Un puñado de tesoros que me han alegrado el año (por JC Badlands)

 

 

Un año más, nuestro compañero Juan Carlos Badlands ha empleado su tiempo en preparar unas listas iomposibles para que puedas hacer repaso del sño 2022 y quedarte con sus sugenrencias.

 

[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 2022 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. Ídem con la lista de conciertos.

3) De la mayoría de los discos de estas listas podéis escuchar alguna canción seleccionada en mis playlists mensuales en la cuenta de Spotify “Badlandsbarna”.

4) Espero que disfrutéis descubriendo o recuperando un buen puñado de joyas.]

JC Badlands (@EbonyWhite)

 

 

88 excitantes elepés publicados en 2022:

• ALDOUS HARDING: Warm Chris
• BIG THIEF: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
• BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD: Ants From Up There
• FONTAINES D.C.: Skinty Fia

• ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS: The Boy Named If
• BUILT TO SPILL: When the Wind Forgets Your Name
• THE SADIES: Colder Streams
• KEVIN MORBY: This Is A Photograph
• BILL CALLAHAN: Ytilaer
• BLACK MIDI: Hellfire
• THE COMET IS COMING: Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
• DANGER MOUSE / BLACK THOUGHTS: Cheat Codes
• SHARON VAN ETTEN: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
• ANGEL OLSEN: Big Time
• JAKE XERXES FUSSELL: Good And Green Again
• LAMBCHOP: The Bible
• WILCO: Cruel Country
• THE DREAM SYNDICATE: Ultraviolet Battle Hymns And True Confessions
• PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM: Reset
• HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF: Life On Earth
• COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS: Loose Future
• WEYES BLOOD: And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
• CAROLINE: Caroline
• ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER: Endless Rooms
• TONY MOLINA: In The Fade
• DANIEL ROMANO: La Luna
• STROMAE: Multitude
• SPIRITUALIZED: Everything Was Beautiful
• THE SMILE: A Light For Attracting Attention
• KELLEY STOLTZ: The Stylist
• MICHAEL HEAD & THE RED ELASTIC BAND: Dear Scott
• SONDRE LERCHE: Avatars Of Love
• THE SILOS: Family
• THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: Bleed Out
• EZRA FURMAN: All Of Us Flames
• CATE LE BON: Pompeii
• VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ & KHRUANGBIN: Ali
• NO AGE: People Helping People
• MAKAYA McCRAVEN: In These Times
• KENDRICK LAMAR: Morale & The Big Steppers
• NINA NASTASIA: Riderless Horse
• AOIFE NESSA FRANCES: Protector
• DUNCAN MARQUISS: Wires Turned Sideways In Time
• MARCUS KING: Young Blood

• JOHN MELLENCAMP: Strictly A One-Eyed Jack
• LEE FIELDS: Sentimental Fool
• GHOST FUNK ORCHESTRA: A New Kind Of Love
• VIAGRA BOYS: Cave World
• LOVE, BURNS: It Should Have Been Tomorrow
• THE AFGHAN WHIGS: How Do You Burn?
• URGE OVERKILL: Oui
• SUEDE: Autofiction
• HANGING STARS: Hollow Heart
• EELS: Extreme Witchcraft
• MATTIEL: Georgia Gothic
• JULIA JACKLIN: Pre Pleasure
• JANA HORN: Optimism
• LAURA VEIRS: Found Light
• DESTROYER: Labyrinthitis
• MARK TURNER: Return From The Stars
• ROBYN HITCHCOCK: Shufflemania!
• … AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD: XI: Bleed Here Now
• THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE: Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees
• CHRIS FORSYTH: Evolution Here We Come
• FANTASTIC NEGRITO: White Jesus Black Problems
• PORRIDGE RADIO: Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky
• BRIAN JACKSON: This is Brian Jackson
• BART DAVENPORT: Episodes
• MARTIN COURTNEY: Magic Sign
• THE WAVE PICTURES: When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings
• MIKE CAMPBELL & THE DIRTY KNOTS: External Combustion
• DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Welcome 2 Club XIII
• THE DELINES: The Sea Drift
• DANIEL ROSSEN: You Belong There
• GARCIA PEOPLES: Dodging Dues
• ARCHERS OF LOAF: Reason in Decline
• THE MONOCHROME SET: Allhallowtide
• MONOPHONICS: Sage Motel
• MIDLAKE: For The Sake Of Bethel Woods
• GWENNO: Tresor
• ALELA DIANE: Looking Glass
• LEYLA MCCALLA: Breaking the Thermometer
• ANDREW BIRD: Inside Problems
• JOHN DOE: Fables In A Foreign Land
• BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: A Bit of Previous
• ANIMAL COLLECTIVE: Time Skiffs
• RICH RUTH: I Survived, It’s Over
• BRIAN ENO: Foreverandevernomore

 

30 esplendorosas canciones de otros 30 notables discos publicados en 2022:

 

• THE JAZZ BUTCHER: “Time” (The Highest in the Land)
• THE DIVINE COMEDY: “The Best Mistakes” (Charmed Life: The Best Of The Divine Comedy)
• JOAN SHELLEY: “The Spur” (The Spur)
• WET LEG: “Chaise Longue” (Wet Leg)

• THE LINDA LINDAS: “Growing Up” (Growing Up)
• YARD ACT: “The Overload” (The Overload)
• SLOAN: “Spend The Day” (Steady)
• KIWI JR: “Parasite II” (Chopper)
• ALEX G: “Runner” (God Save The Animals)
• IMARHAN (feat. Gruff Rhys): “Adar Newlan” (Aboogi)
• MARY GAUTHIER: “Fall Apart World” (Dark Enough to See the Stars)
• GRANT LEE PHILLIPS: “Remember This” (All That You Can Dream)
• VAN MORRISON: “Pretending” (What’s It Gonna Take?)
• JOSH ROUSE: “Hollow Man” (Going Places)
• BIG JOANIE: “In My Arms” (Back Home)
• KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD / TROPICAL FUCK STORM: “Midnight in Sodom”  (Satanic Slumber Party)
• ALEX CAMERON (feat. James Williamson): “Oxy Music” (Oxy Music)
• SUPERCHUNK: “Endless Summer” (Wild Loneliness)
• JOSEPHINE FOSTER: “Guardian Angel” (Godmother)
• STELLA DONNELLY: “Flood” (Flood)
• CAITLIN ROSE: “Modern Dance” (Cazimi)
• THE RAVE-UPS: “Tomorrow” (Tomorrow)
• HOODOO GURUS: “Get Out Of Dodge” (Chariot of the Gods)

• JON SPENCER & THE HITMAKERS: “Junk Man” (Spencer Gets It Lit)
• TY SEGALL: “Hello, Hi” (Hello, Hi)
• THE BLACK KEYS: “Wild Child” (Dropout Boogie)
• PAPERCUTS: “I Want My Jacket Back” (Past Life Regression)
• STROPPIES: “Smilers Strange Politely” (Levity)
• 50 FOOT WAVE: “Staring into the Sun” (Black Pearl)
• EDDIE VEDDER: “Long Way” (Earthling)

 

18 brillantes versiones incluidas en otros 18 estimables discos publicados en 2022:

 

• TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: “Ain’t No Sunshine” [Bill Withers] (Live At The Fillmore, 1997)
• MAVIS STAPLES , LEVON HELM: “You Got To Serve Somebody” [Bob Dylan] (Carry Me Home)
• VALERIE JUNE: “Pink Moon” [Nick Drake] (Under Cover)
• HORACE ANDY: “Safe from Harm” [Massive Attack] (Midnight Rocker)
• !!! (CHK CHK CHK): “Man on the Moon” [R.E.M.] (Let It Be Blue)
• BILL CALLAHAN & BONNIE «PRINCE» BILLY: “Sea Song” [Robert Wyatt] (Blind Date Party)
• NATHANIEL RATELIFF: “Famous Blue Raincoat” [Leonard Cohen] (Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen)
• STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: “Hill Country Rain” [Jerry Jeff Walker] (Jerry Jeff)
• THE WATERBOYS: “Once Were Brothers” [Robbie Robertson] (All Souls Hill)

• CAT POWER: “A Pair of Brown Eyes” [The Pogues] (Covers)
• COWBOY JUNKIES: “Five Years” [David Bowie] (Songs Of The Recollection)
• BLACK MIDI: “21st Century Schizoid Man” [King Crimson] (Cavalcovers EP)
• SHE & HIM: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” [The Beach Boys] (Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson)
• THE BLACK CROWES: “The Slider” [T. Rex] (1972)
• TAJ MAHAL & RY COODER: “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee” [Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee] (Get On Board)
• THE FLAMING LIPS: “Mrs. Lennon” [Yoko Ono] (Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono)
• WILLIE NELSON: “Tower of Song” [Leonard Cohen] (A Beautiful Time)
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: “Do I Love You” [Frank Wilson] (Only The Strong Survive)

 

12 excelentes discos geográficamente próximos publicados en 2022:

 

• NACHO VEGAS: Mundos inmóviles derrumbándose
• PASCAL COMELADE: Le Non-Sens Du Rythme
• ROSALÍA: Motomami
• CAROLINA DURANTE: Cuatro Chavales
• INVISIBLE HARVEY: Titulador de canciones
• BIZNAGA: Bremen no existe

• VULK: Vulk Ez Da
• LOS PLANETAS: Las canciones del agua
• GERMÁN SALTO: Germán Salto
• ROCÍO MÁRQUEZ & BRONQUIO: Tercer Cielo
• DOCTOR EXPLOSION: Superioridad Moral
• A. (José Ignacio Lapido, Fino Oyonarte, Daga Voladora…): La vida que amo. Un homenaje a Rafael Berrio

 

32 magníficos discos publicados entre 2020 y 2021 que he descubierto en 2022:

 

• KIWI JR.: Cooler Returns (2021)
• POKEY LAFARGE: In The Blossom Of Their Shade (2021)
• LITTLE SIMZ: Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (2021)
• LADY BLACKBIRD: Black Acid Soul (2021)
• SYLVIE: Sylvie (2021)
• RADIO DAYS: Rave On! (2021)
• DAVID LOWERY: Leaving Key Member Clause (2021)
• HERMAN DÜNE: Santa Cruz Gold (2021) [2018]
• EVAN CHEADLE: Fault Line Serenade (2021)
• CHRIS BROKAW: Puritan (2021)
• AIMEE MANN: Queens of the Summer Hotel (2021)
• DINOSAUR JR: Emptiness at The Sinclair (2021)
• SPRINGTIME: Springtime (2021)
• TEX PERKINS AND THE FAT RUBBER BAND: Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band (2021)
• VIAGRA BOYS: Welfare Jazz (2021)
• DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT: Cobra Poems (2021)
• ANDY SHAUF: Wilds (2021)
• TURNSTILE: Glow On (2021)
• CORY HANSON: Pale Horse Rider (2021)
• PETER CASE: The Midnight Broadcast (2021)

• NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS: Confines Of Life (2021)
• ALICE PHOEBE LOU: Glow (2021)
• DOMENICO LANCELLOTTI: Raio (2021)
• JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, TONY ALLEN & DAVE OKUMU: The Solution Is Restless (2021)
• GUTTERCATS: Eternal Life (2021)
• DOT ALLISON: Heart-Shaped Scars (2021)
• THE SURFING MAGAZINES: Badgers of Wymeswold (2021)
• THE FORRESTERS: Something To Give (2021)
• COREY HARRIS: The Insurrection Blues (2021)
• WARD: Think of Spring (2020)
• SARAH DAVACHI: Antiphonals (2021)
• TONY JOE WHITE: Smoke From The Chimney (2021)

 

30 estimulantes discos de la década pasada que he descubierto en 2022:

 

• THE BABIES: The Babies (2011)
• SHAME: Songs Of Praise (2018)
• BIG THIEF: Masterpiece (2016)
• CASSANDRA JENKINS: Play Till You Win (2017)
• MATTIEL: Mattiel (2017)

• MARK MULCAHY: Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You (2013)
• SONNY & THE SUNSETS: Antenna To The Afterworld (2013)
• DEATH VALLEY GIRLS: Glow In The Dark (2016)
• JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE: The Saint Of Lost Causes (2019
• MUTUAL BENEFIT: Thunder Follows the Light (2017)
• SONS OF KEMET: Burn (2013)
• WADADA LEO SMITH, JAMIE SAFT, JOE MORRIS, BALAZS PANDI: Red Hill (2014)
• MEAT WAVE: The Incessant (2017)
• THE WHIFFS: Take A Whiff (2017)
• NIGHT BEATS: Who Sold My Generation (2016)
• MAX RICHTER: Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works (2017)
• KHRUANGBIN: Con Todo El Mundo (2018)
• SERPENT POWER: Electric Looneyland (2017)
• DON GALLARDO: Hickory (2015)
• WACO BROTHERS & PAUL BURCH: Great Chicago Fire (2012)
• THE CHURCH: Man Woman Life Death Infinity (2017)
• STEVE KILBEY: Sydney Rococo (2018)
• MODERN NATURE: How To Live (2019)
• PAT TODD AND THE RANKOUTSIDERS: Blood & Treasure (2016)
• THE SCHIZOPHONICS: People in the Sky (2019)
• AUTOMATIC: Signal (2019)
• CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD: Phosphorescent Harvest (2014)
• THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH: I Love You. It’s A Fever Dream (2019)
• IMPERIAL TEEN: Feel The Sound (2012)
• HAIM: Days Are Gone (2013)

 

32 apasionantes discos de la primera década del siglo XXI que he descubierto en 2022:

 

• SONDRE LERCHE: Faces Down (2001)
• CHUCK PROPHET: No Other Love (2002)
• THE CORAL: Magic And Medicine (2003)
• CAMERA OBSCURA: Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (2001)
• GUIDED BY VOICES: Half Smiles Of The Decomposed (2004)
• ESPERS: Espers II (2006)
• CHRIS BROKAW: Red Cities (2002)
• ELF POWER: Walking With The Beggar Boys (2004)
• EL GOODO: El Goodo (2008)
• THE APPLES IN STEREO: The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone (2001)
• THE MICROPHONES: The Glow Pt 2 (2001)
• D’ANGELO: Voodoo (2000)

• BRIAN JACKSON: Gotta Play (2000)
• EMMYLOU HARRIS: Stumble Into Grace (2003)
• MIDLAKE: The Trials Of Van Occupanther (2006)
• COMET GAIN: Réalistes (2002)
• LONEY DEAR: Dear John (2009)
• SCARLET’S WEIL: Alice in the Underworld (2002)
• SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Dark Days / Light Years (2009)
• CIRCULATORY SYSTEM: Signal Morning (2009)
• BRENT CASH: How Will I Know If I’m Awake (2008)
• LLOYD COLE: The Negatives (2000)
• BILL FRISELL: Disfarmer (2009)
• VINCENT GALLO: When (2001)
• JOHN PRINE: Souvenirs (2000)
• GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS: The Hard Stuff (2006)
• BUDDY GUY: Sweet Tea (2001)
• THE WELLINGTONS: For Friends In Far Away Places (2006)
• GUITAR WOLF: UFO Romantics (2002)
• GROUPER: Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)
• MOLLY NILSSON: Zenith (2015)
• BARRY ADAMSON: Back To The Cat (2008)

 

30 suculentos discos de los noventa que he descubierto en 2022:

 

• IRIS DEMENT: Infamous Angel (1992)
• ONE DOVE: Morning Dove White (1993)
• YOU AM I: Sound As Ever (1993)
• SWELL: 41 (1994)
• KARATE: The Bed Is In The Ocean (1998)
• T BONE BURNETT: The Criminal Under My Own Hat (1992)
• SON VOLT: Trace (1995)
• AUTECHRE: Tri Repetae (1995)
• COMET GAIN: Casino Classics (1995)
• RICHARD THOMPSON: Mock Tudor (1999)

• NENEH CHERRY: Homebrew (1992)
• PALE SAINTS: In Ribbons (1992)
• JACK FROST: Snow Job (1996)
• ADORABLE: Against Perfection (1993)
• LUSH: Spooky (1991)
• JIM O’ROURKE: Eureka (1999)
• CHUCK PROPHET: Balinese Dancer (1993)
• THE SADIES: Precious Moments (1998)
• THE GODFATHERS: Unreal World (1991)
• BERNARD BUTLER: Friends And Lovers (1999)
• THE NYMPHS: The Nymphs (1991)
• VIVA SATURN: Soundmind (1992)
• NAKED CITY: Torture Garden / Long Tch’e (1990/1992)
• JASON FALKNER: Can You Still Feel? (1999)
• BLOOD ORANGES: The Crying Tree (1994)
• THE LAZY COWGIRLS: Ragged Soul (1995)
• LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III: Social Studies (1999)
• ANITA LANE: Dirty Pearl (1993)
• LLOYD COLE: Love Story (1995)
• GASTR DEL SOL: Upgrade & Afterlife (1996)

 

19 fascinantes discos de los ochenta que he descubierto en 2022:

 

• TRUE WEST: Hollywood Holiday (1983)
• RUSS TOLMAN: Totem Poles & Glory Holes (1986)
• DUMPTRUCK: Positively Dumptruck (1986)
• LES RITA MITSOUKO: The No Comprendo (1986)
• KING SUNNY ADE: Synchro System + Aura (1983/1984)
• TERRY ALLEN & THE PANHANDLE MYSTERY BAND: Smokin The Dummy (1980)
• CARROLL THOMPSON: Hopelessly In Love (1981)
• E*I*E*I*O: Land Of Opportunity (1985)
• ALTERED IMAGES: Happy Birthday (1981)
• BLOOD ON THE SADDLE: Blood On The Saddle (1984)
• THE BEAT FARMERS: Glad ‘N’ Greasy (1986)
• KEVIN AYERS (with OLLIE HALSALL): As Close As You Think (1986)

• KEVIN COYNE: Bursting Bubbles (1980)
• PULP: Freaks (1986)
• FELT: Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death (1986)
• LOVE AND ROCKETS: Earth, Sun, Moon (1987)
• YOKO ONO: Season of Glass (1981)
• THE KNITTERS: Poor Little Critter on the Road (1985)
• WINDBREAKERS: Terminal (1985)

 

51 portentosos discos de los setenta que he descubierto en 2022:

 

• AL GREEN: Gets Next To You (1971)
• BOBBY WOMACK: Communication (1971) / Understanding (1972)
• PLAINSONG: In Search Of Amelia Earhart (1972)
• ROGER RODIER: Upon Velveatur (1972)
• FANIA ALL-STARS: Live At The Cheetah, Vol.1 (1971)
• FOTHERINGAY: Fotheringay (1970)
• SPARKS: 1 In Heaven (1979)
• GEORGE SCOTT: Find Someone To Love (1971)
• BIG YOUTH: Screaming Target (1972)
• GAL COSTA: Legal (1970)
• YOKO ONO: Approximately Infinite Universe (1973)
• JOHN HOWARD: Kid In A Big World (1975)
• THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
• NEIL DIAMOND: Hot August Night (1972)
• JERRY GARCIA: Garcia (1972)

• ROD STEWART: Never A Dull Moment (1972)
• LEWIS FUREY: Lewis Furey (1975)
• THE ADVERTS: Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts (1978)
• ESTHER PHILLIPS: From A Whisper To A Scream (1972)
• CAROLE KING: Music (1971)
• DIANA ROSS: Surrender (1971)
• GIL SCOTT-HERON AND BRIAN JACKSON: From South Africa To South Carolina (1975)
• CARAVAN: Waterloo Lily (1972)
• PAOLO CONTE: Paolo Conte (1975)
• ARTHUR VEROCAI: Arthur Verocai (1972)
• CAROLINE PEYTON: Mock Up (1972)
• GEILS BAND: «Live» Full House (1972)
• ROCKIN’ HORSE: Yes It Is (1971)
• NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: New Riders Of The Purple Sage (1971)
• POCO: Deliverin’ (1971)
• JERRY LEE LEWIS: A Taste Of Country (1970)
• BOBBY CHARLES: Bobby Charles (1972)
• RICK DANKO: Rick Danko (1977)
• JUNIOR MURVIN: Police & Thieves (1977)
• HORACE ANDY: In The Light (1977)
• LINK WRAY: Beans and Fatback (1973)
• THE DRAMATICS: A Dramatic Experience (1973)
• THE TEMPTATIONS: Masterpiece (1973)
• HOLGER CZUKAY: Movies (1979)
• CYMANDE: Cymande (1972)
• NINO FERRER: Nino and Radiah (1974)
• PAUL SIMON: Paul Simon (1972)
• JOAN BAEZ: Diamonds & Rust (1975)
• DENIECE WILLIAMS: This Is Niecy (1976)
• MARY McCASLIN: Way Out West (1973)
• ELLEN McILWAINE: We The People (1973)
• UGLY CUSTARD: Ugly Custard (1971)
• THE KORGIS: The Korgis (1979)
• BREAD: Baby I’m-A Want You (1972)
• ASH RA TEMPEL: Ash Ra Tempel (1971)
• PESCADO RABIOSO: Desatormentándonos (1972)

 

32 indispensables discos de los sesenta y cincuenta que he descubierto en 2022:

 

• DUNCAN BROWNE: Give Me Take You (1968)
• SAGITTARIUS: Present Tense (1968)
• DION: Runaround Sue (1961)
• MILES DAVIS & GIL EVANS: Miles Ahead (1957)
• AMON DÜÜL II: Phallus Dei (1969)
• RAY BARRETTO: Acid (1968)
• EDDIE FLOYD: Knock On Wood (1967)
• AL GREEN: Green Is Blues (1969)
• ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: The Freedom Rider (1964)
• GENO WASHINGTON & THE RAM JAM BAND: Hand Clappin’ Foot Stompin’ Funky-Butt… Live! (1966)
• MUDDY WATERS: At Newport 1960 (1960)
• JOHNNY RIVERS: Changes (1966)
• QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS: Action (1967)
• DAUGHTERS OF ALBION: Daughters Of Albion (1968)
• THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (1966)

• THE FOUR SEASONS: The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (1969)
• GILES, GILES & FRIPP: The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp (1968)
• S. BONNIWELL: Close (1969)
• AEROVONS: Resurrection (1969)
• CHARLES MINGUS: Pithecanthropus Erectus / The Clown (1956/1957)
• MONTAGE: Montage (1969)
• APPALOOSA: Appaloosa (1969)
• JACKIE LOMAX: Is This What You Want? (1969)
• SARAH VAUGHAN: Sarah Vaughan Featuring Clifford Brown (1955)
• CARMEN MCRAE: Blue Moon (1956)
• STEVE MARCUS: Tomorrow Never Knows (1968)
• WHITE NOISE: An Electric Storm (1969)
• PATTI LABELLE & THE BLUEBELLES: Dreamer (1967)
• FATS DOMINO: Here Stands Fats Domino / This Is Fats (1957) [1949/1957]
• JACQUES DUTRONC: Jacques Dutronc [Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi] (1966)
• RONNIE HAWKINS: Ronnie Hawkins (1959)
• LOUIS PRIMA: The Wildest! (1957)

 

20 discos esenciales que he recuperado en 2022 vía generosas reediciones:

 

• SPIRIT: Twelve dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970, reed. 2022)
• BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: Catch A Fire (1973, reed. 2001)
• THE DOORS: A. Woman (1971, reed. 2021)
• THE BAND: The Last Waltz (1978, reed. 2002)
• THE CURE: Disintegration (1989, reed. 2010)
• JULIAN COPE: Jehovahkill (1992, reed. 2006)
• THE BEATLES: Let It Be (1970, reed. 2021)
• CHRIS BELL: I Am The Cosmos (1992 [1975], reed. 2017)
• MOTT THE HOOPLE: All The Young Dudes (1972, reed. 2006)

• THE BARRACUDAS: Drop Out with The Barracudas (1981, reed. 2005)
• LEMONHEADS: It’s a Shame About Ray (1992, reed. 2022)
• THE SUPREMES: Meet the Supremes (1962, reed. 2013)
• CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL: Green River (1969, reed. 2009)
• ELTON JOHN: Madman Across The Water (1971, reed. 2022)
• PAVEMENT: Terror Twilight Farewell Horizontal (1999, reed. 2022)
• FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Liege & Lief (1969, reed. 2007)
• ALABAMA SHAKES: Sound and Colour (2015, reed. 2021)
• COME: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (1994, reed. 2021)
• GIANT SAND: The Love Songs (1988, reed. 2010)
• THE CLEAN: Vehicle (1990, reed. 2013)

 

33 discos estelares que he revisitado en 2022:

DAVID BOWIE: The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)

• JOHN CALE: Fear (1974)
• JOHN HIATT: Bring The Family (1987)
• THE SAINTS: A Little Madness To Be Free (1984)
• SCREAMING TREES: Dust (1996)
• ANN PEEBLES: Straight From The Heart (1972)
• FLAMIN’ GROOVIES: Shake Some Action (1976)
• KING CRIMSON: Red (1974)
• THE SMITHS: The Queen Is Dead (1986)
• BECK: Mellow Gold (1994)
• THIN LIZZY: Jailbreak (1976)
• GILLIAN WELCH: Revival (1996)
• RAMONES: Road to Ruin (1978)
• J.CALE: Troubadour (1976)
• OTIS REDDING: The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
• JAMES BROWN: The Payback (1973)
• URGE OVERKILL: Exit The Dragon (1995)

• THE RAVE-UPS: Town & Country (1985)
• THE DRONES: Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
• THE GO-GO’S: Beauty & the Beat (1981)
• L7: Smell The Magic (1990)
• CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND: No Way Out (1967)
• CASS ELLIOT: Cass Elliot (1972)
• RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON: Shout Out The Lights (1982)
• ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO: A Man Under The Influence (2001)
• DEL SHANNON: Drop Down And Get Me (1981)
• DWIGHT YOAKAM: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (1986)
• SUZANNE VEGA: Suzanne Vega (1985)
• JULEE CRUISE: Floating Into The Night (1989)
• SPIRITUALIZED: Lazer Guided Melodies (1992)
• BIFF BANG POW!: Oblivion (1987)
• DAFT PUNK: Homework (1997)
• THE LONG WINTERS: Putting The Days To Bed (2006)

 

30 selectos discos geográficamente próximos descubiertos o recuperados en 2022:

 

• PAU RIBA: Electroccid Àccid Alquimístic Xoc (1975) / Licors (1977)
• BURNING: El Fin de la década (1979)
• LOS ENEMIGOS: La Vida mata (1990)
• JOAN MANUEL SERRAT: Mediterráneo (1971)
• TEQUILA: Matrícula de honor (1978)
• CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA & TOMATITO: Flamenco Vivo (1987) [1978]
• CECILIA: Cecilia (1972)
• VAINICA DOBLE: Heliotropo (1973)
• KIKO VENENO: Échate un cantecito (1992)
• JORDI SOLER: Liebeslied (1972)
• A. (Peret, Dolores Vargas, Smash…): Achilifunk: Gipsy Soul 1969-1979 (2007)
• JORDI SABATÉS: Ocells del Més Enllà (1975)
• TOP MODELS: Top Models (2004)
• ÑACO GOÑI & MALCOLM SCARPA: 1980-2000 (2000)
• NUEVA VULCANO: Ensayo (2020)
• MUJERES: Rock y amistad (EP) (2021)
• FUSILES: Victoriosa (2021)

• LOS DELTONOS: Bien, mejor (1992, reed. 2002)
• PISTONES: Canciones de lustre (1986)
• SUPERELVIS: Happiness Is Stupid (1996)
• JOAN MIQUEL OLIVER: Surfistes en càmera lenta (2005)
• LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID: La Estrella De David (2006)
• TACHENKO: El amor y las mayorías (2013)
• SEÑOR MOSTAZA: Somos poco prácticos (2008)
• SEX MUSEUM: United (2006)
• RATA NEGRA: Una Vida Vulgar (2021)
• LOS TUPPER: Hotel Debris (2017)
• THE FREE FALL BAND: The Münsters Sights (2014)
• CALA VENTO: Balanceo (2019)
• NACHO VEGAS: Oro, Salitre y Carbón (2021) [2011/2020]

 

32 discos recopilatorios que me han hecho grata compañía durante 2022:

 

• NEIL YOUNG: Archives Vol. II (2021) [1972/1976]
• BOB DYLAN: The Rolling Thunder Revue. The 1975 Live Recordings (2019) [1975]
• THE JAZZ BUTCHER: Dr Cholmondley Repents A-Sides, B-Sides and Seasides (2021) [1983/1994]
• TALL DWARFS: Unravelled: 1981-2002 (2022) [1981/2002]
• THE LOFT: Ghost Trains & Country Lanes; Studio, Stage & Sessions 1984-2015 (2021)
• 28TH DAY: The Complete Recordings (2003) [1985]
• A. (The Meters, Lee Dorsey, Allen Toussaint…): New Orleans Funk (2000) [1960/1975]
• DENNIS BOVELL: The Dubmaster: The Essential Anthology(2022) [1976/2022]
• LEO NOCENTELLI: Another Side (2021) [1971]
• JOHN COLTRANE: A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle (2021) [1965]
• THE ROLLING STONES: Live At El Mocambo (2022) [1977]
• PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION: Live (2022) [1985]
• ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: The John Peel Sessions (2011) [1979/1983]
• NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: B-Sides & Rarities, Pt. II (2021) [2006/2021]
• LOU REED: Words & Music, May 1965 (2022) [1965]
• THE STICK FIGURES: Archeology (2021) [1979/1981]
• BUSH TETRAS: Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras (2021) [1979/2018]
• COME: Peel Sessions (2022) [1992/1993]
• DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: The Fine Print (A Collection of Oddities and Rarities) 2003-2008 (2009)
• BOB DYLAN: Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985 (2021)

• THE RUBINOOS: The CBS Tapes (2021) [1976]
• SONIC YOUTH: In/Out/In (2022) [2000/2010]
• PASCAL COMELADE: Danses et Chants de Syldavie (Apologie de la reprise individuelle) (1994) [1986/1993]
• NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Toast (2022) [2001]
• NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL: Noise and Flowers (2022) [2019]
• JONI MITCHELL: Misses (1996) [1970/1994]
• GUITAR SLIM: I Got Sumpin’ for You. The 1953-1958 Recordings (2013) [1953/1958]
• B. KING: The Complete 1958-1962 Kent Singles (2017) [1958/962]
• DAVID BOWIE: Toy (2022) [2000]
• LLOYD PRICE: Restless Heart: The Ultimate Singles Collection 1952-59 (2010) [1952-1959]
• BRENDA LEE: My Greatest Songs (1991) [1959-1963]
• THE JAMES HUNTER SIX: With Love… The James Hunter Six (2022) [2008/2020]

24 memorables conciertos que he presenciado durante 2022:

 

• SONS OF KEMET (La [2] de Apolo, 3/3)
• PATTI SMITH AND BAND (Mendizabala, Vitoria, Azkena Rock Festival, 18/6)
• NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (Parc del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 4/6)
• WILCO (Poble Espanyol, 22/6)
• RICHARD THOMPSON (Teatre Zorrilla, Badalona, Festival Blues & Ritmes, 23/4)
• MAVIS STAPLES (Auditori del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 4/6)
• SHARON VAN ETTEN (Parc del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 2/6)
• JOHN PAUL KEITH (Upload, 15/5)
• TROPICAL FUCK STORM (Parc del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 3/6)
• RAÜL REFREE & NIÑO DE ELCHE (Théâtre Jacques Coeur, Lattes, 7/10)
• KIM GORDON (Auditori del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 2/6)
• IMARHAN (La [2] de Apolo, 11/4)
• THALIA ZEDEK & CHRIS BROKAW (Les Basses, Minifestival de Música Independent, 26/3)
• YO LA TENGO (Parc del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 2/6)
• SHELLAC (La Nau, 5/6)
• SONNY & THE SUNSETS (Vol, 7/9)
• NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS (Bosc Tancat, Festival Internacional de Blues de Cerdanyola, 6/10)
• FONTAINES DC (Razzmatazz, 21/3)
• THE CURE (Palau Sant Jordi, 10/11)
• THE GODFATHERS (Upload, 28/9)
• LOS ENEMIGOS (Apolo, 19/5)
• RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE (Parc del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 2/6)
• SHAME (Parc del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 4/6)
• JOHN GRANT (Casino L’Aliança del Poblenou, 6/7)

 

9 solventes versiones que he cazado en directo durante 2022:

 

• PASCAL COMELADE + LEE RANALDO: “All Tomorrow’s Parties/ What Goes On / I’mWaiting for the Man

/ Ocean / Femme Fatale” [The Velvet Underground] (Auditori de l’Ateneu de Banyoles, 28/4)

• BENMONT TENCH: “Rock’n’Roll” [The Velvet Underground] (Teatre Zorrilla, Badalona, Blues & Ritmes, 9/4)
• GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS: “Move It On Over” [Hank Williams] (Apolo, 12/7)
• NICK WATERHOUSE: “You’re Gonna Miss Me” [The 13th Floor Elevators] (Razzmatazz 2, 10/5)
• EMMYLOU HARRIS: “Orphan Girl” [Gillian Welch] (Mendizabala, Vitoria, Azkena Rock Festival, 18/6)
• SUZI QUATRO: “Rockin’ in the Free World” [Neil Young] (Mendizabala, Vitoria, Azkena Rock Festival, 18/6)
• BECK: “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” [The Korgis] (Parc del Fórum, Festival Primavera Sound, 3/6)
• THE CHORDS: “Pressure Drop” [The Maytals] (Upload, 3/2)
• MARCEL BAGÉS i DAVID SOLER (amb Maika Makovski, Alba Carmona i Nico Roig): “Eclipse” [Pink Floyd]

(Plaça de l’Ajuntament de Sant Boi, Festival Altaveu, 10/9)

 

12 recomendables documentales (o documentos) musicales que he visto en 2022:

 

• THE BEATLES: GET BACK (Peter Jackson, 2021)

THE PUNK SINGER [KATHLEEN HANNA] (Sini Anderson, 2013)

• MOONAGE DAYDREAM [DAVID BOWIE] (Brett Morgen, 2022)
• IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING: KING CRIMSON AT 50 (Toby Amies, 2022)
• TEQUILA: SEXO, DROGAS Y ROCK & ROLL (Álvaro Longoria, 2022)
• MUSIC PICTURES: NEW ORLEANS [Irma Thomas, Little Freddie King, Ellis Marsalis…] (Ben Chace, 2022)
• JANE PAR CHARLOTTE [JANE BIRKIN] (Charlotte Gainsbourg, 2021)
• ARETHA FRANKLIN: Live at Jazz à Antibes (Juan Les Pins, Festival de Jazz d’Antibes, 21-7-1970)
• NINA SIMONE: Live At L’Olympia 1969 (L’Olympia, París, 1969)
• RAY CHARLES: Live in France 1961 (Antibes, 18/22-7-1961)
• THE DRONES: Live in Madrid (Gruta 77, Madrid, 10-10-2006)
• MULATU ASTATKE: Timeless (Luckmann Theatre, Los Angeles, 1-2-2009)

 

5 lecturas melómanas que he devorado en 2022:

 

• JEFF TWEEDY: Vámonos [para poder volver] Acordes y discordias con Wilco, etc. (2018; Sexto Piso, 2019)
• NEIL YOUNG: Special Deluxe: Mi vida al volante (2014; Malpaso, 2015)
• ALFRED CRESPO: Burning Madrid (66 rpm, 2012)
• MICHEL DELORME (ed.): My favorite things. Conversaciones con John Coltrane (2011 [1962/1963];

Alpha Decay, 2012)

• CARLOS REGO: Nuevo Rock Americano, años 80. Luces y sombras de un espejismo (Milenio, 2010)