Thursday, December 19, 2019

12/20/2019 Releases of Note/Revised Best Music of 2019

Unless something changes, this will be my last post like this until January 9th.  I did find MP3s on Spotify of albums scheduled to be released as CDs next month, namely a new Deep Purple live album and an album from a band called Held Hostage with experienced metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens on lead vocals.  This was actually the third album Tim "Ripper" Owens released this year, the others being the first releases of Spirits of Fire and The Three Tremors.  An interesting thing about him is that he started as the lead singer of a Judas Priest tribute band, then was hired by Judas Priest to be their lead singer for a couple albums, this story being the basis for the film "Rock Star" with Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Zakk Wylde, Jason Bonham and Jeff Pilson.  The Held Hostage album is so far a good callback to the days of Hair Metal and when Rock was about Partying, while the Deep Purple album was fun, but mostly seemed to cover old ground from a different live album, namely, their performance at Wacken.

Anyway, there's only one release this week that I know of I'm looking forward to, and it might only be available tomorrow morning.
John Williams-Star Wars; The Rise of Skywalker Soundtrack: John Williams is probably the best composer for American film ever, standing out in a league all his own.  He has made scores for many films, making the famous "Jaws" theme, the Darth Vader theme, also known as The Imperial March, and many other famous motifs that are instantly recognizable.  It'll probably be best to watch the film before deciding which tracks are your favorites, mine have always been the ones tied to an important/memorable scene that to me, defined the movie, like "Duel of the Fates," "Battle of the Heroes," "The Birth of the Twins and Padme's Destiny," "The Battle of Yavin," "The Asteroid Belt" and "The Clash of Lightsabers."

To avoid making this post too short, I actually sat down this week and listened to my best of 2019 playlist as it was and decided to trim it to make it an easier listening experience, instead of a music mini-series/marathon.  While it's still huge, it's a lot smaller, and feels much easier to manage and more fun, as well, as it has more memorable songs from this year rather than songs I liked at the initial point of release then mostly forgot about.  While they're still good music, I didn't focus on them enough to make them stand out this year.  Without further ado, here's the revised list.

1.) Voices-Switchfoot
2.) Dig New Streams-Switchfoot
3.) Joy Invincible-Switchfoot
4.) Prodigal Soul-Switchfoot
5.) The Strength to Let Go-Switchfoot
6.) We're Gonna Be All Right-Switchfoot
7.) You're The One I Want-Switchfoot
8.) American Rock N Roll-Don Felder
9.) Rock You-Don Felder
10.) Limelight-Don Felder
11.) The Way Things Have To Be-Don Felder
12.) Hotel California (Live)-Don Felder and Orianthi
13.) Chip Away-Duff McKagan
14.) Don't Look Behind You-Duff McKagan
15.) Last September-Duff McKagan
16.) Parkland-Duff McKagan
17.) True Colors-Sweet Oblivion feat. Geoff Tate
18.) Sweet Oblivion-Sweet Oblivion feat. Geoff Tate
19.) Behind Your Eyes-Sweet Oblivion feat. Geoff Tate
20.) A Recess From My Fate-Sweet Oblivion feat. Geoff Tate
21.) The Storm-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
22.) Trust Fund Baby-Sammy Hagar and the Circle
23.) Affirmation-Sammy Hagar and the Circle
24.) No Worries-Sammy Hagar and the Circle
25.) Hey Hey (Without Greed)-Sammy Hagar and the Circle
26.) Full Circle Jam (Chump Change)-Sammy Hagar and the Circle
27.) Free Man-Sammy Hagar and the Circle
28.) Roadhouse Blues (Live)-Sammy Hagar, Robby Krieger and Joe Bonnamassa
29.) I Think Your Time's Come-Billy Ray Cyrus feat. Don Von Tress
30.) Chevys and Fords-Billy Ray Cyrus and Johnny McGuire
31.) Rise of Ghidorah-Bear McCreary
32.) Old Rivals-Bear McCreary
33.) Queen of the Monsters-Bear McCreary
34.) Key to coexistence-Bear McCreary
35.) Goodbye Old Friend-Bear McCreary
36.) Rebirth-Bear McCreary
37.) Battle in Boston-Bear McCreary
38.) Redemption-Bear McCreary
39.) King of the Monsters-Bear McCreary
40.) Godzilla-Bear McCreary feat. Serj Tankian
41.) Mothra's Song-Bear McCreary
42.) Godzilla Main Title-Bear McCreary
43.) Shot in the Dark (Live)-Jorn
44.) The Mob Rules (Live)-Jorn
43.) Rainbow in the Dark (Live)-Jorn
44.) Completely-LEDGER
45.) Elevator Girl-BabyMetal
46.) Pa Pa Ya!!-BabyMetal feat. F.Hero
47.) Elevator Girl (English version)-BabyMetal
48.) Shanti Shanti Shanti-BabyMetal
49.) Distortion-BabyMetal
50.) Starlight-BabyMetal
51.) Da Da Dance-BabyMetal
52.) Brand New Day-BabyMetal
53.) Kagerou-BabyMetal
54.) Shine-BabyMetal
55.) Arkadia-BabyMetal
56.) Shut up and Kiss Me-Whitesnake
57.) Trouble is Your Middle Name-Whitesnake
58.) After All-Whitesnake
59.) Well I Never-Whitesnake
60.) Hey You (You Make Me Rock)-Whitesnake
61.) Flesh and Blood-Whitesnake
62.) Always and Forever-Whitesnake
63.) Get Up-Whitesnake
64.) Good To See You Again-Whitesnake
65.) If I Can't Have You-Whitesnake
66.) Party Up The Street-Miley Cyrus and Swae Lee
67.) The Most-Miley Cyrus
68.) Mother's Daughter-Miley Cyrus
69.) On A Roll-Miley Cyrus (Remake of "Head like A Hole" by Nine Inch Nails with permission)
70.) Slide Away-Miley Cyrus
71.) Don't Call Me Angel-Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana del Rey
72.) The Thrill is Gone-Jeff Goldblum and Miley Cyrus
73.) Blind Dogs (Live in Los Angeles 2013)-Soundgarden
74.) Spoonman (Live in Los Angeles 2013)-Soundgarden
75.) Fell On Black Days (Live in Los Angeles 2013)-Soundgarden
76.) Outshined (Live in Los Angeles 2013)-Soundgarden
77.) Been Away Too Long (Live in Los Angeles 2013)-Soundgarden
78.) Rusty Cage (Live in Los Angeles 2013)-Soundgarden
79.) July-Noah Cyrus
80.) Lonely-Noah Cyrus
81.) Protecting Each Other-Jeff Williams, Alex Abraham
82.) Forever Fall-Jeff Williams, Casey Lee Williams
83.) Nevermore-Jeff Williams, Casey Lee Williams
84.) I Like Myself (Most of the Time)-K.Flay
85.) Sister-K.Flay
86.) Nightrain (Live)-Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
87.) Anastasia (Live)-Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
88.) Redesigning Women-The Highwomen
89.) Crowded Table-The Highwomen
90.) Highwomen-The Highwomen
91.) If She Ever Leaves Me-The Highwomen
92.) Heaven is a Honky Tonk-The Highwomen
93.) Kids in '99-Death Cab for Cutie
94.) God Only Knows-For King & Country and Dolly Parton
95.) Beware of Darkness-Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, Brandi Carlile and Sting
96.) Hark the Herald Angels Sing-Rob Halford
97.) Protected by the Light-Rob Halford
98.) O Little Town of Bethlehem-Rob Halford
99.) Away In A Manger-Rob Halford
100.) Joy to the World-Rob Halford
101.) Good King Wenceslas-Rob Halford
102.) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen-Rob Halford
103.) Come Together (Take 5)-The Beatles
104.) Oh! Darling (Take 4)-The Beatles
105.) Octopus' Garden (Take 9)-The Beatles
106.) I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Recording Session)-The Beatles
107.) Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)-The Beatles
108.) Because (Take 1-Instrumental)-The Beatles
109.) Take What You Want-Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott
110.) Under the Graveyard-Ozzy Osbourne
111.) Straight To Hell-Ozzy Osbourne
112.) Backdoor Man (Live)-Orianthi, Dave Navarro and Robby Krieger
113.) What's My Name-Ringo Starr
114.) Grow Old With Me-Ringo Starr
115.) Send Love Spread Peace-Ringo Starr
116.) It's Not Love That You Want-Ringo Starr
117.) Better Days-Ringo Starr
118.) Life Is Good-Ringo Starr
119.) Thank God for Music-Ringo Starr
120.) Money-Ringo Starr
121.) Far Away Places-Toni Cornell
122.) Revolution-The Dead Daisies
123.) Righteous Days-The Dead Daisies
124.) Swing It-Phil Campbell, Alice Cooper
125.) Straight Up-Phil Campbell, Rob Halford
126.) O Holy Night/Ave Maria-Idina Menzel
127.) A Hand For Mrs. Claus-Idina Menzel and Ariana Grande
128.) At This Table-Idina Menzel
129.) Seasons Of Love-Idina Menzel
130.) We Need A Little Christmas-Idina Menzel
131.) Ocho Kandelikas-Idina Menzel
132.) Caroling, Caroling-Idina Menzel
133.) Winter Wonderland/Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)-Idina Menzel
134.) We Wish You The Merriest-Idina Menzel and Josh Gad
135.) Hot Blooded (Live)-Foreigner
136.) I Want To Know What Love Is (Live)-Foreigner
137.) Double Vision (Live)-Foreigner
138.) Voices-Switchfoot with Lindsey Stirling
139.) Bark at the Moon-Adrian Conner
140.) How I Look On You-Ariana Grande
141.) Nobody-Ariana Grande and Chaka Khan
142.) Good as Hell (Remix)-Lizzo and Ariana Grande
143.) Into The Unknown-Idina Menzel
144.) Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People (continued)-Jonathan Groff
145.) Lost in the Woods-Jonathan Groff
146.) The Next Right Thing-Kristen Bell
147.) What's Your Name (Live)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
148.) Simple Man (Live)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
149.) Free Bird (Live)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
150.) July-Noah Cyrus and Leon Bridges

No comments:

Post a Comment