Favorite 2011 Albums?

[Spurminator]

List time! I'm not going to pretend I listened to everything out there, but these were my favorites of the year.

Wilco - The Whole Love
Real Estate - Days
Decemberists - The King is Dead
REM - Collapse Into Now
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Book of Mormon sountrack

Need a few more listens: Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire, St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

Wanted to love, but can't get past the hardcore vocals: Fucked Up - David Comes to Life

Haven't heard their latest yet, but want to: Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Black Keys

Disappointment: King of Limbs

Token hip-hop album that I'm not going to pretend was one of my favorites just to add diversity to my list, but thought was okay: Watch the Throne

[redzero]

Let England Shake
Strange Mercy
Grace For Drowning
The Whole Love

[cantthinkofanything]

City and Colour - Little Hell

[JudynTX]

Dystopia by Iced Earth. It's not like anyone would know who they are.

[IronMexican]

Really didn't get to listen to many albums this year.

Favorites were Let England Shake, Burst Apart and James Blake s/t

[leemajors]

I think one of the only 2011 albums I listened to was Bad as Me by Tom Waits, and I liked it quite a bit.

[Nathan Explosion]

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light


This, most definitely. Great, great album.

[tp2021]

Token hip-hop album that I'm not going to pretend was one of my favorites just to add diversity to my list, but thought was okay: Watch the Throne

Watch the Throne was okay, but mostly for the production. Jay-Z's verses are pretty much crap and only a few of Kanye's are actually good. Even though it was only an EP, I thought Hell: The Sequel was a much better RAP album lyrically, and some of the tracks are just as awesome to listen to with a good sound system as Watch the Throne.

[Stringer_Bell]

King of Limbs is the only thing that immediately comes to mind, Watch the Throne and Atlas Sound "Parallax" were the only other records that peaked my radar.

Real Estate "Days" disappointed me because I felt like I heard it all before on the EP, still good tho.

[oh crap]

big k.r.i.t- return of 4eva
the roots- undun
kids these days- hard times ep
action bronson- dr.lecter

[Oh, Gee!!]

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

[Oh, Gee!!]

Within and Without by Washed Out

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys

The Graduation Ceremony by Joseph Arthur

[IronMexican]

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

How did I forget this?

[Oh, Gee!!]

2010 was a better year for music TBH

[IronMexican]

2010 was a better year for music TBH

Agreed.

2009 was better, though.

2009 rivals 2007 for the best in a while, too.

[dirk4mvp]

Agreed.

2009 was better, though.

2009 rivals 2007 for the best in a while, too.

Shut up. You weren't even a gay music hipster in 2007.

[CuckingFunt]

Shut up. You weren't even a gay music hipster in 2007.

Hipster for gay music? Or music hipster who is gay?

[dirk4mvp]

Both in IronMexican's case.

[stretch]

Both in IronMexican's case.

:lol

[stretch]

LMFAO - real champs

[Monostradamus]

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

[Monostradamus]

and Watch The Throne is one of the shittier albums of the year. Worst thing Kanye has done by a mile, but on par with everything post-Black Album for Jay-Z.

[cantthinkofanything]

and Watch The Throne is one of the shittier albums of the year. Worst thing Kanye has done by a mile, but on par with everything post-Black Album for Jay-Z.

On "99 Problems" Jay-Z raps, "if you havin girl problems, I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one."

I really thought he should have said, "If you havin girl trouble..."
And avoide the redundency of the word "problems"

[redzero]

Listing the albums I have heard multiple times from best to worst:

Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Wilco - The Whole Love
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
The Antlers - Burst Apart

Albums I haven't listened to enough:
Tom Waits - Bad as Me
Bjork - Biophilia (pretty underwhelming after one listen)
CunninLynguists - Oneirology (will probably get higher after more listens)
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact (can't really remember much about this one)
Atlas Sound - Parallax

On a side note, fuck last.fm for making me lose hundreds of scrobbles.

[oh crap]

forgot about that cunninlynguists album, that is a quality album for sure.

[Monostradamus]

don't know why this came up but did anyone else listen to Lulu? I had a morbid curiosity to check it out after hearing just how awful it was.

That album is pure comedy gold. The best way to listen to it is to close your eyes, imagine being at a normal Metallica concert, then outta nowhere a drunk old man comes onstage (it's even funnier if you imagine someone other than Lou Reed), grabs a microphone, and rambles a bunch of incoherent nonsense. Instead of anyone kicking him offstage, Metallica just kind of uncomfortably keeps playing. Also imagine James Hetfield tentatively trying to stick his face near the microphone to sing while the drunk old man keeps rambling. Seriously, I died laughing when I listened to it.

Comedy album of the year without a doubt.

[IronMexican]

Shut up. You weren't even a gay music hipster in 2007.

2009 either, brah.

Just better music.

Never be a time like the 90's though.

Thumbs up if you agree.

[cantthinkofanything]

2009 either, brah.

Just better music.

Never be a time like the 90's though.

Thumbs up if you agree.

thumbs up

[Oh, Gee!!]

Never be a time like the 90's though.

Thumbs up if you agree.

80's really.

[Fpoonsie]

Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons

I know it didn't come out this year, but I hadn't actually given it a full listen-through till early this year.

[cantthinkofanything]

Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons

that has to be older than this year.

[Fpoonsie]

that has to be older than this year.

Yeah, it is. I don't know if I've heard much this year otherwise.

(stuck in the 90's with the b3aner in the TOMS shoes.)

[MannyIsGod]

The new Roots album is great. Enjoyed both Kanye albums. Probably Watch The Trhone a bit more than his solo work (BECAUSE ITS PROVACATIVE).

However, after a few listens, El Camino is the best for me.

[oh crap]

they're streaming the new Common album and i'm not sure where it'll end up on the list, but what i've heard so far is great.

[dirk4mvp]

don't know why this came up but did anyone else listen to Lulu? I had a morbid curiosity to check it out after hearing just how awful it was.

That album is pure comedy gold. The best way to listen to it is to close your eyes, imagine being at a normal Metallica concert, then outta nowhere a drunk old man comes onstage (it's even funnier if you imagine someone other than Lou Reed), grabs a microphone, and rambles a bunch of incoherent nonsense. Instead of anyone kicking him offstage, Metallica just kind of uncomfortably keeps playing. Also imagine James Hetfield tentatively trying to stick his face near the microphone to sing while the drunk old man keeps rambling. Seriously, I died laughing when I listened to it.

Comedy album of the year without a doubt.

rofl I wonder what the fuck Metallica was thinking ever releasing that steaming pile of dogshit.

Insane how much better Megadeth is these days.

[dirk4mvp]

2009 either, brah.

Just better music.

Never be a time like the 90's though.

Thumbs up if you agree.

I think the 90's peaked when Pearl Jam released Nevermind and Anthrax came through with Cowboys from Hell.

[redzero]

rofl I wonder what the fuck Metallica was thinking ever releasing that steaming pile of dogshit.

Insane how much better Megadeth is these days.

Lou Reed probably did all the thinking on that album.

[cantthinkofanything]

edit: dumbass comment from me

[Oh, Gee!!]

90's music was good for like 2 years of the decade. 80's was good from start to finish.

[cantthinkofanything]

90's music was good for like 2 years of the decade. 80's was good from start to finish.

80's were great but I don't think there's the quality across multiple genres that the 90's had.

[leemajors]

80's were great but I don't think there's the quality across multiple genres that the 90's had.

i think it had more quality across more genres. electro, hip hop (breaking, mc'ing, dj'ing), new wave, rock, jazz fusion, industrial, on and on.

[cantthinkofanything]

i think it had more quality across more genres. electro, hip hop (breaking, mc'ing, dj'ing), new wave, rock, jazz fusion, industrial, on and on.

I could actually listen to Top 40 radio at the time or the weekly countdown and hear plenty of good stuff. Today, not so much.

[Monostradamus]

rofl I wonder what the fuck Metallica was thinking ever releasing that steaming pile of dogshit.

Insane how much better Megadeth is these days.

Here's my favorites.

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Seriously, this is shit your pants funny.

[cantthinkofanything]

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[IronMexican]

We'll never have a year like 2009 or 2007 again, sons:cry


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Most underrated album of the decade, brah. Gets overshadowed by MPP and Person Pitch but is superior in every way to both.

[redzero]

I can't see the YouTube link you posted, IM, but I'm guessing it's a song from Strawberry Jam.

[spurs_2108]

1. The Horrible Crowes - Elsie
2. Metronomy - The English Riveria
3. Foster The People - Torches
4. Kyle Andrews - Robot Learn Love
5. Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song
6. AWOLNATION - AWOLNATION
7. Cage The Elephant - Thank You, Happy Birthday
8. Peter Bjorn & John - Gimme Some
9. The Limousines - Get Sharp
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
11. Wilco - The Whole Love

[silverblk mystix]

slim pickings....

what happened to great bands?

No one out there seems compelling anymore...I mean are there any acts that you would spend your hard-earned dollars on? To buy their CD's? To see live?

I can't think of any current acts that fit the bill....pretty fuckin' sad....

[dirk4mvp]

slim pickings....

what happened to great bands?

No one out there seems compelling anymore...I mean are there any acts that you would spend your hard-earned dollars on? To buy their CD's? To see live?

I can't think of any current acts that fit the bill....pretty fuckin' sad....

Why do you act like such a faggot in every music thread?

[silverblk mystix]

Why do you act like such a faggot in every music thread?

why are you so butthurt that music sucks today?

[cantthinkofanything]

why are you so butthurt that music sucks today?

there's plenty of great music today but you just have to look harder than in the past.

[dirk4mvp]

why are you so butthurt that music sucks today?

Awesome throwaway line, fatshit.

[DieMrBond]

Best Albums:
Gotye - Making Mirrors
The Black Key - El Camino
The Kills - Blood Pressures
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Bon Iver - Self Titled
Boy & Bear - Moonfire
Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials
Puscifer - Conditions of my Parole
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar

Ones i merely enjoyed:
Radiohead - King of Limbs
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes & Keys
Incubus - If not now, When?
Jay Z + Kanye - Watch the Throne
Primus - Green Naugahyde
Bush - The Sea of Memories
Wilco - The Whole Love
Korn - The Path of Totality
Kimbra - Vows
Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic

Albums I couldn't even finish:
Lou Reed + Metallica - Lulu

Fuck me, there was a lot of good music this year.

[IronMexican]

p4k had Kaputt at #2. Way too high for me.

I thought it was pretty good. Just kind of shows how weak this year was.