Tuesday 27 November 2007

Amazon's best music of the decade

Amazon in the USA is offering its own choice of the best music of the decade so far: a top ten in each of 18 categories. This comes to fewer than 180 records, because some records are listed in more than one category.

I see that I own four of its chosen records:

  • Charlie Haden's Nocturne (jazz): excellent
  • Orchestra Baobab's Specialist in all styles (international): not bad, but I think their old albums are better
  • Bebel Gilberto's Tanto tempo (international, Latin, and dance): overrated, but a few pleasant tracks
  • Enya's A day without rain (new age): mediocre, but a few pleasant tracks