LISTED: 30 Best Albums of the Last Decade (2000 - 2009)
*As the year 2010 is about to draw its curtain close, it is the time of the year (of any year) for many music sites and blogs to come up with a top list of albums of the year. Yes indeed the year 2010 has seen many interesting releases worthy of at least a top 20 list. But here at The Genuine Mind Zine we decided to do things a bit different and take a look at some of the best (of the best) releases throughout the last decade. This may not be the most comprehensive list around, lack of hip hop records for one, but all the albums listed here are indeed the most precious of last decade's precious gems.
10. Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (2002)
Okay I'll readily admit that this is a bit horrifying as it might sound, especially when it is coming from me but, when is the last time an album makes you feel sexy when you listen to it? Sexy as in not 'on heat' but sexy as in 'at complete ease with yourself, physically and mentally'. Just give up already because there can only be one record for the entire last decade that can properly make you feel so - Norah Jones' debut Come Away with Me.
This talented, based-in-America, piano-playing daughter of the great sitar player Ravi Shankar has one of the most breath-taking voice pop music has ever heard. (Mirah is the other but she's not mainstream material) Couple that fact with sultry piano, groove-heavy bass, the occasional tinge of electric guitar, and the almost teasing swooning croon of Jones' spanning across 45 minutes of ultimate bliss makes this album almost heavenly. Her materials in this album may not be entirely jazz, where traces of country, folk, and soul can also be found, but the whole delivery, and especially her husky voice and the smoky feel touch to the production sways it into one direction, creating what has then become contemporary jazz.
Jones switches from being laid-back ("Don't Know Why") to groovy ("Cold, Cold Heart") to sensual ("Come Away with Me") with such ease that the transition from one track to the other feels like one continuous tapestry of human warmth only found in intimacy of a company of friends or a lover. The amiable nature of the album will soothe you while Jones' singing will seduce you, enticing you gently. Through and through, this album is very elegant as a whole package.
*As the year 2010 is about to draw its curtain close, it is the time of the year (of any year) for many music sites and blogs to come up with a top list of albums of the year. Yes indeed the year 2010 has seen many interesting releases worthy of at least a top 20 list. But here at The Genuine Mind Zine we decided to do things a bit different and take a look at some of the best (of the best) releases throughout the last decade. This may not be the most comprehensive list around, lack of hip hop records for one, but all the albums listed here are indeed the most precious of last decade's precious gems.
10. Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (2002)
Okay I'll readily admit that this is a bit horrifying as it might sound, especially when it is coming from me but, when is the last time an album makes you feel sexy when you listen to it? Sexy as in not 'on heat' but sexy as in 'at complete ease with yourself, physically and mentally'. Just give up already because there can only be one record for the entire last decade that can properly make you feel so - Norah Jones' debut Come Away with Me.
This talented, based-in-America, piano-playing daughter of the great sitar player Ravi Shankar has one of the most breath-taking voice pop music has ever heard. (Mirah is the other but she's not mainstream material) Couple that fact with sultry piano, groove-heavy bass, the occasional tinge of electric guitar, and the almost teasing swooning croon of Jones' spanning across 45 minutes of ultimate bliss makes this album almost heavenly. Her materials in this album may not be entirely jazz, where traces of country, folk, and soul can also be found, but the whole delivery, and especially her husky voice and the smoky feel touch to the production sways it into one direction, creating what has then become contemporary jazz.
Jones switches from being laid-back ("Don't Know Why") to groovy ("Cold, Cold Heart") to sensual ("Come Away with Me") with such ease that the transition from one track to the other feels like one continuous tapestry of human warmth only found in intimacy of a company of friends or a lover. The amiable nature of the album will soothe you while Jones' singing will seduce you, enticing you gently. Through and through, this album is very elegant as a whole package.
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