February 2012 Listening List
These are the albums (all of the compact disc variety; I’m not a download dude) that are commanding my attention lately, not to mention keeping me sane and happy during these turbulent times. As usual, it’s a mixed bag of old and new, covering various genres. Just the way I like it!
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
John Cale – Paris 1919
Mayer Hawthorne – How Do You Do
Gabor Szabo – Spellbinder
Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis
Al Kooper – Rare and Well Done
Saint Etienne – Sound of Water (Deluxe Edition)
Howard Tate – Howard Tate
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come
Hank Crawford – Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing
Elvis Costello – National Ransom
Mike Scott – Bring ‘Em All In
The Jazz Crusaders – Live at the Lighthouse ‘66
The Drums – Portamento
Townes Van Zandt – Live at the Old Quarter; Houston, Texas
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet – In New York
Camel – Lunar Sea: An Anthology
Poco – Under the Gun/Blue and Gray
Destroyer – Kaputt
The Lotus Eaters – No Sense of Sin
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Eddie Hinton – A Mighty Field of Vision: The Anthology 1969-1993
Duke Ellington – The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Robbie Robertson – How to Become Clairvoyant
Ebo Taylor – Life Stories
14-Carat Black – Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth
Gomez – Five Men in a Hut
The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
Passion Pit – Manners
Lenny Kravitz – Black and White America
Grateful Dead – Europe ’72, Vol. 2
Pale Fountains – From Across the Kitchen Table
NRBQ – Keep This Love Goin’
Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires
Darondo – Listen to my Song
The Billy Cobham-George Duke Band – Live on Tour in Europe
The Pursuit of Happiness – The Downward Road
Willie Tee – I’m only a Man
Peter Bruntnell – Ends of the Earth
Dizzy Gillespie – On the French Riviera
M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Jimmy Eat World – Invented
Various Artists – Saint Etienne Presents Song from the Dog & Duck
Sonny Rollins – Freedom Suite