The Observer's suggested autumn listening: Beck, Joanna Newsom, Tom Waits...
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DiS's Sunday broadsheet of choice - well, we all seem to buy it, anyway - The Observer has published a list of this autumn's must-hear albums. Here, we've listed them, again, for you. Do discuss away, yes?
Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
Released: 30 October
Says The Observer: "Back to Black, Winehouse's exceptional, Fifties-styled second album, (features) candid tales of her cheating, drinking and loving, entwined in wonderfully direct retro soul, jazz and doo-wop beats."
The Long Blondes (pictured)
Someone to Drive You Home
Released: 6 November
Says The Observer: "It delivers a rush every bit as ecstatic as their early singles. Blondie is the nearest point of reference to their brand of icy, edgy, guitar-fuelled pop..."
Scissor Sisters
Ta-Dah
Released: 18 September
Says The Observer: "Ta-Dah isn't quite as unselfconscious as the Sisters' debut, but fans of the fivesome's retro disco pomp will not be disappointed."
Tom Waits
Orphans
Released: 20 November
Says The Observer: "Orphans covers everything from rockabilly stomps to broken-down ballads, subterranean rumbas to mutated cover versions."
The Killers
Sam's Town
Released: 2 October
Says The Observer: "It's clear that the Killers have been listening to plenty of Bruce Springsteen - aptly, considering they spent mere weeks paddling in the fishpond of indie acclaim before diving rapidly and successfully into the pop mainstream - and believe themselves to be similarly stadium-bound."
Joanna Newsom
Ys
Released: 14 November
Says The Observer: "Newsom's second album - pronounced 'Ees' - is extraordinary, an instant (pre)modern classic. (She) has decisively outclassed all comers on one of the albums of the year."
Jarvis Cocker
(no title as yet)
Released: ?? November
Says The Observer: "Sheffield's second-sharpest wit (Richard Hawley has pipped him in recent years) returns to something approaching a high profile with his first solo album, rumoured to be called Warrior on the Edge Time."
Lupe Fiasco
Food & Liquor
Released: 25 September
Says The Observer: "Food & Liquor showcases the rapper's tuneful, non-gangsta stance. The album is executive produced by Jay-Z, and Kanye West figures too."
The Who
Endless Wire
Released: 30 October
Says The Observer: "Anticipation for Endless Wire, the band's 11th studio album and the first without late bassist John Entwistle, is somewhat keen. According to feverish internet speculation, some of Endless Wire was inspired by the Beslan school massacre."
Beck
The Information
Released: 2 October
Says The Observer: "The Information is full of the Los Angeleno's perky genre-munching; (producer Nigel) Godrich's trademark glaze is applied liberally on top."
So, DiS readers, did they miss any pretty freakin' obvious records off their list? Are any of the above getting you all moist with expectation? Will any of the above prove to be crushing disappointments? Am I ever going to 'get' Joanna Newsom? No. No...
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Er....
Wasn't this published in the Observer? Well an identical list was in last Sunday's anyway..."10 albums you must hear this Autumn"
ohgash...
yeah, sorry... but it's all the same paper... really... BALLS.
*apologies*
i will only read this
if they run it in the form of a wallchart.
*executes self*
gimme a break - it is after home time.
:o(
...
You all know what to expect from me, so I'll get right to it: I wouldn't wipe my arse with any of this. Except Tom Waits. Oh, and Amy Winehouse. Or the Who and Beck. The rest I wouldn't wipe my arse with.
Those wallcharts
are hilarious! I've always wondered about all the different fungi, sharks, butterflies etc.
Amy Winehouse?
You're mellowing, admit it.
Blood Mountain
Is conspicuous by it's absence.
mmmmm
beck. hooray!
I have.
Rubbish.
Worse, even, than the bog roll schools used to have, the glossy stuff.
RUBBISH.
how very observant of you
pitchfork reviewed the new rapture record today, are you going to publish that too?
...
Just as well that wasn't an analogy then.
Yeah.
Observer Champions Sex Offender.
How nice for Pete Townsend having the Observer backing him. He's probably the most successful person on the Sex Offenders Register who's accessed child porn.
colin
i have the shrimp wallchart.
do you have the crabs?
i have the insect wallchart
no worms or anything - just the pretty ones. Insulting.
?????????
YOU MEAN TO SAY THEY MAKE PAPERS ON A SUNDAY??????????
no, it's alright.
they make them on a saturday evening, whilst thinking about going to the pub.
you have shrimp!?!?
seriously!!!!!!!!!!
of course i have the crabs! it's up in the office with six others!
irrespective
of the publication and it's abysmal standards...newsom and waits are both miracle workers.
pedant
worms aren't insects. they're molluscs. sorry..
..Looking forward
to hearing the new Newsome album - heard the odd track at ATP and it was really impressive. Shouldn't disappoint. Mmmm and Jarvis... that could be worth a good ol' listen.
Diver i didn't know you didn't get the Newsome??? Although i suppose i'm not surprised, so i'll shut up. Yup.


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