The Album Review Club - *** Christmas Break Playlist (next album 7/1/26) ***

[Black&White&BlueMoon Town]

Happy New Year, Album Review members!

I listened to 15/16 of the playlist again today (that is available to me) and enjoyed most all of the songs (and yes, even the Country one!) with some really good new ones I hadn't heard. I also liked the Christmas themed ones, so well done. I'll put my thoughts together later on, but it really is a good one to enjoy.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Happy new year everyone.

 

[OB1]

Happy New Year, Gang.

Peace and prosperity to you all.

 

[threespires]

All the best to our merry band of music lovers, may your 2026 have many more of life's "8/10 will play this one again" moments than it's "1/10 bag of shite" ones.

 

[Mancitydoogle]

Happy Healthy and prosperous New Year to all

 

[RobMCFC]

Happy new year to all. Let’s hope that this thread brings more great albums and some great reviews in 2026.

 

[GornikDaze]

Happy New Year - spent the last part of 2025 listening to jazz in a hotel bar… I’m still recovering!!

 

[Coatigan]

Happy New Year, Album Review members!

I listened to 15/16 of the playlist again today (that is available to me) and enjoyed most all of the songs (and yes, even the Country one!) with some really good new ones I hadn't heard. I also liked the Christmas themed ones, so well done. I'll put my thoughts together later on, but it really is a good one to enjoy.

Happy new year all.

Which song is not available to you? Presumably the same for Fog then.

 

[Black&White&BlueMoon Town]

Happy new year all.

Which song is not available to you? Presumably the same for Fog then.

Correct, probably for him too.

I mentioned it Last Christmas... I'm sure we both know that song on the playlist.

Merry Christmas one and all!

From a listening POV, I've very much enjoyed the playlist here (despite one track version chosen that doesn't show up in Spotify outside of the land of Stonehenge here in the US [but the 2025 remaster does]).

No biggie, we've made it this far without replacing the drummer.

 

[RobMCFC]

I enjoyed listening to this playlist, well done everybody. Here are my guesses:-

1. Patti Smith - Gloria - OB1
2. Chapel Roan - the giver - FogBlueInSanFran
3. Spinal tap - big bottom - RobMCFC
4. DakhaBrakha - Monakh - Coatigan
5. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song - Journolud
6. Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura) - LGWIO
7. Mark William Lewis - tomorrow is perfect - Mrbelfry
8. Sarah McLachlan - River - Saddleworth2
9. The Delines - Christmas in Atlantis - Mancitydoogle
10. Family - the weaver's answer - BimboBob
11. The Pixies - Hey - Homerdog
12. The Organauts - I feel love - OutOnBlue6
13. Wishbone Ash - blowing free - GornikDaze
14. Albert King - Santa Claus wants some Love - threespires
15. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - new threats from the soul - bennyboy
16. High Fade - think about you - Black&White&BlueMoonTown

 

[mrbelfry]

I enjoyed listening to this playlist, well done everybody. Here are my guesses:-

1. Patti Smith - Gloria - OB1
2. Chapel Roan - the giver - FogBlueInSanFran
3. Spinal tap - big bottom - RobMCFC
4. DakhaBrakha - Monakh - Coatigan
5. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song - Journolud
6. Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura) - LGWIO
7. Mark William Lewis - tomorrow is perfect - Mrbelfry
8. Sarah McLachlan - River - Saddleworth2
9. The Delines - Christmas in Atlantis - Mancitydoogle
10. Family - the weaver's answer - BimboBob
11. The Pixies - Hey - Homerdog
12. The Organauts - I feel love - OutOnBlue6
13. Wishbone Ash - blowing free - GornikDaze
14. Albert King - Santa Claus wants some Love - threespires
15. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - new threats from the soul - bennyboy
16. High Fade - think about you - Black&White&BlueMoonTown

You got mine wrong at least. I think several could be from foggy (roan, tap, pixies) which makes me think none of those will be

 

[threespires]

I enjoyed listening to this playlist, well done everybody. Here are my guesses:-

1. Patti Smith - Gloria - OB1
2. Chapel Roan - the giver - FogBlueInSanFran
3. Spinal tap - big bottom - RobMCFC
4. DakhaBrakha - Monakh - Coatigan
5. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song - Journolud
6. Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura) - LGWIO
7. Mark William Lewis - tomorrow is perfect - Mrbelfry
8. Sarah McLachlan - River - Saddleworth2
9. The Delines - Christmas in Atlantis - Mancitydoogle
10. Family - the weaver's answer - BimboBob
11. The Pixies - Hey - Homerdog
12. The Organauts - I feel love - OutOnBlue6
13. Wishbone Ash - blowing free - GornikDaze
14. Albert King - Santa Claus wants some Love - threespires
15. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - new threats from the soul - bennyboy
16. High Fade - think about you - Black&White&BlueMoonTown

As it's on a Stax album your initial thinking is sound for my pick. However your logic falls over due to the fact that no sane person would pick anything other than Otis singing Merry Christmas Baby or Carla Thomas's Blue Christmas from that album. So well done to whoever framed me there.

 

[mrbelfry]

Out of the songs listed I enjoyed Gloria very much even though I disagree with it's sentiments very much. I spent some time trying to think if I had heard it before and then wondered if it was a cover OR if there was a cover. The chorus was definitely familiar.

Song that made me smile most was Christmas in Atlantis. But my favourite was Hey by Pixies which I have enjoyed for a long time.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I enjoyed listening to this playlist, well done everybody. Here are my guesses:-

1. Patti Smith - Gloria - OB1
2. Chapel Roan - the giver - FogBlueInSanFran
3. Spinal tap - big bottom - RobMCFC
4. DakhaBrakha - Monakh - Coatigan
5. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song - Journolud
6. Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura) - LGWIO
7. Mark William Lewis - tomorrow is perfect - Mrbelfry
8. Sarah McLachlan - River - Saddleworth2
9. The Delines - Christmas in Atlantis - Mancitydoogle
10. Family - the weaver's answer - BimboBob
11. The Pixies - Hey - Homerdog
12. The Organauts - I feel love - OutOnBlue6
13. Wishbone Ash - blowing free - GornikDaze
14. Albert King - Santa Claus wants some Love - threespires
15. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - new threats from the soul - bennyboy
16. High Fade - think about you - Black&White&BlueMoonTown

Sarah who?

 

[GornikDaze]

As it's on a Stax album your initial thinking is sound for my pick. However your logic falls over due to the fact that no sane person would pick anything other than Otis singing Merry Christmas Baby or Carla Thomas's Blue Christmas from that album. So well done to whoever framed me there.

Cool story bro…

 

[threespires]

Cool story bro…

Haha. Feel free, but don't say I didn't tell you!

I'm liking most of this list but the Chapelle Rowan is really grinding my gears, at one level it's really quite catchy but it's got such a clinical now let's do a country style effort that it could almost be AI.

 

[GornikDaze]

Haha. Feel free, but don't say I didn't tell you!

I'm liking most of this list but the Chapelle Rowan is really grinding my gears, at one level it's really quite catchy but it's got such a clinical now let's do a country style effort that it could almost be AI.

I have a few gear grinders as you can imagine - second ‘half’ better than the first for me

 

[Coatigan]

As it's on a Stax album your initial thinking is sound for my pick. However your logic falls over due to the fact that no sane person would pick anything other than Otis singing Merry Christmas Baby or Carla Thomas's Blue Christmas from that album. So well done to whoever framed me there.

There has definitely been some framing going on this round!