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The 70's killed me! Sorry about that... I really just couldn't choose for a lot of these, sorry...

2009 - Still undecided...

2008 - Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale / Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli in Manet Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon EP

2007 - Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum <- This year was about as good as the 70's but DSO came out on top.

2006 - Negură Bunget - Om / Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain / Enslaved - Ruun

2005 - Opeth - Ghost Reveries / Deathspell Omega - Kenose EP

2004 - Magma - K.A. (Köhntarkösz Anteria) / Enslaved - Isa / Isis - Panopticon / Drudkh - Autumn Aurora

2003 - Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye

2002 - Sigur Rós - ( ) / Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors / Agalloch - The Mantle / Porcupine Tree - In Absentia <- Another great year!

2001 - Opeth - Blackwater Park / maudlin of the Well - Leaving your Bodymap / Bath


2000 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven! / Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun

1999 - Opeth - Still Life

1998 - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

1997 - Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk / Radiohead - OK Computer / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞

1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood / Burzum - Filosofem

1995 - Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways / Death - Symbolic

1994 - Ulver - Bergatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler / Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse / Jeff Buckley - Grace / Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

1993 - Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss / Cynic - Focus / Slowdive - Souvlaki

1992 - Alice in Chains - Dirt / Änglagård - Hybris

1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless / Atheist - Unquestionable Presence / Death - Human

1990 - Naked City - Naked City / Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace / Atheist - A Piece of Time / Lustmord - Heresy

1989 - The Cure - Disintegration / Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness / Voivod - Nothingface

1988 - Metallica - ...And Justice for All

1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun

1986 - Metallica - Master of Puppets

1985 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

1984 - Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa / Metallica - Ride the Lightning

1983 - Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim

1982 - King Crimson - Beat / Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast / Rush - Signals <- Pretty freaking bad year.

1981 - King Crimson - Discipline

1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

1978 - Rush - Hemispheres (I can't believe I had to give Rush that year... Shows how mediocre the year was)

1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals

1976 - Rainbow - Rising / Camel - Moonmadness / Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life

1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

1974 - King Crimson - Red

1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge

1971 - To hard to choose just 1... see below.

1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid / Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road

1968 - The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle

1967 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (but also Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, The Doors, The Velvet Underground, etc.)

1966 - The Beatles - Revolver (special mention to Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa)

1965 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul / John Coltrane - A Love Supreme / Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

1964 - The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (only because it's the only album I've ever heard from this year. It's a pretty mediocre album...)

1963 - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

1962 - John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane

1961 - Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds

1960 - Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

1959 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue


So hard to choose for some of those!!! Look at the amazingness the 70's produced!

1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti / Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks / Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff / Queen - A Night at the Opera / Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All / Camel - The Snow Goose / Black Sabbath - Sabotage / Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte ... And more.

1974 - King Crimson - Red / Yes - Relayer / Camel - Mirage / Magma - Köhntarkösz / Focus - Hamburger Concerto ... and way more!

1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon / King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic / Genesis - Selling England by the Pound / The Who - Quadrophenia / Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire / Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh ... and so many more!!!

1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge / Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick / David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars / Nick Drake - Pink Moon / Deep Purple - Machine Head / Genesis - Foxtrot / Wishbone Ash - Argus / Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico / etc ... Ugh, another insanely amazing year!!!

1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV / Pink Floyd - Meddle / Yes - Fragile / Jethro Tull - Aqualung / John Lennon - Imagine / Comus - First Utterance / Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts / The Who - Who's Next / Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink / Yes - The Yes Album / Genesis - Nursery Crime ... AMAZING YEAR!!!

1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road / Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Led Zeppelin - I & II / Frank Zappa - Hot Rats ... etc.

Jake

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To be updated as new additions arrive...

Andrew Lloyd Webber - "Jesus Christ Superstar", 1970
The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", 1967
Black Sabbath - "Heaven and Hell", reissue
Black Sabbath - "Mob Rules", 1981
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid", 1970
Miles Davis - "On the Corner", 1972
The Doors - "The Doors", 1967
The Doors - "L.A. Woman", 1971
The Doors - "Waiting for the Sun", 1968
Emperor - "In the Nightside Eclipse", reissue
Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Max Roach - "The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever", Rec. 1955, Released 1973
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "F#A#∞", original limited edition (1 of 500), 1997
Iron And Wine - "The Creek Drank the Cradle", 2002
Iron And Wine - "The Shepherd's Dog", 2007
Judas Priest - "Screaming for Vengeance", 1982
Yngwie Malmsteen - "Trilogy", 1986
Bob Marley And The Wailers - "Burnin'", 1973 (Listed simply as "The Wailers")
Bob Marley And The Wailers - "Exodus", 1977
Pat Metheny - "New Chautauqua", 1979
Motorhead - "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith" (Live in London), 2001 reissue on clear vinyl
Pink Floyd - "Dark Side of the Moon", 1973
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here", 1975
Queen - "A Night At the Opera", 1975
Rush - "A Farewell to Kings", 1977
Rush - "All the World's a Stage" (Live from Massey Hall, Toronto), 1976
Rush - "Moving Pictures", 1981
Santana - "Abraxas", 1970
Paul Simon - "Paul Simon", 1972
The Who - "Live at Leeds", 1980 reissue
The Who - "Tommy", 1969

So it's the time of the year, when everyone is opening their christmas calendars. I decided to make a playlist which contains songs titled with only the number for each day 'til christmas eve. So on the 1st day I have a song called One, on 2nd day it's song titled Two and so on.

And to make things little more interesting I compiled this playlist using Spotify's search bar and adding songs from artists I have never heard before. Well, actually, I tried to find familiar artists, but because of the limitations to the song titles it was quite hard, so I had to pick up some totally unknown and some artists which I know only by name, but haven't heard any of their songs before.

I'll keep updating this journal each day as days go by and try to write some thoughts about each song. Remember that all these songs are available on Spotify, so if you like you can go and take a listen by yourself.

Okay, so the countdown to christmas starts and here are the songs for each day:

1.12. Korn - One (originally performed by Metallica), from the album Take a Look in the Mirror
Recorded live during MTV ICON: Metallica show, KoRn plays this Metallica classic. Pretty faithful to the original one, only shortened down to MTV standards. KoRn used/uses to play a bit of this during their own live shows.

2.12. Ill Niño - Two, from the album Confession
The first song on my "calendar" that I'm not familiar with. Strong nu-metal presence at the beginning, as yesterday I listened Korn and now this, hehe.
Pretty groovy and melodic song, not bad at all. I might take a closer look at this album later.

3.12. Massive Attack - Three, from the album Protection
Another unheard song. And well, to be honest I haven't missed much. Music is pretty atmospheric, but the female vocals are quite annoying. Artists like Tori Amos or even Björk could have made a song like this with better results. Judging by this song and some other singles I have heard from Massive Attack before, I won't be taking a closer look at them anywhere in the near future.

4.12. Miles Davis - Four, from the album Four
Jazz is one of the few genres that is kinda grey area to me. I appreciate the musicianship and skills of the jazz-musicians, but most of it is just a background "noise" for me. Elevator music. So was this Miles Davis song. When it comes to jazz, I prefer Richard Cheese, hehe.

5.12. Machine Head - Five, from the album The Burning Red
I've heard some tracks from Machine Head before and saw them live last summer. I like them. But this song ain't one of their strongest moments. It's not bad but it's not mindblowing either.

6.12. Chimaira - Six, from the album Resurrection
Intro fools you quite nicely and when the song actually kicks in, it takes a good turn to different approach. Pretty nicely done "math-metal", which at times takes a dive into the pool of cliches, but manages to keep things interesting enough that you'll listen to the whole song. Which is a good quality for a song that lasts almost 10 minutes. I don't like the sound of their singer, but besides that Chimaira sounds pretty good. At least this song.
Oh and happy independence day to my fellow finns!

And the countdown continues...

1 The Microphones 1,383
2 Animal Collective 1,332
3 Radiohead 1,322
4 Neil Young 1,009
5 Thanksgiving 902
6 Mount Eerie 817
7 Do Make Say Think 812
8 Boards of Canada 742
9 Elliott Smith 722
10 The Books 698
11 The Beatles 669
12 Tom Waits 656
13 Cat Stevens 628
14 Built to Spill 623
15 WHY? 553
16 Joanna Newsom 531
17 of Montreal 509
18 Aphex Twin 479
19 Pavement 448
20 Caribou 434
21 Adrian Orange & Her Band 410
22 Talk Talk 404
23 The American Analog Set 391
24 The Velvet Underground 387
25 Guided by Voices 385
26 Modest Mouse 377
27 Mississippi John Hurt 376
28 The Olivia Tremor Control 363
28 The Fun Years 363
30 Björk 362
30 Polmo Polpo 362
32 Songs: Ohia 357
33 Grizzly Bear 355
34 Miles Davis 353
35 Brian Eno 343
35 Nick Drake 343
37 Frank Zappa 333
38 Jeremy Enigk 331
39 Sunny Day Real Estate 325
40 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 323
40 Pixies 323
42 Leonard Cohen 322
42 Sonic Youth 322
44 Broken Social Scene 321
45 José González 321
46 Tortoise 319
47 Wilco 317
48 Grateful Dead 314
48 Silver Jews 314
50 The Tallest Man on Earth 310