It’s getting to the time of year to start thinking of this blog’s end-of-year albums list. Still one or two albums to come, but Panic Room’s amazing “SKIN” is still ahead of the pack for album of the year.
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For me it’s between the admittedly excellent ‘SKIN’ and It Bites’ ‘Map of the Past’, which I reckon is every bit as good. It may not have Anne-Marie’s stunning vocals, but there’s inspired songwriting, impeccably performed, with melodies and harmonies that lodge in your mind like you’ve known them forever. And it’s a concept album!
A lot of others have praised “Map of the Past”, but it’s one of those albums that hasn’t really ‘clicked’ for me. Maybe it needs more time; it took a long time for Touchstone’s “The City Sleeps” to really make sense.