Best Ever Albums

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

jhuik — Sun, 1 Jan 2012 12:04:42 GMT

Author: jhuik

Posted: 01/01/2012 17:04

Pitchfork constantly lists music that no one remembers a year later.

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Norman Bates — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:37:05 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 12/30/2011 22:37

Oh, I think I poste "Les Inrockuptibles" 's list on the wrong topic.

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Mr.Music — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:33:40 GMT

Author: Mr.Music

Posted: 12/30/2011 19:33

Another year has past and i might say a good one for me personally. Even though my dear Europe suffered much and there were some bloody riots all over the globe, it still seems like most of us did just ok!(we still breathe?)
Was the year generally good or bad i let you to decide but one thing is certan, music still is one thing that brings joy to our lives. So how was the year 2011 in music? First of all i had the chance to listen more than 100 albums this year, all of them released in 2011 so im pretty confident in writing this post.
I tried to put all of these albums up on MY Chart page but then i got tired and i just wrote them up in my notebook. SO here they are!

I. By genre!

1. Electronic - Still seems to have the best releases and fresh ideas over the years now.

a) Kangding Ray - OR

b) Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

c) The Field - Looping State of Mind

d) Siriusmo - Mosaik

e) Nicolas Jaar - Space in only Noise

f) James Blake - James Blake

g) Machinedrum - Room(s)

h) Amon Tobin - Isam

i) Area C - Map of Circular Thought

j) Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk ( Robag was the MAN this year, released also an awesome mixtape)

Honorable mention - 2562, Gang Gang dance, Faltydl, Desolate.

2. Indie pop|rock - Oh damn these Canadians!

a) Flaming Lips - Strobo Trip EP

b) Wild Beasts - Smother

c) Tune Yards - Whokill

d) Tv on the Radio - Nine Types of Light

e) White Denim - D

f) Braids - Native Speaker

g) P.J Harvey - Let England Shake

h) Tom Waits - Bad as Me

i) Grouper - A I A

j) Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine

Honorable mention - Wu Lyf, Young Galaxy, Real Estate, Cut Copy, Radiohead.

3. Rock/ Punk/ Metal/ - and all these subgenres pfffff!- hard music!

a) Fucked Up - David Comes to Life ( The first and the only after Zen Arcade)

b) Elder - Dead Roots Stirring

c) Mastodon - The Hunter

d) Glassjaw - Coloring Book EP

e) And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs

f) Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers - Teenage and Torture

g) Causa Sui - Pewtrs Sessions 1

h) Graveyard - Hisingen Blues

i) At Devil Dirt - At Devil Dirt

j) Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die but You Will

Honorable mention - Our Color Green EP(Glassjaw), Sungrazer, Opeth, Boris.

4. Jazz - Didnt find much but two albums are really impressive!

a) Steve Coleman and Five Elements - The Mancy of Sound

b) Coin Coin Chapter One - Gens de Couleur Libres

c).....ffffff help me?

d).... Mmmmmm help me?

II. Overrated! Or i just dont get them!

1) Bon Iver- Bon Iver, Bon Iver ( I know most of peaople will hate me for it but i thought it was quit painfull and boring)

2) Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (...or waste of my time? Unchallenging and adressed to everyone what basically means for NOONE)

III. Most underrated or didnt get much attention.

1) Glassjaw - Coloring Book EP ( Ok, RYM gaves it a credit but generally not very famous band outside the post hardcore listeners)

2) Seefeel - Seefeel ( One of my favorite releases from Warp recordings this year!)

3) Parts and Labor - Constant Future ( A reallt heavy folk punk album and Skin and Bones one of my favorite tunes this year)

IV. Top tunes

1) Flaming Lips - I Found a Star on the Ground

2) Elder - III

3) Glassjaw - Daytona White

4) Kangding Ray - OR

5) James Blake - Wilhelms Scream

6) Fucked Up - The Other Shoe

7) Fucked Up - Serve me Right

😎 Braids - Plath Heart

9) PJ Harvey - All and Everyone

10) Cut Copy - Blink and Youll Miss a Revolution

11) Parts and Labor - Skin and Bones

12) Causa Sui - Pewtr Wozniaki

13) Young Galaxy - For Dear Life

14) Toro Y Moi - Light Black

15) Graveyard - No Good, Mr Holden

16) Area C - In Toward the Wires

17) And So I Watch You From Afar - Ghost Parlor KA-6 to...

18) Machinedrum - Door(s)

19) Sungrazer - Mirador

20) Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers - Heaven in Stereo

Happy New Year Besteveralbums and and all you users!

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

SquishypuffDave — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:50:59 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 12/26/2011 01:50

Jackwc wrote:

Fucked Up still has their door in the door.

Am now picturing someone blocking a door by putting a door in it. 😐

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Jackwc — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:46:16 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 12/26/2011 01:46

Fucked Up still has their door in the door. If hardcore punk can garner acclaim, metals time in the sun will be soon at hand. I mean, the new Opeth and Mastodon albums have been widely praised, soooo...

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Necharsian — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:33:10 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 12/25/2011 20:33

It makes me sad that every list just excludes metal completely 🙁

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

19loveless91 — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:21:21 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 12/25/2011 18:21

Youtube-ing Replica right now and yes, it is a good album. Though I don't exactly see it as a "top album" of the year. But definitely worth a listen, and even if I'm only listening to it on youtube, I'll probably include it in my personal chart for the BEA end of year list 😄

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Hayden — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:53:57 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/25/2011 15:53

19loveless91 wrote:

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That should be better 😎

I'm surprised that so many critics put Adele so high

There we go 😄 A good list.

Adele's 21 is actually a pretty good album. She's technically an indie artist, but she just got pop recognition. I gave it a 70/100, which made it land in my top 30 of the year.

Cellar's list is VERY intersting. A lot of good albums, and a lot I haven't heard.

And is Replica really that good? 🤔 Pitchfork thought highly of it too. I remember listening to his last album and remembering it was shit-sounding noise stuff. 😕

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

19loveless91 — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:34:48 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 12/25/2011 15:34

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That should be better 😎

I'm surprised that so many critics put Adele so high

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

CellarDoor — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:31:55 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 12/25/2011 15:31

On a side note, Tiny Mix Tapes has a cool list :

50. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
49. Liturgy - Aesthethica
48. Matana Roberts - COIN COIN Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
47. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
46. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - A Winged Victory For The Sullen
45. Tiziana Bertoncini & Thomas Lehn - Horsky Park
44. The Psychic Paramount - II
43. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
42. Zomby - Dedication
41. Fabio Orsi - Stand Before Me, Oh My Soul
40. Kreng - Grimoire
39. Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat dan Singa - Suara Naga
38. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
37. Telebossa - Telebossa
36. Future Islands - On the Water
35. The Men - Leave Home
34. Panda Bear - Tomboy
33. Rafael Toral - Space Elements Vol. III
32. M83 - Hurry Up, Were Dreaming
31. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
30. Lil B - I’m Gay
29. Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania
28. Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream
27. The Weeknd - House Of Balloons
26. Amen Dunes - Through Donkey Jaw
25. Hype Williams - One Nation
24. Bill Orcutt - How The Thing Sings
23. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
22. Death Grips - Exmilitary
21. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
20. DJ Rashad - Just A Taste Vol. 1
19. Sean McCann - The Capital
18. The Flaming Lips - The Strobo Trip: Light and Audio Phase Illusions Toy
17. Dirty Beaches - Badlands
16. KWJAZ - KWJAZ
15. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
14. Peaking Lights - 936
13. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
12. tUnE-YarDs - w h o k i l l
11. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
10. Demdike Stare - Tryptych
09. Destroyer - Kaputt
08. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
07. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
06. Grouper - A I A
05. DJ Diamond - Flight Muzik
04. The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
03. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
02. James Blake - James Blake
01. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Hayden — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:08:10 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/25/2011 15:08

andy_hunter wrote:

Hayden wrote:

andy_hunter wrote:

A cross between Pitchfork and NME, so Q.

10 Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys
09 WU LYF – Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
08 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
07 Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
06 Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
05 Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
04 Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
03 Adele – 21
02 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
01 Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials

OMG. I WANNA PUNCH YOU. :lol:

Only one with with my three favourites on it Bon Iver, Jay Z & Kanye West and Arctic Monkeys. The rest is shit but all the lists are like that. Pitchfork is too pretentious, NME probably had their mind up before the albums came out, Rolling Stone is too conservative and who really cares about Spin? I stand by my decision.

I respect your choice, and it's to ones own opinion, but once you get past the top 10, Q probably had the most embarrassing list of the year...

I'm also starting to notice that I don't like BEA's top 10 either 🤔 , and I'm still very confused on how high The King Of Limbs, Suck It And See, Wasting Light & Helplessness Blues are. Not saying that they're bad (which 3/4 of them are....), but no one's really been supporting those albums.

Also confused on how low M83 & Matana Roberts are 😐 , Because a lot of people are supporting those...

W/e.

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Jackwc — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:01:31 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 12/25/2011 15:01

I don't like any of these lists... 🙁

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

andy_hunter — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:00:30 GMT

Author: andy_hunter

Posted: 12/25/2011 15:00

Hayden wrote:

andy_hunter wrote:

OMG. I WANNA PUNCH YOU. :lol:

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Hayden — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:52:53 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/25/2011 14:52

andy_hunter wrote:

OMG. I WANNA PUNCH YOU. 🤣

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

andy_hunter — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:10:04 GMT

Author: andy_hunter

Posted: 12/25/2011 14:10

A cross between Pitchfork and NME, so Q.

10 Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys
09 WU LYF – Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
08 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
07 Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
06 Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
05 Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
04 Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
03 Adele – 21
02 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
01 Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

Hayden — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:51:34 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/25/2011 12:51

Out of those, Pitchfork for sure.

Re: Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

cartoken — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:38:37 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 12/25/2011 11:38

Pitchfork

Year end lists for best albums of 2011.

newbands1 — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:29:08 GMT

Author: newbands1

Posted: 12/25/2011 06:29

Which top 10 list is the best?

Rolling Stone
10 Robbie Robertson, 'How to Become Clairvoyant'
9 Wild Flag, 'Wild Flag'
8 Wilco, 'The Whole Love'
7 The Decemberists, 'The King Is Dead'
6 Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way'
5 Radiohead, 'The King of Limbs'
4 Fleet Foxes, 'Helplessness Blues'
3 Paul Simon, 'So Beautiful or So What'
2 Jay-Z and Kanye West, 'Watch the Throne'
1 Adele, '21'

SPIN
10 Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
09 Wild Flag – Wild Flag
08 G-Side – The One…Cohesive
07 The Rapture – In The Grace Of Your Love
06 Danny Brown – XXX
05 Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
04 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
03 EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
02 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
01 Fucked Up – David Comes To Life

NME
10 Wu Lyf Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
9 TUnE-YArDs Whokill
8 Katy B On A Mission
7 St Vincent Strange Mercy
6 Arctic Monkeys Suck It And See
5 Kurt Vile Smoke Ring For My Halo
4 Wild Beasts Smother
3 The Horrors Skying
2 Metronomy The English Riviera
1 PJ Harvey Let England Shake

Pitchfork
10. The Weeknd: House of Balloons
09. Real Estate: Days
08. Drake: Take Care
07. tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l
06. Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica
05. Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost
04. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
03. M83: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
02. Destroyer: Kaputt
01. Bon Iver: Bon Iver