10 Albums We’ve Been Waiting Far Too Long For

This week saw the release of the new Santigold album, which has been four years in the making, although somehow it seems a lot longer. While we’re not entirely sold on Master of My Make-Believe, it did get us thinking about the fact that 2012 is shaping up as a good year for ticking off the list of long-awaited records that will (hopefully) be arriving at last. After the jump, we’ve pulled together a selection of 10 albums for which we’ve been waiting far too long — shit, some of them have been pending for longer than Chinese Democracy was! Did we miss anything?

Sigur Rós — Valtari

We’ve been waiting…  4 years

After Sigur Rós’s hiatus and Jonsi’s solo endeavors, it looked like this album might never happen at all, so it’s a pleasure to be able to say that it’s due out later this month. (We’ll ignore the fact that it has in fact already leaked, as a commenter pointed out yesterday.)

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WHITEY! This guy is so ignored- he got locked in a legal limbo for years and years. He actually did put out an album recently (digitally) and nobody noticed... such a f@cking shame, he's an amazingly varied musician. Guess it just took him to long to free himself. He's got a bandcamp now, worth looking at.

the wrens. i've been waiting since meadowlands (2003).

Supposedly, a new My Bloody Valentine album will see its release this year. The last MBV album, "Loveless," is 20 years old.

ditto on the holding out far too long for fiona apple (as mentioned by meg, above)

Um excuse me? Embryonic is a f*cking MASTERPIECE! What kind of bunk herb are you people smoking, anyway?

c'mon now. no love for dr. dre? he's been working on detox for 12 years!

I'm so excited, and have been patiently waiting, for the new Fiona Apple album! Also, good to know, No Doubt is releasing a new album, woot!

Hi, Old Sand Mill's publicist!

Old Sand Mill's debut album, "The World Is Getting Colder" has just been released by SHP Records/Brain Muscle Media/Universal Music and BMI Music International. The CD hits retail stores this Summer, but is now available on-line for downloads and pre-release purchases, on all major internet store links – iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Music, Reverb Nation, etc. Old Sand Mill is primarily made up of Lead Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist/Harpist/Percussionist, Chip Miller, a successful LA Filmmaker/Screenwriter/award-winning MTV, VH-1, CMT, and BET Music Video Director, and Visual Artist. His writing partner and band mate, Janaki Jennings, is a multi-talented Composer, Musician, Video Editor, and Sound Mixer. New band member, drummer and bassist Josh Rizzo, is the son of noted Palm Springs Orchestra Leader Pat Rizzo –an original member of Sly & The Family Stone and former sax player for War. After three years in the making, with recording sessions in London, Nashville, Vancouver, NYC, and LA, and playing with an amazing array of guest artists, Old Sand Mill finally completed their first full-length album for a 2012 release. Chip, originally from New Jersey, and Janaki, a native of the Joshua Tree Desert, both opted to take an old school, almost analog-like mixing and mastering approach to their music and arrangements. The result is stunning. In addition, Chip called on some famous musical friends he’s worked with, luring an admirable collection of guest artists and players like Darryl Jones (The Rolling Stones), Jerry Douglas (Alison Krauss & Union Station), the legendary Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys), Grammy winner r&b diva Deniece Williams, Concrete Blonde’s Earle Mankey, Rick Boston (Low Pop Suicide, The Januaries), Gabe Witcher (Beck, Van Morrison, Steve Martin’s Steep Canyon Rangers), Karl Preusser (The String Quartet), David Maynard (Pomeroy, Gladys Knight & The Pips), the late Howie Wyeth (Bob Dylan, Jackson Brown), and The Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra. Old Sand Mill‘s amazing and ambitious new album, "The World Is Getting Colder," – already has fans and critics calling it “a new classic.”

a third D'angelo album should be on this list. Properly.

Wow, way to dismiss "Tomorrow, In a Year." That album is amazing and "Colouring of Pigeons" and "The Height of Summer" were pretty accessible. That said, I want more from The Knife. Immediately.

thanks @JillHives -- i was about to bemoan the lack of no doubt on this list

The wait for Metric's new album, due June 15, has felt eternal to me. Anticipating No Doubt's new album, their first in over 10 years, has been torturous to me as well, especially given what teases they've been about its release, floating that we'd see it in 2010, then 2011. Now Gavin Rossdale has said it'll be out in September, which is, by my calculations, years away.