10. The Born Again Floozies, 7 Deadly Sinners: I had a whole bunch of B+ albums, and room for only one of them in the top 10. (I think I need to make some of my B+ grades into B's, while we're on the subject. Some of the B+ albums were clearly better than others.) Perhaps being freshest in my memory gave this particular CD the needed boost, but chalk one up for novelty.
9. Vieux Farka Touré: The younger Farka Touré picks up his father's mantle with nicely with a lot of groove-oriented guitar playing on his debut.
8. Alamaailman Vasarat, Maahan: Totally frenetic, but also totally original and fun.
7. John Fogerty, Revival: A venerable legend gets mad, gets even, and keeps rocking.
6. Roachford, Word of Mouth: It will take more than my word of mouth to get Roachford albums released in the U. S. again. Our loss.
5. Kíla, Gambler's Ballet: Another album not yet released here, but at least I have hopes for this one.
4. Gomez, How We Operate: I know, this came out in 2006, but it would have cracked last year's list had I known about it. So it's on this year's list instead.
3. Väsen, Linnaeus Väsen: A great live act in either format, but their albums as a quartet have always worked a little better for me than their albums as a trio.
2. Ranarim, Morning Star: Two Swedish albums in the top three. Deal with it.
1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Baby 81: Essential hard rock from a band that keeps getting better.reviewed by Scott
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