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Here is my list from the decade. Only new music, no old music on new albums, no compilations, no live-albums.
Bring us your list! As many albums as you want.
1 DAVID HELPLING & JON JENKINS - FOUND
2 SVERRE KNUT JOHANSEN - PLANETS
3 MATTHEW STEWART - A WORLD BATHED IN SUNLIGHT
4 SVERRE KNUT JOHANSEN WITH DAVID HELPLING - THE VAST EXPANSE
5 SIMPLE MINDS - BIG MUSIC (2CD)
6 TANGERINE DREAM - QUANTUM GATE
7 TANGERINE DREAM - FINNEGAN'S WAKE
8 MAXXESS - GREEN FAIRY
9 LOOM - THE TREE HATES THE FOREST
10 TANGERINE DREAM - MALA KUNIA
11 NEW ORDER - MUSIC COMPLETE
12 DAVID HELPLING & JON JENKINS - THE CROSSING
13 JAN HAMMER - SEASONS PART 1
14 JOHANNES SCHMOELLING & ROBERT WATERS - THE IMMORTAL TOURIST
15 EXCHANGE - ELEVEN ELEVEN
16 SIMPLE MINDS - WALK BETWEEN WORLDS (DELUXE VERSION)
17 ULRICH SCHNAUSS - NO FURTHER AHEAD THAN TODAY
18 THORSTEN QUAESCHNING & ULRICH SCHNAUSS - SYNTHWAVES
19 CLAUDIA BRUECKEN & JEROME FROESE - BEGINN
20 SYNTHX - NOXIA (2CD)
21 ERIK WØLLO - GATEWAY
22 PATRICK O'HEARN - TRANSITIONS
23 CHICANE - THE PLACE YOU CAN'T REMEMBER, THE PLACE YOU CAN'T FORGET
24 TANGERINE DREAM - THE ISLAND OF THE FAY
25 MICHAEL W. SMITH - GLORY
26 LOSTBOY A.K.A. JIM KERR - LOSTBOY A.K.A. JIM KERR
27 KARI BREMNES - DET VI HAR
28 SUNSCREEM - SWEET LIFE
29 BT - THESE HOPEFUL MACHINES (2CD)
30 PET SHOP BOYS - ELECTRIC
31 JEAN-MICHEL JARRE - ELECTRONICA 1: THE TIME MACHINE
32 JEAN MICHEL JARRE - ELECTRONICA 2: THE HEART OF NOISE
33 ØYSTEIN SEVÅG - SPACE FOR A CROWDED WORLD
34 M83 - HURRY UP, WE'RE DREAMING (2CD)
35 DEPECHE MODE - SPIRIT
36 VANGELIS - ROSETTA
37 SVERRE KNUT JOHANSEN - EARTH FROM ABOVE
38 YANNI - TRUTH OF TOUCH
39 JONATHAN ELIAS - POSTCHILL
40 PET SHOP BOYS - ELYSIUM
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I'm only interested in a few acts, but of those my favorites of the '10s include:
BASEMENT JAXX: Zephyr (2010)
BLUR: The Magic Whip (2015) - not just a return to form, but their best album yet.
DAVID BOWIE: The Next Day (2013)
-------Blackstar (2016) - two final masterworks.
GARY CLARK jr.: Blak and Blu (2012) - exceptionally good r&b.
BOB DYLAN: Tempest (2012) - his only album of new songs the entire decade.
COLDPLAY: Ghost Stories (2014)
FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS: Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010) - I wish they had stayed with the retro style on display here.
JEFF LYNNE: Alone in the Universe (2015)
-------From Out of Nowhere (2019) - not first-rate Lynne, but it's great to even have new Lynne tracks.
ELTON JOHN: The Diving Board (2013)
-------Wonderful Crazy Night (2016) - The Rocketman still has it with some fine ballads and catchy rhythm tracks. The Union (2010, with Leon Russell) is also a good slice of rootsy Americana.
PAUL McCARTNEY: New (2013)
MUSE: Simulation Theory (2018) - Their best since 2009's The Resistance.
PET SHOP BOYS: Electric (2013) - A blistering recharging of energy under producer Stuart Price (also helmed the just-as-good Super (2016) and Hotspot (2020))
PAUL SIMON: Stranger to Stranger (2016) - His best in a long, long time.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: Out of the Game (2012) - His all-time best album, but also, alas, his most recent regular studio album.
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First Breath isn't necessarily asking for new artists only; his list contains older acts like Tangerine Dream and PSB as well.
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First Breath isn't necessarily asking for new artists only; his list contains older acts like Tangerine Dream and PSB as well.
Correct. When I wrote "only new music", I meant music that was written between 2010 and 2019. Not "only new artists".
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