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Your Album of the Year 2011
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Incredible album, unlike anything I've ever heard before. Not for everyone, but I loved it.
My runners up, roughly in order:
Panda Bear - Tomboy (I fucking love this album, hard to choose between it and Blake's.)
Radiohead - The King of Limbs (Great album. I feel like if they included some of their b-sides, like the Daily Mail, Staircase, The Butcher, it could have been amazing. However what's there already is pretty great, highlights being Codex, Lotus Flower and Give up the Ghost for me.)
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (Overall a good album. My one complaint would probably be that a lot of the songs have a very similar 'feel' to them, to the point where it's hard to distinguish between them. They sound great though.)
Girls - Father, Son & Holy Ghost (I loved this album, particularly for the first week or two after I got it, but I got bored of it quicker than I thought I would. Still a solid album. Stand outs for me were 'My ma' and 'Vomit'.)
The Strokes - Angles (Not as amazing as Is This It or Room on Fire, but still great nonetheless. Highlights were 'Taken for a Fool' and 'Life is Simple in the Moonlight'.)
I haven't listened to it, but I liked their first album well enough.
goldlion054
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Oh man, I got really excited for a minute. I thought I might have missed a new Strokes CD, but then I realized it was Angles. Now I'm sad
Nappuccino
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Well, I definitely don't want to beat them into the ground, but if you're looking for music with a lot of interweaving parts and some interesting textures to go along with it (and music changes that work within the song quite well) I'd recommend giving it a shot.
Pretty much. There are way better hip hop albums that have come out this year. Shabazz Places and the Roots record are light years ahead of Lazers.
Thrice - Major/Minor
Not sure where it will end up for me when compared against their other albums, but it's my favorite this year as well.
Please don't
Uno Venova
Banned
Make sure you listen to his debut album right before so you can really hear the drop in quality.
Syph Medwes
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Some of my favourite albums this year
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
*Shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument
Tombs - Path Of Totality
Panda bear - Tomboy
Tenniscoats - Tokinouta
Explosions in the sky - Take Care, Take Care.
Braids - Native speaker
Also enjoyed the new Krallice, Boris, and Nujabes but they all left me underwhelmed overall.
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
*Shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument
Tombs - Path Of Totality
Panda bear - Tomboy
Tenniscoats - Tokinouta
Explosions in the sky - Take Care, Take Care.
Braids - Native speaker
Also enjoyed the new Krallice, Boris, and Nujabes but they all left me underwhelmed overall.
Posted quite a few times now. Anyone that could care to post some impressions? genre? Favorite song/Youtube link?
Edit: talking about the Lamar thing.
Uno Venova
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It's rap, I don't like it as much as everyone else but it has some great songs like No-make up, Fuck your Ethnicity and Rigamortus.
That album cover is so good though, love how the dof works.
Syph Medwes
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Album: Section.80
Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Genre: Hip-hop
Don't really have a favourite song since this album is just great start to finish.
But here are some good ones;
Hiiipower
The Spiteful Chant
Hol' Up
Artist is Kendrick Lamar
Some songs from the album
Kendrick Lamar - A.D.H.D
Kendrick Lamar - Keisha's Song (Her Pain) Ft. Ashtrobot
Kendrick Lamar Ft. RZA - Ronald Reagan Era
How could I have missed this? I've looked forward to a new album from them ever since I first heard Sea of the Dying Dhow.
Randolph Freelander
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I did not purchase and consume much music this year. Of the albums that I did, I enjoyed
Switchfoot, Vice Versus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMMe5DitoA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcwsXPBje2A
FM Static, My Brain Says Stop But My Heart Says Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1W4EMgyVWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_o0IHJK3og
Blindside, With Shivering Hearts We Wait
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ERYy4sEHWs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48g0qicjT18
Family Force 5, III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG0_PODqcN8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zPhqOmaJE
M-Seven, Imaginary Being
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0LPti_eOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvllp6xO2ZQ
Switchfoot, Vice Versus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMMe5DitoA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcwsXPBje2A
FM Static, My Brain Says Stop But My Heart Says Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1W4EMgyVWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_o0IHJK3og
Blindside, With Shivering Hearts We Wait
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ERYy4sEHWs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48g0qicjT18
Family Force 5, III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG0_PODqcN8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zPhqOmaJE
M-Seven, Imaginary Being
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0LPti_eOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvllp6xO2ZQ
OP - I forgive your using this thread as a vehicle for promoting your AOTY because I downloaded the album and it's fking great.
My AOTY? Tough choice. James Blake probably. Runners up: Fleet Foxes, Danny Brown, M83.
I love these threads because I can go through them and get tons of great stuff I missed.
My AOTY? Tough choice. James Blake probably. Runners up: Fleet Foxes, Danny Brown, M83.
I love these threads because I can go through them and get tons of great stuff I missed.
You answered your own question
Thank you very much. I waited a few days to see whether someone else did the 2011 thread and decided to go for it since I am VERY convinced of that albums quality. And the artists message to me that they questioned several times whether there is enough interest from others to continue making music pushed me over. And its free damnit.
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
I was nervous about it when they said it would be a lot different from their first album, but my expectations were blown away. Just an awesome album with awesome songs. My favorites are "Newlands", "Helix", "Civilization", and "Canon".
I didn't like it nearly as much as I liked Cross. On'n'On is probably my favorite off of this album, and I cant wait for the new On'n'On cover album that Ed Banger is putting out sometime soon.
On another note, the cover art for the cover album was taken down from Facebook for being inappropriate. NSFW Cover art for the On'n'On cover album.
Fiasco is my favorite rapper. Lasers is terrible. He turned away from everything that made him, lyrics were lousy, and the beats were pop crap. Most disappointing album of the year easily.
Uno Venova
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Sounds more like a pop mainstream album than regular Lupe, according to Lupe, Atlantic wanted it that way.
Extra Sauce
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Pretty much. Big departure from his early stuff.
twinturbo2
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My top five of the year, in order
1. Beastie Boys- Hot Sauce Committee Volume 2 (easily the best thing they did since Ill Communication, hands down)
2. Rolling Stones- Some Girls (remaster) (I fell in love with this album all over again, the remaster sounds great)
3. Limp Bizkit- Gold Cobra (I expected guitar mastery from Wes and general douchebaggery from Fred, and Gold Cobra delivered in the midst of my '90s nostalgia)
4. Bjork- Biophilia (not bad, still need to check out the iOS app)
5. Lady Gaga- Born This Way (every song on there is catchy)
1. Beastie Boys- Hot Sauce Committee Volume 2 (easily the best thing they did since Ill Communication, hands down)
2. Rolling Stones- Some Girls (remaster) (I fell in love with this album all over again, the remaster sounds great)
3. Limp Bizkit- Gold Cobra (I expected guitar mastery from Wes and general douchebaggery from Fred, and Gold Cobra delivered in the midst of my '90s nostalgia)
4. Bjork- Biophilia (not bad, still need to check out the iOS app)
5. Lady Gaga- Born This Way (every song on there is catchy)
Ah, new City and Color album. Amazing, this thread is a goldmine for finding stuff I missed. Will check your other recommendations as well later.
Great choice, this is my album of the year too. You linked my song of the year too.
I loved his last album as well and somehow he managed to blow me away with one, great stuff.
It seems like this album is pretty polarizing. Everyone that has listened to it either loves it or really doesn't like it. They definitely changed their sound quite a bit but I love it.
But c'mon, no love for Newlands? I can't stop listening to it.
Listened to it the first time now, and I definitely like it quite a bit. Should go nicely with the Tron Legacy Daft Punk soundtrack in a playlist.
And the Fiasco-Lamar comparison indeed wasnt very favorable for Fiasco, but I can imagine there were still plenty of people liking this kind of pop rap. Not my cup pf tea, but yeah, why not.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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I feel like this is the 3rd thread on this subject I've come across recently. Because of that, I'll instead post the album that took me by complete and utter surprise.
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Kind of a tough choice. Gloss Drop is just behind it, but I think TKoL is the one I enjoyed the most, despite its flaws.
Runners-up:
Battles - Gloss Drop
Neon Indian - Era Extrana
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
TheLastCandle
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Really hard to say, it ended up being a damn good year for new releases.
Either this:
Or this:
Iced Earth, Jag Panzer, Nightwish, Korpiklaani, and a whole shitload of others had great ones as well.
Either this:
Or this:
Iced Earth, Jag Panzer, Nightwish, Korpiklaani, and a whole shitload of others had great ones as well.
Thank me later was like, early 2010
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