Un año más, nuestro compañero y amigo nos manda unas listas inabarcables de material exquisito aparecido en el 2021 y otras locuras discográficas que se han cruzado en su camino durante el año, elegido con un criterio hecho a medida para esta revista.
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 2021 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 aquí 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)
73 excitantes elepés publicados en 2021:
- SQUID: Bright Green Field
- LOW: Hey What
- CASSANDRA JENKINS: An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
- RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE: Henki
- ELEVENTH DREAM DAY: Since Grazed
- SONS OF KEMET: Black To The Future
- TROPICAL FUCK STORM: Deep States
- AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS: Comfort To Me
- DINOSAUR JR: Sweep It Into Space
- THE BEVIS FROND: Little Eden
- RYLEY WALKER: Course In Fable
- STEVE GUNN: Other You
- FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS & LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Promises
- DEAN WAREHAM: I Have Nothing To Say To The Mayor Of L.A.
- BLACK MIDI: Cavalcade
- REIGNING SOUND: A Little More Time With Reigning Sound
- COOL GHOULS: At George’s Zoo
- THE FELICE BROTHERS: From Dreams To Dust
- ROSALI: No Medium
- JAMES YORKSTON & THE SECONDHAND ORCHESTRA: The Wide, Wide River
- JULIEN BAKER: Little Oblivions
- THALIA ZEDEK BAND: Perfect Vision
- NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS: Carnage
- SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE: A Beginner’s Mind
- VILLAGERS: Fever Dreams
- IDLES: Crawler
- SHAME: Drunk Tank Pink
- AROOJ AFTAB: Vulture Prince
- VALERIE JUNE: The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
- PAUL WELLER: Fat Pop (Volume 1)
- NEAL FRANCIS: In Plain Sight
- MATTHEW E. WHITE: K Bay
- JON BATISTE: We Are
- THE CORAL: Coral Island
- MDOU MOCTAR: Afrique Victime
- SLEAFORD MODS: Spare Ribs
- MATT SWEENEY & BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY: Superwolves
- BIRDS OF MAYA: Valdez
- ENDLESS BOOGIE: Admonitions
- THE HARD-ONS: I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken
- SON VOLT: Electro Melodier
- ROSE CITY BAND: Earth Trip
- TEENAGE FANCLUB: Endless Arcade
- VINCENT: Daddy’s Home
- ANNA B SAVAGE: A Common Turn
- RODRIGO AMARANTE: Drama
- BADBADNOTGOOD: Talk Memory
- JOHN GRANT: Boy From Michigan
- HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: Quietly Blowing It
- BEDOUINE: Waysides
- BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD: For The First Time
- BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS: Cosmorama
- MAC MCCAUGHAN: The Sound of Yourself
- WILLIE NILE: The Day The Earth Stood Still
- CIVIC: Future Forecast
- THE REFLECTORS: Faster Action
- NRBQ: Dragnet
- BOB EVANS: Tomorrowland
- NICK WATERHOUSE: Promenade Blue
- CHRIS ECKMAN: Where The Spirit Rests
- THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: Dark in Here
- HAND HABITS: Fun House
- JULIE DOIRON: I Thought Of You
- SHANNON LAY: Geist
- LAMBCHOP: Showtunes
- JAMES BLAKE: Friends That Break Your Heart
- RHIANNON GIDDENS WITH FRANCESCO TURRISI: They’re Calling Me Home
- BOBBY GILLESPIE AND JEHNNY BETH: Utopian Ashes
- YOLA: Stand For Myself
- CURTIS HARDING: If Words Were Flowers
- LUCY DACUS: Home Video
- LANGHORNE SLIM: Strawberry Mansion
- JOHN HIATT WITH THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND: Leftover Feelings
30 radiantes canciones de otros 30 notables discos publicados en 2021:
- SHARON VAN ETTEN & ANGEL OLSEN: “Like I Used To” [single]
- SPARKS: “So May We Start” (Annette)
- NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS: “Love Don’t” (The Future)
- COURTNEY BARNETT: “If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight” (Things Take Time, Take Time)
- NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: “Welcome Back” (Barn)
- BILLY BRAGG: “Mid-Century Modern” (The Million Things That Never Happened)
- THE CHILLS: “Monolith” (Scatterbrain)
- GRUFF RHYS: “Mausoleum Of My Former Self” (Seeking New Gods)
- ABBA: “I Still Have Faith in You” (Voyage)
- ST. VINCENT: “The Nowhere Inn” (The Nowhere Inn)
- MATTHEW E. WHITE AND LONNIE HOLLEY: “Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection” (Broken Mirror…)
- JACKSON BROWNE: “My Cleveland Heart” (Downhill From Everywhere)
- VAN MORRISON: “Tried To Do The Right Thing” (Latest Record Project volume 1)
- MODEST MOUSE: “Never Fuck a Spider On The Fly” (The Golden Casket)
- THE GOON SAX: “Tag” (Mirror II)
- SILVER SYNTHETIC: “Around the Bend” (Silver Synthetic)
- PARQUET COURTS: “Walking At A Downtown Pace” (Sympathy For Life)
- TY SEGALL (feat. DENÉE SEGALL): “Feel Good” (Harmonizer)
- SLEATER-KINNEY: “Method” (Path of Wellness)
- MARINA ALLEN: “Oh Louise” (Candlepower)
- ESTHER ROSE: “How Many Times” (How Many Times)
- BILLIE EILISH: “Happier Than Ever” (Happier Than Ever)
- THE WEATHER STATION: “Parking Lot” (Ignorance)
- MATTHEW SWEET: “At A Loss” (Catspaw)
- JOHN PAUL KEITH: “Ain’t Done Loving You Yat” (The Rhythm Of The City)
- SAULT: “London Gags” (Nine)
- CLOUD NOTHINGS: “Open Rain” (The Shadow I Remember)
- LUMP: “We Cannot Resist” (Animal)
- BLACKBERRY SMOKE (feat. Warren Haynes): “All Rise Again” (You Hear Georgia)
- IMELDA MAY (with NOEL GALLAGHER feat. RONNIE WOOD): “Just One Kiss” (11 Past The Hour)
27 brillantes versiones incluidas en otros 27 estimables discos publicados en 2021:
- MARIANNE FAITHFULL: “Madame George” [Van Morrison] (The Montreux Years) [1995]
- ALEX CHILTON: “Hello Josephine” [Fats Domino] (Boogie Shoes: Live on Beale Street) [1999]
- ANNA B SAVAGE: “A Girl Like You” [Edwyn Collins] (These Dreams EP)
- ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUS: “Go Your Way” [Anne Briggs] (Raise The Roof)
- THE SPECIALS: “Everybody Knows” [Leonard Cohen] (Protest Songs 1924-2012)
- NATHANIEL RATELIFF (feat. KEVIN MORBY): “There’s A War” [Leonard Cohen] (Red Rocks 2020)
- DAVID CROSBY (feat. SARAH JAROSZ): “For Free” [Joni Mitchell] (For Free)
- J. CROCE: “Nothing From Nothing” [Billy Preston] (By Request)
- TOM JONES: “Pop Star” [Cat Stevens] (Surrounded By Time)
- THE BLACK KEYS: “Do The Romp” [Junior Kimbrough] (Delta Kream)
- LOS LOBOS: “Bluebird / For What It’s Worth” [Buffalo Springfield] (Native Sons)
- THE FLESHTONES: “Chld Of The Moon” [The Rolling Stones] (Face of the Screaming Werewolf)
- WANDA JACKSON: “You Drive Me Wild” [The Runaways] (Encore)
- LUCINDA WILLIAMS: “Louisiana Rain” [Tom Petty] (Runnin’ Down A Dream)
- CAR SEAT HEADREST: “Running Up That Hill” [Kate Bush] (Madlo: Influences)
- JARVIS COCKER: “Aline” [Christophe] (Chansons d’ennui Tip-Top)
- KURT VILE: “Run Run Run” [The Velvet Underground & Nico] (V.A.: I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute…)
- STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: “Harlem River Blues” [Justin Townes Earle] (T.)
- MERRY CLAYTON: “Touch The Hem Of His Garment” [Sam Cooke] (Beautiful Scars)
- BEN WATT: “Comeback Kid” [Sharon Van Etten] (Storm Shelter)
- SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS: “Dear Mr. Fantasy” [Traffic] (At Home With)
- CHRISSIE HYNDE: “Every Grain Of Sand” [Bob Dylan] (Standing In The Doorway)
- LORETTA LYNN: “I Saw The Light” [Hank Williams] (Still Woman Enough)
- JESSE MALIN: “Crawling Back To You” [Tom Petty] (Sad And Beautiful World)
- ANGEL OLSEN: “More Than This” [Roxy Music] (Song Of The Lark And Other Far Memories)
- WILLIE NELSON: “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” [Cole Porter / Frank Sinatra] (That’s Life)
- ALICE COOPER: “Rock & Roll” [The Velvet Underground / Mitch Ryder] (Detroit Stories)
8 espléndidos discos geográficamente cercanos publicados en 2021:
- MAIKA MAKOVSKI: MKMK
- KIKO VENENO: Hambre
- MARIA ARNAL I MARCEL BAGÉS: Clamor
- LOS HERMANOS CUBERO: Errantes telúricos / Proyecto Toribio
- DERBY MOTORETA’S BURRITO KACHIMBA: Hilo Negro
- MARIA RODÉS Y LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID: Contigo
- CAPSULA: Phantasmaville
- THE FREE FALL BAND: The Free Fall Band
31 fabulosos discos publicados en 2020 que he descubierto en 2021:
- SPENCER CULLUM: Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection
- CUT WORMS: Nobody Lives Here Anymore
- HERMAN DUNE: Notes From Vinegar Hill
- FORT NOT: The Club Is Open
- THE PARSON RED HEADS: Lifetime of Comedy
- THE NELS CLINE SINGERS: Share The Wealth
- LEE RANALDO & RAÜL REFREE: Names of North End Women
- LEAH SENIOR: The Passing Scene
- THE WILLIAM LOVEDAY INTENTION: Will There Ever Be A Day That You’re Hung Like A Thief
- HALF JAPANESE: Crazy Hearts
- DON BRYANT: You Make Me Feel
- GHOST FUNK ORCHESTRA: An Ode To Escapism
- RUN THE JEWELS: RTJ4
- KACY & CLAYTON AND MARLON WILLIAMS: Plastic Bouquet
- MELENAS: Días raros
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE: I’m With You
- MOSES BOYD: Dark Matter
- CALEB LANDRY JONES: The Mother Stone
- SAM BURTON: I Can Go With You
- DIANA JONES: Song To A Refugee
- JEFF PARKER & THE NEW BREED: Suite For Max Brown
- KHRUANGBIN: Mordechai
- SONGHOY BLUES: Optimisme
- HAIM: Women In Music Pt. III
- BELAKO: Plastic Drama
- MARIA RODÉS: Lilith
- MUJERES: Siento Muerte
- VÍCTOR COYOTE: Las Comarcales
- CORDOVAS: Destiny Hotel
- MIKE EDISON & GUADALUPE PLATA: The Devil Can’t Do You No Harm
- WILLIAM TYLER: Music From First Cow
40 valiosos discos de la década pasada que he descubierto en 2021:
- JOHN HOWARD & THE NIGHT MAIL: John Howard & The Night Mail (2015)
- ZEBRA HUNT: City Sighs (2015)
- FRAZEY FORD: Indian Ocean (2014)
- THE ICYPOLES: My World Was Made For You (2014)
- EL GOODO: By Order Of The Moose (2017)
- DUMB THINGS: Time Again (2019)
- BITCH PREFECT: Big Time (2012)
- FLYING LOTUS: Flamagra (2019)
- TOUMANI DIABATÉ & SIDIKI DIABATÉ: Toumani & Sidiki (2014)
- TERRY: Remember Terry (2017)
- DONNIE FRITTS: Oh My Goodness (2015)
- BILL FRISELL: Big Sur (2013)
- BIG THIEF: Capacity (2017)
- CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND: Intensity Ghost (2014)
- LUKE WINSLOW-KING featuring ESTHER ROSE: The Coming Tide (2013)
- WAXAHATCHEE: Out In The Storm (2017)
- PHANTASTIC FERNITURE: Phantastic Ferniture (2018)
- THE RELATIONSHIP: Clara Obscura (2017)
- MGMT: Congratulations (2010)
- ERIK VOEKS: So The Wind Won’t Blow It All Away (2016)
- KURT BAKER: Brand New Beat (2012)
- OKKERVIL RIVER: The Silver Gymnasium (2013)
- JAKE BUGG: Jake Bugg (2012)
- THE NECKS: Body (2018)
- NÉRIJA: Blume (2019)
- SARAH DAVACHI: Gave In Rest (2018)
- IMARHAN: Imarhan (2016)
- SCHOOL DAMAGE: School Damage (2017)
- BISCUIT: Biscuit (2016)
- CALA VENTO: Fruto Panorama (2017)
- ATLETA: Catedrales (2010)
- CAPSULA: In The Land Of Silver Souls (2011)
- SALTO: Far From The Echoes (2017)
- MACHO: Aturuxo Vudú (2014)
- THE SHIPS: The Summer Of Our Lives (2014)
- DOMINIQUE A: La Fragilité (2018)
- LOS PEPES: Let’s Go! (2017)
- THE ROOTS: … And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)
- BUDDY GUY: The Blues Is Alive and Well (2018)
- SAM COOMES: Bugger Me (2016)
31 apasionantes discos de la primera década del siglo XXI que he descubierto en 2021:
- BRENDAN BENSON: Lapalco (2002)
- SPLITSVILLE: Incorporated (2003)
- JON BRION: Meaningless (2001)
- XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (2000)
- MAX RICHTER: The Blue Notebooks (2004)
- IMPERIAL TEEN: On (2002)
- THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: Electric Version (2003)
- SPARKS: Hello Young Lovers (2006)
- JESSE MALIN: Glitter In The Gutter (2007)
- DAN SARTAIN: Dan Sartain Vs. The Serpientes (2003)
- ELF POWER: In A Cave (2008)
- LAURA VEIRS: Saltbreakers (2007)
- PERNICE BROTHERS: The World Won’t End (2001)
- GUIDED BY VOICES: Earthquake Glue (2003)
- STEREO TOTAL: Musique Automatique (2001)
- REIGNING SOUND: Too Much Guitar (2004)
- THE BLACK KEYS: Rubber Factory (2004)
- NADA SURF: Lucky (2008)
- OUTKAST: Stankonia (2000)
- BERT JANSCH: Crimson Moon (2000)
- JONI MITCHELL: Shine (2007)
- THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS: All My Bad Thoughts (2005)
- MICHAEL CARPENTER: Rolling Ball (2004)
- BEN KWELLER: Changing Horses (2009)
- BRONCO BULLFROG: Oak Apple Day (2004)
- GORDON GANO & THE RYANS: Under The Sun (2009)
- THE TEA SERVANTS: Travel West (2003)
- AT SWIM TWO BIRDS: Quigley’s Point (2003)
- HUGO RACE + TRUE SPIRIT: 53rd State (2008)
- CHUCK E. WEISS: 23rd and Stout (2006)
- PAUL KELLY & THE STORMWATER BOYS: Foggy Highway (2005)
32 suculentos discos de los noventa que he descubierto en 2021:
- THE GRAYS: Ro Sham Bo (1994)
- CHUCK PROPHET: Homemade Blood (1997)
- CHRIS STAMEY: Fireworks (1991)
- AMOR A TRAICIÓN: Amor a Traición (1994)
- DAN PENN: Do Right Man (1994)
- FIONA APPLE: When the Pawn… (1999)
- JOHN ZORN: Naked City (1990)
- RICHARD X. HEYMAN: Hey Man! (1991)
- SLOAN: One Chord to Another (1996)
- GREENBERRY WOODS: Big Money Item (1995)
- TOMMY KEENE: Ten Years After (1996)
- THE RENTALS: Return Of The Rentals (1995)
- YOU AM I: Hi Fi Way (1996)
- POLVO: Exploded Drawing (1996)
- D’ANGELO: Brown Sugar (1995)
- CURTIS MAYFIELD: New World Order (1996)
- THE BEVIS FROND: Son Of Walter (1996)
- MYRACLE BRAH: Life On Planet Eartsnop (1998)
- JOHN DOE: Meet John Doe (1990)
- DENIZ TEK: Take It To The Vertical (1992)
- THE SHAZAM: Godspeeed The Shazam (1999)
- SUPERDRAG: Regretfully Yours (1996)
- THE VANDALIAS: Buzzbomb! (1998)
- DWIGHT TWILLEY: Tulsa (1999)
- KEVIN ROWLAND: My Beauty (1999)
- ASTRID: Strange Weather Lately (1999)
- BEN FOLDS FIVE: Ben Folds Five (1995)
- GRANT HART: Good News For Modern Man (1999)
- PYRAMIDIACS: Teeter Totter (1996)
- BRAD JONES: Gilt-Flake (1996)
- ROSS: Supersonic Spacewalk (1998)
- THE REMBRANDTS: The Rembrandts (1990)
30 irresistibles discos de los ochenta que he descubierto en 2021:
- ORNETTE COLEMAN: Virgin Beauty (1988)
- GRACE JONES: Nightclubbing (1981)
- X: Under The Big Black Sun (1982)
- THE STEMS: At First Sight Violets Are Blue (1987)
- HOODOO GURUS: Stoneage Romeos (1984)
- THE MODULATORS: Tomorrow’s Coming (1984)
- LET’S ACTIVE: Cypress (1984)
- BOBBY WOMACK: The Poet (1981)
- GIL SCOTT-HERON: Reflections (1981)
- BARRY ADAMSON: Moss Side Story (1989)
- NIKKI SUDDEN: The Bible Belt (1983)
- NIKKI AND THE CORVETTES: Nikki And The Corvettes (1980)
- GREG KIHN BAND: Rockihnroll (1981)
- BANGLES: All Over The Place (1984)
- MAUREEN TUCKER: Playin’ Possum (1981)
- FELT: The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Stories (1984)
- ABSOLUTE GREY: Green House (1984)
- THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: Love Junk (1989)
- THE DB’S: Like This (1984)
- THE SOUND: From The Lions Mouth (1981)
- RANK AND FILE: Sundown (1982)
- MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Field Day (1983)
- DIVINYLS: Desperate (1983)
- RACHEL SWEET: Protect The Innocent (1980)
- JOSIE COTTON: Convertible Music (1982)
- THE BEAT FARMERS: Tales Of The New West (1985)
- THE DREAM ACADEMY: The Dream Academy (1985)
- NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN: Shahen-Shah (1988)
- TAXI GIRL: Seppuku (1981)
- TROUBLE FUNK: Drop The Bomb (1982)
46 portentosos discos de los setenta que he descubierto en 2021:
- SPARKS: Indiscreet (1975)
- PEZBAND: Laughing in the Dark (1978)
- MICHAEL CHAPMAN: Savage Amusement (1976)
- EMITT RHODES: The American Dream (1971)
- CALVIN KEYS: Shawn-Neeq (1971)
- ALICE COLTRANE featuring PHAROAH SANDERS: Journey In Satchidananda (1971)
- KEVIN COYNE: Dynamite Daze (1978)
- STEVIE WONDER: Where I’m Coming From (1971)
- EDWIN STARR: Involved (1971)
- GATO PÉREZ: Romesco (1979)
- UNICORN: Blue Pine Trees (1974)
- ESSRA MOHAWK: Primordial Lovers (1970)
- CATHERINE HOWE: What A Beautiful Place (1971)
- IKE & TINA TURNER: Workin’ Together (1971)
- IAN MATTHEWS: If You Saw Thro’ My Eyes (1971)
- SCRUFFS: Wanna Meet The Scruffs? (1977)
- THE RASPBERRIES: Starting Over (1974)
- THE PALEY BROTHERS: The Paley Brothers (1978)
- LOADED DICE: No Sweat (1979)
- THE TOMS: The Toms (1979)
- THE BOOMTOWN RATS: A Tonic for the Troops (1978)
- YOKO ONO: Fly (1971)
- FRANCO BATTIATO: Fetus (1972)
- BO DIDDLEY: The Black Gladiator (1970)
- SWAMP DOGG: Gag a Maggott (1973)
- LINK WRAY: Link Wray (1971)
- LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III: Attempted Mustache (1973)
- STONE THE CROWS: Teenage Licks (1971)
- ROBERTA FLACK: Blue Lights In The Basement (1977)
- FONTELLA BASS: Free (The Paula Recordings) (1972)
- D. SOUTHER: John David Souther (1972)
- JIMMY WEBB: Words And Music (1970)
- NED DOHENY: Ned Doheny (1973)
- JONI MITCHELL: Hejira (1976)
- GARY BARTZ NTU TROOP: Harlem Bush Music – Uhuru (1971)
- HAILU MERGIA & THE WALIAS BAND: Tezeta (1975)
- COLIN HARE: March Hare (1971)
- KRAFTWERK: Ralf und Florian (1973)
- CACTUS: Cactus (1970)
- FRANÇOISE HARDY: Et si je m’en vais avant toi (1972)
- BRIDGET ST. JOHN: Songs For A Gentle Man (1971)
- AMON DÜÜL II: Tanz Der Lemminge (1971)
- FAUST: The Faust Tapes (1973)
- RONNIE D’ADDARIO: Take In A Show (1976)
- GRAHAM NASH: Wild Tales (1974)
- LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY: Loleatta (1977)
25 indispensables discos de los sesenta y cincuenta que he descubierto en 2021:
- THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Songs Our Daddy Taught Us (1958)
- ROBERTA FLACK: First Take (1969)
- DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES: Love Child (1968)
- THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: Satan Is Real (1959)
- DON CHERRY: Symphony For Improvisers (1966)
- JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
- AL WILSON: Searching For The Dolphins (1968)
- THE MONKEES: More Of The Monkees (1967)
- THE HOLLIES: Hollies (1965)
- SHADOWS OF KNIGHT: Back Door Men (1966)
- LINDA RONSTADT: Hand Sown… Home Grown (1969)
- NANCY SINATRA: Boots (1966)
- LEE HAZLEWOOD: Lee Hazlewoodism: Its Cause And Cure (1967)
- PEARLS BEFORE SWINE: One Nation Underground (1967)
- ABBEY LINCOLN: Abbey Is Blue (1959)
- MILES DAVIS: Sorcerer (1967)
- EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND: Wasa Wasa (1969)
- McCOY TYNER: Nights Of Ballads & Blues (1963)
- DION AND THE BELMONTS: Presenting Dion And The Belmonts (1959)
- JACQUES DUTRONC: Il est cinq heures, Paris s’eveille (1968)
- LITTLE RICHARD: The Fabulous Little Richard + It’s Real (1959/1961)
- THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION: The Sound of 65 (1965)
- THE SILVERY BOYS: The Silvery Boys (1968)
- HELEN SHAPIRO: Helen In Nashville (1963)
- HEARTS AND FLOWERS: Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers (1967)
25 discos esenciales que he rescatado en 2021 mediante generosas reediciones:
- PRINCE: Sign O’ The Times (1987, reed. 2020)
- RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS: Destiny Street (1982, reed. 2021)
- ELLIOTT MURPHY: Night Lights (1976, reed. 2008)
- LOU REED: New York (1989, reed. 2020)
- VIOLENT FEMMES: Why Do Birds Sing? (1991, reed. 2021)
- TELEVISION: Adventure (1978, reed. 2003)
- CAN: Tago Mago (1971, reed. 2011)
- IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS: Do It Yourself (1979, reed. 2004)
- THE KINKS: Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround Part One (1970, reed. 2020)
- GRANDADDY: The Sophtware Slump (2000, reed. 2020)
- SURFIN’ BICHOS: La luz de tus entrañas (1989, reed. 2006)
- THE WEDDING PRESENT: George Best (1987, reed. 1997)
- PAUL SIMON: Graceland (1986, reed. 2012)
- THE UNDERTONES: The Undertones (1979, reed. 2009)
- THE KNACK: Get The Knack (1979, reed. 2002)
- GAME THEORY: The Big Shot Chronicles (1986, reed. 2016)
- THE ROLLING STONES: Tattoo You (1981, reed. 2021)
- JOHN LENNON: Imagine (1971, reed. 2018)
- BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: Tyranny and Mutation (1973, reed. 2001)
- PRETENDERS: Learning To Crawl (1984, reed. 2007)
- BLONDIE: Parallel Lines (1978, reed. 2008)
- CHEAP TRICK: Dream Police (1979, reed. 2006)
- THE POSIES: Dear 23 (1990, reed. 2018)
- VAN MORRISON: His Band And The Street Choir (1970, reed. 2005)
- IT’S IMMATERIAL: Life’s Hard And Then You Die (1986, reed. 2016)
32 discos estelares que he revisitado en 2021:
- JONI MITCHELL: Blue (1971)
- WRECKLESS ERIC: The Wonderful World Of Wreckless Eric (1978)
- THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS: The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969)
- GIL SCOTT-HERON: Pieces Of A Man (1971)
- NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: Your Funeral… My Trial (1987)
- BLACK SABBATH: Master Of Reality (1971)
- THE SMITHS: Hatful Of Hollow (1984)
- SONIC YOUTH: Washing Machine (1995)
- THE JAZZ BUTCHER: A Scandal In Bohemia (1984)
- MATERIAL ISSUE: International Pop Overthrow (1991)
- DAVE EDMUNDS: Repeat When Necessary (1979)
- CARPENTERS: Close To You (1970)
- 20/20: 20/20 (1979)
- SILVER APPLES: Silver Apples (1968)
- ANITA LANE: Sex O’Clock (2001)
- THROWING MUSES: Limbo (1996)
- THE HALO BENDERS: The Rebels Not In (1998)
- JOE JACKSON: Laughter & Lust (1991)
- ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS: Momofuku (2008)
- BUFFALO TOM: Birdbrain (1990)
- JOHN CALE & TERRY RILEY: Church of Anthrax (1971)
- RY COODER: Paradise and Lunch (1974)
- BOB DYLAN: Saved (1980)
- SISA: Orgia (1971)
- KORTATU: Kortatu (1985)
- LA GRANJA: Azul eléctrica emoción (1989)
- 091: El baile de la desesperación (1991)
- GRUPPO SPORTIVO: 10 Mistakes (1977)
- THE CURE: The Head On The Door (1985)
- THE ROMANTICS: National Breakout (1980)
- MAGNAPOP: Hot Boxing (1994)
- THE AFGHAN WHIGS: Up In It (1990)
35 discos recopilatorios que me han hecho grata compañía durante 2021:
- THE BEACH BOYS: Feel Flows. The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971 (2021) [1969/1993]
- NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Way Down In The Rust Bucket (2021) [1990]
- THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Peel Slowly And See (1995) [1965/1970]
- BIG STAR: Complete Third (2016) [1974]
- TOM PETTY: Wildflowers & All The Rest (2020) [1992/1994]
- LITTLE ANN: Detroit’s Secret Soul (2020) [1967/1973]
- DEVO: Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (2000) [1976/2000]
- CAN: Unlimited Edition (1976) [1968/1975]
- LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: The Long Goodbye. Live At Madison Square Garden (2014) [2011]
- THE LIMIÑANAS: (I`ve Got) Trouble In Mind: 7» And Rare Stuff (2 vols.) (2014/2018) [2009/2018]
- MAHALIA JACKSON: The Best Of Mahalia Jackson (1995) [1954/1963]
- BARBARA LYNN: A Good Woman. The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 (2011)
- BARBARA LEWIS: Hello Stranger – The Best of Barbara Lewis (1994) [1962/1968]
- MY BLOODY VALENTINE: EPs 1988-1991 (2012)
- TRUE BELIEVERS: Hard Road (1994) [1982/1987]
- SAM COOKE: Soul Heartbreaker (2011) [1954/1960]
- EDDIE COCHRAN: 12 Of His Biggest Hits + Never To Be Forgotten (1960/1962) [1957/1960]
- JOE STRUMMER: Assembly (2021) [1986/2002]
- GRACE SLICK & THE GREAT SOCIETY: Conspicuous Only In Its Absence / How It Was (1968) [1966]
- THE MOTORS: Airport – The Motor’s Greatest Hits (1995) [1977/1980]
- MIRIAM MAKEBA: Her Essential Recordings. The Empress Of African Song (2006) [1954/1979]
- JUDEE SILL: Dreams Come True (2005) [1968/1974]
- THE SPONGETONES: Beat & Torn (1994) [1982/1984]
- LOU REED: Live At Alice Tully Hall (2020) [1973]
- THE RIVIERAS: California Sun. The Best of The Rivieras (2000) [1964/1965]
- THE WHO: BBC Sessions (2000) [1965/1973]
- THE MICKEY FINN: Garden Of My Mind. The Complete Recordings 1964-1967 (2015)
- KAMENBERT: En Barcelona ya no hay nadie como tú (2006) [1983/1989]
- CANARIOS: Todas sus grabaciones (1967/1972) (2011)
- MERCROMINA: 1995-2005 (1996) [1995-2005]
- A. (La propiedad es un robo, Neuronium, Koniec…): La Ciudad Secreta: Sonidos experimentales en la
Barcelona pre-olímpica 1971-1991 (2013)
- A. (Idrissa Soumoro et L’Eclipse de L’Ija, Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako, Rail Band…): The Original
Sound Of Mali (2017) [1968/1988]
- BESSIE JONES WITH GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SINGERS AND OTHERS: Get In Union. Recordings by
Alan Lomax 1959-1966 (2014)
- JASON AND THE SCORCHERS: Wildfires + Misfires. Two Decades Of Outtakes And Rarities (2002) [1983/1995]
- GOLDEN EARRING: The Continuing Story of Radar Love (1989) [1972/1984]
21 recomendables documentales (más o menos) musicales que he visto en 2021:
- THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (Todd Haynes, 2021)
- SUMMER OF SOUL [Sly & The Family Stone, Nina Simone, The Staple Singers…]
(Ahmir «Questlove» Thompson, 2021)
- THE SPARKS BROTHERS (Edgar Wright, 2021)
- CROCK OF GOLD: A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MacGOWAN [THE POGUES] (Julien Temple, 2020)
- L7: PRETEND WE’RE DEAD (Sarah Price, 2016)
- DIG! [THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE DANDY WARHOLS] (Ondi Timoner, 2004)
- NO SOMOS NADA [LA POLLA RECORDS] (Javier Corcuera, 2021)
- NUEVE SEVILLAS [Javiera de la Fuente, Niño de Elche, Rosalía…] (Gonzalo Gª Pelayo, Pedro G. Romero, 2020)
- LOUD QUIET LOUD: A FILM ABOUT THE PIXIES (Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin, 2006)
- PJ HARVEY: A DOG CALLED MONEY (Seamus Murphy, 2019)
- BILLIE [BILLIE HOLIDAY] (James Erskine, 2019)
- NEW YORK DOLL. THE STORY OF ARTHUR «KILLER» KANE (Greg Whiteley, 2005)
- BASICALLY, JOHNNY MOPED (Fred Burns, 2013)
- ONCE WE WERE BROTHERS. ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND (Daniel Roher, 2019)
- JONI MITCHELL: WOMAN OF HEART AND MIND (Susan Lacy, 2003)
- FREAKSCENE: THE STORY OF DINOSAUR JR. (Philipp Reichenheim, 2021)
- DON’T GO GENTLE: A FILM ABOUT IDLES (Mark Archer, 2020)
- BUZOS HACIENDO SURF. UN DOCUMENTAL DE LOS SURFIN’ BICHOS (Rogelio Abraldes, 2008)
- THE UPSETTER: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF LEE SCRATCH PERRY (Ethan Higbee, Adam Bhala Lough, 2008)
- TOM PETTY: SOMEWHERE YOU FEEL FREE (Mary Wharton, 2021)
- THE BEATLES AND INDIA (Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton, 2021)
23 selectos conciertos que he visto en casa durante 2021:
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
(Madison Square Garden, New York City, 21/22-9-1979)
- PATTI SMITH GROUP: Live At The Capitol Theatre (Passaic, New Jersey, 11-5-1979)
- THE ROLLING STONES: Ladies & Gentlemen (Fort Worth / Houston, Texas, 24/25-6-1972)
- CAN: Rockpalast (Soest, Alemanya, 1970)
- TALKING HEADS: Live in Roma (PalaEUR, Roma, 18-12-1980)
- NRBQ & THE WHOLE WHEAT HORNS: Derbytown. Live 1982 (Louisville, KY, 1982)
- THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE: Live At Monterey (18-6-1967)
- ROKIA TRAORÉ: Live (La Cigale, París, 7/8-4-2004)
- TASTE: Live At The Isle Of Wight (28-8-1970)
- BLIND FAITH: London Hyde Park (7-6-1969)
- THE CLASH: At Théatre Le Palace (París, 27-2-1980)
- IGGY POP: Live San Fran 1981 (The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 25-11-1981)
- BEASTS OF BOURBON: Low Life in Spain (Sala Copérnico, Madrid, 21-4-2006)
- SPARKS: Dee Vee Dee. At The London Forum (30-9-2006)
- EELS: Pukklepop 2019 (Domein Kiewit, Hasselt, Bélgica, 17-8-2019)
- TOM PETTY / HEARTBREAKERS: Live At the Olympic (Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 16-10-2002)
- JOHNNY CASH: Live from Austin TX (Austin City Limits, 3-1-1987)
- RICHARD THOMPSON: Live from Austin TX (Austin City Limits, 2-7-2001)
- DAVID BOWIE: Serious Moonlight (Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, 12-9-1983)
- LOU REED: Spanish Fly. Live in Spain (Benicàssim, 7-8-2004)
- THE LONG RYDERS: State Of Our Reunion. Live 2004 (London / Glasgow / Bristol / Nottingham, 2004)
- GUIDED BY VOICES: Live from Austin TX (Austin City Limits, 9-11-2004)
- FATS DOMINO: Live from Austin TX (Austin City Limits, 22-10-1986)
8 lecturas (más o menos) melómanas que he devorado en 2021:
- GIL SCOTT-HERON: Con las horas contadas. Memorias (2012; Libros del Kultrum, 2019)
- BARNEY HOSKINS: Hotel California. Cantautores y vaqueros cocainómanos en Laurel Canyon
(2005; Contra, 2021)
- KIM GORDON: La chica del grupo (Contra, 2015)
- RICHARD LLOYD: Material inflamable (2018; Contra, 2019)
- CLAUDI MONTAÑÁ: Estoy hablando de mi generación. Artículos 1972-1977 (Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2020)
- NICK CAVE: Obra lírica completa 1978-2019 (Libros del Kultrum, 2020)
- JAIME GONZALO: Can: el milagro alemán o cómo se vivió el krautrock en España (Libros Crudos, 2018)
- CARLOS PÉREZ DE ZIRIZA: 3 minutos de magia. Una historia del Power Pop y la New Wave (Efe Eme, 2018)
- BILL CALLAHAN: Cartas a Emma Bowlcut (2010; Alpha Decay, 2011)
(Dedico estas listas a la memoria de Oriol Llopis y de Xavi Mercadé)
