Any Decent Music?, lleva muchos años sirviendo de grata guía para muchos de nosotros. Recopilando datos, críticas, novedades,… sobre todos (la mayoría) de discos notables que salen al mercado. Es como una agencia de rating musical. Es la S&P, la Fitch, la Moody´s de la música. Todas ellas gobernadas por el mundo anglosajón, algún día, por los chinos.
En esta escala de ratings sobre discos de los últimos tiempos, destaca uno por encima de todos: Hadestown, de Anäis Mitchell.
Este album folk-ópera conceptual fue lanzado por Righteous Babe Records el 9 de Marzo de 2010. Colaboraron vocalmente artistas de la talla de Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) o Ani DiFranco. El mito de Orfeo interpretado en su gira birtánica por más de 20 músicos. Orfeo (Justin Vernon) con la ayuda de Hermes (Knox Miller, de The Low Anthem), intercede ante los dioses Hades (Greg Brown) y Perséfone (Ani DiFranco) para volver con su esposa Eurídice (Anaïs Mitchell). Veinte canciones en un contexto grandilocuente que numerosos medios lo describieron y puntuaron de la siguiente manera:
10.0 | The Sunday Times
Multi-layered, sensationally good and endlessly absorbing … A must-buy
10.0 | Drowned In Sound
That it works so brilliantly well, that in under an hour it creates a world you’ll want to return to time and time again, that it is a glittering model of the form – of collaboration itself – is nothing short of awe-inspiring
10.0 | The Guardian
A project like this runs the risk of dryness, but between them Mitchell and Chorney have created something joyful and witty that yields more with every listen
10.0 | Uncut
The songs are pithy, their arrangements sliding between country, gospel, Dixieland and string sextet. Print edition only
9.0 | Pop Matters
Rich, rewarding, moving, and beautiful, this is a wonderful record
9.0 | NME
It’s nothing short of incredible, whether you extract individual tracks … or listen to the endearing tale as an artfully rollicking whole
8.5 | The Line Of Best Fit
She’s more than a songwriter here: she’s an aural director, calling every shot and challenging every “actor” to go give their all both individually and as a collective. It’s the main reason that the album works as well as it does, despite its penchant for pomposity
9.0 | Rave Magazine
It’s ambitious and well-realised, conjuring a world in your head while you’re listening so vividly that you can practically see the performances. They all look excellent
…Y sin embargo, a mí me cansa y me empalaga.
***Notas medias generales discos últimos años:
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8.9The Vermont folk singer-songwriter and guitarist with a «folk opera» album reworking the story of Orpheus and EurydiceAdded: 25/04/2010
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8.8
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Fifth album of hip hop from one of the biggest egos in contemporary rapAdded: 15/11/2010 -
8.7The veteran alt.rock songstress enhances the folk rock roots she laid down on 2009’s White Chalk with bigger arrangementsAdded: 03/02/2011
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8.6
Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Solo album number fifteen from the prolific roots guitarist and eclectic music collaboratorAdded: 01/09/2011 -
8.6Third album from the Canadian indie rock multi-instrumentalistsAdded: 26/07/2010
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