Es ist Nikolaus. Das heißt: Zeit für meine Jahresbestenliste 2020. Alsdann:
Top 15:
- Anja Lechner & Francois Couturier: Lontano
- Nick Cave: Idiot Prayer — Alone At Alexandra Palace
- Terje Rypdal: Conspiracy
- Nick Cave & Nicholas Lens: L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S.
- Jon Hassell: Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Vol. 2)
- J. Peter Schwalm & Arve Henriksen: Neuzeit
- Die Wilde Jagd: Haut
- Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Sheppard: Life Goes On
- Yello: Point
- Kraan: Sandglass
- Irmin Schmidt: Nocturne
- Brian Eno: Film Music 1976 – 2020
- Jean-Louis Matinier & Kevin Seddiki: Rivage
- Michel Benita: Looking At Sounds
- Pet Shop Boys: Hotspot (Special Edition)
Auch gut:
- Burt Bacharach: The Great Divide (single)
- Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian: Blue Umbrella (EP)
- Einstürzende Neubauten: Alles in allem
- John Fogerty: Fogerty’s Factory (Expanded)
- Pat Metheny: From This Place
- Soft Works (Elton Dean, Allan Holdsworth, Hugh Hopper, John Marshall): Abracadabra in Osaka
Needs some more listening:
- Bob Dylan: Rough And Rowdy Ways
- Roedelius: Wahre Liebe
- Michael Rother: Dreaming
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: The Staggering Girl (Soundtrack)
- Bruce Springsteen: Letter To You
- Asmus Tietchens: Bleiche Brunnen
Reissues:
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Hidari Ude No Yumi (Left-Handed Dream + Bonus-CD) (1981)
- Tangerine Dream: Pilots of the Purple Twilight (Box Set mit allerlei Bonus)
Rediscovered:
- Khaled, Rachid Taha, Faudel: 1, 2, 3 Soleils en concert (2-CD-Version, 1998)
- Ketil Bjornstad, Bjorn Kjellemyr, Jon Christensen, Per Hillestad, Terje Rypdal: Water Stories (1993)
- David Byrne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008)
- Madredeus: Lisboa (1992)
- Max Raabe & Palastorchester: Heute nacht oder nie (Live in New York, 2008)
- Paul Simon: Graceland (1986)