Thursday, December 31, 2020

Song of the Year - 2020: Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?

It pleasures me so to say that the title track from Jessie Ware's AWESOME album "What's Your Pleasure?" is not only my SONG of the year, but it's also my VIDEO of the year from my ALBUM of the year!! There are actually two videos for this track, but this one is far superior, thanks mostly to the dancing of Nicolas Huchard. The video is just as sexy & sleek as the song itself! This song always brings me joy. It makes me want to dance. It is perfect POP! Thank you Jessie, for such an amazing album and this amazing song!  May the world fix itself and let us see you in concert in 2021!   This music deserves to be seen & danced to LIVE!!  
Happy New Year EVERYBODY...Come on, dance & sing!  

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Best of 2020 - Albums - Part 2

My favorite albums of the year!! 
Jessie Ware's sleek popfest! 
Freezepop's glorious return! 
Battery Operated Orchestra showing us that synth pop is the yesterday, the tomorrow and the MEEEE! 
Kleerup delivering more superb pop with a bounty of wonderful guest vocalists! 
The Luxembourg Signal serving up indie/dream pop perfection! 
Tons of long term loves like The Dears, Elysian Fields & Stars in Coma making the list! 
Welcome Nation of Language to the fold as the only debut album in my Top 25!

 

1What's Your Pleasure?

Jessie Ware

What's Your Pleasure? (2020)

2Fantasizer

Freezepop

Fantasizer (2020)

3Yesterday Tomorrow and You

Battery Operated Orchestra

Yesterday Tomorrow and You (2020)

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Kleerup

2 (2020)

5The Long Now

The Luxembourg Signal

The Long Now (2020)

6I'm Your Empress Of

Empress Of

I'm Your Empress Of (2020)

7Lovers Rock

The Dears

Lovers Rock (2020)

8Ecstasy in the Shadow of Ecstasy

Michelle Gurevich

Ecstasy in the Shadow of Ecstasy (2020)

9Second Body

Two People

Second Body (2020)

10Beyond the Pale

JARV IS...

Beyond the Pale (2020)

11Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

Perfume Genius

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately (2020)

12Dark Hearts

Annie

Dark Hearts (2020)

13Introduction, Presence

Nation of Language

Introduction, Presence (2020)

14Disco

Kylie

Disco (2020)

15Adelphi

Even as We Speak

Adelphi (2020)

16Warnings

I Break Horses

Warnings (2020)

17Farewell, Bacchus Point

Stars in Coma

Farewell, Bacchus Point (2020)

18Transience of Life

Elysian Fields

Transience of Life (2020)

19Host

Cults

Host (2020)

20Temple

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

Temple (2020)

21When We Stay Alive

Poliça

When We Stay Alive (2020)

22Stray Fantasies

Mint Julep

Stray Fantasies (2020)

23Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa

Future Nostalgia (2020)

24Powys 1999

Stats

Powys 1999 (2020)

25Superstar

Caroline Rose

Superstar (2020)

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Best of 2020 - Albums - Part 1

 The first half of my fave albums of 2020!  Loosely ranked and all lovely!

26Róisín Machine

Róisín Murphy

Róisín Machine (2020)
27Ride Lonesome

Young Ejecta

Ride Lonesome (2020)
28After the Curtains Close

Jonathan Bree

After the Curtains Close (2020)
29A Voyeur Makes No Mark

Nite Fields

A Voyeur Makes No Mark (2020)
30Kairos

Faded Paper Figures

Kairos (2020)
31Darkest Dreams

Kraków Loves Adana

Darkest Dreams (2020)
32Q36

The Rentals

Q36 (2020)
33A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

Sparks

A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (2020)
34Shadow Offering

BRAIDS

Shadow Offering (2020)
35Or Not Thibault

Thibault

Or Not Thibault (2020)
36Fun City

Bright Light Bright Light

Fun City (2020)
37Cape God

Allie X

Cape God (2020)
38I Feel Alive

TOPS

I Feel Alive (2020)
39After Hours

The Weeknd

After Hours (2020)
40Truth or Consequences

Yumi Zouma

Truth or Consequences (2020)
41Swimmer

Tennis

Swimmer (2020)
42Romantic Comedy

Summer Camp

Romantic Comedy (2020)
43Night and Blur

The Bilinda Butchers

Night and Blur (2020)
44Vicious Pastimes

House of Harm

Vicious Pastimes (2020)
45Ur Fun

of Montreal

Ur Fun (2020)
46The Private Memoirs and Confessions of The Just Joans

The Just Joans

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of The Just Joans (2020)
47Dramas del primer mundo

Capitán Sunrise

Dramas del primer mundo (2020)
48Sister

Ultraísta

Sister (2020)
49The Neon

Erasure

The Neon (2020)
50Personalia

Locate S,1

Personalia (2020)