1-Kanye West- Yeezus
2-Cody Chestnutt-Landing on a hundred
3.Kevin Jenkins-Step inside
4-Bill Laswell-Means of Deliverance
5-Marla Mase-Speak
6-David Bowie-The next day
7-Mumford & Sons-Babel
8-Jimi Hendrix-People,Hell and Angels
9-Neil Young & Crazy Horse- Psychedelic Pill
10-Bernie Worrell-Elevation (The upper air)
Comment: Interesting list from the head of True Groove records Tomas Doncker, who recorded the second best album of 2013, certainly Kevin Jenkins is a great soul album and deserves to be on a helluva lot of lists, and Marla? Tomas is referring to the Deluxe album and her newer stuff is even better. Do I see Mrs. Doncker’s influence with Mumford And Sons (2012 but we’ll forgive them). The two revelations here are Cody Chestnutt’s superb r&b album from late 2012 and Bernie Worrell’s brilliant new album which opens with Miles Davis and closes with Bob Marley and in between is a subtle and beautiful jazz masterwork for piano.