Top 10 Albums & Songs Of 2011

[nrs182]

Albums:

1. Beirut: The Rip Tide
2. The Strokes: Angles
3. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong
4. Zoe: Musica de Fondo
5. Avril Lavigne: Goodbye Lullabye
6. Coma Cinema: Blue Suicide
7. Pete and the Pirates: One Thousand Pictures
8. Adele: 21
9. The Shivers: More

Songs: (Not in particular order, just my favorites 2011)
Codex - Radiohead
Speaking in tongues - Arcade Fire
Think you can wait - The National
East Harlem - Beirut
Marathon - Tennis
Ladder Song - Bright Eyes
Repetition - TV on the radio
Taken for a fool - The Strokes
Walk - Foo Fighters
Lorelai - Fleet Foxes
County Line - Cass mcCombs

[btener11]

Top 10 Albums:
Caveat -- I am yet to hear Mogwai's new album. Heard lots of good things about it and I love Mogwai (why haven't I heard it yet?) -- so assume it would be here.

10. Burzum - The Fallen
9. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
8. The Antlers - Burst Apart
7. Yuck - Yuck
6. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
5. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
4. Cave In - White Silence
3. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
2. Iceage - New Brigade
1. P.J. Harvey - Let England Shake

Top 10 Songs (one per artist):

10. Adele - Rolling in the Deep
9. Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean
8. Bon Iver - Holocene (Hey, this one doesn't sound like overblown, auto-tune crap!)
7. Shabazz Palaces - Swerve... The reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)
6. The Antlers - I Don't Want Love
5. Yuck - Get Away
4. Iceage - Eyes
3. Cave In - Summit Fever
2. Tim Hecker - In the Fog III
1. PJ Harvey - Hanging in the Wire
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[jbarajas]

My favorites have changed over the course of the summer.

Albums

1. We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves- John Maus
2. Circuital- My Morning Jacket
3. Cults- Cults
4. Holy Ghost!- Holy Ghost!
5. Angles- The Strokes
6. Cherish The Light Years- Cold Cave
7. Torches- Foster The People
8. Last Night On Earth- Noah And The Whale
9. Sound Kapital- Handsome Furs
10. Zonoscope- Cut Copy

Songs
Most of the songs on these albums

[Hayden]

Just attached my top 10 to my chart. The only album that might remain there after the year is up is Destroyer's Kaputt though
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[Le_Samurai]

1. Let England Shake Pj Harvey
2. Past Life Martyred Saints EMA
3. Skying The Horrors
4. House of Balloons, Thursday The Weeknd
5. Zonoscope Cut Copy
6. Bon Iver Bon Iver
7. Within and Without Washed Out
8. Cults Cults
9. James Blake James Blake
10. Angles The Strokes

Songs:
1. "Need You Now"
Thats all I can think of.

Also, can anyone recommend any rap albums from this year outside of Watch the Throne, Goblin, and The Carter IV?

[jbarajas]

ok now that summer is ending i'm gunna make another top 10 and there are lots of growers...


Albums:

1. Blood Ceremony- Living With The Ancients:
Just love their sound and vocals, so doomish? Theres even a flute!
2. Smith Westerns- Dye It Blonde:
Kinda reminds me of Loveless, but then toned it down and mixed it with indie rock.
3. MMJ- Circuital:
Alternative rock, alternative country whatever the fack its called, I feel like it is a perfect indie rock album.
4. Cold Cave- Cherish The Light Years:
Their an experimental synthpop group... they have the whole 80's sounding vocals down though. It reminds me of Angles/Strokes on how diverse it is.
5. The Strokes-Angles:
Speaking of, I just like how diverse and different most of the songs are from each other.
6. Noah And The Whale- Last Night Earth:
Love the vocals, and cliches, and cheese. Thats what makes this album a great one. Have already overplayed it, but sounds great on a long drive home from work.
7. John Maus- WMBTPCOO:
Described as retro-futurist synth pop (pitchfork), the vocals and vocal effects are echo driven and reverbed. But somehow it all meshes pretty well and is surprisingly very easy to singalong too.
8. Foster The People- Torches:
So cheesy, just like Noah And The Whale, perfect Indie(or now mainstream)pop. Great for the drive home.
9. Mogwai- HWNDBYW:
Mogwai> The Antlers, Nicolas Jaar, Panda Bear, TV On The Radio
10. Handsome Furs- Sound Kapital:
Indie Pop/Rock, after learning about the influences of the album how could you not like it?

Other albums might grow on me though, already eying the rapture, and some of the albums that were released earlier might all of a sudden sound golden.