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Favourite Albums of 2011 - sean.bonner - 01-07-2012

I think these are my favourite 5....
(in no particular order)

Arkells - Michigan Left


Pearl Jam - Live On Ten Legs


The Strokes - Angles


Sam Roberts Band - Collider


Wilco - The Whole Love

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Re: Favourite Albums of 2011 - daylight - 01-07-2012



I think Diamond Mine by King Creosote & Jon Hopkins takes the crown for me this year. It's a beautiful gem of an album which succeeds in transporting the listener to another place entirely - in this case, a Scottish seaside village. Best listened to with headphones, and quite likely on vinyl (though I haven't gotten around to that yet). Also near the top of the list is Everything's Getting Older by Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat (another Scottish duo), which captures the trials and tribulations of the aging process quite beautifully, with enough filth to remind you that Aidan Moffat is involved. Rounding out my top three is Departing by the Rural Alberta Advantage, which is a great follow-up to their fantastic debut, even if I do have some issues with the sequencing of the last few tracks.

And hey, here's my mix of the year:

1. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Honest Words (B-side from Diamond Mine)
2. St. Vincent - Cheerleader (Strange Mercy)
3. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp (Departing)
4. Okkervil River - Rider (I Am Very Far)
5. Rob Crow - Prepare To Be Mined (He Thinks He's People)
6. Buck 65 - Stop (20 Odd Years)
7. Beirut - Santa Fe (The Rip Tide)
8. Malajube - Le Blizzard (La Caverne)
9. FOUND - You're No Vincent Gallo (factorycraft)
10. Handsome Furs - Repatriated (Sound Kapital)
11. Wake The President - Elaine (Zumutung!)
12. The Fruit Tree Foundation - Splinter (First Edition)
13. Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat - The Copper Top (Everything's Getting Older)
14. Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out (Ceremonials)
15. Wye Oak - Civilian (Civilian)
16. The Black Keys - Sister (El Camino)
17. David Bazan - Eating Paper (Strange Negotiations)
18. Chad VanGaalen - Peace On The Rise (Diaper Island)
19. R.E.M. - We All Go Back To Where We Belong (B-side from Collapse Into Now)
20. Rival Schools - Small Doses (Pedals)
21. Eliott Brood - Their Will (Days Into Years)

Download.

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Re: Favourite Albums of 2011 - direwolf74 - 01-07-2012

Albums:

Tom Waits- Bad As Me
Cuff the Duke- Morning Comes
Foo Fighters- Wasting Light
R.E.M.- Collapse Into Now
Hey Rosetta- Seeds
The Black Keys- El Camino
Wilco- The Whole Love
Arkells- Michigan Left
Screaming Trees- Last Words
Greg Macpherson- Disintegration Blues
Social Distortion- Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
Bry Webb- Provider
Eddie Vedder- Ukulele Songs
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit- Here We Rest
Pearl Jam- Live in Calgary 09/21/2011
Buffalo Tom- Skins
Sam Roberts Band- Collider

Single of the year:
Headstones- Been This Way For Years

Movies:

The Artist
Moneyball
Drive
Hugo
The Muppets
Horrible Bosses
Bridesmaids
Warrior (heart-wrenching performance by Nick Nolte. Dude should win an Oscar.)
Rango
The Debt
Hanna
The Lincoln Lawyer
Mission Impossible 4

Documentaries:

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Pearl Jam Twenty
From the Sky Down
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

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Re: Favourite Albums of 2011 - emperor penguin - 01-08-2012

The Riptide - Beirut
Green Naugahyde - Primus
Oh Fortune - Dan Mangan
Michigan Left - Arkells
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Divine Providence - Deer Tick
Revolution Per Minute - Big Sugar
The Black Keys - El Camino
No Color - The Dodos
Alexander - Alexander Ebert
Circuital - My Morning Jacket
The Reckoning - Needtobreathe
Long Player Late Bloomer - Ron Sexsmith
City of Light EP - The Wooden Sky

Incredible year for new music!

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Re: Favourite Albums of 2011 - northern wave - 01-08-2012

Ron Hawkins - Straitjacket Love
Cuff the Duke - Morning Comes

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Re: Favourite Albums of 2011 - direwolf74 - 01-08-2012

northern wave Wrote:Ron Hawkins - Straitjacket Love

Good call! Can't believe I forgot to add that one to my list. I feel ashamed.

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Re: Favourite Albums of 2011 - sullivand - 01-09-2012

daylight Wrote:Download.

Thanks for this!

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Re: Favourite Albums of 2011 - lewismac91 - 01-13-2012

stephen malkmus & the jicks- mirror traffic
bon iver- bon iver
circuital- my morning jacket
elsie- horrible crowes
bas as me- tom waits
angles- the strokes
ashes & fire- ryan adams
collapse into now- R.E.M.
divine providence- deer tick
whole love- wilco
king of limbs- radiohead

Songs

1.Holocene- Bon Iver
2. Lotus Flower- Radiohead
3. Talking at the Same Time- Tom Waits
4. Dirty Rain- Ryan Adams
5. Main Street- Deer Tick

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Re: Favourite Albums of 2011 - thebends - 01-18-2012

The Graduation Ceremony - Joseph Arthur
Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Ben Harper - Give it Till It's Gone
Sam Roberts Band - Collider
The Kills - Blood Pressures
Awolnation - Megalithic Symphony
Gomez - Whatever's On Your Mind
Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS) - Approved
Foo Fighters - Waisting Light
Feist - Metals
City and Colur - Little Hell
Radiohead - King of Limbs

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