Screenshot of the trailer for Valerie a týden divů by There Stands the Glass.
Top Ten Albums (released in November)
1. Irreversible Entanglements- Open the Gates
2. Summer Walker- Still Over It
Number one with a bitterness.
3. Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O- Umdali
Valiant South African jazz.
4. Brian Wilson- At My Piano
Tragic beauty.
5. Attacca Quartet- Of All Joys
Partly Pärt.
6. Terrace Martin- Drones
Flying high above Silk Sonic.
7. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss- Raise the Roof
An old-fashioned barn burner.
8. Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian- Welcome Party
Knock knock.
9. Anna Netrebko- Amata dalle tenebre
Aching arias.
10. Anuel AA- Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren
Legends never die.
Top Ten Songs (released in November)
1. Willie Nelson- "Too Sick to Pray"
On bended knee.
2. Del McCoury Band- "Once Again"
That high, lonesome sound.
3. Earl Sweatshirt- "2010"
Don’t call it a comeback.
4. City Girls- "Scared"
“Ain’t no way I’m stopping.”
5. The Bug featuring Jason Williamson- "Treetop"
Out on a limb.
6. Idles- "Stockholm Syndrome"
Brainwashed.
7. Frogpond- "I Really Don't Care"
Meat-and potatoes heartland rock.
8. NRBQ- "I Like Her So Much"
Still ticking.
9. Adele with Erroll Garner- "All Night Parking"
The best song on 30.
10. Cécile McLorin Salvant- "Ghost Song"
Spectral.
Top Ten Concerts of November
1. J.D. Allen, Eric Revis and Nasheet Waits- Blue Room
2. Oleta Adams with Isaac Cates & Ordained- Old Mission United Methodist Church
3. Mary Gauthier- Knuckleheads
4. UMKC Opera’s “Acis and Galatea”- White Recital Hall
5. Dare- 7th Heaven
6. Rod Fleeman Trio- Green Lady Lounge
7. The Kansas City Symphony’s “Coming to America”- Helzberg Hall
8. Renée Fleming- Helzberg Hall
9. Richard Thompson- Folly Theater
10. Sentenced 2 Die- 7th Heaven
Top Ten Movies (viewed for the first time in November)
1. Popiół i diament/Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Bloody Polish power grab.
2. La Strada/The Road (1954)
Giulietta Masina and Anthony Quinn convey crippling sadness.
3. Der junge Törless/Young Törless (1966)
Unflinching teen brutality.
4. Sparrows (1926)
Mary Pickford leads escape from foul baby farm.
5. De Slag om de Schelde/The Forgotten Battle (2020)
World War II in Holland is hell.
6. Valerie a týden divů/Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Frightfully freaky fairy tale.
7. Taking Tiger Mountain (1983)
A very bad trip.
8. The Harder They Fall (2021)
Wild, wild west(ern).
9. La bestia debe morir/The Beast Must Die (1952)
Argentinian noir.
10. Arsène Lupin (1932)
Sexy criminal caper.
October’s recap and links to previous monthly surveys are here.