KDs albums of the year

Massive year for Aussie music and a disappointing year for Metal.

1. April Uprising John Butler Trio
2. Get Out While You Can Dan Sultan
3. Slash Slash (and friends)
4. The Final Frontier Iron Maiden
5. Flamingo Brandon Flowers
6. Mechanize Fear Factory
7. Omen Soulfly
8. No Guts No Glory Airbourne
9. I Believe You Liar Washington
10. Immersion Pendulum

JBTs new album was unreal as he delved hard rock, hip hop and reggae with his new line up. It's probably a little long but there are a number of cracking tracks. Just an album that both parties hard and makes you think. Dan Sultan's album is just brilliant. An amazing voice who is destined for greatness. The album is split like an old record and starts quite loose and slow before amping up and rocking out in 'side B.' Iron Maiden returned with heir best album since Brave New World and continues their 'prog' extension on their traditional galloping sound. Slash's first solo album had disaster written all over it, with so many different vocalists, but ended up being amongst his better works (alongside Contraband and Appetite). Flamingo was basically the killers without the killers- makin it a pretty good album with some really strong 'Sams Town' style singalong songs and some more poppy/dance tracks.

Honorable mentions to beat ofs by Jay Z and Oasis, There is a hell believe me I've seen it... by Bring Me The Horizon, Sia's We Are Bornalbum, a great funky album Cinema by The Cat Empire and Fistful Of Mercy's debit album. Powderfinger's album The Golden Rule was released last year but was a great album that set the stage for their 2010 farewell. Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fanatasy had some great songs in parts but was a typical hip hop in others.

What did you like this year?


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