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31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)


UPDATE 2010

With the additional January ratings the following Albums are in a new Peak Position:

THE OUTSIDERS

Two CDs, which do not contain new material, are not included in the EOY 2010 EU-Mega-Critic-Top 150.
Here their position, if they were included :

003. (003 ) 73,700787 - 90,13 (15 ) Bruce Springsteen ´The Promise´
EU : 046. 74,71 - UK : 001. 79,55 - US : 133. 63,71 - MC : 95

022. (028 ) 68,482142 - 84,50 (12 ) Bob Dylan ´The Bootleg Series Vol.9 : The Witmark Demos : 1962 - 1964´
EU : 007. 70,21 - UK : 00000000 – US : 025. 68,19 – MC : 86

THE APPROVED

001. (001 ) 76,172839 - 88,55 (22 ) Kanye West ´My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy´
EU : 001. 75,97 - UK : 049. 69.23 - US : 001. 81,25 - MC : 93

034. (043 ) 66, 950757 - 77,63 (16 ) Twin Shadow ´Forget´
EU : 020. 67,85 - UK : 095. 67,05 - US : 091. 65,16 - MC : 82

060. (074 ) 65,573777 - 77,14 (14 ) Superchunk ´Majesty Shredding´
EU : 098. 62,50 - UK : 072. 67,95 - US : 061. 66,46 - MC : 82

103. (103 ) 63,578431 - 77,70 (10 ) Caitlin Rose ´Own Side Now´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 031. 70,46 - US : 00000000 - MC : 75

CLUES TO THE CLUES

A Indian Anna & Edith Piaf & Corsica´s Calvi = Anna Calvi´Anna Calvi´

B Santa = December & King & No More = The Decemberists´The King Is Dead´

C Kiss & Iron & Mr. Clean = Iron & Wine´Kiss Each Other Clean

D Bark & Red & Wire = Wire´Red Barked Tree

THE WINNER

Sorry Sketch, your (correct) answer came too late (Deadline is always on the 25th). So I had too choose the closest who is SuperFurry. Congratulations !!!

THE MEGA-CRITIC-CHART

As only 6 acts have come to clear the hurdle of an adjusted score of 61, I extended that score to 60, to obtain a Top 10 at least.

The current position is followed by the adjusted score, the average rating and the number of reviews in brackets.

The scores after the title are the individual positions/adjusted scores for Europe, the UK and the US, followed by the current Metacritic score.

All albums are NEW ENTRIES



001. 67,500000 – 76,60 (20 ) Iron & Wine ´Kiss Each Other Clean´
EU : 001. 65,73 – UK : 001. 71,59 – US : 006. 65,88 – MC : 78

002. 64,446721 – 75,18 (14 ) Wire ´Red Barked Tree´
EU : 007. 58,63 – UK : 002. 69,32 – US : 007. 65,28 – MC : 79

003. 63,390151 – 72,09 (16 ) Deerhoof ´Deerhoof Vs. Evil´
EU : 00000000 – UK : 008. 65,91 – US : 005. 66,82 – MC : 77

004. 63,053892 – 68,96 (23 ) The Decemberists ´The King Is Dead´
EU : 002. 65,22 – UK : 00000000 – US : 00000000 – MC : 78

005. 62,391304 – 78,50 (08 ) Destroyer ´Kaputt´
EU : 00000000 – UK : 00000000 – US : 002. 68,43 – MC : 84



006. 61,633858 – 69,70 (15 ) Anna Calvi ´Anna Calvi´
EU : 003. 61,73 – UK : 010. 65,31 – US : 00000000 – MC : 00

007. 60,892857 – 70,33 (12 ) Joan As Policewoman ´The Deep Field´
EU : 005. 60,00 – UK : 010. 65,31 – US : 00000000 – MC : 00

008. 60,760869 – 74,75 (08 ) Ghostface Killah ´Apollo Kids´
EU : 00000000 – UK : 00000000 – US : 004. 67,45 – MC : 00

009. 60,360824 – 72,33 (09 ) Suuns ´Zeroes QC´
EU : 00000000 – UK : 003. 68,18 – US : 00000000 – MC : 00

010. 60,267857 – 69,17 (12 ) Adele ´21´
EU : 004. 61,54 – UK : 00000000 – US : 00000000 – MC : 00

FURTHER EU-POSITIONS

006. 58,99 Diddy Dirty Money ´Last Train To Paris´
008. 58,38 Phoenix Foundation ´Buffalo´
009. 58,10 Cloud Nothings ´Cloud Nothings´
010. 57,50 British Sea Power ´Valhalla Dancehall´

FURTHER UK-POSITIONS

003. 68,18 The Joy Formidable ´The Big Roar´
005. 67,05 Hannah Peel ´Broken Wave
006. 66,33 British Sea Power ´Valhalla Dancehall´
007. 66,18 Gang Of Four ´Content´
008. 65,91 Fujiya & Miyagi ´Ventriloquizzing´

FURTHER US-POSITIONS

001. 70,00 Smith Westerns ´Dye It Blonde´
003. 68,24 Braids ´Native Speaker´
008. 64,52 Delicate Steve ´Wondervisions´
009. 63,26 Tennis ´Cape Dory´
010. 61,45 Supersilent ´10´

THE TOP 5

# 01



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# 03



# 04



# 05



NEW COMPETITION

Guess (Deadline = 25th) the Highest New Entry into next month´s Mega-Critic-Chart (Publication = 30th) as well as its position (as a tie-breaker) and enter the chance to win 2 CDs of your choice.
The Clues will be online on the 21st.

Good Luck !!!

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

D'oh! For whatever reason, I keep thinking the clues are posted on the 25th, so I didn't think to check until then. Maybe my luck will stick with me later this year. Congrats, SuperFurry!

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

Stefan, I am so pleased and grateful that you are continuing mega-critic into another year. THANK YOU!!!

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

I think that the albums from Wire, Ghostface Killah and Suuns are from 2010. Wire and Ghostface Killah released their albums in the end of December while Suuns' album came out in October according to RYM. Maybe you can include them and just add a 2010 tag.

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

Wire is listed as Jan 10/11 for UK/US release on amazon, but I have the other two as 2010 releases.

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

Apparently there was an iTunes release last year.

http://rateyourmusic.com/admin/corq/?album_id=3120969
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/red-barked-tree/id406277820

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

Thought I'd get out ahead of everyone:

PJ Harvey #1!

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

BillAdama
Thought I'd get out ahead of everyone:

PJ Harvey #1!


Damn you!

PJ Harvey @ #1 and I have no idea which will be the second highest, maybe James Blake @ #3

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

HRS
BillAdama
Thought I'd get out ahead of everyone:

PJ Harvey #1!


Damn you!

PJ Harvey @ #1 and I have no idea which will be the second highest, maybe James Blake @ #3


Do not get too excited !!! As the highest and second highest new entry this month are too obvious (or are maybe Radiohead crossing this speculation ???), we are looking in the February Competition for the third-highest New Entry. Clues on the 21st !!!

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

Wait, so we need to gues the first, second and THIRD albums to win?

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

Jordonathon
Wait, so we need to gues the first, second and THIRD albums to win?


I think the point is that PJ Harvey and James Blake are too clearly going to be #'s 1 and 2 for guesses to matter, so it makes more sense to shoot for #3.

I'm wondering, though, if a certain Monarch of Appendages might not have thrown a spanner in these particular works... It's too early for a Metascore, but we'll see.

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

I'm thinking 1, 2 and 3 are pretty much set.. so I'll go for Blake at 3.

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

Radiohead #3, since Blake is already taken.

Re: 31/01/2011 MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2011 So Far (With Competition)

Life is strange, so I'll settle for PJ Harvey in 3rd. Since the other two are already taken.