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- David Gilmour, Live in Gdansk: The 2-CD, 2-DVD box set featuring more than 50 songs is an exuberant journey through the history of one of the world’s greatest bands.
- Miles from India, A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis: The most underrated album of the year, sparks fly as producers Bob Beldon and Yusuf Gandhi get the likes of Ron Carter, John McLaughlin and Chick Correa to team up with Indian greats like Louis Banks, Shankar Mahadevan and Ravi Chari to celebrate the music of the jazz legend.
- Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs: Dark, plaintive, melancholic. Yet, a forcefully inspiring collection from a great alternative rock band.
- Motherjane, Maktub: For the sheer joy and energy each track exudes, this album by the Kerala rockers is unbeatable. Carnatic guitar leads layered over a rocktemplate are a stand-out.
- MGMT, Oracular Spectacular: A dizzying, yet fun-filled romp to the outer limit of rock & roll by a new New York-based band.
- Mudcrutch, Mudcrutch Reprise: When legendary rocker Tom Petty wanted to return to his roots, he asked the surviving members of his original band Mudcrutch to team up with his current band Heartbreakers. Result: this hi-energy classic.
- Blitzen Trapper, Furr: A boisterous adrenaline-punched breakthrough album from the folk rock band that has been knocking at the door of fame for a long time.
- Raghu Dixit, The Raghu Dixit Project: It’s hard not to fall in love with the infectious charm of every song on this trilingual album—in Hindi, English and Kannada.
- The Killers, Day & Age: For their third album, the Las Vegas band roped in a new producer, Stuart Price, who specialises in electronica. The result’s electrifying, to say the least.
- Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy, Rock On: Not among the year’s best albums. But can’t deny the uplifting quality of the sound on many of its tracks.
Radhakrishnan Nair is Editor & Publisher Rolling Stone, India
