Native DSD Album of the Year nominations

[PAP]

wow! I guess I'll have to ask Santa for a tape recorder😀

[PAP]

It's a nice list but how "Nola' and "Up jumped the devil" didn't win is beyond me.

 

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"This is some of the best sounding drum sound I have ever heard on a recording. Very dynamic and not reserved. The sound of the double bass is full, rich and powerful where needed but with no hint of bloat. And the guitar.....It is clear and reverberant. Naturally, not with added reverb. Of course, the vocals are captured beautifully. Carmen is right there in front of you. This recording doesn’t take you to the recording studio. Even better, it brings the recording studio to your listening room. Very few studio recordings do this. The drums to the left, Carmen in the middle in front of the instruments and the bass just to the right of her and the guitar to the right side of the soundstage. The sound is totally three dimensional. You almost feel like you can reach out and touch everyone. The sound is totally open with natural decay and depth. It is stunning. It really is. No hyperbole."....

Read the whole review at the website of Audiophile Style: 

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/sound-liaison-one-mic-recording-r957/

 

[PAP]

Indeed. 

I was not thinking in terms of label. Just albums. 

Those 2 have been on my server all the year and getting as much play time as my old time favorites.

I like the Patricia Barber album too, I am a big fan, I have all her albums,  but in terms of music, sound and overall concept the Carmen Gomes album is superior. Same goes for the NOLA album. 

But of course music is completely subjective so I encourage anyone to disagree.

And I do applaud the Native DSD annual album of the year competition, it is a nice way of being made aware of new music.

 

[PAP]

On 1/23/2022 at 3:50 PM, JoeWhip said:

I think it is great that we still have so many choices of recordings with compelling content and great sound. I really enjoy the Nola album and think that considering all aspects such as sound quality and music, it is the best overall SL recording to date. As for the Clique album, we will just have to agree to disagree PAP. Completely different recording techniques which is great, more than one way to skin a cat. I just find the music to be more compelling. Again, it is great to have so many new choices these days,

I agree.

And don't get me wrong I really like the Clique album, I play it often, as I said I am a big fan of Patricia, but it's probably me having listened too much to side B of Abbey Road as a kid that has made me love concept albums and as such Up Jumped the Devil is a stand out;

and as you wrote in your excellent review of the album 

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The sound is totally three dimensional. You almost feel like you can reach out and touch everyone. The sound is totally open with natural decay and depth. It is stunning. Sound Liaison One Mic + Recording by Joe Whip

It is kind of addictive but also very different to more conventional sound.

 

But......if Clique hadn't been up against Up jumped I wouldn't have said anything. it is a great album.

 

I guess I am just so impressed by the; 

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Up Jumped The Devil Discovering the Music of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
By framing each of Robert Johnson’s songs with small instrumental miniatures, Carmen Gomes Inc. have created an album that sounds like an imaginary road movie

that I think they deserve a price.

 

But maybe  I should have keept in mind the words of one of the masters Thelonious Monk; '' talking about music is like dancing about architecture''. 😄

And you are right Joe it has been a great year for good sounding recordings we should all cheris that.

[PAP]

On 12/27/2021 at 11:14 PM, bmoura said:

 

Ray! by Carmen Gomes Inc. was released earlier today at NativeDSD.Com

It's a good one!

 

https://www.nativedsd.com/product/sl1052a-ray/

 

 

It's nominated for album of the year 2022. Last chance to vote is before Friday.; 2022 Album of the Year – Nominations

 

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One of the year’s best-selling albums at NativeDSD this year, Ray! rocketed up our Top Selling DSD Best Sellers chart in days and dominated the best sellers list for weeks and weeks. The album stars the popular and talented Carmen Gomes and her ensemble. Gomes uses the album to put her distinctive vocals and style on favorites including The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again, Georgia On My Mind, Willow Weep For Me and Makin’ Whoopee. Recorded in Stereo DXD and mastered to Analog Tape, this album is one you will savor again and again.

 

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[PAP]

well deserved;