Saturday, December 31, 2011

Notable albums of 2011

THE Notable album of 2011:

Best album of this year: The King Of Limbs by Radiohead

Best electronic album of this year: Audio, Video, Disco by Justice

Best indie album of this year: Portamento by the Drums

Best indie rock album of this year: Suck it and See by Arctic Monkeys

Best Indie pop album of this year: Tape Club by SSLYBY

Best Shoegaze albumof this year: Hurry up, We're dreaming by M83

Best Chillwave album of this year: Era Extrana by Neon Indian

Best alternative album of this year: Wasting Light by Foo Fighters

Catchiest album of this year: Junk of the Heart by The Kooks

Best "dubstep album" of this year: Welcome Reality by NERO

Best folk album of this year:Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

Weirdest album of this year: The Peoples Key by Bright Eyes

Best indie electronic album of this year: Reptillians by Starfucker

Most anticipated album of this year: Collapse into now by R.E.M.

Most Mainstream indie album: Torches by Foster The People

Best First Half of the year album: Gimme Some by Peter Bjorn and John

Best Alternative Rock album of the first half: Angles by the Strokes

Sountrack for summer: Within and Without by Washed Out

Soundtrack for fall: Um, Uh Oh by Say Hi

Album chosen by you readers: The Rip Tide by Beiruit

Notable album of the year (from the competition): Mines is yours by Cold War Kids

Best concept album: In the Mountain, In the Cloud by Portugal. The man

Salli's top albums:

1. Skying by The Horrors
2. Bon Iver Bon Iver by Bon Iver
3. Suck it and See Arctic Monkeys
4. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain by WU LYF
5. Yuck by Yuck
6. Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
7. Only in Dreams by Dum Dum Girls
8. Strange Mercy by St. Vincent
9. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83
10. Father, Son, Holy Ghost by Girls
11. Within and Without byWashed Out
12. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
13. Blood Pressures The Kills
14. The Big Roar by The Joy Formidable
15. Ceremonials by Florence + the Machine

If the album you like hasn't been recognized here its probably already been recognized elsewhere but this is the best list we can come up with so if you don't like it I will just look at you funny through this computer screen at you. Plus 2012 will have great releases hopefully some great come backs from hiatus huh?

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