2011 Top Album Lists

Mrd00d · 02-17-2012, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Euronomus

I know it's a little late but I made a list for another forum I frequent where this topic is still being discussed so I figured I'd throw it up here as well.

1. Mr Gnome - Madness in Miniature
2. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
3. Chad Vangaalen - Diaper Island
4. Other Lives - tamer Animals
5. Chelsea Wolfe - Apocolypsis
6. Esben & The Witch - Violet Cries
7. Russian Circles - Empros
8. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light pt1
9. Bjork - Biophilia
10. the Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
11. ...Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
12. Mogwai - hardcore will never die....
13. 65DOS - silent Running
14. Jesu - Ascension
15. IAMX - Volatile Times
16. *Shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo
17. Hooray for Earth - the true loves
18. SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones
19. Shoppers – Silver Year
20. Six Organs Of Admittance - Asleep on the Floodplane
21. Implodes - Black Earth
22. Fen - Epoch
23. Efrim Manuel Menuck - High Gospel
24. Giles Corey – Giles Corey
I was aiming for 25 but I honestly can't think of anything else that was even decent last year.

The only two I'm familiar with are TuneYards' and Russian Circles' albums though I heard good things about Mr Gnome and Jesu.

I do recommend, if you care to, to go through the thread and see if anybody elses' list has artists you know about that had albums out last year you may have missed. I noticed you didn't think there was a 25th album to add. I felt there was an amazing amount of great albums last year. So much so that I had a top100. Now surely I could have made it a top 80 but that didn't sound great, so I included some albums that I thought were honorable mentions (mind you, I didn't put them up there at all if I didn't enjoy them thoroughly but some aren't mind-blowing, sure). Food for thought.

Thanks for sharing. Better late than never. I wrote my 2010 list in May 2011 for example

starrynight · 02-17-2012, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Euronomus

7. Russian Circles - Empros

I found the previous album of Russian Circles more interesting.

Euronomus · 02-17-2012, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Mrd00d

I do recommend, if you care to, to go through the thread and see if anybody elses' list has artists you know about that had albums out last year you may have missed.

i actually did that before I posted, originally I only had 23 albums, I had forgotten that the ....Trail of Dead album came out this year. I'm pretty much the opposite of you I guess, it would bug me to put something on my best of list that I didn't listen to a lot.

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I found the previous album of Russian Circles more interesting.

I totally agree, I actually wrestled with putting it so high in my list but i listened to it quite a bit, it was the only cd in my car for like 2 months, so I figured if I can listen to it that much it's probably better than I'm giving it credit for -because I was comparing it to the first one.

Norg · 06-04-2012, 03:27 AM

2011

1.DIR EN GREY-DUM SPIRO SPERO
2.Lady gaga-Born This Way
3. KORN-The Path Of Totality
4. DOPE DOD-Branded - Pandora's Box
5.Fear and The Nervous System-S/T
6.-=-=-=-=- DUPSTEP YAY=-=-=-=-

YAY !

Ravenheart · 06-04-2012, 12:25 PM

A bit late, but why not? 2011 was chock-full of fantastic albums.

These were my top 10 in order, along with some great honorable mentions:

1. Emilie Simon - Franky Knight
2. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo OST
3. Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Have You Seen this Ghost
4. Sarah Fimm - Near Infinite Possibility
5. VNV Nation - Automatic
6. Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
7. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
8. Fair to Midland - Arrows and Anchors
9. Aesthetic Perfection - All Beauty Destroyed
10. Noisuf-X - Dead End District

Honorable mentions:

Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising
Opeth - Heritage
Bjork - Biophilia
Covenant - Modern Ruin
ulver - Wars of the Roses
Skinny Puppy - Handover
Tori Amos - Night of Hunters
Voltaire - Riding a Black Unicorn
Radiohead - The King of Limbs

Mrd00d · 06-04-2012, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ravenheart

A bit late, but why not? 2011 was chock-full of fantastic albums.

These were my top 10 in order, along with some great honorable mentions:

1. Emilie Simon - Franky Knight
2. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo OST
3. Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Have You Seen this Ghost
4. VNV Nation - Automatic
5. Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
6. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
7. Fair to Midland - Arrows and Anchors
8. Aesthetic Perfection - All Beauty Destroyed
9. Noisuf-X - Dead End District
10. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow

Honorable mentions:

Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising
Opeth - Heritage
Bjork - Biophilia
Covenant - Modern Ruin
ulver - Wars of the Roses
Skinny Puppy - Handover
Tori Amos - Night of Hunters
Voltaire - Riding a Black Unicorn
Radiohead - The King of Limbs

I've never given Bjork a chance, to be honest. Interesting to hear she's still active. I'll probably check her stuff out some time.

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Originally Posted by Norg

2011

1.DIR EN GREY-DUM SPIRO SPERO
2.Lady gaga-Born This Way
3. KORN-The Path Of Totality
4. DOPE DOD-Branded - Pandora's Box
5.Fear and The Nervous System-S/T
6.-=-=-=-=- DUPSTEP YAY=-=-=-=-

YAY !

Can't believe we can agree on something. One thing.

Although Fear and the Nervous System didn't break my top 50, it was good.

Ravenheart · 06-05-2012, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mrd00d

I've never given Bjork a chance, to be honest. Interesting to hear she's still active. I'll probably check her stuff out some time.

Either Homogenic or Post is probably the place to start, though Vespertine is my overall favorite by her.

Norg · 06-05-2012, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Mrd00d

I've never given Bjork a chance, to be honest. Interesting to hear she's still active. I'll probably check her stuff out some time.

Can't believe we can agree on something. One thing.

Although Fear and the Nervous System didn't break my top 50, it was good.

to 50 WTF FATNS is better then most if not all of that INDIE Hipster POP rock **** yall are postin but whatever

Mrd00d · 06-05-2012, 04:57 PM

I thought it was obvious we were going to have to agree to disagree about our choices in music. I was commenting that there is some overlap in our tastes, no need to be snarky about its position on my list. Its more for me than anyone else.

As a band I'd never heard before, it was a great album. It wasn't mind-blasting enough for me to score it higher than a whole slew of established artists I follow that released fantastic work last year. The reason I had a top 100 albums was because I follow a lot of genres of music like jazz, hip-hop, rock, metal, instrumental guitar, funk, and weird hybrids therein.

If I broke down and made top lists by genres, it might have broken the top 10 easily in its category.

Now that I know you dig Fear and the Nervous System, I should be able to recommend some similar bands to you. Gotta find the positive here. Negativity helps no one. This isn't an e-peen contest. We're all here, hopefully, to hear about new artists we may enjoy.

06-04-2012, 12:25 PM	#75 (permalink)
Ravenheart Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 68	A bit late, but why not? 2011 was chock-full of fantastic albums. These were my top 10 in order, along with some great honorable mentions: 1. Emilie Simon - Franky Knight 2. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo OST 3. Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Have You Seen this Ghost 4. Sarah Fimm - Near Infinite Possibility 5. VNV Nation - Automatic 6. Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials 7. Bright Eyes - The People's Key 8. Fair to Midland - Arrows and Anchors 9. Aesthetic Perfection - All Beauty Destroyed 10. Noisuf-X - Dead End District Honorable mentions: Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising Opeth - Heritage Bjork - Biophilia Covenant - Modern Ruin ulver - Wars of the Roses Skinny Puppy - Handover Tori Amos - Night of Hunters Voltaire - Riding a Black Unicorn Radiohead - The King of Limbs __________________ Last.fm Last edited by Ravenheart; 06-05-2012 at 12:39 AM.

06-05-2012, 04:57 PM	#79 (permalink)
Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	I thought it was obvious we were going to have to agree to disagree about our choices in music. I was commenting that there is some overlap in our tastes, no need to be snarky about its position on my list. Its more for me than anyone else. As a band I'd never heard before, it was a great album. It wasn't mind-blasting enough for me to score it higher than a whole slew of established artists I follow that released fantastic work last year. The reason I had a top 100 albums was because I follow a lot of genres of music like jazz, hip-hop, rock, metal, instrumental guitar, funk, and weird hybrids therein. If I broke down and made top lists by genres, it might have broken the top 10 easily in its category. Now that I know you dig Fear and the Nervous System, I should be able to recommend some similar bands to you. Gotta find the positive here. Negativity helps no one. This isn't an e-peen contest. We're all here, hopefully, to hear about new artists we may enjoy. __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

06-04-2012, 03:27 AM	#74 (permalink)
Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,358	2011 1.DIR EN GREY-DUM SPIRO SPERO 2.Lady gaga-Born This Way 3. KORN-The Path Of Totality 4. DOPE DOD-Branded - Pandora's Box 5.Fear and The Nervous System-S/T 6.-=-=-=-=- DUPSTEP YAY=-=-=-=- YAY !