I Don't Hear A Single Albums Of The Year 2019 : 91-100

It's been difficult to get these choices down to 100. I'm also not a believer in saying one album is better than another. Most of the time you are comparing Apples To Oranges. I'm not a List person, I just think what's the point.

However, for the last couple of years I have compiled Best Of 2019, normally I just said what my favourite album of the year is. I've done it again, because these posts seem so popular and the aim of this Blog is to get exposure (and Sales) for the artists.

There is no meaning or judgement on an album that is Number 1, Number 100 or not on the list. Anything that I review on here, mention on Social Media or play on the Radio Show is as highly recommended.

I would also add that the Top 100 includes albums available as Download Only. To suggest that they are anything less than equal to a Physical release is patently nonsense and omits many wonderful albums.

I will compile a Top 20 of Reissues and Compilations combined after all this is complete. For each album, I've posted a song from it and a link to the review, where you can find further details on how to listen or buy the album.


No 91 : The Persian Leaps - Electrical Living       Review










No 92 : Pattie - Cotton Candy, Rusty Nails           IDHAS Review









No 93 : Philip B. Price - Bone Almanac        Review









No 94 : RPWL - Tales From Outer Space        IDHAS Review

No 95 : The Laissez Fairs - Marigold       Review









No 96 : The Amplifier Heads - Loudah      Review









No 97 : Mondello - Hello- All You Happy People      Review









No 98 :  The Resonars - No Exit      IDHAS Review









No 99 : Cassettes - Wild Heart      IDHAS Review








No 100 : The Taylor Machine - Hometown Advantage       IDHAS Review

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Pattie - Cotton Candy, Rusty Nails

The trouble with reviewing sometimes is that you can analyse the album so much that you lose sight of the actual music. Never has this been more true than with Cotton Candy, Rusty Nails, Pattie have fashioned up a cracking listen.

The Israeli Quartet offer up a wonderfully atmospheric album. On first listen, I spent most of the 43 minutes trying to define what the album was trying to be and then realised how pointless this was. When you then listen to the album as a whole, you realise that none of that matters. Never more has an album been meant to be listened to from start to finish.







There will be inevitable comparisons to Tame Impala and that would be unfair, because Pattie are far more than that. Whereas Kevin Parker comes across as far too clever for his own good, Pattie write songs with a beginning, middle and end. They are far more structured than soundscape.

The album largely falls into a gap between the Psych and Prog of the 70's and the Dream Pop of the 80's. The band feel nearest to Pond, although at times you can hear Greenslade. Repaint shows off the 70's in the way that Your Words opens up the 80's.







All of this feels original in an incredibly laid back way. Down To The Sea borders on Alan Parsons Project. Pair Of Shoes is very 70's Pop Rock. Bottomless Hole even sounds a bit Coldplay instrumentally, thankfully without Chris Martin's moaning voice and morphs into a Pink Floyd-ish close.

Cotton Candy, Rusty Nails is an incredibly rewarding listen, you just need to give it time for the album to connect. When it does, you will be playing it for months. I look forward to what the band come up with next, because this is great,






You can listen to and buy the album here. You can find out more about the band here.


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