Bon Iver - Bon Iver (4/5)

I'd been looking forward to this release for 3 years, so when it came out last summer, what did I do?  Bought it and then never listened to it.  That was partly because, as I mentioned a few posts down, I haven't really been listening to music - or at least new music - for the last cople of years.  The main reason, however, is because I was afraid to listen to this one.

Adele - 21 (4.5/5)

I know, I know, I'm way late on this.  This came out, what, a year ago(?) and has been the biggest story in music ever since.  But I'm catching up on stuff I missed, so I ought to go ahead and include this as well.

There really isn't anything left to say about it at this point with (fittingly) 21 million copies sold worldwide, is there?  I'll just add that while it may inevitably not live up to the massive amount of hype and the juggernaut that its success has become, it is a fantastic pop album and it's easy to see how it's become what it has in the music buying consciousness.

But there being nothing left to say on a particular subject is never a deterrent for me, so let me continue to beat this dead horse...

Tori Amos - Night Of Hunters (3.5/5)

So I've been catching up on some new music that I hadn't listented to (or barely listented to) after buying in the last year or two to see what I've been missing.  Figured I might as well write about it, since that's kind of one of the reasons I started this blog.  This blog that I seem to have abandoned since I don't really listen to much music, or watch any TV or movies, or read too many books or comics lately. (Huh.  So what do I do in my leisure time, any way?  That might be a question worth exploring in a blog some time soon as well, if I could only bother to try to figure out the answer.)

So, anyway, here we go....