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The SoundBard’s Top 25 Albums of 2013
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BY MIKE METTLER
Damn the naysayers — I say the album format lives! With that vital declaration out of the way, it’s high time to cite the records that caught hold of my expert ear over the past 12 months — the full-length discs and/or LPs I consider most worthy of purchase, hi-res download, and/or dropping the needle on! Here, in reverse order, are my favorite 25 albums of 2013. Happy spinning!
25. Jim James: Regions of Light and Sound of God. Mind-/soul-/ear-expanding. Amen, J-man.
24. Kings of Leon: Mechanical Bull. Cojones-shaking rawk.
23. Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs: Under the Covers, Vol. 3. Sid and Susie give the ’80s a deep, loving soul kiss. Read my interview with Sid and Susie here.
22. The Rides: Can’t Get Enough. Super Session, Millennial Style: Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Barry Goldberg burn on down the … Read More »
Atoms for Peace Billy Talbot Band Bob Dylan Boston Cy Curnin Dave Grohl Devon Allman Dream Theater Ed Kowalczyk Eric Clapton Flaming Lips Jim James John Fogerty Kings of Leon Levin Minnemann Rudess Matthew Sweet Nektar Richard X. Heyman Rush Sound City Steve Hackett Steven Wilson Susanna Hoffs Tedeschi Trucks Band The Band The Rides Willie Nile
Rock of Ages: The Band’s Robbie Robertson on Finding the Balance in Live Mixing and Playing With Bob Dylan
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BY MIKE METTLER
“Everybody loved it — except me. I was so not satisfied with it. It was my fault.” That’s Robbie Robertson, telling it like it is back in August about the original mix of The Band’s acclaimed 1972 double live album, Rock of Ages (Capitol). It only took 40-plus years for Robertson to get his wish to remix — and expand — that music to his satisfaction by culling the best performances of The Band’s 4-night stand at New York’s Academy of Music on December 28-31, 1971 for a stellar five-disc box set, Live at the Academy of Music 1971 — The Rock of Ages Concerts (Capitol/UMe). Audiophiles take note: Disc 5, a DVD, is mixed in surround sound by Bob Clearmountain under Robertson’s supervision, and it gives the proper dimensionality to an important live recording that’s simply been, … Read More »
The Band’s Robbie Robertson on Here’s Little Richard and New Orleans: Home of the Blues
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MIKE METTLER: What was the first record you ever bought?
ROBBIE ROBERTSON: The first record I ever bought with my own money was Here’s Little Richard [released March 1957, on Specialty Records]. I was addicted to his song “Rip It Up.” It was the most amazing shuffle. It still is, to this day.
METTLER: Do you still have it?
ROBERTSON: No, I don’t. I wore it out. [chuckles]
METTLER: Is there one record you’d consider your favorite, the one you keep going back to?
ROBERTSON: Well, there was a favorite of mine back then called New Orleans: Home of the Blues [1961, on the Minit label]. And it was a variety of New Orleans artists, like Jesse Hill doing “Ooh Poo Pah Doo.” I was also a big fan of Huey “Piano” Smith and His Clowns back then. When I got this record, it took … Read More »
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