Top 10 Albums of 2011 (From various reviewers)

[Godfather]

Pitchfork (my favorite reviewers)
10. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
9. Real Estate - Days
8. Drake - Take Care
7. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
6. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
5. Girls - Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
4. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
3. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (GF's Favorite)
2. Destroyer - Kaputt
1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver

Rolling Stone
10. Robbie Robertson - How to Become Clairvoyant
9.Wild Flag - Wild Flag
8. Wilco - The Whole Love
7. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
6. Lady Gaga - Born This Way
5. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
4. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
3. Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
2. Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
1. Adele - 21

Spin
10. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
9. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
8. G-Side - The One...Cohesive
7. The Rapture - In the Grace of Your Love
6. Danny Brown - XXX
5. Girls - Father Son, Holy Ghost
4. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
3. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
1. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life

Paste Magazine
10. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
9. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
8. Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
7. Wilco – The Whole Love
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – It’s A Corporate World
5. Middle Brother – Middle Brother
4. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l
3. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
2. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
1. Bon Iver – Bon Iver

[Southern Belle]

Going to check a few of those out.

[Godfather]

Going to check a few of those out.

M83's album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is my favorite. Really chill, good music.
Bon Iver's self titled sophomore album is great too,
Destroyer's (from Vancouver!) album Kaputt is a great one
As is Girls, and Real Estate

I'd check those ones out, great new music

[Southern Belle]

I will hon!

[JoeyB]

I would rather drill a rusty nail through my penis than listen to all but two of the above.

[Goofy]

I would rather drill a rusty nail through my penis than listen to all but two of the above.

Ditto........ think ive only heard of 3 or 4 in the entire list

[JoeyB]

Ditto........ think ive only heard of 3 or 4 in the entire list

You know it's bad when you can't even tell what is the artist name and what is the album name, cases in point:

The Weeknd - House of Balloons
Real Estate - Days
tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

I had to scroll down and find an artist I had heard of just to suss that part out.

Face it Goofy...we are not the target audience for most of today's commercial releases. We are too old, as in, we have pubes.

[Godfather]

I don't care if Joey doesn't like this music, but my speech is ...

My girlfriend's father is a brilliant, cultured, 60 year old doctor with slight Asperger's, who owns all of these albums He has reviewed music since the days of the Beatles and Stones... and loves modern rock. He even writes his own reviews that are usually similar to Pitchfork. It really brings us together. There's no such thing as a target audience when it comes to good music, though I hear that and 'they don't make good music anymore,' all the time when people are too lazy to discover something new.

You could give Bon Iver or M83 a couple listens. It won't kill you.

[Hal-9000]

where's Nickelback?

[Goofy]

You could give Bon Iver or M83 a couple listens. It won't kill you.

Just had a listen to a couple of tracks on youtube....... not my cup of tea. Everyone has different tastes and opinions, that's what makes music so good - there's something out there for everyone. I'm basically an old school rock'n'roll fan, the Stones, the Who, that kind of thing........ but i also love certain songs from other genres of music, if its good its good whether it be rock, pop, rap, classical.

For instance, i listen to this song on a regular basis - its totally sublime

[JoeyB]

That is a lovely song Goofy. I like the version he does with Sarah Brightman. It's lush, a piece of modern music that feels more like something from the romantic era of classical music (my favorite!).

I'm always attracted to music that isn't ugly though.

[Hal-9000]

I saw P.J. Harvey live as the warm up act for U2..

probably one of the lamest opening acts I've ever seen...she just about got booed off the stage

[Muddy]

LOOK AT THIS PHOTOOOOGRAPH!!!!! oOO OOOAH OOOO.. :squeak fart:

[Hal-9000]

GF loves Nickelback, he's been to 27 of their concerts

[Muddy]

They're a joke around these parts.. Im sorry GF..