Exclusive: The Best 100 Albums Of 2009

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  1. My One And Only Thrill – Melody Gardot
  2. Lungs – Florence + The Machine
  3. Hassle – Erik Hassle
  4. Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel – Mariah Carey
  5. Wait For Me – Moby
  6. Epiphany – Chrisette Michele
  7. The Spell – Alphabeat
  8. Rules – The Whitest Boy Alive
  9. It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
  10. Everything Is New – Jack Peñate
  11. Bible Belt - Diane Birch
  12. Abnormally Attracted To Sin – Tori Amos
  13. La Roux - La Roux
  14. The Bridge - Melanie Fiona
  15. Love 2 - Air
  16. I Feel Cream – Peaches
  17. Wild Young Hearts – The Noisettes
  18. Don’t Stop – Annie
  19. A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending – Tina Dico
  20. Turn Me Loose – Ledisi
  21. Declaration Of Dependence – Kings Of Convenience
  22. Soul In Mind – Lira
  23. Junior - Röyksopp
  24. Come To Life – Natalie Imbruglia
  25. The Element Of Freedom – Alicia Keys
  26. She Wolf – Shakira
  27. Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? – Paloma Faith
  28. Complete Me - Frankmusik
  29. BLACKsummer’snight - Maxwell
  30. Love, Save The Empty – Erin McCarley
  31. Un - Dan Black
  32. 100% – Beverley Knight
  33. The Fame Monster – Lady GaGa
  34. Testimony: Love & Politics, Vol. 2 – India.Arie
  35. Love Is The Way – Eddi Reader
  36. Champion – RuPaul
  37. Sex Therapy: The Experience – Robin Thicke
  38. Lady Luck – Mariah Taylor
  39. Introducing Dionne Bromfield - Dionne Bromfield
  40. Two Suns - Bat For Lashes
  41. Swan Feathers – Leslie Mendelson
  42. Hands – Little Boots
  43. Far – Regina Spektor
  44. Keeping Secret – Skye
  45. Human Geometry – Noah
  46. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
  47. I Look To You – Whitney Houston
  48. Anjulie - Anjulie
  49. The Crying Light – Antony & The Johnsons
  50. Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future – The Bird And The Bee Continue reading

Video: “Baby, I’m A Fool” by Melody Gardot

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Melody Gardot has been on heavy rotation on my iPod for a couple of days now. I was first introduced to her when i read her compelling story and when I heard her music, I knew I was going to like her. Gardot was struck my a car while on her bicycle when she was only 19. the injury resulted in cognitive impairment. Her doctors suggested she take up music  in order to repair the damages in her cognitive thinking as it has been scientifically proven that it has healing abilities. The result is her moody debut album Worrisome Heart, which boasted a great eponymous single. Now, Gardot has released a second album titled My One And Only Thrill, which this track comes from. The effort is a well-rounded and robust offering of contemporary jazz. It’s good from start to end.

SiA to come to Europe…

120109_sphrpeureleaseApparently, it hasn’t been released in Germany and it is getting a release date exactly a year later there. I don’t know how the promotion will go and to be frank, I think she shouldn’t promote it and just go ahead and do the Zero 7 project everyone’s been waiting for. Maybe she’ll do it from there.