Soundtrack4Life: The Best Albums of 2017 - #10 A Big Bad Beautiful Noise - Godfathers (2017)

One of the things you will have noticed if you have been following this look back at some of The Best Albums of 2017 is that there is a real diversity of musical sound. This is because I long ago refused to be bound by any one musical genre and also the fact that I wanted to experience different textures and even find a reading on life that I had maybe never thought of before. So there has been everything from Pop, Country, Bluegrass, Gospel, Celtic Punk, Electronica, Blues Rock, Soul, Indie Rock, Classic Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk and Southern Rock thus far. 

As we have now reached the Top 10 I thought a little reminder just incase you haven't seen the previous posts outlining 20-11 would be in order before we begin. Click on the Links to see the particular post.

20 After Laughter - Paramore.

19 Not Dark Yet - Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer.

18 Freedom Highway - Rhiannon Giddens.

17 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory - Dropkick Murphys.

16 The Punishment of Luxury - OMD.

15 Unpeeled - Cage The Elephant.

14 Witness - Benjamin Booker.

13 QSP - Quatro, Scott & Powell.

12 How The West Was Won - Peter Perrett.

11 Southern Blood - Gregg Allman.

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The title of the Godfathers latest album can be seen as a statement that sums up their whole career: A Big Bad Beautiful Noise! The record sees them continuing on a similar path to their previous albums giving us 11 slices of uncompromising rock and roll in their own characteristic style.

Personnel changes to the band haven't dampened the enthusiasm of frontman Peter Coyne and he continues to be one of the great characters of British Rock and Roll. The band really should have had a lot more success down through the years but they have kept their feet planted on the ground, never got above themselves and continued delivering blistering live sets no matter the size of the stage (as can be seen below).

I thought their previous album from four years ago was a real cracker (Jukebox Fury) but A Big Bad Beautiful Noise even topped that!

A Big Bad Beautiful Noise - Godfathers

Metropolis/Cargo Records

Produced by Steve Crittall, Paul Robert Gray and Godfathers

Released February 2017

Godfathers - Live

9th February 2017

Middlesbrough

SETLIST:
Cause I Said So.
Defibrillator.
If I Only Had Time.
You Don't Love Me.
One Good Reason.
How Low Is Low?
I Want You.
Till My Heart Stops Beating.
Unreal World.
Walking Talking Johnny Cash Blues.
Some Reaction.
A Big Bad Beautiful Noise.
This Is Your Life.
Feedbacking.
When Am I Coming Down?
I'm Unsatisfied.
Love Is Dead.
She Gives Me Love.
I Want Everything.
Let's Get Higher.
This Damn Nation.
Birth, School, Work, Death.

Promo Videos

A Big Bad Beautiful Noise.

Till My Heart Stops Beating.

You Don't Love Me.