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JC Badlands aka Arnold Layne presenta sus listas infinitas del 2020

Nuestro colaborador Juan Carlos Belmonte se toma su tiempo y sus ganas para elaborar unas listas definitorias del año que hemos vivido (y alguna repesca del 2019 y otras décadas). Aquí las ofrecemos para que cada uno se sirva a discrección la que más le convenga

Instrucciones de uso:

1) Se trata de listas totalmente subjetivas, ordenadas de más a menos según el nivel de impacto que me ha provocado cada referencia.

2) Desgloso los discos de 2020 en elepés, canciones y versiones para que las listas sean menos largas, pero obviamente los discos de la segunda y tercera lista (especialmente los de los primeros puestos) podrían estar en la primera y viceversa.

3) Todo lo que encontraréis en estas listas me parece absolutamente recomendable, aunque no sea necesariamente lo mejor de sus autores, sino simplemente lo que me ha acompañado durante los últimos doce mesos.

4) Espero que disfrutéis descubriendo o recuperando unas cuantas joyas.

 JC Badlands aka Arnold Layne (@EbonyWhite)

 

89 excitantes elepés publicados en 2020:

  • FIONA APPLE: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
  • BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Letter To You
  • PHOEBE BRIDGERS: Punisher
  • BOB DYLAN: Rough and Rowdy Ways
  • BOB MOULD: Blue Hearts
  • EL GOODO: Zombie
  • PETE MOLINARI: Just Like Achilles
  • COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS: Old Flowers
  • RVG: Feral
  • THURSTON MOORE: By The Fire
  • ELVIS COSTELLO: Hey Clockface
  • SPARKS: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
  • LAURA MARLING: Song For Our Daughter
  • FONTAINES DC: A Hero’s Death
  • NUBYA GARCIA: Source    
  • NATHANIEL RATELIFF: And It’s Still Alright
  • ANDREW HIBBARD: Andrew Hibbard
  • SUZANNE VALLIE: Love Lives Where Rules Die
  • AOIFE NESSA FRANCES: Land of No Junction
  • ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER: Sideways to New Italy
  • DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT: How Ill Thy World Is Ordered
  • SHABAKA & THE ANCESTORS: We Are Sent Here By History
  • SWAMP DOGG: Sorry You Couldn’t Make It
  • COLORAMA: Chaos Wonderland
  • NO AGE: Goons Be Gone
  • RAY LAMONTAGNE: Monovision
  • THE DREAM SYNDICATE: The Universe Inside
  • PERFUME GENIUS: Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
  • IDLES: Ultra Mono
  • PROTOMARTYR: Ultimate Success Today
  • PORRIDGE RADIO: Every Bad
  • THE REFLECTORS: First Impression
  • ADRIANNE LENKER: Songs
  • WAXAHATCHEE: Saint Cloud
  • LAURA VEIRS: My Echo
  • EELS: Earth To Dora
  • KING KRULE: Man Alive!
  • SAULT: Untitled (Black Is)
  • CHUCK PROPHET: The Land That Time Forgot
  • KELLEY STOLTZ: Ah! (Etc.)
  • BILL FAY: Countless Branches
  • THE BATS: Foothills
  • IMMIGRANT UNION: Judas
  • ANDY SHAUF: The Neon Skyline
  • S. GIRLS: Heavy Light
  • WOODS: Strange to Explain
  • REAL ESTATE: The Main Thing
  • JULIAN COPE: Self Civil War
  • THE WATERBOYS: Good Luck, Seeker
  • ARBOURETUM: Let It All In
  • EZRAT: Carousel
  • THE HANGING STARS: A New Kind Of Sky
  • HEALING POTPOURRI: Blanket Of Calm
  • CORIKY: Coriky
  • THROWING MUSES: Sun Racket
  • …AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD: X: The Godless Void And Other Stories
  • PAUL BURCH & THE WPA BALLCLUB: Light Sensitive
  • PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOTT: Manchester Calling
  • BEN WATT: Storm Damage
  • CLEM SNIDE: Forever Just Beyond
  • MIKE POLIZZE: Long Lost Solace Find
  • BRIGHT EYES: Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
  • BRIGID DAWSON & THE MOTHERS NETWORK: Ballet of Apes
  • NADIA REID: Out Of My Province
  • JAMES ELKINGTON: Ever-Roving Eye
  • GREG DULLI: Random Desire
  • THE LOVELY EGGS: I Am Moron
  • TONY ALLEN & HUGH MASEKELA: Rejoice
  • THUNDERCAT: It Is What It Is
  • MONOPHONICS It’s Only Us
  • THE JAMES HUNTER SIX: Nick Of Time
  • BANANAGUN: The True Story Of Bananagun                        
  • DARREN HAYMAN: Home Time
  • ELVIS PERKINS: Creation Myths
  • POKEY LAFARGE: Rock Bottom Rhapsody                  
  • CHARLEY CROCKETT: Welcome to Hard Times        
  • KEVIN MORBY: Sundowner
  • THE MAGNETIC FIELDS: Quickies
  • GARCIA PEOPLES: Nightcap At Wits’ End
  • GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS: Lightning Show Us Your Stuff
  • JOSEPHINE: Music Is Easy
  • THE NECKS: Three
  • WIRE: Mind Hive
  • X: Alphabetland
  • SHOPPING: All Or Nothing          
  • NICOLE ATKINS: Italian Ice
  • ROSE CITY BAND: Summerlong
  • MARC ALMOND: Chaos and a Dancing Star
  • LEWSBERG: In This House
Fiona Apple

40 radiantes canciones de otros 40 destacables discos publicados en 2020:

  • JARV IS: “Must I Evolve?” (Beyond The Pale)
  • DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: “Thoughts and Prayers” (The Unraveling)
  • CORNERSHOP: “St Marie Under Canon” (England Is A Garden)
  • PAUL McCARTNEY: “Find My Way” (McCartney III)
  • BILL CALLAHAN: “Another Song” (Gold Record)
  • DION feat. PAUL SIMON: “Song For Sam Cooke (Here In America)” (Blues With Friends)
  • DAN PENN: “Edge Of Love” (Living On Mercy)
  • THE BLACK LIPS: “Get It On Time” (Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart)
  • THE FLAMING LIPS: “Mother I’ve Taken LSD” (American Head)
  • NAP EYES: “If You Were In Prison” (Snapshot Of A Beginner)
  • JEFF TWEEDY: “Love Is The King” (Love Is The King)
  • THE FIERY FURNACES: “Down At The So And So On Somewhere” (single)
  • RON SEXSMITH: “Lo And Behold” (Hermitage)
  • A CERTAIN RATIO (feat. DENISE JOHNSON): “Bouncy Bouncy” (ACR Loco)
  • A GIRL CALLED EDDY: “Been Around” (Been Around)
  • THE VAPORS: “Crazy” (Together)
  • BRENDAN BENSON: “I Quit” (Dear Life)
  • THE STROPPIES: “Holes in Everything” (Look Alive! EP)
  • THE LEMON TWIGS: “Live In Favor Of Tomorrow” (Songs For The General Public)
  • TOOTS & THE MAYTALS: “Struggle” (Got to Be Tough)
  • DEERHOOF: “’Farewell’ Symphony” (Future Teenage Cave Artists)
  • COWBOY JUNKIES: “The Possessed” (Ghosts)
  • MARK LANEGAN: “Bleed All Over” (Straight Songs Of Sorrow)
  • THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS: “The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll” (Made Of Rain)
  • THE MEN: “Wading In Dirty Water” (Mercy)
  • LUKE HAINES & PETER BUCK: “Andy Warhol Was Not Kind” (Beat Poetry For Survivalists)
  • LUCINDA WILLIAMS: “Shadows And Doubts” (Good Souls Better Angels)
  • STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: “Time Is Never On Our Side” (Ghosts Of West Virginia)
  • CAR SEAT HEADREST: “Hollywood” (Making A Door Less Open)
  • STEPHEN MALKMUS (feat. MATT SWEENEY): “Xian Man” (Traditional Techniques)
  • WARD: “Unreal City” (Migration Stories)
  • JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT: “What’ve I Done To Help” (Reunions)
  • FRAZEY FORD: “Everywhere” (U Kin B The Sun)
  • THE HADEN TRIPLETS: “Memories Of Will Rogers” (The Family Songbook)
  • MARGO PRICE: “Hey Child” (That’s How Rumors Get Started)
  • PRETENDERS: “Hate For Sale” (Hate For Sale)
  • THE JAYHAWKS: “Living In A Bubble” (XOXO)
  • RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: “Damsel in Distress” (Unfollow The Rules)
  • PAUL WELLER: “Baptiste” (On Sunset)
  • JOE PERNICE: “Sullivan Street” (Richard)

17 brillantes versiones incluidas en otros 17 estimables discos publicados en 2020:

  • BUILT TO SPILL: “Life In Vain” [Daniel Johnston] (Built to Spill Plays The Songs Of Daniel Johnston)
  • GABY MORENO: “Beltane Walk” [T. Rex] (V.A.: AngelHeaded Hipster. The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex.

A Hal Willner Production)

  • GILLIAN WELCH: “Hello in There” [John Prine] (All The Good Times)
  • THE PRETTY THINGS: “The Devil Had A Hold Of Me” [Gillian Welch] (Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood)
  • ISOBEL CAMPBELL: “Runnin’ Down a Dream” [Tom Petty] (There Is No Other…)
  • BRYAN FERRY: “Sympathy For The Devil” [The Rolling Stones] (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1974)
  • EZRA FURMAN: “I Can Change” [LCD Soundsystem] (Sex Education Original Soundtrack)
  • EMMA SWIFT: “You’re a Big Girl Now” [Bob Dylan] (Blonde On The Tracks)
  • LAMBCHOP: “Reservations” [Wilco] (Trip)
  • SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Little By Little” [Dusty Springfield]

(Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Rendition Was in)

  • SUPERSUCKERS: “A Certain Girl” [Allen Toussaint] (Play That Rock n’ Roll)
  • DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: “The KKK Took My Baby Away” [Ramones] (The New OK)
  • TANYA DONELLY & THE PARKINGTON SISTERS: “Ocean Rain” [Echo & The Bunnymen]

(Tanya Donelly & The Parkington Sisters)

  • BETTYE LAVETTE: “Blackbird” [The Beatles] (Blackbirds)
  • JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN: “Kiss” [Prince] (Cover Two)
  • WHITNEY: “Hammond Song” [The Roches] (Candid)
  • NEIL YOUNG: “The Times They Are A-Changin’” [Bob Dylan] (The Times EP)

 

40 espléndidos discos publicados en 2019 que he descubierto en 2020:

  • THE STROPPIES: Whoosh!
  • DAN BERN: Regent Street
  • APEX MANOR: Heartbreak City
  • EMILY JANE WHITE: Immanent Fire
  • NEUTRALS: Kebab Disco
  • MICK TROUBLE: … Here’s The Mick Trouble LP
  • BRYAN ESTEPA: Sometimes I Just Don’t Know
  • BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER: Better Oblivion Community Center
  • HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: Terms of Surrender
  • THE SPECIALS: Encore
  • WILD BILLY CHILDISH & CTMF: Last Punk Standing
  • HURT VALLEY: Glacial Pace
  • JAMES BLAKE: Assume Form
  • WARMDUSCHER: Tainted Lunch
  • BILLIE EILISH: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  • ADA LEA: What We Say In Private
  • (SANDY) ALEX G: House Of Sugar
  • HAND HABITS: Placeholder
  • ITASCA: Spring
  • CHRIS BROKAW: End Of The Night
  • ROBERT ELLIS: Texas Piano Man
  • MATANA ROBERTS: Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis
  • GOSPELBEACH: Let It Burn
  • OH SEES: Face Stabber
  • HELADO NEGRO: This Is How You Smile
  • SESSA: Grandeza
  • CARWYN ELLIS & RIO 18: Joia!
  • JULIAN LYNCH: Rat’s Spit
  • KAREN O & DANGER MOUSE: Lux Prima
  • DAVID BYRNE: American Utopia on Broadway
  • L7: Scatter The Rats
  • GERAINT WATKINS: Rush of Blood
  • EILEN JEWELL: Gypsy
  • CHUCK MEAD: Close To Home
  • THE DELINES: The Imperial
  • KING SALAMI AND THE CUMBERLAND THREE: Kiss My Ring
  • LEO ‘BUD’ WELCH: The Angels In Heaven Done Signed My Name
  • MOON DUO: Stars Are The Light
  • LIGHTNING BOLT: Sonic Citadel
  • A. (Taj Mahal, Robbie Fulks, Jackson Browne…): If You’re Going To The City. A Tribute To Mose Allison

Otros 22 valiosos discos de la década pasada que he descubierto en 2020:

  • GOLD-BEARS: Dalliance (2014)
  • HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF: Look Out Mama (2012)
  • CHROMATICS: Kill For Love (2012)
  • AMEN DUNES: Freedom (2018)
  • THE WILD SWANS: The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years (2011)
  • THE YOUNG SINCLAIRS: This Is The Young Sinclairs (2014)
  • WOODEN WAND: Farmer’s Corner (2014)
  • HAPPY ACCIDENTS: Everything But The Here And Now (2018)
  • CONNECTIONS: Into Sixes (2014)
  • THE WEATHER STATION: The Weather Station (2017)
  • GUN OUTFIT: Dream All Over (2015)
  • PAINTED HILLS: Painted Hills (2010)
  • DIGNAN PORCH: Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen (2012)
  • FULL UGLY: Spent The Afternoon (2014)
  • CHOOK RACE: Around The House (2016)
  • SPINNING COIN: Permo (2017)
  • THE COMET IS COMING: Channel the Spirits (2016)
  • GARETH LIDDIARD: Strange Tourist (2010)
  • TWO COW GARAGE: The Death of the Self Preservation Society (2013)
  • MODERN STUDIES: Welcome Strangers (2018)
  • DIRTMUSIC (CHRIS ECKMAN, MURAT ERTEL, HUGO RACE): Bu Bir Ruya (2017)
  • SUFJAN STEVENS, BRYCE DESSNER, NICO MUHLY & JAMES McALISTER: Planetarium (2017)

 

16 apasionantes discos de la primera década del siglo XXI que he descubierto en 2020:

*EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING: Primary Colours (2008)

  • OXFORD COLLAPSE: Remember The Night Parties (2006)
  • GUIDED BY VOICES: Isolation Drills (2001)
  • EUROS CHILDS: The Miracle Inn (2007)
  • THE SCHRAMMS: One Hundred Questions (2000)
  • THE LOUD FAMILY: Attractive Nuisance (2000)
  • THE TYDE: Three’s Co. (2006)
  • BEN KWELLER: Sha Sha (2002)
  • THE HANDSOME FAMILY: In The Air (2000)
  • CALIFONE: Roots & Crowns (2006)
  • BLONDE REDHEAD: 23 (2007)
  • Q AND NOT U: Different Damage (2002)
  • THE PSYCHIC PARAMOUNT: Origins and Primitives Vol. 1 + 2 (2006)
  • PRESTON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY: All This Sounds Gas (2001)
  • PIANO MAGIC: The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic (2003)
  • ENABLERS: End Note (2004)

17 suculentos discos de los noventa que he descubierto en 2020:

  • JOHN PRINE: The Missing Years (1991)
  • DANIEL JOHNSTON: Artistic Vice (1993)
  • SWANS: White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity (1991)
  • DJ SHADOW: …. (1996)
  • SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Fuzzy Logic (1996)
  • THE MAGNOLIAS: Off the Hook (1992)
  • MARK HOLLIS: Mark Hollis (1998)
  • ANGELO BADALAMENTI: Soundtrack From Twin Peaks (1990)
  • ROBERT FORSTER: Warm Nights (1996)
  • FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE: Fountains of Wayne (1996)
  • SIMON WARNER: Waiting Rooms (1997)
  • PETER ASTOR AND THE HOLY ROAD: Paradise (1992)
  • THE ORCHIDS: Unholy Soul (1991)
  • GIGOLO AUNTS: Flippin’ Out (1994)
  • GANG OF FOUR: Shrinkwrapped (1995)
  • SCUD MOUNTAIN BOYS: Pine Box (1995)
  • APRIL MARCH: Paris in April (1996)
Swans

21 irresistibles discos de los ochenta que he descubierto en 2020:

  • BEVIS FROND: Triptych (1988)
  • SUNNYBOYS: Sunnyboys (1981)
  • PRISONERS: A Taste of Pink! (1982)
  • PAUL KELLY & THE COLOURED GIRLS: Under The Sun (1987)
  • FELA KUTI & ROY AYERS: Music Of Many Colours (1980)
  • DIED PRETTY: Lost (1988)
  • NINA SIMONE: Fodder On My Wings (1982)
  • TOM TOM CLUB: Tom Tom Club (1980)
  • NECESSARIES: Big Sky (1981)
  • GRANT HART: Intolerance (1989)
  • CODE BLUE: Code Blue (1980)
  • THE SMITHEREENS: Green Thoughts (1988)
  • PERE UBU: Song Of The Bailing Man (1982)
  • THE STEPPES: Drop Of The Creature (1986)
  • LAUGHING CLOWNS: Mr Uddich Schmuddich Goes to Town (1982)
  • GIN BLOSSOMS: Dusted (1989)
  • STEVE KILBEY: Unearthed (1987)
  • RAINY DAY: Rainy Day (1984)
  • JAMES BROWN: Soul Syndrome (1980)
  • WOMACK & WOMACK: Love Wars (1983)
  • THE SLITS: Return Of The Giant Slits (1981)

40 portentosos discos de los setenta que he descubierto en 2020:

  • STEVIE WONDER: Signed, Sealed and Delivered (1970)
  • CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD: The Chairmen of the Board (1970)
  • LITTLE RICHARD: The Second Coming (1972)
  • EMITT RHODES: Mirror (1971)
  • BETTY WRIGHT: Hard To Stop (1973)
  • WARSAW PAKT: Needle Time (1977)
  • MARCIA GRIFFITHS: Play Me (Sweet And Nice) (1974)
  • BABY HUEY: The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (1971)
  • THE METERS: Fire On The Bayou (1975)
  • LINDA RONSTADT: Linda Ronstadt (1971)
  • BARBARA KEITH: Barbara Keith (1973)
  • LOS LOBOS: Del Este de Los Angeles (Just Another Band From East) (1978)
  • JIM SULLIVAN: Jim Sullivan (1972)
  • NEIL DIAMOND: Beautiful Noise (1976)
  • DON CHERRY: Brown Rice (1975)
  • TEDDY PENDERGRASS: Life Is A Song Worth Singing (1978)
  • TOWNES VAN ZANDT: Flyin’ Shoes (1978)
  • LEE HAZLEWOOD: Cowboy In Sweden (1970)
  • DONNIE FRITTS: Prone To Lean (1974)
  • MATCHING MOLE: Matching Mole (1972)
  • CENTIPEDE: Septober Energy (1971)
  • PHIL MANZANERA: Diamond Head (1975)
  • WILLIE NELSON: Phases And Stages (1974)
  • LINDA CLIFFORD: If My Friends Could See Me Now (1978)
  • ARROWS: First Hit (1976)
  • KURSAAL FLYERS: Golden Mile (1976)
  • AMERICAN SPRING: Spring (1972)
  • JACKIE DESHANNON: Jackie (1972)
  • UNICORN: Uphill All The Way (1971)
  • QUARTETO EM CY: Quarteto Em Cy (1972)
  • MIKE COOPER: Trout Steel (1970)
  • ROY HARPER: Valentine (1974)
  • BE BOP DELUXE: Axe Victim (1974)
  • TWINK: Think Pink (1970)
  • LABI SIFFRE: Remember My Song (1975)
  • ROBERTA FLACK: Killing Me Softly (1973)
  • NICOLETTE LARSON: Nicolette (1978)
  • LAURA NYRO: Season Of Lights… Laura Nyro In Concert (1977)
  • LEON REDBONE: On The Track (1975)
  • PETER GREEN: The End Of The Game (1970)

18 indispensables discos de los sesenta que he descubierto en 2020:

  • GENE CLARK: Echoes (1967)
  • THE TURTLES: Happy Together (1967)
  • DON COVAY: Mercy! (1965)
  • FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Unhalfbricking (1969)
  • THE ROCKETS: The Rockets (1968)
  • JERRY BUTLER: The Iceman Cometh (1968)
  • THE CYRKLE: Red Rubber Ball (1966)
  • ROLAND KIRK: Domino (1962)
  • JOHN STEWART: California Bloodlines (1969)
  • DEL SHANNON: The Further Adventures Of Charles Westover (1968)
  • SUN RA: The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1961)
  • HERBIE MANN: Memphis Underground (1969)
  • BURT BACHARACH: Make It Easy on Yourself (1969)
  • PATTY WATERS: Sings (1965)
  • NANCY PRIDDY: You’ve Come This Way Before (1968)
  • LEGEND: Legend (1969)
  • THE ELECTRIC PRUNES: Release Of An Oath (1968)
  • JUDY HENSKE & JERRY YESTER: Farewell Aldebaran (1969)

17 formidables discos geográficamente cercanos publicados, descubiertos o rescatados en 2020:

  • LOS ENEMIGOS: Bestieza (2020)
  • RAFAEL BERRIO: 1971 (2010)
  • CÁNOVAS, RODRIGO, ADOLFO Y GUZMÁN: Señora Azul (1974)
  • PIGGIES: Time (1997)
  • SILENT JAMES: Where Have All My Friends Gone? (2019)
  • PASCAL COMELADE: Deviatonist Muzak (2019)
  • EDUARDO BORT: Eduardo Bort (1975, reed. 2014)
  • TRIÁNGULO DE AMOR BIZARRO: Triángulo de Amor Bizarro (2020)
  • CHUCHO: Corazón roto y brillante (2020)
  • BIZNAGA: Gran Pantalla (2020)
  • MARÍA JOSÉ LLERGO: Sanación (2020)
  • ZA!: Pachinko Plex (2018)
  • ALBERT PLA & RAÜL REFREE: Miedo (2018)
  • EL NIÑO DE ELCHE + LOS PLANETAS: Fuerza Nueva (2019)
  • GOLPES BAJOS: Todas sus grabaciones 1983/85 (1990) [1983/1985]
  • LOS SALVAJES: Los EP’s originales (1996) [1964/1967]
  • LOS INÉDITOS: 2006-2014 (2020)

24 discos esenciales que he rescatado en 2020 mediante generosas reediciones:

  • PETE DELLO AND FRIENDS: Into Your Ears (1971, reed. 2005)
  • THE BAND: The Band (1969, reed. 2019)
  • THE PLIMSOULS: The Plimsouls… Plus (1981, reed. 1992)
  • VIC CHESNUTT: Is the Actor Happy? (1995, reed. 2014)
  • PALE SAINTS: The Comforts Of Madness (1990, reed. 2020)
  • THE BOYS: The Boys (1977, reed. 2000)
  • TALKING HEADS: The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982, reed. 2004)
  • THE ROLLING STONES: Goats Head Soup (1973, reed. 2020)
  • GEORGE HARRISON: All Things Must Pass (1970, reed. 2014)
  • BAUHAUS: In The Flat Field (1980, reed. 2004)
  • RICHARD LLOYD: Field of Fire (1985, reed. 2006)
  • MILES DAVIS: Sketches Of Spain (1960, reed. 2009)
  • GIANT SAND: Ramp (1991, reed. 2020)
  • JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: Surrealistic Pillow (1967, reed. 2003)
  • TRAFFIC: Traffic (1968, reed. 2007)
  • JOHNNY THUNDERS: So Alone (1978, reed. 1992)
  • SHOES: Black Vinyl Shoes (1977, reed. 2018)
  • THE RECORDS: Crashes (1980, reed. 2004)
  • SWEET: Desolation Boulevard (1974, reed. 2017)
  • THE VAPORS: New Clear Days (1980, reed. 2000)
  • THE REPLACEMENTS: All Shook Down (1990, reed. 2008)
  • STIFF LITTLE FINGERS: Inflammable Material (1979, reed. 2001)
  • SONIC YOUTH: Sonic Youth (1982, reed. 2006)
  • THE CHURCH: The Blurred Crusade (1982, reed. 2002)

32 discos estelares que he revisitado en 2020:

  • JOY DIVISION: Closer (1980)
  • THE (PAUL COLLINS) BEAT: The Beat (1979)
  • NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Tonight’s The Night (1975)
  • THE BEATLES: Rubber Soul (1965)
  • THE BEACH BOYS: Surf’s Up (1971)
  • FEELGOOD: Stupidity (1976)
  • MOON MARTIN: Shots From A Cold Nightmare (1978)
  • ELLIOTT MURPHY: Lost Generation (1975)
  • TOOTS & THE MAYTALS: In The Dark (1976)
  • THE IMPRESSIONS: The Young Mods’ Forgotten Story (1969)
  • LITTLE FEAT: Little Feat (1971)
  • KRAFTWERK: Autobahn (1974)
  • ROXY MUSIC: Country Life (1974)
  • HOLE: Live Through This (1994)
  • THE AUTEURS: After Murder Park (1996)
  • ELLIOTT SMITH: Roman Candle (1994)
  • TOM WAITS: Closing Time (1973)
  • MINK DEVILLE: Le Chat Bleu (1980)
  • BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
  • PINK FLOYD: Meddle (1971)
  • PUBLIC ENEMY: Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)
  • PATTI SMITH GROUP: Wave (1979)
  • TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: Into The Great Wide Open (1991)
  • THE ROMANTICS: In Heat (1983)
  • THE PROFESSIONALS: I Didn’t See It Coming (1981)
  • SIMON AND GARFUNKEL: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
  • BREEDERS: Pod (1990)
  • MOONSHAKE: Eva Luna (1992)
  • MATTHEW SWEET: 100% Fun (1995)
  • VAN MORRISON: Poetic Champions Compose (1987)
  • BRIAN WILSON: That Lucky Old Sun (2008)
  • BRIGITTE BARDOT ET SERGE GAINSBOURG: Bonnie And Clyde (1968)

40 discos recopilatorios que me han hecho grata compañía durante 2020:

  • NEIL YOUNG: Homegrown (2020) [1974/1975]
  • THE FOUR TOPS: The Ultimate Collection (1997) [1964/1972]
  • ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS: The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs (2002) [1975]
  • SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS: The Singles Collection (2013) [1953/1962]
  • TELEVISION PERSONALITIES: Some Kind Of Happening (2019) [1978/1989]
  • ANGEL OLSEN: Whole New Mess (2020) [2018]
  • ARTHUR RUSSELL: Love Is Overtaking Me (2008) [1973/1990]
  • PETER IVERS: Becoming Peter Ivers (2019) [1976/1983]
  • BLINKY: Heart Full Of Soul: The Motown Anthology (2019) [1968/1973]
  • RONNIE LANE: Just For A Moment (The Best Of) (2019) [1973/1997]
  • THE MUSIC MACHINE: Turn On. The Very Best Of Music Machine (1999) [1966/1967]
  • ELECTRIC EELS: Die Electric Eels (2004) [1974]
  • THE YUMMY FUR: Piggy Wings (2019) [1995/1998]
  • JACK NITZSCHE: Jack Nitzsche (2020) [1974]
  • HOLLYWOOD BRATS: Hollywood Brats (1980) [1973/1974]
  • A. (Television, Cheetah Chrome, Richard Hell…): Ork Records: New York, New York (2015) [1975/1979]
  • THE CONTOURS: The Very Best Of The Contours (1999) [1961/1967]
  • THE MARVELETTES: The Ultimate Collection (1998) [1961/1969]
  • MARVIN GAYE: What’s Going On Live (2019) [1972]
  • THE STOOGES: Live at Goose Lake August 8th 1970 (2020) [1970]
  • SONIC YOUTH: Battery Park, NYC July 4th 2008 (2019)
  • NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Return to Greendale (2020) [2003]
  • BOB DYLAN featuring JOHNNY CASH: The Bootleg Series vol. 15 1967-1969: Travelin’ Thru (2019)
  • ALEX CHILTON: Songs from Robin Hood Lane (2019) [1991/1994]
  • TOM PETTY: The Best Of Everything (2019) [1976/2016]
  • PRINCE: Originals (2019) [1981/1991]
  • XTC: Rag & Bone Buffet. Rare Cuts & Leftovers (1990) [1977/1989]
  • BLAZE FOLEY: The Dawg Years (2010) [1975/1978]
  • ELIZABETH COTTEN: Shake Sugaree (2004) [1965/1966]
  • JOHN COLTRANE: Blue World (2019) [1964]
  • JIM SULLIVAN: If The Evening Were Dawn (2019) [1969]
  • JELLY ROLL MORTON: The Essential Collection (2006) [1923/1941]
  • BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON: Dry Southern Blues. 1925-1929 Recordings (2018)
  • THE WATERBOYS: In A Special Place (2011) [1985]
  • OPAL: Early Recordings (1989) [1984/1985]
  • THROBBING GRISTLE: Greatest Hits (1981) [1977/1980]
  • GRAHAM PARKER: Temporary Beauty (1997) [1982/1983]
  • THE POGUES: 30:30 The Essential Collection (2013) [1984/1996]
  • TEXAS TORNADOS: The Best of Texas Tornados (1994) [1990/1993]
  • THE TRAVELING WILBURYS: The Traveling Wilburys Collection (2007) [1988/1990]

23 recomendables documentales (más o menos) musicales que he visto en 2020:

CALLED HIM MORGAN [LEE MORGAN] (Kasper Collin, 2016)

  • PULP: A FILM ABOUT LIFE, DEATH & SUPERMARKETS (Florian Habicht, 2014)
  • ROLLING THUNDER REVUE [Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell…] (Martin Scorsese, 2019)
  • LE REGARD DE CHARLES [CHARLES AZNAVOUR] (Marc di Domenico, 2019)
  • AMERICAN INTERIOR [GRUFF RHYS] (Dylan Goch, 2014)
  • AKA DOC POMUS (William Hechter, Peter Miller, 2012)
  • BREADCRUMB TRAIL [SLINT] (Lance Bangs, 2014)
  • HEAVEN ADORES YOU [ELLIOTT SMITH] (Nickolas Rossi, 2014)
  • THE OTHER ONE: THE LONG, STRANGE TRIP OF BOB WEIR [GRATEFUL DEAD] (Mike Fleiss, 2014)
  • HITSVILLE: THE MAKING OF MOTOWN [Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, The Jackson 5…]

(Benjamin Turner, Gabe Turner, 2019)

  • SALAD DAYS. A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON DC 1980-1990 [Bad Brains, Fugazi, Jawbox…]

(Scott Crawford, 2014)

  • STRANGE POWERS: STEPHIN MERRITT AND THE MAGNETIC FIELDS (Kerthy Fix, Gail O’Hara, 2010)
  • ROCKNROLLERS [Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Gov’t Mule…] (Juanma Bajo Ulloa, 2016)
  • LOVE STORY [LOVE] (Chris Hall, Mike Kerry, 2006)
  • WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? [NINA SIMONE] (Liz Garbus, 2015)
  • THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE [GENESIS P-ORRIDGE] (Marie Losier, 2011)
  • MONKS – THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK (Dietmar Post, Lucía Palacios, 2006)
  • THE FLESHTONES: PARDON US FOR LIVING, BUT THE GRAVEYARD IS FULL (Geoffray Barbier, 2009)
  • CONSTEL·LACIÓ COMELADE [PASCAL COMELADE] (Luis Ortas Pau, 2020)
  • I NEED A DODGE. JOE STRUMMER ON THE RUN (Nick Hall, 2014)
  • CSNY DÉJÀ VU [CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG] (Bernard Shakey, 2008)
  • PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE (Steven Sebring, 2008)
  • BETTY DAVIS: THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT (Phil Cox, 2017)

17 selectos conciertos que he visto en casa durante 2020:

  • LOU REED: At Capitol Theatre (Passaic, New Jersey, 25-9-1984)
  • TOM WAITS: Live on Rockpalast (WDR Studios, Colonia, 18-4-1977)
  • TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: At Docks (Hamburgo, 23-4-1999)
  • PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC: The Mothership Connection (Houston Summit, Texas, 31-10-1976)
  • T-REX: At Wembley (Londres, 18-3-1972)
  • JAMES BROWN: At Doubletree Hotel (Monterrey, California, 1979)
  • GRATEFUL DEAD: Europe 72. Tivolis Koncertsal (Copenhage, 17-4-1972)
  • ROCKPILE: Live at the Rockpalast (Markthalle, Hamburgo, 12-1-1980)
  • A. (Skip James, Willie Dixon, Mississippi Fred McDowell…): The American Folk-Blues Festival (3 vols.)

(Alemania, 1962-1969)

  • TRAFFIC: Live at Santa Monica 72 (Santa Monica Civic Center, California, 21-2-1972)
  • THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND: University Of Florida Bandshell (Gainesville, 16-1-1982)
  • J. CALE & LEON RUSSELL: At The Paradise Studios (Los Ángeles, 1979)
  • WARREN ZEVON: At Capitol Theatre (Passaic, New Jersey, 1-10-1982)
  • BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: On Broadway (Walter Kerr Theatre, New York, 17/18-7-2018)
  • AZTEC CAMERA: La Edad de Oro (Madrid, 18-9-1984)
  • THE SMITHS: Rockpalast (Markthalle, Hamburgo, 4-5-1984)
  • ALABAMA SHAKES: At Alter Reitplatz (Haldern Pop Festival, Alemania, 10-8-2013)

8 lecturas (más o menos) melómanas que he devorado en 2020:

  • ROBBIE ROBERTSON: Testimony (2016; Neo Person, 2017)
  • JIMMY McDONOUGH: La biografía de Neil Young (2002; Contra, 2014)
  • BRIAN WILSON, BEN GREENMAN: Yo soy Brian Wilson… y tú no (2016; Malpaso, 2019)
  • ANDREW MATHESON: Te potaría encima (Sick On You) (2015; Contra, 2017)
  • PATTI SMITH: L’any del mico (2019; Club Editor, 2020)
  • IAN CURTIS: En cuerpo y en alma. Cancionero de Joy Division (Malpaso, 2015)
  • VAN MORRISON: Toma interior. Letras escogidas (2014; Malpaso, 2016)
  • ORIOL LLOPIS: La magnitud del desastre. Memorias de un rock critic poco fiable (66 rpm, 2012)

 

2 Comments

  1. Alex Lorente

    La virgen!!! Cualquier ser humano no biónico necesitaría una década para devorar todo ese menú….
    Enhorabuena por tu trabajo, tiempo, ganas y adicción.

    • Juan Carlos Belmonte

      Gracias, Alex. Pero de biónico nada, que las 8784 horas que tiene un año (bisiesto, ¡ojo!, jejé) pueden dar mucho de sí. Si tiráis de este hilo de Twitter
      https://twitter.com/EbonyWhite/status/1348995902434906113?s=19
      encontraréis el resto de la lista (películas, cómics…) y tres suculentas playlists en Spotify donde he escogido una canción de cada uno de los discos de la lista.
      Salud, camaradas routiers!

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