[acid-jazz] Best/Worst/merely Blah of 2002

From: Stimp (stimp@aei.ca)
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 05:44:27 CET

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    Ok, so here's my list for 2002. What I did is looked thru my collection and
    dug out everything I bought, within the last 12 months, with a 2002 release
    date.

    Here's my best
    -Johnny Cash: American IV: The Man Comes Around (the best of the batch, imo)
    -Mr. Scruff: Trouser Jazz
    -Herbert: Secondhand Sounds
    -DJ Chebb i Sabbah: Krishna Lila (AMAZING!!!)
    -Antibalas: Talkatif
    -Melvins + Fantomas: Millenium Monsterwork
    -Below The Sea: Les Arbres Depayseront D'avantage (fans of Godspeed You
    Black Emperor! and Mogwai will love this)
    -Iannis Xenakis: Persepolis + Remixes (Persepolis is absolutely essential,
    while the remixes are merely lukewarm to bad)
    -Suba: Tributo
    -Sigur Ros: ( )
    -Polmo Polpo: The Science Of Breath (an ambient electronic must-have)
    -Manu Chao: Radio Bemba
    -Cinematic Orchestra: Every Day (This is some seriously fresh shit. Totally
    original and fresh. Already looking forward to their next one!)
    -Godspeed You Black Emperor: Yanqui U.X.O. (Very similar to their earlier
    stuff, but so damn grandiose in scale and GOOD!)
    -NIN: And All That Could Have Been
    -Blackalicious: Phrenology
    -Hank Williams III: Lovesick, Broke And Driftin' (WOW!!! Far better than
    his dad, and just as good as ol' granddad!)
    -Tom Waits: Alice
    -Merzbow: Amlux

    Now, for the worst:
    -Melvins: Hostile Ambient Takeover
    -Verve Remixed: (It's been done SO MANY BLOODY TIMES!!!!)
    -Rudy Ray Moore: 21st Century Dolemite (unfunny, for the most part, mixed in
    with bad songs and WAY too much use of the word Motherfucker)
    -John Zorn: IAO (Sounds like any one of ten albums he's already put out, and
    far from essential)
    -Pearl Jam: Riot Act (If you own any of their first 3 records, you already
    know what to expect. Stale formulaic rock)
    -John Zorn/Mike Patton/Ikue Mori: Hemophiliac (At fifty bucks a crack, this
    was a complete ripoff. It's autographed by all three and limited to 2500
    copies, but that's really the only thing worth mentioning here. It's not
    bad, but it ain't good either)
    -Me'Shell Ndge'Ocello: Cookie: the Anthropological Mixtape (Sounds like
    crossover Missy Elliot-ish nonsense at times. Way too slick-sounding, not
    nearly as organic and gut-bucket funky as everything that came before it)
    -Thievery Corporation: Sounds From The Verve Hi-Fi (They've added ABSOLUTELY
    NOTHING to these Verve tracks!! Owning alot of the original albums which
    are featured here, this cd was a complete waste of money for me. Have your
    buddy burn you a cd and you'll get exactly the same thing.)
    -Bugge Wesseltoft: Out Here In There
    -Nils Petter Molvaer: NP3 (VERY disappointed in this one. Lacks the
    haunting, dense production of his previous 2 releases, and his trumpet
    playing didn't grab me nearly as much this time around)

    Finally, the so-so, mostly because it's been done before:

    -Amon Tobin: Out From Out Where
    -Peace Orchestra: Reset
    -Herbaliser: Something Wicked This Way Comes
    -Boards Of Canada: Geogaddi
    -Fila Brazilia: Maim That Tune
    -Stanton Moore: Flying The Coop (not nearly as good as "All Kooked Out")
    -Tom Waits: Blood Money (I NEVER thought I'd find a Tom Waits album merely
    so-so. Surprise)
    -V/A: Afrotronic 2 (sounds like every other comp. Save your money)

    Your turn,

    Stimp

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