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Adam

Posts: 1156
Joined: Dec. 6 2006
From: Hamilton, ON

Help! Need awesome albums.

Guys, I'm in a rough spot. I haven't had a new album blow me away in far too long... months. So this is more than just another "favorite albums" thread (not like there's ever enough of those!). I want to know which albums here you find really special, that you keep coming back to and finding new things each time. In particular I'm talking about albums that are compositionally really awesome... so that probably skews it more towards modern albums where composition and melody generally get more of a focus.

To start things off (and maybe give folks a sense of what I mean), here's a few albums I'd put on my list (in no particular order, other than alphabetical):

Camarón - La Leyenda del Tiempo
Emilio Maya - Temple
Enrique Morente - Omega
Gerardo Núñez - Andando el Tiempo
Manolo Sanlúcar - Tauromagia
Tomatito - Paseo de los Castaños
Vicente Amigo - Ciudad de las Ideas

Leaving off sort of more obvious culprits, like Almoraima - anything that famous you can expect I've heard, and I expect you have

And yes, unfortunately I have given up on hearing another album that will measure up to Tauromagia. It's just.... yeah.... no..... it's just not happening.... *sigh*

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 9 2009 17:35:35

xirdneH_imiJ

Posts: 1900
Joined: Dec. 2 2006
From: Budapest, now in Southampton

RE: Help! Need awesome albums. (in reply to Adam)

some recommendations:

Amir John Haddad - Pasando por Tabernas
El Viejín - Algo Que Decir
José Antonio Rodríguez - La Leyenda
José Manuel León - Sirimusa
Juan Diego - Luminaria
Ramón Jiménez - Sembrando Inquietudes

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 9 2009 17:43:02

Adam

Posts: 1156
Joined: Dec. 6 2006
From: Hamilton, ON

RE: Help! Need awesome albums. (in reply to Adam)

Thanks!! I've got a couple of those and I'll check out the rest :)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 10 2009 16:34:58

bursche

Posts: 1182
Joined: Jul. 19 2007
From: Frankfurt, Germany

RE: Help! Need awesome albums. (in reply to Adam)

And make sure you get Jerónimo Maya's "Jerónimo"
More than just awesome!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 11 2009 7:56:37