Guest blogger Daniel continues his countdown of the year’s top albums…
Best Albums of 2022 – #8
Midnights – Taylor Swift
Now, I would say it’s likely that many reading right now who know me are shocked by this low placement of one of my favorite artists. It is true. I am a diehard Swifty. She could drop an absolute turd of an album and I would still revere it as a gold. This album is far from trash and much closer to treasure, but 2022 was a trove.
Guest blogger Daniel continues his countdown of the year’s top albums…
Best Albums of 2022 – #9
Being Funny in a Foreign Language – The 1975
“I like my men like I like my coffee, Full of soy milk and so sweet it won’t offend anybody whilst staining the pages of the nation.”
I thought about ending my review for this record right here. This small sampling of Matt Healy’s inspired infectious lyricism throughout this album proves its worthy inclusion on any top 10 list. However, it’s more than just perfectly executed extended similes that cement this album as one of my favorites of the year.
I’ll be out of town over the next two weeks, so I’m turning the blog reins over to somebody better equipped to count down some of the year’s best albums: my nephew Daniel.
I’ve featured Daniel’s own music on the blog before, and now I’m excited for the chance to appreciate some of his influences.
So without further ado, here’s Daniel…
‘Hidden Shame,’ heard here in demo form as included on Elvis Costello’s reissue of the 1996 album All This Useless Beauty, was originally written by Costello for Johnny Cash. Costello wrote a few songs for Cash, including ‘Complicated Shadows,’ one of Beauty‘s main tracks.
Cash never recorded ‘Complicated Shadows’ but he did record this one, on a 1990 album titled Boom Chicka Boom. That album — his 76th! — also included a cover of Harry Chapin’s ‘Cat’s in the Cradle.’
Thank you, Random iTunes Fairy, for a trip back in time to early 1993, when Sting dropped his fourth solo album, Ten Summoner’s Tales. For my money, this record remains the greatest thing he ever did as a solo artist.
Buoyed by two hit singles, ‘Fields of Gold’ and ‘If I Ever Lose My Faith in You’ (today’s SOTD), the album reached #2 on both the British and U.S. charts and achieved multi-platinum status in multiple countries.
Meet Me In Montauk 