{"id":449,"date":"2019-12-17T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2021-01-13T23:40:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T23:40:23","slug":"album-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Album of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alter Bridge &#8211; <em>Walk the Sky<\/em><\/li><li>Bring Me the Horizon &#8211; <em>amo<\/em><\/li><li>Dream Theater &#8211; <em>Distance over Time<\/em><\/li><li>Jimmy Eat World &#8211; <em>Surviving<\/em><\/li><li>The Maine &#8211; <em>You Are OK<\/em><\/li><li>Rammstein &#8211; <em>RAMMSTEIN<\/em><\/li><li>The Raven Age &#8211;<em> Conspiracy<\/em><\/li><li>Set It Off <em>&#8211; Midnight<\/em><\/li><li>Sum 41 &#8211; <em>Order in Decline<\/em><\/li><li>Tool &#8211; <em>Fear Inoculum<\/em><\/li><li>Work of Art &#8211; <em>Exhibits<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra &#8211; <em>Legacy of the Dark Lands<\/em><\/li><li>Khalid &#8211; <em>Free Spirit<\/em><\/li><li><em>Labrinth, Sia &amp; Diplo present&#8230; LSD<\/em><\/li><li>Logic &#8211; <em>Supermarket (Soundtrack)<\/em> &amp; <em>Confessions of a Dangerous Mind<\/em><\/li><li>Papa Roach &#8211; <em>Who Do You Trust?<\/em><\/li><li>Saint Asonia &#8211; <em>Flawed Design<\/em><\/li><li>Switchfoot &#8211; <em>Native Tongue<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shoutouts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lana Del Rey &#8211; <em>Norman Fucking Rockwell!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The hype is justified. One of the best pop records of the last decade.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor Swift &#8211; <em>Lover<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The first six songs are OK, but from then on in, it&#8217;s a solid pop album.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weezer &#8211; <em>Weezer (Teal Album)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Great interpretations of songs I love.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top 5 Albums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\"><li>The Maine &#8211; <em>You Are OK<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A really mature effort from a band that has grown in leaps and bounds from it&#8217;s early pop punk outings. Played it a lot when it first came out and going back to it, it&#8217;s still really enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\"><li>Jimmy Eat World &#8211; <em>Surviving<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>I will insist this is their best record since Futures. The last couple of albums have been a bit all over the shop, but this one is where they finally refined their sound and got it back to where I think it&#8217;s still familiar but quite new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\"><li>Bring Me the Horizon &#8211; <em>amo<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Never ever would have thought I would give BMTH credit, but it&#8217;s what a mainstream rock album would sound like in 2019. The electro\/synth vibe and the overall lack of the scream vocals have alienated the old school fans, but I think it&#8217;s their best work yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\"><li>Work of Art &#8211; <em>Exhibits<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>With a credits list that features some of the biggest and best in 70s\/80s AOR, this continues on the platform set by their previous record. Stunning vocal work, killer guitar, wonderful keyboard work, it&#8217;s all you would really want out of a proper throwback-style album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\"><li>Dream Theater &#8211; <em>Distance over Time<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>One of DT&#8217;s top five albums ever. Yes, I said it. (<em>Images and Words<\/em>, <em>Awake<\/em>, <em>Scenes from a Memory<\/em> and <em>Octavarium<\/em> are the other four) The perfect response to those, like me, who thought they over indulged a little bit on <em>The Astonishing<\/em>. All the influences are there, but there are very strong Deep Purple, Rush and especially Yes vibes in places. Utter prog metal brilliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hits Alter Bridge &#8211; Walk the Sky Bring Me the Horizon &#8211; amo Dream Theater &#8211; Distance over Time Jimmy Eat World &#8211; Surviving The Maine &#8211; You Are OK Rammstein &#8211; RAMMSTEIN The Raven Age &#8211; Conspiracy Set It Off &#8211; Midnight Sum 41 &#8211; Order in Decline Tool &#8211; Fear Inoculum Work of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[59,60,57,34],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-pop-culture","tag-10s","tag-10s-music","tag-2010s","tag-music-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhyse.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}