

I would suggest that the very title of the record indicates the side of this divide it was intended to inhabit. Immediacy and longevity are certainly not two mutually exclusive sides of a coin but neither are they to be conflated. That is why I am only writing about it almost a month after its release, despite the fact that I had pre-ordered it on vinyl several months before release. I hardly ever listen to music on shuffle. For the 'shuffle playlist' generation this will likely not be a big deal unless something snags your ear, resulting in a kind of musical emergency brake application. Some albums are immediate in their appeal and although I liked it from the start it is not exactly one that I would describe in that way. The follow-up 'Big Bad Luv' is on this one and therefore here he is. His LP 'High On Tulsa Heat' was on this list last year. The reverse is also holds true I have made an effort to see a number of artists in 2017 as a result of falling for their music in recorded format. John Moreland is a very good example of that. To make that point this list consists only of albums released in 2017 by artists that I have also seen live in 2017. Music by artists that I have seen live at some time or another continues to have a profound effect on my listening habits. That includes approximately 150 live acts. I don't have exact numbers but I am in no doubt that in 2017 I have listened to more music than in any previous year.

Why do I do this? The answer to this question, which I have been asked surprisingly often, is that it serves to crystallise my thoughts on all the music that I have heard in the past year. All entries in each list are alphabetical by artist and inclusion in a first list does not imply that I regard these releases to be superior to those in a later list of the same category. The rules have changed little since: there will be several lists of albums as well as other categories. That list of ten albums from 2006 is here. It was to be the driving force for that, and attempts at music photography soon followed. It was also before I started attending music festivals. The first was posted on 10 December 2006 and that was just three months after starting this blog. This led me to consider that it is my twelfth year of doing such things.

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