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December 4, 2018, 01:58 PM #1
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50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/67124...of-2018-page-5
Includes links to listen.
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December 4, 2018, 03:51 PM #2
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
Wow.....I don’t own any of the 50 albums. The only one I would consider is the John Prine album.
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December 4, 2018, 04:18 PM #3
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
I just skimmed 50-41 and the top 10. Not only do I not own any of them, the only one I've heard of before is Janelle Monae.
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December 4, 2018, 04:27 PM #4
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Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
I have not had time yet. I will try to go through the list this weekend. I bet I go 0/50 for having heard any of them. Maybe 2/50 for knowing any of the artists. And, unfortunately, 0/50 for wanting any of the albums.
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December 4, 2018, 04:35 PM #5
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
The only one I own is Brandi Carlile's in both digital and vinyl. I have played portions of two others.
Jim
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December 4, 2018, 05:30 PM #6
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
I only know the Janelle Monae album, but do not own any of them.
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December 5, 2018, 12:21 AM #7mauidanGuest
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
50 more reasons why I don't listen to Trump hating NPR.;-)
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December 5, 2018, 08:45 AM #8
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
There are a lot of female vocalists in the top half of this list. I have the Myra Melford album; quirky but very enjoyable jazz.
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December 5, 2018, 10:47 AM #9
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
Don't own any of those.
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December 5, 2018, 12:05 PM #10
Last edited by still-one; December 5, 2018 at 12:11 PM. Reason: oh screw it.
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December 5, 2018, 02:18 PM #11
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Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
Thank you! I probably have ALL of them (thanks to Tidal). Great to listen to new stuff!
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December 30, 2018, 11:39 AM #12
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
None for me as well.
However, I do own the top 5 albums (IMHO) from 2018
In no particular order:
David Crosby - Here if you listen
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Live
Shinya Fukumori - For 2 Akis
Elvis Costello - Look Now
Blackberry Smoke - The Southern Ground Sessions.McIntosh/Sonus Faber/SimAudio, Woo Audio and Sennheiser stuff.
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May 21, 2019, 10:54 AM #13
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Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
John Prine album is so cool!
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May 21, 2019, 04:32 PM #14
Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
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May 23, 2019, 09:12 PM #15
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50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
Last night I listened to several of the selections (via Tidal) and was pleasantly impressed by several of them. I added a few more albums to my library. Thanks again Dizzie!
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May 23, 2019, 10:31 PM #16
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Re: 50 Best Albums of 2018 according to NPR
Boy, I must be really out of the loop these days.
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