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Obsessive-compulsive mode ON...

Albums I've listened straight thru at least once this year; most more than that. Really a needle in a haystack year. Numerically, I've been way over-generous. I can only recommend thru the 7.5s at best. Ranked thru 7.5, and just alphabetical by score after that. I'm eager to see what I've missed - likely some glaringly obvious goodies.

Replacing the original monstrosity with a Rate Your Music list...

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/blirbis/top_albums_2011

[quote]Originally posted by Frau_Blucher
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"I'm not a critic" --- Ha!!

[quote][i]Originally posted by wherewereuin82[/i]
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"I'm not a critic" --- Ha!!
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Hey, don't mistake being a critical twat for an actual critic. [^]

Great list! How you find the time to compile it, let alone listen to all of it, is a mystery. Enjoyed perusing it.


My mind spins at all the releases from last year. Here are just a few for now.


The first thing that came to mind for me was Tycho's "Hours". Maybe a bit more electronica than Nextwave but I think the definition can be stretched here. Sort of captures my ears the Moby used to.


I think Fitz & The Tantrums had a breakout year with "Pickin' Up The Pieces". Probably best blue eyed soul since ABC was in it's heyday. Recommended:

Don't Gotta Work It Out
Breakin‚ The Chains of Love
L.O.V.
MoneyGrabber


Austra impressed with "Feel It Break":

Lose It
Beat and the Pulse (I think they may have stolen Ladytron's mojo on this one)
Spellwork


I understand Future Islands can kind of be a love it or hate it kinda thing. As for The Dum Dum Girls, if hanging out in dirty garages with chicks who like to Rock is not your thing, it's cool. I would say they are more like The Bangles dark, alter ego, which is why I like them.




<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

I have to smile at the bands you mention. I've recoiled from even listening to Tantrums because a couple of very mainstream friends have touted them so much - totally unfair I know. Ditto for Foster the People - I just refuse. Some friends love Austra too, and again I'm probably being unfair, but they had such a shit awful set at SXSW that I just couldn't get past it. Finally, I think if Dum Dum came out in a vacuum, I'd probably like them. I think their Smiths cover is awesome. But it's not a vacuum, and there's just so much of that kind of sound around this year.

I'm thinking I've probably listened to too many albums, and a weird sort of aversion reaction is taking place. I thought if I slowly but dutifully listened and took notes throughout the year, I'd discover more great albums that way. But I haven't discovered any more than what I think I might have just taking tips from friends. It was frankly an incredibly fruitless effort.

[quote][i]Originally posted by Frau_Blucher[/i]
<br>I have to smile at the bands you mention. I've recoiled from even listening to Tantrums because a couple of very mainstream friends have touted them so much - totally unfair I know.[/quote]

I get it. Call it the douche bag factor. Once certain music becomes associated with decidedly uncool people it may lose it's appeal to some degree.

On the other hand, you could give your friends credit for their (somewhat) progressive stance here.

Cloud Nothings is another band I enjoyed discovering in 2011.



<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

I recall liking Cloud Nothings earlier in the year. They disappeared off my radar - need a quick revisit.

1 Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
2 Future Islands - On The Water
3 Real Estate - Days
4 M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
5 Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
6 British Sea Power - Valhall Dancehall
7 The Sea and Cake - Moonlight Butterfly EP
8 Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure EP
9 My Morning Jacket - Circuital
10 Still Corners - Creature Of An Hour

the rest....
Destroyer - Kaputt
Cymbals Eats Guitars - Lenses Alien
Craft Spells - Idle Labor
Tennis - Cape Dory
The Head and The Heart - The Head and The Heart
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die....
We Were Promised Jetpacks - In the Pit Of the Stomach
Cults - Cults
Yuck - Yuck
The Feelies - Here Before
The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low
Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion
Cass McCombs - Humor Risk
Ivy - All Hours
Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves
J Mascis - Several Shades of Why
The Horrors - Skying
Memory Tapes - Player Piano
Neon Indian - Era Extrana
Slow Cub - Paradise
Papercuts - Fading Parade
Wire - Red Barked Tree

Now off to Spotify some of Frau_Blucher choices that I missed....

Real Estate! I never got around to that. Checking out now.

Mike, where you find the time to listen to all this stuff, I'll never know. Lots to check out. Though, once again, highly agree with your #1 pick.

M83-Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Yuck-Yuck
The Joy Formidable-The Big Roar
My Morning Jacket-Circuital
Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
Real Estate-Days
Atlas Sound-Parallax
The Horrors-Skying
Cut Copy-Zonoscope
BSP-Valhalla Dancefloor

Honorable Mentions:

Holy Ghost-Holy Ghost
Mogwai-Hardcore Will Die....
Beirut-The Rip Tide
Antlers-Burst Apart
Neon Indian-Era Extrana
Washed Out-Within and Without
Bon Iver-Bon Iver...hate to admit it because I am sick of hearing about him and I personally think he is a bit of a dickhead but its nice in spots
Fucked Up-David Comes To Life...good in small doses, 80 minutes of constant screaming and yelling is way too much though
The Pains of Being Pure In Heart-Belong..good, but get a new singer please

I should have my top 157 albums list done any day

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<br>The Pains of Being Pure In Heart-Belong..good, but get a new singer please
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Dude, it's like we were separated at birth...though I managed to hog the womb and came out with the giant misshapen cranium. But that's besides the point.

Coop, be sure to rearrange Spin's list so we can't tell it's copied. Push Beyonce down to at least 10th or 11th for example.

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<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by cubby[/i]
<br>The Pains of Being Pure In Heart-Belong..good, but get a new singer please
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Dude, it's like we were separated at birth...though I managed to hog the womb and came out with the giant misshapen cranium. But that's besides the point.

Coop, be sure to rearrange Spin's list so we can't tell it's copied. Push Beyonce down to at least 10th or 11th for example.
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Well, anything has got to be better than Rolling Stone's list. Absolutely fucking terrible...why does this magazine still exist???

1. Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
2. SBTRKT - SBTRKT
3. Tom Vek - Leisure Seizure
4. Metronomy - The English Riviera
5. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
6. The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
7. Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks
8. Wild Beasts - Smother
9. Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years
10. Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost!

11. Hercules and Love Affair - Blue Songs
12. Tom Trago - Iris
13. Cymbals - Unlearn
14. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
15. Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
16. Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
17. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
18. Craft Spells - Idle Labor
19. Ford and Lopatin - Channel Pressure
20. Cults - Cults

21. Ganglians - Still Living
22. Iceage - New Brigade
23. Kanye West and JayZ - Watch The Throne
24. Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves
25. YACHT - Shangri-La
26. Bass Drum Of Death - GB City
27. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
28. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
29. Junior Boys - It's All True
30. N.E.R.D. - Nothing

31. Tennis - Cape Dory
32. Pete And The Pirates - One Thousand Pictures
33. Summer Camp - Welcome To Condale
34. Neon Indian - Era Extrana
35. ZOMBY - Dedication
36. The Field - Looping State Of Mind
37. Gorillaz - The Fall
38. Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On
39. Little Dragon - Ritual Union
40. Rimer London - Rimer London

41. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committe Part Two
42. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
43. Death In Vegas - Trans-Love Energies
44. Memory Tapes - Player Piano
45. Planningtorock - W
46. Fool's Gold - Leave No Trace
47. Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivian
48. Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind Of Fix
49. Beach Fossils - What A Pleasure
50. Friendly Fires - Pala

51. Teeth - Whatever
52. Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots
53. James Pants - James Pants
54. Fujiya & Miyagi - Ventriloquizzing
55. The Drums - Portamento
56. High Places - Original Colors
57. The Horrors - - Skying
58. Widowspeak - Widowspeak
59. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
60. DRC Music - Kinshasa One Two

61. CSS - La Liberacion
62. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
63. Fair Ohs - Everything Is Dancing
64. Azari & III - Azari & III
65. Real Estate - Days
66. Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
67. New Look - New Look
68. Austra - Feel It Break
69. Miracle Fortress - Was I The Wave?
70. Pictureplane - Thee Physical

71. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
72. Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX - We're New Here
73. Mountain Man - Made The Harbor
74. Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital
75. Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Drea
76. Peaking Lights - 936
77. Still Corners - Creatures Of An Hour
78. The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions
79. Beat Connection - Surf Noir
80. Ghostland Observatory - Codename: Rondo

81. Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!
82. Girls Names - Dead To Me
83. Future Islands - On The Water
84. Beth Ditto - EP
85. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
86. The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love
87. Twin Sister - Color Your Life
88. Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting
89. Odonis Odonis - Hollandaze
90. Glass Actress - Rapprocher

91. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
92. Blouse - Blouse
93. Love Inks - E.S.P.
94. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming
95. James Blake - James Blake
96. The Strokes - Angles
97. Beirut - The Rip Tide
98. TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light
99. Casiokids - Aabenbaringen over aaskammen
100. Com Truise - Galactic Melt

1.John Maus- We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
2.Lykke Li- Wounded Rhymes
3.The Horrors- Skying
4.PJ Harvey- Let England Shake
5.Crystal Stilts- In Love With Oblivion
6.Mirrors- Lights and Offerings
7.Cut Copy- Zonoscope
8.Austra- Feel It Break
9.Still Corners- Creatures of an Hour
10.Claps- Wreck
11.Ladytron- Gravity the Seducer
12.Silk Flowers- Ltd. Form
13.Cold Cave- Cherish the Light Years
14.Keren Ann- 101
15.Architecture in Helsinki- Moment Bends
16.Future Islands- On the Water
17.The Silent Section- Contour of a Passing Dream
18.Girls- Father, Son, Holy Ghost
19.Kate Bush- 50 Words for Snow
20.Class Actress-Rapprocher

The rest of the list:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/analogue_ ... album_list


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