Mejores Canciones Internacionales 2023

Mejores Canciones Internacionales 2023

1Depeche Mode"Ghosts Again"
2The Reds, Pinks and Purples"Ghosts Again"
3The Lemon Twigs"In My Head"
4Oracle Sisters"RBH"
5RVG"Midnight Sun"
6The Beatles"Now And Then"
7Blur"Barbaric"
8The Reds, Pinks and Purples"I Still Owe You Everything"
9Robert Forster"The Roads"
10Lankum"Clear Away in the Morning"
11BC Camplight"Kicking Up a Fuss"
12PJ Moore & Co"Good Until Gone"
13ANOHNI"It Must Change"
14Lana Del Rey"A&W"
15Big Thief"Born For Loving You"
16Belle and Sebastian"Juliet Naked"
17Amber Arcades"Diamond Road"
18Teenage Fanclub"Tired of Being Alone"
19The Apartments"Something to Live For (2023 Remaster)"
20bar italia"Jelsy"
21Blonde Redhead"Snowman"
22The Bluebells"Stonehouse Violets"
23boygenius"Emily I'm Sorry"
24The Brights"Waiting"
25The Church"A Strange Past"
26The Clientele"Lady Grey"
27Cut Worms"Ballad of the Texas King"
28Daughter"Be On Your Way"
29Devendra Banhart"Fireflies"
30Dexys"Coming Home"
31Eddie Chacon"The Morning Sun"
32Everything But the Girl"Nothing Left To Lose"
33James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra"Hold Out For Love"
34Golden Hours"Japan on My Mind"
35Gonzalez Smith & Jay Gonzalez"She's My Girl"
36Jessie Ware"Begin Again"
37Jonathan Wilson"Ol’ Father Time"
38King Krule"If Only It Was Warmth"
39Kitty Fitz"Malibu"
40Kristin Hersh"Dandelion"
41Lloyd Cole"On Pain"
42Mac DeMarco & Ryan Paris"Simply Paradise"
43Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band"Ciao Ciao Bambino"
44Marc Almond & Mike Garson"My Death"
45Marta Del Grandi"Chameleon Eyes"
46Mega Bog"Cactus People"
47The Milk Carton Kids"All of the Time in the World to Kill"
48Model Shop"Six Day Sunday"
49Mull Historical Society"Anaglypta"
50Murray A. Lightburn"Dumpster Gold"
51The National"The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift)"
52Neil Young"Before and After, Pt. 1: I’m The Ocean/Homefires/Burned"
53Nicholas Krgovich"Coyote"
54Panic Pocket"Mad Half Hour"
55Peter Gabriel"I/O (Bright-Side Mix)"
56PJ Harvey"A Child's Question, August"
57Red Pants"Crimson Words"
58Rickie Lee Jones"Here's That Rainy Day"
59Sam Burton"My Love"
60Slowdive"chained to a cloud"
61Spice World"Decorated Boy Scout"
62The Coral"Child Of The Moon"
63Sufjan Stevens"Will Anybody Ever Love Me?"
64Summer Salt"Carry On"
65Swans"Paradise is Mine"
66Tough Age"Give It a Day"
67Van Morrison"Shakin’ All Over"
68The War and Treaty"The Best That I Have"
69Wilco"Sunlight Ends"
70Yo La Tengo"Miles Away"

Mejores Discos Internacionales 2020

1It's Immaterial"House for Sale"
2The Explorers Club"The Explorers Club"
3Bill Fay"Countless Breaches"
4Bob Dylan"Rough and Roudy Ways"
5Paul Weller"On Sunset"
6A Girl Called Eddie"Been Around"
7Bruce Springsteen"Letter To You"
8Adele & The Chandeliers"First Date"
9Elvis Costello"Hey Clockface"
10El Goodo"Zombie"
11Nation of Language"Introduction, Presence"
12Pop Filter"Banksia"
12Pop Filter"Donkey Gully Road"
13Fiona Apple"Fetch The Bolt Cutters"
14The Avalanches"We Will Always Love you"
15Gary Olson"Gary Olson"
16Marc Almond"Chaos and a Dancing Star"
17Gorillaz " Song Machine, Season One_ Strange Timez"
18The Parson Red Heads"Lifetime of Comedy"
19Milky Wimpshake"Confessions Of An English Marxist"
20Matt Berninger"Serpentine Prison"
21The Psychedelic Furs "Made of Rain"
22Ezrat"Carousel"
23The Reds, Pinks and Purples "You Might Be Happy Someday"
24Pet Shop Boys"Hotspot"
25Fleur"Fleur"

Mejores Canciones Internacionales 2020

1Bill Fay''Time's Going Somewhere''
2Courtney Marie Andrews''If I Told''
3Bob Dylan''Murder Most Foul''
4It's Immaterial''Downriver''
5Paul Molloy''My Madonna''
6Residente''René''
7Bruce Springsteen''House Of A Thousand Guitars''
8Paul Weller''Village''
9A Girl Called Eddy''Been Around''
10Nation of Language"On Division St."
11Marc Almond''Slow Burn Love''
12Pet Shop Boys''Burning the Heather''
13The Avalanches''The Divine Chord (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr)''
14Dropkick''Catching On''
15El Goodo''The Grey Tower''
16Elrichman''Seeking Grey Skies''
17Elvis Costello''No Flag''
18Pop Filter''Walk It Off''
19Tim Burgess''Lucky Creatures''
20The Reds, Pinks and Purples''Last Summer in a Rented Room''
2Matt Berninger''Distant Axis''
22JARV IS...''House Music All Night Long''
23H.C. McEntire''Hands for the Harvest''
24The Explorers Club''One Drop of Rain''
25Ezrat''Endless Holiday''
26Fiona Apple''Fetch The Bolt Cutters''
27Fleet Foxes''Maestranza''
28The Strokes''The Adults Are Talking''
29Bananagun''Out of Reach''
30Woods''Where Do You Go When You Dream?''
31The Parson Red Heads''All I Wanted''
32The Psychedelic Furs''This'll Never Be Like Love''
33Brian Campeau''Bennys Song''
34Cornershop''St Marie Under Canon''
35Dead Famous People''Safe And Sound''
36Angel Olsen''Waving, Smiling''
37Thibault''Centrelink''
38171''Photograph''
39The Waterboys''The Soul Singer''
40Gary Olson''Navy Boats''
41The Rhythm Method''I Love My Television (Lockdown Mix)''
42Milky Wimpshake''King Of Clubs''
43Moses Sumney''Cut Me''
44My Morning Jacket''Still Thinkin''
45Marc Almond''Chaos''
46Ben Watt''Hand''
47The Jayhawks''Living in a Bubble''
48Jonathan Wilson''10. Platform''
49Gregory Porter''Phoenix''
50I Break Horses''I'll Be the Death of You''
51Bill Callahan''Pigeons''
52Mary Halvorson's Code Girl''Lemon Trees''
53The Radio Dept.''You're Lookin' at My Guy''
54Pete Molinari''I'll Take You There''
55Eels''I Got Hurt''
56Daniel Romano''Amaretto and Coke''
57Algiers''We Can't Be Found''
58TOPS''Colder & Closer''
59M. Ward''Unreal City''
60It's Immaterial''The Gift Of Rain''

Marc Almond – “The Stars We Are”

The-Stars-We-Are_cover_s200Ya lo contaba ayer, mi modo aleatorio ha vuelto a hacerlo, después de Gene Pitney, el disco por el que conocí a Gene Pitney, este “The Stars We Are” del gran Marc Almond, lo que supone su segunda aparición en mi lista. Después de la disolución de Soft Cell en 1984, Marc Almond arrancó su carrera en solitario, yo no presté mucha atención a su primero disco, “Vermin In Ermine”, pero sí a su segundo “Stories Of Johnny”, que es uno de mis favoritos entre su discografía. Estuve a punto de poner “Stories Of Johnny” en mi lista, pero finalmente me decidí por “The Stars We Are”, su cuarto disco. Creo que lo inclinó la balanza fue “Tears Run Rings”, su primer single, y el recuerdo de lo mucho que me gustaba aquella canción en 1988, recuerdo como el estribillo se metió en mi cabeza y no podía sacarla de allí. Si a esto unimos el “Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart” que en mi versión original del disco solo aparecía en la voz de Marc (el dueto con Gene Pitney que sería número 1 en todo el mundo se incluiría en versiones posteriores del álbum), “Your Kisses Burn” a duo con Nico (la musa de la Velvet Underground) o la gran “Bitter Sweet”, tenemos un gran disco, mi favorito de Marc.

On heavenly rain
You fell into my life
Unforgettable smile
Unforgettable lies

In the name of the cross
Or a banner of love
With the hand of a friend
Or under a blanket of trust

The angels sighed
A little girl cried
The tears run rings around my eyes
We’re going to set fire

To the house in my heart
We’re going to set fire
To the whole damn world
I don’t understand

The wicked things we do
In the name of the good
In the name of the few
The angels sighed

The little girl cried
The tears run rings around my eyes
Don’t look at me
With your innocent smile

When the bed is burning
Around my head
When a war breaks out
It’ll be no surprise

Your unforgettable smile
Your unforgettable lies
And I’ve got to stop running
To make my start

We’ve got to get together
Before we fall apart
They’re pulling down the old slums
To build the new

They’re bringing back the old rules
To please the few
In the name of the cross
Or a banner of love

With the hand of a friend
Or under a blanket of trust
The angels sighed
A little girl cried

The tears run rings around my eyes
Pull down the old slums
To build the new
Pull down the love

I built with you
Promise of tomorrow
You never kept
And you try to burn the house down

When I slept
The nation’s in disorder
There’s chaos in my heart
We’ve got to get together
Before we fall apart

 

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Gene Pitney – “Anthology 1961-1968”

frontConocí a Gene Pitney gracias a Marc Almond, del que hablaré mañana (lo grande del modo aleatorio). En 1989 el gran Marc Almond decidió reivindicar a Gene Pitney y grabó un pedazo de duo con él versionando uno de sus clásicos , “Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart”. Yo que ya era fan de Marc, mañana lo cuento,  pero que no tenía ni idea de quien era Gene, me lancé a buscar algún disco que me permitiera conocer más de aquella voz y me encontré con esta antología de Rhino Records de 1984 que cubría su etapa de 1961 a 1968, su etapa dorada. La avalancha de temazos en este disco, con la preciosa y peculiar voz de Gene Pitney, es indiscutible, mezclando algún tema propio con canciones de grandes compositores, como Bacharach y David o Goffin y King . Las veintiocho canciones de la edición en vinilo no tienen desperdicio, pero me quedo con aquellas de mayor teatralidad, las que marcaron el camino a muchos que vinieron detrás, “Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa”, “Backstage (I’m Lonely)”, “Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart”, “Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa”, “The Boss’s Daughter” y quizás mi favorita, “Donna Means Heartbreak”. Gene Pitney, un clásico a recuperar.

Don’t mention Donna

When I’m around

When I hear her name

The world just turns upside down

To others Donna mean beauty

Donna means heaven

Donna means ecstasy

But Donna means heartbreak to me

I still remember

Her soft caress

The touch of her lips

And the warmth of her tenderness

To others Donna mean beauty

Donna means heaven

Donna means ecstasy

But Donna means heartbreak to me

She ran around

Like there was no tomorrow

And every boy in town

Knew the thrill of Donna’s kiss

And all the time I thought she was mine

She belonged to everyone, everyone, every, every, everyone

To others Donna means beauty

Donna means heaven

Donna means ecstasy

But Donna means heartbreak to me

Yeah Donna means heartbreak to me

La recopilación no está en las plataformas habituales, pero hay alguna que aunque no tenga todas las canciones puede servir para iniciarse en Gene Pitney.

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Mejores Canciones Internacionales de 2015

1Tame Impala"Let It Happen"
2Villagers"Dawning On Me"
3The Decemberists"Cavalry Captain"
4Father John Misty"The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt."
5Jamie xx (feat. Romy)"Loud Places"
6Dominique A"Éléor"
7Robert Forster"Let Me Imagine You"
8Matthew E. White"Rock & Roll Is Cold"
9Paul Weller"I'm Where I Should Be"
10Kendrick Lamar"King Kunta"
11Travis Bretzer"Lady Red"
12Sufjan Stevens"Should Have Known Better"
13Alabama Shakes"Guess Who"
14Tobias Jesso Jr."Can't Stop Thinking About You"
15Beach House"Space Song"
16Daniel Knox"Blue Car"
17Marc Almond"The Pain of Never"
18Natalie PrassBird Of Prey"
19Sleater-Kinney"No Cities To Love"
20Stornoway"Get Low"

Soft Cell – “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret”

 

El primer disco de Soft Cell, el dúo formado por el gran Marc Almond y Dave Ball, paso a la historia por contener una versión del clásico del Northern Soul “Tainted Love”, clásico que poca gente conocía en el año 1981 y que desde entonces poca gente no es capaz de reconocer tras los primeros compases. El disco no sólo era esa canción, destacaban también “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” y “Bedsitter” pero el tremendo éxito de “Tainted Love” fagocitó al resto. Yo bailé, aun lo hago, al ritmo de estas canciones y es que el disco es un bonito representante de lo que se llamó “synth-pop”, es decir, pop con sintetizadores. Lo curioso del disco es que a pesar de tener una producción de bajo coste no ha envejecido nada mal, un clásico vaya. Marc Almond, volverá a aparecer por aquí, por que he seguido su carrera y porque alguno de sus discos posteriores son piezas básicas de mi discoteca.

This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all
Tainted love (oh)

Bonus. Vi a Marc Almond en el paseo de Camoens en mayo del 86, de pasada eso sí, pero le vi.

Bonus 2. La original del “Tainted Love” cantada por Gloria Jones es espectacular

Bonus 3. La remezcla del “Tainted Love” con el “Where Did Our Love Go” es para flipar.

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