Badly Drawn Boy- One Plus One Is One
Style: Folksy alternative singer songwriter
Fatal Flaw: Almost as much flute as a Jethro Tull album.
Elliott Smith- From A Basement On A Hill
Style: Alternative singer-songwriter’s posthumous release
Fatal Flaw: Depressing to listen to, both in the content of the songs and the end of his life…
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