Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Top 10 Albums of 2017 Part 2

Happy holidays/Merry Christmas/Happy Chaunukah/Happy Yule/Happy Kwanzaa/Happy New Year/etc.! By now I imagine you guys know the drill with this. I'm taking the last week that I will be posting this year to list what I feel were the 10 best albums to come out this year. 2017 had some pretty good stuff released, so I'm looking forward to posting two of them a day till the end of the week after which I will be taking the rest of the year off to enjoy the holidays. These albums will not be listed in any particular order because as I've said in the past, it's a pain trying to place all of them. All that aside, let's continue!




3. Chuck, by Chuck Berry 

The legendary rock n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry sadly passed away back in March. He was on the precipice of releasing his first new album in several decades. Fortunately the album which was titled Chuck was finished before Berry's death. Whether or not he was able to hear the finished product before his passing is uncertain to me, but personally I really hope he did.

Chuck was recorded over the period of two and a half decades, so it wasn't entirely brand new stuff. That said, none of it was anything we had ever heard up to this point. While I wouldn't call it a groundbreaking album by any stretch of the imagination it is everything you want in a Chuck Berry record and actually a little more. There were moments where it got really bluesy and jammy. Heck, he even uses one of the songs to talk and tell a story. It's pretty cool and worth checking out.




4. Concrete & Gold, by The Foo Fighters

Back in September The Foo Fighters put out yet another album, but this time they did things a little differently. Instead of just recording and doing everything else in front man Dave Grohl's garage studio they went to an actual studio and worked with a producer. The result was Concrete & Gold, one of the most unique, cool, and I'd even venture to say best albums they have done in a long time.

Concrete & Gold is as Grohl said in an interview: an album that is what it would sound like if someone like Motorhead recorded The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper album. It's got the heavy, loud, in your face punk rock stuff but it also features more laid back and melodic stuff as well. There is quite the balance and somehow it all manages to flow seamlessly. This is an album I would definitely refer to as an experience.

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