The More You Live, The More You Love

The last day of the year brings me to the final list of the best albums for me over the year 2009. I have to say it was a good year. I discovered some nice new bands which turned out to become live favourites soon afterwards. Also this final list contains a nice mixture of new releases and re-releases. Because 2009 turned out to be a great year of re-releases. 01. (01) Editors - In This Light And On This Evening (2009) 02. (02) White Lies - To Lose My Life... (2009) 03. (--) No-Man - Mixtaped (2009) 04. (09) Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (collector's edition) (2009) 05. (03) Muse - The Resistance (2009) 06. (--) Keane - Hopes And Fears (deluxe edition) (2009) 07. (10) Florence And The Machine - Lungs (2009) 08. (05) H2O - Faith (remastered) (2009) 09. (11) Ultravox - Lament (remastered definitive edition)(2009) 10. (--) A-Ha - Foot Of The Mountain (2009) 11. (04) Depeche Mode - Tour Of The Universe (Werchter) (2009) 12. (07) Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009) 13. (--)...

At the moment i'm enjoying my holiday and listen to a lot of (mostly) new music. In my present top 15 there are some great new bands, to me, with very good releases. 01. White Lies - To Lose My Life... (2009) 02. Keane - Perfect Symmetry (2008) 03. The Script - The Script (2008) 04. Simple Minds - Graffiti Souls (2009) 05. 10CC - Windows In The Jungle (japanese re-release + bonustracks) (2006) 06. Coldplay - Left Right Left Right Left (2009) 07. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (live at Abbey Road) (2009) 08. H2O - Faith (remastered) (2009) 09. It Bites - The Tall Ships (2008) 10. Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain Live 2008 (2009) 11. IQ - Frequency (2009) 12. Ultravox - The Very Best Of (2009) 13. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (2009) 14. Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe (2009) 15. No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts (2008) Other albums that need to be mentioned and get a recent re-play, but are not in my top 15 at the moment, are: Propaganda - A Secret Wish (special edition) (1984) Marillio...

After a couple of days of nice sunny weather, the weather gods decided that it was time to switch to a wet version for a change. I saw a colleague turn in soaked completely. Within the atrium of our building the rain is pooring along the windows as heavy as on the outside, so our facilities manager has some work for the next couple of days. The funny thing is that immediately you start associating the event with music. So some nice songs popped up which I had to share with you. Alphaville - Summer Rain The Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain Boulevard - Rainy Day In London Crazy House - Burning Rain John Foxx - Europe After The Rain Freiheit - Kissed You In The Rain H2O - Who'll Stop The Rain Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain Ice Cold In Alice - When The Rain Comes Down Modern English - Rainbow Ends Virgin Dance - Rainy Days The Weather Prophets - Why Does The Rain