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Re: The 2011 Year-End Albums Poll

I've rated 38 albums. I've heard samples from about the same number (30-40).
This year there are more albums that I've listened more than once.

Re: The 2011 Year-End Albums Poll

I've listened to 22 albums from 2011. I'm not sure that's enough to make an educated top 10, but I'm comfortable with my selections.

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There are 68 albums for me, with about 20 more on a need-to-hear list (most of which I probably won't get to anytime soon). I think that's enough for a pretty solid top 30, especially since I typically don't listen to things I know I probably won't like.

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I got through about 150 last year. With EPs and 12"s probably got around 230-240 releases.

Jeez!

Re: The 2011 Year-End Albums Poll

Vanillafire1000
1. Cults - Cults
2. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
3. Various Artists - Drive Motion Picture Soundtrack
4. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
5. Real Estate - Days
6. R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
7. The Roots - Undun
8. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
9. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
10. The Lonely Island - Turtleneck and Chain
11. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
12. Tinariwen - Tassilli
13. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne
14. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
15. Panda Bear - Tomboy


If I could just add a 16-20 to this...

16. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
17. The Go! Team - Rolling Balackouts
18. The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
20. Adele - 21

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1) Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2) Childish Gambino - Camp
3) The Dodos - No Color
4) Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
5) Orelsan - Le Chant des Sirènes
6) Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Commitee pt 2
7) tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
8) WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
9) James Blake - James Blake
10) Cascadeur - The Human Octopus
11) The Weeknd - House of Balloons
12) Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
13) M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
14) Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
15) Wye Oak - Civilian
16) Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
17) The Roots - Undun
18) Metronomy - The English Riviera
19) Tom Waits - Bad as Me
20) Bill Callahan - Apocalypse

Also deserve mention :
SBTRKT, Antlers, the Field and Low

I really did not enjoy Fleet Foxes at all except for 2 songs, PJ is not for me once more... so I don't think any album this year really deserve 50 points from me, but I'm at least glad if I can give an edge to Bon Iver against those 2 potential winners.

Thanks to Frank Ocean and the Weeknd, this is the first time I'm excited by coming R&B releases since... well, ever !

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Rocky Raccoon, BillAdama and Vanillafire1000, I'm just acknowledging your requests for changes/additions to your lists.

Every single list is making albums rise and fall in ranking, so keep 'em coming.

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Straight up, this list won't please the anti-"indie" crew:

1 . Arbouretum - The Gathering
2 . Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
3 . PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
4 . Wilco - The Whole Love
5 . Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.
6 . Cass McCombs - Wit's End
7 . Vivian Girls - Share The Joy
8 . Parts and Labor - Constant Future
9 . Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion
10 . Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
11 . Woods - Sun And Shade
12 . The Antlers - Burst Apart
13 . M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
14 . Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
15 . Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Mirror Traffic
16 . Metronomy - The English Riviera
17 . EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
18 . Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
19 . Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
20 . St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
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21 . Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
22 . The Feelies - Here Before
23 . Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
24 . J Mascis - Several Shades Of Why
25 . Grouper - A I A
26 . Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys
27 . Wye Oak - Civilian
28 . Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
29 . Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
30 . Destroyer - Kaputt

Thanks!

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Brad
Straight up, this list won't please the anti-"indie" crew:

1 . Arbouretum - The Gathering


Great list Brad. I had never heard of this album, but I'm definitely putting it on my to-do list. Nice to see votes for Matana Roberts, Akron/Family, and Julianna Barwick.

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1. Explosions in the Sky - Take Care Take Care Take Care
2. Destroyer - Kaputt
3. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
4. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972
5. Regina - Soita mulle
6. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
7. Bon Iver - s/t
8. Battles - Gloss Drop
9. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
10. 22 Pistepirkko - Lime Green Delorean
11. Panda Bear - Tomboy
12. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
13. Peter Broderick - Music for Confluence
14. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
15. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
16. M83 - HurryUp, We're Dreaming
17. Siinai - Olympic Games
18. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
19. James Blake - s/t
20. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Re: The 2011 Year-End Albums Poll

Still a few albums to listen to, old and new but to those interested, here's the current state of my anti "indie only" album list in progress

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1. The Roots - Undun
2. Battles - Gloss Drop
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
4. James Blake
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne
6. Common - The Dreamer / The Believer
7. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
8. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
9. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
10. Tune Yards - w h o k i l l
11. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
12. Destroyer - Kaputt
13. Feist - Metals
14. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
15. Björk - Biophilia
16. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
17. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
18. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
19. DRC Music - Kinshasa One Two
20. The Sandwitches - Mrs. Jones' Cookies

Honorable Mentions

The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - From Africa With Fury: Rise
The Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler / The Dream
Wild Flag
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
Drake - Take Care
The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact

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1.Tom Waits - Bad As Me
2.James Blake
3.June Tabor - Ashore
4.Spinvis - Tot ziens, Justine Keller
5.Shabazz Palaces - Black up
6.Ry Cooder - Pull up some dirt and sit down
7.Radiohead - The king of limbs
8.Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
9.Machinedrum - Room(s)
10.Nicholas Jaar - Space is only noise

11.Steve Reich - "9/11" by Kronos Quartet
12.Steffi - Yours & Mine
13.Kate Bush - 50 Words for snow
14.PJ Harvey - let England Shake
15.Nicholas - Back on track:Nu Groove
16.Four Tet - FabricLive.59
17.Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
18.Sepalcure
19.Destroyer - Kaputt
20.The Roots - Undun

A strange year: not one classic, but a whole lot of very good albums.

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I almost missed the R.E.M. album : very good record

Re: The 2011 Year-End Albums Poll

And so is the Smith Westerns album (last chance records)

Re: The 2011 Year-End Albums Poll

Jackson
Great list Brad. I had never heard of this album, but I'm definitely putting it on my to-do list. Nice to see votes for Matana Roberts, Akron/Family, and Julianna Barwick.
Sincere thanks Jackson. Arbouretum tends toward the "stoner" rock category (a la Dead Meadow, Comets On Fire, etc.) for better or worse. Certainly a 4.9 rating from Pitchfork could have been (was?) the kiss of death. But if you like heavy, plodding guitar jams in the minor key (and lawd knows I do), give this one a spin & enjoy the (Slo-)ride.

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I only managed to listen to 25 albums this year, so really, you're in my list if I heard you ehehe.

1. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
2. Destroyer - Kaputt
3. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
4. Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
5. Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams
6. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
7. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
8. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
9. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
10. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
11. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
12. Wild Beasts - Smother
13. Braids - Native Speaker
14. The Black Keys - El Camino
15. Iron And Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
16. Tune-Yards - Whokill
17. The Antlers - Burst Apart
18. The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
19. TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light
20. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise


and the other 5

21. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
22. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
23. Real Estate - Days
24. James Blake - James Blake
25. White Denim - D

Re: The 2011 Year-End Albums Poll

Just a reminder that this is the last day to participate in our year-end albums poll.

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1 . Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome
2 . The Yard Apes - Devil's Road
3 . The Antlers - Burst Apart
4 . Sic Alps - Napa Asylum
5 . Josh T Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen
6 . Braids - Native Speaker
7 . Mikal Cronin - Mikal Cronin
8 . The Horrors - Skying
9 . The Kills - Blood Pressures
10 . The Black Keys - El Camino
11 . tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
12 . The Dodos - No Color
13 . Dirty Beaches - Badlands
14 . Arbouretum - The Gathering
15 . TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light
16 . Woods - Sun & Shade
17 . PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
18 . Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo
19 . Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
20 . Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
21 . Wild Flag - Wild Flag
22 . Quilt - Quilt
23 . Wye Oak - Civilian
24 . Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
25 . EMA - Past Lives Martyred Saints
26 . Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
27 . James Blake - James Blake
28 . Zola Jesus - Conatus
29 . Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
30 . Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
31 . Night Beats - Night Beats
32 . Beirut - The Rip Tide
33 . Metal Mountains - Golden Trees
34 . Male Bonding - Endless Now
35 . Youth Lagoon - The Year Of Hibernation
36 . Yuck - Yuck
37 . Panda Bear - Tomboy
38 . Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
39 . P.G. Six - Starry Mind
40 . 200 Years - 200 Years
41 . Destroyer - Kaputt
42 . Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream
43 . Yis - Kingdom Of Fuzz
44 . Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
45 . Alela Diane - Alela Diane & Wild Divine
46 . Cults - Cults
47 . Tom Waits - Bad As Me
48 . The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
49 . The Roots - Undun
50 . St Vincent - Strange Mercy
51 . Cat's Eyes - Cat's Eyes
52 . Feist - Metals
53 . White Denim - D
54 . Real Estate - Days
55 . Wilco - The Whole Love
56 . Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
57 . Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
58 . Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
59 . Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
60 . J Mascis - Several Shades Of Why
61 . Low - C'mon
62 . Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
63 . Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow
64 . Chilly Gonzales - The Unspeakable
65 . Six Organs Of Admittance - Asleep On The Floodplain
66 . Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
67 . A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Cervantine
68 . Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - YT//ST
69 . Lia Ices - Grown Unknown
70 . Marissa Nadler - Marissa Nadler
71 . Little Roy - Battle For Seattle
72 . Hyde And Beast - Slow Down
73 . Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
74 . Underground Railroad - White Night Stand
75 . Hiss Golden Messenger - Poor Moon
76 . Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
77 . The Head And The Heart - The Head And The Heart
78 . The Shoes - Crack My Bones
79 . The Men - Leave Home
80 . Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road
81 . Alessi's Ark - Time Travel
82 . The Necks - Mindset
83 . Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
84 . Melanie Laurent - En t'attendant
85 . The Psychic Paramount - II
86 . Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Pt.2
87 . Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
88 . The Raveonettes - Raven In The Grave
89 . Kasabian - Velociraptor!
90 . Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves
91 . The Black Belles - The Black Belles
92 . The Vietnam War - The Vietnam War
93 . D.Charles Speer - Leaving The Commonwealth
94 . Mansfield TYA - NYX
95 . A Winged Victory For The Sullen - A Winged Victory For The Sullen
96 . Peggy Sue - Acrobats
97 . Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread
98 . M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
99 . Emmy The Great - Virtue
100 . Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Mirror Traffic

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Ugh, leaving this until the last minute, as always. So many records to cover, etc. Without further ado... ...congrats PJ'.


Matski's Top Twenty of 2011:

01 | PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
02 | M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
03 | Swarms - Old Raves End
04 | Wilco - The Whole Love
05 | Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting
06 | Russian Circles - Empros
07 | tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
08 | Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
09 | Wild Beasts - Smother
10 | The Roots - Undun
11 | The Black Keys - El Camino
12 | St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
13 | Megafaun - Megafaun
14 | Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
15 | Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
16 | Active Child - You Are All I See
17 | Wild Flag - Wild Flag
18 | Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
19 | Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
20 | The Field - Looping State of Mind


Thirty Honourable Mentions:

-- | Amon Tobin - ISAM
-- | Battles - Gloss Drop
-- | Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee, Part Two
-- | Cave In - White Silence
-- | Cunninlynguists - Oneirology
-- | Destroyer - Kaputt
-- | EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
-- | Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
-- | Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
-- | Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
-- | Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
-- | The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
-- | The Kills - Blood Pressures
-- | Laura Stevenson & the Cans - Sit Resist
-- | Mastodon - Hunter
-- | Nujabes - Spiritual State
-- | Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
-- | Opeth - Heritage
-- | The Psychic Paramount - II
-- | Rustie - Glass Swords
-- | SBTRKT - SBTRKT
-- | Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
-- | *shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo
-- | Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Mirror Traffic
-- | Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour
-- | True Widow - As High As the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
-- | The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence
-- | White Denim - D
-- | A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen
-- | Zomby - Dedication

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1. Björk - Biophilia
2. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
3. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
4. Metronomy - The English Riviera
5. The Strokes - Angles
6. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
7. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
8. Tennis - Cape Dory
9. Magazine - No Thyself
10. The Human League - Credo
11. Kimbra - Vows

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1. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
2. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
3. Tinariwen - Tassili
4. Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4eva
5. Mastodon - The Hunter
6. ASAP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP
7. Keith Jarrett - Rio
8. Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots
9. Pistol Annies - Hell on Heels
10. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
11. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
12. Tom Waits - Bad as Me
13. Dawda Jobarteh - Northern Light Gambian Night
14. AraabMuzik - Electronic Dream
15. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
16. Tombs - Path of Totality
17. Washed Out - Within and Without
18. Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
19. Kate Bush - Director's Cut
20. Dawes - Nothing is Wrong

21. Rustie - Glass Swords
22. John Hiatt - Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns
23. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
24. Clams Casino - Instrumentals
25. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
26. Yes - Fly from Here
27. Nick Lowe - The Old Magic
28. Lou Reed/Metallica - Lulu
29. Reks - R.E.K.S. (Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme)
30. J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story
31. Drake - Take Care
32. The Weeknd - Thursday
33. British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
34. Young Jeezy - TM103: Hustlerz Ambition
35. Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening
36. Bill Frisell/Vinicius Cantuaria - Lagrimas Mexicanas
37. Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit
38. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - From Africa with Fury: Rise
39. Charles Bradley - No Time for Dreaming
40. Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou
41. Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain
42. Kouyate-Neerman - Skyscrapers & Deities
43. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
44. Joe Henry - Reverie
45. J Mascis - Several Shades of Why
46. Peter Gabriel - New Blood
47. Abigail Washburn - City of Refuge
48. Junior Boys - It's All True
49. The Streets - Computer and Blues
50. Curren$y - Weekend at Burnie's
51. The Roots - Undun
52. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
53. The Field - Looping State of Mind
54. Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO (And Other American Stories)
55. Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes
56. R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
57. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
58. Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
59. Lucinda Williams - Blessed
60. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
61. Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch the Throne
62. Pet Shop Boys - The Most Incredible Thing
63. Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
64. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia/Ultra
65. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
66. Terius Nash - 1977
67. Peter Murphy - Ninth
68. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
69. Robbie Robertson - How to Become Clairvoyant
70. The Jayhawks - Mockingbird Time
71. Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow
72. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
73. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Mirror Traffic
74. Metronomy - The English Riviera
75. Beyonce - 4

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1. Cults-Cults
2. Dum Dum Girls- Only in Dreams
3. Vaccines- What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?
4. Veronica Falls- Veronica Falls
5. PJ Harvey- Let England Shake
6. Tennis- Cape Dory
7. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- Belong
8. Lykke Li- Wounded Rhymes
9. the Ettes- Wicked Will
10. Still Corners- Creatures of an Hour
11. Bombay Bicycle Club- A Different Kind of Fix
12. the Joy Formidable- the Big Roar
13. Cat's Eyes- Cat's Eyes
14. EMA- Past Life Martyed Saints
15. Real Estate- Days

Re: The 2011 Year-End Albums Poll

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