Top 5 - Reto Koradi
1) Patent Ochsner, Stella Nera (Ariola - Europe). Clearly the best album so far from one of the most popular Swiss rock bands. Not musically innovative, but great songs with some of the best lyrics ever written in our language, with "Los" being a love song of premier class.
2) Mark Eitzel, West (Warner). One of the very few CDs that does not only contain sonic waves, but also emotions. It is dark and sad, but more touching than most. Peter Buck only adds to Eitzel's qualities known from AMC.
3) Faith No More, Album Of The Year (Warner). The mass public seems to show less and less interest in crossover, but Faith No More stay completely unimpressed and just get better. In a fairer world, a single like "Ashes To Ashes" would take all charts in storm.
4) Pat MacDonald, Sleeps With His Guitar (Ark21). Unspectacular at first listen, but it gets better and better with each listen. Pat MacDonald proves that he is a much more gifted musician than most people expected from his work with Timbuk 3.
5) Radiohead, OK Computer (Capitol). Not quite as amazing as The Bends was, but Radiohead are not standing still and confirm themselves as one of the essential bands of our decade.
