SOUNDSCAPES STAFF BEST OF 2019

Welcome to our staff's 25 favourite new releases, reissues/archival releases, and compilations of 2019. Similar to last year, the list is not ranked but instead is sorted alphabetically (personal staff number ones are highlighted throughout). Click here for a list of the shop's top selling releases of 2019.

25 Favorite New Releases

A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN - The Undivided Five
ANEMONE - Beat My Distance
BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Days Of Bagnold Summer
BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY - I Have Made A Place
ELUVIUM - Pianoworks
ROBERT FORSTER - Inferno
MARTIN FRAWLEY - Undone At 31
STEVE GUNN - The Unseen In Between
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD - A Hidden Life (OST) (Greg's #1)
JEANINES - Jeanines
KIWI JR. - Football Money
L'EPEE - Diabolique
DAVID KILGOUR - Bobbie's A Girl
MICHAEL KIWANUKA - Kiwanuka (Phil's #1)
MOON DUO - Stars Are The Light
ANGEL OLSEN - All Mirrors
SANDRO PERRI - Soft Landing
MARI SAMUELSEN - Mari
ANDRAS SCHIFF - Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus
JOAN SHELLEY - Like The River Likes The Sea
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Western Skies
VANISHING TWIN - The Age Of Immunology (Ernest's #1)
FAYE WEBSTER - Atlanta Millionaire's Club
WEYES BLOOD - Titanic Rising
WHITNEY - Forever Turned Around

25 Favorite Reissues/Archival

THE BEATLES - Abbey Road
BLINKY - Heart Full Of Soul: Motown Anthology
DAVID BOWIE - Space Oddity
GENE CLARK - No Other
BOB DYLAN - Bootleg Series Vol.15: Travelin' Thru
ELECTRIC BANANA - Complete DeWolfe Sessions
BRIAN ENO - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks
TUBBY HAYES QUARTET - Grits, Beans & Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Session
LEE HAZLEWOOD - 400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56
ANDREW HILL - Black Fire
SACHIKO KANENOBU - Leave It To Me
WILHELM KEMPFF - Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
THE KINKS - Arthur
CURTIS MAYFIELD - Keep On Keeping On: Studio Albums 1970-1974
LEE MOSES - How Much Longer Must I Wait: Singles & Rarities 1965-72
OLIVER NELSON - Blues & The Abstract Truth
JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY - I'm Your Puppet: The Complete Bell Recordings 1966-69 (Phil's #1)
GERRY RAFFERTY - Who Knows What The Day Will Bring: Complete Transatlantic Recordings
THE REPLACEMENTS - Dead Man's Pop
SAM RIVERS - Contours
THE SPRINGFIELDS - Singles 1986-1991
STEREOLAB - Emperor Tomato Ketchup; Dots & Loops; Cobra Phases... (Ernest's #1)
THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH - Cosmic Truth
BRUNO WALTER - Complete Columbia Album Collection (Greg's #1)
TOM ZE - Estudando O Samba


25 Favorite Compilations

VA - Across The Great Divide: Getting It Together In The Country 1968-74
VA - All The Young Droogs: Rock N' Glam From The 70s
VA - Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Presents: Three Day Week: When The Lights Went Out 1972-75
VA - Brazil USA 70
VA - Chevance (etc): Outremusique Pour Enfants 1974-1985
VA - Come Join My Orchestra: The British Baroque Pop Sound 1968-73
VA - Come On Let's Go! Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s
VA - Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.5 (Greg & Phil's #1)
VA - Floating Points Presents Late Night Tales
VA - Further Perspectives & Distortion: An Encyclopedia Of British Experimental & Avant Garde 1976-84
VA - If You're Not Part Of The Solution: Soul, Politics & Spirituality In Jazz 1967-75
VA - Live It Up: Bayswater Beat Girls 1964-67
VA - Los Angeles Soul Vol.2
VA - Lullabies For Catatonics: A Journey Through The British Avant-Pop Rock Scene 1967-74
VA - New Moon's In The Sky: British Progressive Pop Sound 1970
VA - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel 1965-78
VA - Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (OST)
VA - Par Les Danme-e-es De La Terre: Des Voix De Luttes 1969-88 (Ernest's #1)
VA - Revolution: Underground Sounds Of 1968
VA - Sad About The Times
VA - Soul Of A Nation Vol.2: Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher
VA - Spiritual Jazz Vol.9: Blue Notes Pt.1&2
VA - This Is Lowrider Soul 1962-70
VA - World Spirituality Classics Vol.2: The Time For Peace Is Now
VA - Yesterday Has Gone: Songs Of Teddy Randazzo