Albums of 2011

[Total Longo]

It's been a decent year for albums in my opinion, difficult to pick one album that was head and shoulders above the rest.

 

These three have been the ones i've listened to the most. Three albums that surprised me by being so good, as i expected otherwise.

 

Bombay Bicycle Club

The Horrors

M83

 

Honourable mentions for Radiohead 'The King of Limbs', Low 'C'mon', Arctic Monkeys 'Suck it and See' and Wild Beasts 'Smother'

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Can't post pics as on phone.

 

For me the following

 

Opeth 'Heritage'

Mastodon 'The Hunter'

PJ Harvey 'Let England Shake'

Textures 'Dualism'

Fleet Foxes 'Helplessness Blues'

Graveyard 'Hisingen Blues'

[Jim MM]

Yes, I'm repeating myself.

 

 

Seriously, it's quite easy on the ear. Get it for your nan for Christmas, she'll love you for it, and burn yourself a copy. Win.

[BringbackBiscan]

1. Kurt Vile - Smoke ring for my halo

2. Cults - Cults

3. The Kills -Blood pressure

4. The Joy Formidable - Big Roar

5. Bon Iver - Bon Iver

6. Pj Harvey - Let England Shake

7. The Decemberists - Long live the king

8. Glasvegas - Eurphoric Heartbreak

9. The head and the heart - the head and the heart

10. Los Campesinos - Hello Sadness

11. The pains at being pure of heart - Belong

12. Smith Westerns - Dye it blonde

13. Cut Copy (I think it was 2011)

14. Noah & the Whale - Last night on Earth

15. Yuck - Yuck

16. Foo Fighters - Wasted light

17. The Vaccines - What did you expect..

[Rex Banner]

A few I've been enjoying lately

Gotye - Making Mirrors

Husky - Forever So

Boy and Bear - Moonfire

M83 -Hurry Up we're dreaming

Frank Ocean - Nostalgia-Ultra (Official_Mixtape)

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Edited December 6, 2011 by Rex Banner

[Rex Banner]

Oh and one I just got today which I'm liking and am looking forward to getting stoned and listening to.

 

 

Washed out - Within and Without

[Sugar Ape]

The Black Keys - El Camino.

[Ted]

I've not really listened to anything new this year. Miami Horror, Foster the People, Bon Iver and The Strokes have all put decent albums out, like.

[Ted]

The Drive soundtrack is really good too, but I'm not sure that'd count.

[Frankenhooker]

1)St Vincent - Strange Mercy.

2)PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

3)Tom Waits - Bad As Me

4)EMA - Past Martyred Saints

5)Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact

6)WU LYF – Go Tell Fire To the Mountain

7)The Decemberists – The King Is Dead

8)Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest

9)The Antlers – Burst Apart

10)Radiohead - King Of Limbs

[Total Longo]

Oh and one I just got today which I'm liking and am looking forward to getting stoned and listening to.

 

 

Washed out - Within and Without

 

Good shout that Rex, that was my "holiday" album in August.

[Guest TK-421]

Sub Pop still got it going on.

[Rex Banner]

The Drive soundtrack is really good too, but I'm not sure that'd count.

 

Yes it does count because I really like that one too. I like to put on Nightcall in my car and pretend I'm a cool mysterious getaway driver.

[Rex Banner]

Another one I like when I want something different.

 

Active Child - You are all I see

The guy used to be a choir singer as a kid and he's got a great voice and some great melodic songs. Relaxes the hell out of me.

 

[moof]

The two that stand head and shoulders above everything else for me are:-

 

 

Opeth - Heritage

 

 

and

 

 

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events

 

[WoOGii]

Kanye West & Jay-Z – Watch The Throne

 

[brucespanner]

Wu Lyf-Go Tell Fire To The Mountains.

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Shabazz Palaces-Black Up.

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Sbtrkt-Sbtrkt.

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The Builder And The Butchers-Dead Reckoning.

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The Weekend-House Of Balloons.

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Death Grips-Ex-military.

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Harvey, Waits, Tune-Yards, Beirut, Gang Gang Dance, Destroyer and so many more, It's been a fantastic year!

[Karl_b]

Been another quiet year for me in terms of buying new records but here are my top 5:

 

1. Pete and the Pirates - One Thousand Pictures

2. Johnny Foreigner - Johnny Foreigner vs Everything

3. Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen

4. Bon Iver - Bon Iver

5. Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat - Everything's Getting Older

[Allan]

I've not really paid too much attention to new albums in 2011, with the exception of:

 

[Remmie]

Got into The Black Keys in 2011 and going to see them in Nottingham soon, going to be boss

[James]

I enjoyed loads of albums last year.

 

Space Is Only Noise by Nicolas Jaar

Dedication by Zomby

Smother by Wild Beasts

House of Balloons by The Weeknd

Within and Without by Washed Out

W H O K I L L by tUne-yaRdS

SBTRKT s/t

Glass Swords by Rustie

Days by Real Estate

In The Grace of Your Love by The Rapture

This Is England by PJ Harvey

The English Riviera by Metronomy

Audio, Video, Disco by Justice

Watch The Throne by Jay-Z and KW

Torches by Foster The People

Drive OST

Keep You Close by dEUS

XXX by Danny Brown

Rome by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi

Bon Iver s/t

No Time For Dreaming by Charles Bradley

El Camino by The Black Keys

A Different Kind of Fix by Bombay Bicycle Club

Glass Drop by Battles

Hurry Up We're Dreaming by M83

[James]

Forgot to put Leisure Seizure by Tom Vek in there.

 

One of my favourite songs of 2k11 was this. So beautiful.

 

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[BringbackBiscan]

Got into The Black Keys in 2011 and going to see them in Nottingham soon, going to be boss

 

They're immense live band. Much better then on cd.

[Remmie]

They're immense live band. Much better then on cd.

Did you manage to get tickets to any of their UK tour?

[Sugar Ape]

Did you manage to get tickets to any of their UK tour?

 

I'm going to see them in Manchester in feb rem. Love them, El Camino is by far the best album I've heard this year.