This is AtticRock's choice of the best albums released last year and displayed below in no particular order.
I added their official links so if interested you can check them out.
: | TOP ALBUMS | :
The Sheepdogs - Changing Colours
Up in Canada we have The Sheepdogs, which I've been following since 2011 as you can see here. Impressively every record they make is destined to enter my top ten list.
I need soundboard or FM recordings from The Sheepdogs urgently!
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The Vintage Caravan - Gateways
Hot music from Iceland, greatly influenced by the best of the 70's hard rock.
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Graveyard - Peace
Another one teletransported from decades ago, the Swedish hard rock band did a great album this year although not acclaimed as some previous work they did.
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Spiders - Killer Machine
Also from Sweden and female fronted the Spiders remind me of Blues Pills but they are harder and faster. Still with plenty of catchy songs as Dead Or Alive, Shock And Awe or Heartbreak.
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Judas Priest - Firepower
This was widely acclaimed and totally deserved it, close to the quality of their best 80's and 90's albums.
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The Magpie Salute - High Water I
Rich Robinson is doing quite well on making something new while keeping a touch of Crowes' marks, also let us not forget that he is accompanied by fine musicians.
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The Temperance Movement - A Deeper Cut
Third album for this British band, great blues/hard-rock songs served by Phil Campbell's unique timbre. Their second, White Bear, was the best of 2016 for me so there's no trick here, they're really good.
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Black Label Society - Grimmest Hits
Monster guitarist Zakk Wylde manages to make great songs and still tour and do great performances with Ozzy Osbourne (as I saw this year).
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Clutch - Book of Bad Decisions
Also from North America, Clutch can't seem capable of making a bad album and this got positive reviews all over, from Rolling Stone to Classic Rock Magazine (number 1 album).
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Trust - Dans Le Meme Sang
Amazing return to form from the French band almost 40 years after the classic album Repression! With a more judicious use of the female choruses (i.e. less) it would even sounded better.
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Riverside - Wasteland
If possible I like to include at least one prog album and this time I chose this album that I really liked by Riverside, a world class prog rock band from Poland.
How international is this list?
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: | Honourable Mentions | :
Black Stone Cherry - Family Tree
The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution
DeWolff - Thrust
Joe Bonamassa - Redemption
The Struts - Young & Dangerous
Joe Perry - Sweetzerland Manifest
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem Of The Peaceful Army
Ghost - Prequelle
Joe Satriani - What Happens Next
Stonefield - Far From Earth
2 comments:
So here comes my top ten from 2018 (not all were released in 2018 but I discovered them last year) :
10 - Alice Cooper - A paranormal evening at the Olympia Paris (great sound and setlist)
09 - Night Demon - Live Darkness (pure old school NWOBHM but what a live record, impressive)
08 - BlutEngel Live Im Wasserschloss Klaffenbach (electronic german gothic music worth a listen on Sunday mornings..)
07 - Paul Rodgers Free Spirit (still got the best voice in the world)
06 - Samantha Fish Ardmore Music Hall 2017 bootleg (love the way she sings the blues)
05 - Jethro Tull Upper Darby 1987 bootleg (some great remasters available on the net)
04 - BabyMetal live at Budokan (need to see the DVD to understand what's it all about, great fun, not more than 10 minutes )
03 - Marillion All one Tonight live at the RAH (just pure music, marvelous)
02 - Midnight Oil Armistice Day (well, it's the Oils on high energy live)
01 - Heilung Live (the most amazing CD I heard this year, see the video on YouTube, shamanic medieval nordic trance).
:)
Derek from Paris
Thanks Derek, there's some of them I have to check out.
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