We're about halfway through 2009, and I've added 52 albums to my collection. That's not counting free (and legal) downloads, singles, EPs and vinyl (which I can't play anyway since I'm still waiting for my pick-up to return). Of those 52 albums, 17 were released this year, and my top five from those goes a little something like this:
- Daniël Lohues - Allennig III
- Delain - April Rain
- Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
- Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure
- Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
The other albums date from 1965 (Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty) to last year's number two on my list of older albums I acquired this year:
- Carole King - The Carnegie Hall Concert
- Roosbeef - Ze willen wel je hond aaien maar niet met je praten
- Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
- Grof Geschut - Twaalf
- Jacques Brel - Infiniment
Then, finally, to round things up, my ten favorite new (as in new to me) songs of the year so far.
- Daniël Lohues - Geleuf allen' nog in de maone
[download] - Anneke van Giersbergen feat. Niels Geusebroek - What's the Reason? (Silkstone cover)
[download] - Grof Geschut - Laat maar
- Delain - Control the Storm
- Bløf - Vandaag
- Roosbeef - Onder invloed
- Tinted Windows - Kind of a Girl
- Jenny Owen Youngs - Last Person
- Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
- Charlie Dée - A Case of You (Joni Mitchell cover)
