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12/19/09

Top Albums Of 2009

As the year nears a close and the battle for the Christmas number one ends tomorrow I thought I’d blog my top 6 albums of 2009. I always buy a lot of music and 2009 has been a good year for music so here is my favourites! (in no particular order)


1 – Bowling for Soup – Sorry For Partyin’ - This was the follow-up for ‘A hangover you don’t deserve’ the band never had, fantastic album full of Bowling for Soup fun – Read my full review here

2. Relient K – Forget & Not Slow Down - One drummer change later and Relient K release what is now my favourite of their career with a fantastic mix of beautiful sounding piano and pop-punk energy – Read my full review here

3. Newton Faulkner – Rebuilt By Humans - The follow-up to his fantastic ‘Handbuild By Robots’ is possibly even better…Newton Faulker does it again…not much more to say on this album…BUY IT!

4. New Found Glory – Not Without A Fight - I had anticipated and looked forward to this album ever since hearing that Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 fame was producing it and I was so right to do so…cracking pop punk album that takes the band back to their ‘Sticks and Stones’ days – Read my full review here

5. Mat Kearney – City of Black and White - I only discovered Mat Kearney this year and liked him so much I ordered both his albums at once. Mat Kearney has a fantastic voice and his music is nice and chilled yet uptempo at the same time…well worth a listen.

6. Lily Allen – It’s Not Me It’s You - I can’t stand her first album but I love this one…I never wanted to though! It’s got a good mix of catchy pop tunes with some interesting lyrics which make you very glad that you’ve never slept with Lily Allen! – Read more of my thoughts on her here

Overall 2009 has been a good year for music but there hasn’t been masses of it released in the pop-punk arena…I’m looking forward to a new Blink 182 album next year, a new Angels and Airwaves album plus a new Sum 41 album! Bring on 2010 music!

11/1/09

Album Review: Sorry for Partyin’ (Bowling for Soup)

As I mentioned the last week on my Bowling for Soup live blog I’ve been following Bowling for Soup for years and they’re music often reminds me of times gone by (in particular Benvolio singing loudly to ‘a hangover you don’t deserve’ on the way back from Norwich many-a-sunday night).

Their previous album ‘The Great Burrito Extortion Case’ has always dissappointed me, it’s never had the same feel about it as their others and didn’t even include a version of their song Belgium (a bowling for soup tradition!).

However having followed their YouTube updates in the studio I had high expectations of this album and they’re really met those expectations. The album opens with a palm muted guitar and Jaret sining in a style that compares to the days of ‘Girl all the bad guys want’ and as the album continues it’s obvious that this is the album that ‘The Great Burrito Extortion Case’ should have been recapturing the pop-punk sounds of their albums ‘Drunk enough to dance’ and ‘A hangover you don’t deserve’.

Some of the best tracks on the album include the comically titled ‘My Wena’, ‘BFFF’ and of course a polka version of ‘Belgium’. As a fan of the band I’m so happy with this album and that the band seem to have captured their old sound again. Genius!