Ok, now, here’s the question: What do artists like Will.I.Am, Beyonce, N.E.R.D., The Hold Steady or Ryan Adams have in common? They all share the list of “Best Albums of 2008″ of the blog-magazine GROOVEVOLT.
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY, GRAPEFRUIT MOON: THE SONGS OF TOM WAITS: It’s all about the horns. Southside Johnny Lyons’ interpretations of classic Tom Waits tracks benefits from LaBamba and the Hubcaps rich horn section. The disc crackles with an energy nearly unmatched by any band recording this year.
Says GROOVEVOLT on their blog.
The interesting statement comes at the end – about how an album qualifies for the selection and what the consequences that selection process puts on the team:
This is not a countdown. These are the albums that filled our offices all year. Non-Stop, continuous play and sometimes feelings of hatred towards the employee who kept pressing repeat.
Now, me thinks, that the GROOVEVOLT office might be a place I would like to work at. Then I’d spend the whole day at the water cooler together with the person who kept pushing GRAPEFRUIT MOON… Thanks GROOVE-people!
