There are a few underrated albums that I totally adore that were released this year that maybe wasn’t heralded with the acclaim that I thought they deserved. I’m hoping this thread will inspire you to tell us what album or albums released in 2020 you’ve been knocked out by, that maybe weren't given its/their due attention.
I could choose a half-dozen or so albums to choose from (I may circle back here in a month or two), but one album in particular blows me away consistently, and to an extent where I feel this album will stand the test of "best of 10's albums" lists. Torres’s album, Silver Tongue fits that description perfectly; if you’re a fan of Big Thief or Adrianne Lenker’s solo albums, this album will totally satisfy those same urges…
I know me recommending six songs from one album is so extreme, but I’m almost sure that this album will be one of my top 10 albums the 20s, and I've left off a few amazing songs, lol:
Good Scare
https://youtu.be/KUC13edzkkY
Last Forest
https://youtu.be/wzptTGrzxkQ
Dressing America
https://youtu.be/kf-HONSewU8
Tow of Everything
https://youtu.be/poxIF41ml2o
Good Grief
https://youtu.be/7N0ZUgrAFDE
Gracious Day
https://youtu.be/92QzqQcdXEA
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, 20 September 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
This thread smells a bit street-teamy to me (not gonna lie)—but as I am myself a fan of Big Thief and Adrianne Lenker’s solo albums, I will give Torres’s album, Silver Tongue, a listen.
― Scam Likely (morrisp), Sunday, 20 September 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
This thread smells a bit street-teamy to me (not gonna lie)—but as I am myself a fan of Big Thief and Adrianne Lenker’s solo albums, I will give Torres’s album, Silver Tongue, a listen.― Scam Likely (morrisp), Saturday, September 19, 2020 10:20 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Oh no! I've started these types of threads I think more than once over the past 15 years. Please look it up if you will. I'm a middle-aged IT employee in Florida with zero ties to the entertainment industry, just FYI.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
LOL... I know you're a 25-yr-old Merge Records publicist sitting outside a coffee shop in Durham, NC (mask hanging from one ear as you sip cold brew)!
J/k, I'll stand down ;)
― Scam Likely (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
I'm hoping folks will post albums that they really love, that isn't given album-of-the-year consideration. I'm a little behind in music.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
I love Summer Walker's Life on Earth EP, and Kaash Paige's album Teenage Fever – both of which are big in the r&b world, but which I don't think have received much critical attn generally (or been discussed here outside the rolling r&b thread).
― Scam Likely (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
jim elkington released another fantastic folk record earlier this year —ever roving eye— that just seems to have disappeared from most folks' minds. it's not my favorite release of the year by any means, but it's just as good as anything else he's ever done.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link