Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 31

Thread: Top 10 Albums of 2011 (From various reviewers)

  1. #1
    Basement Dweller Godfather's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Vancouver
    Posts
    16,820
    vCash
    13129
    Mentioned
    28 Post(s)
    Thanks
    4,305
    Thanked 6,770 Times in 4,009 Posts

    Review Top 10 Albums of 2011 (From various reviewers)

    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

  2. #2
    Bon Temps Southern Belle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    SC
    Posts
    4,608
    vCash
    3000
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Thanks
    91
    Thanked 147 Times in 103 Posts
    Going to check a few of those out.

  3. #3
    Basement Dweller Godfather's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Vancouver
    Posts
    16,820
    vCash
    13129
    Mentioned
    28 Post(s)
    Thanks
    4,305
    Thanked 6,770 Times in 4,009 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Southern Belle View Post
    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

  4. #4
    Bon Temps Southern Belle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    SC
    Posts
    4,608
    vCash
    3000
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Thanks
    91
    Thanked 147 Times in 103 Posts
    I will hon!

  5. #5
    Katy Perry's Vaginaland. JoeyB's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Kneeling on the parquet
    Posts
    4,783
    vCash
    3000
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Thanks
    184
    Thanked 30 Times in 24 Posts
    I would rather drill a rusty nail through my penis than listen to all but two of the above.
    Behold my signature~!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Loser View Post
    Fuck you hippy
    Pippa~!!
    The horse does not eat cucumber salad.
    I think everyone in my world, the normal world, knows that Mark Levin and Hannity are relevant only to the angriest, most bitter Americans. (Alec Baldwin)

  6. #6
    Dilly dilly Goofy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    On the oche
    Posts
    52,011
    vCash
    5200
    Mentioned
    124 Post(s)
    Thanks
    6,061
    Thanked 13,156 Times in 6,846 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by JoeyB View Post
    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

  7. #7
    Katy Perry's Vaginaland. JoeyB's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Kneeling on the parquet
    Posts
    4,783
    vCash
    3000
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Thanks
    184
    Thanked 30 Times in 24 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Goofy View Post
    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.
    Behold my signature~!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Loser View Post
    Fuck you hippy
    Pippa~!!
    The horse does not eat cucumber salad.
    I think everyone in my world, the normal world, knows that Mark Levin and Hannity are relevant only to the angriest, most bitter Americans. (Alec Baldwin)

  8. #8
    Basement Dweller Godfather's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Vancouver
    Posts
    16,820
    vCash
    13129
    Mentioned
    28 Post(s)
    Thanks
    4,305
    Thanked 6,770 Times in 4,009 Posts
    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.
    Last edited by Godfather; 12-28-2011 at 05:29 PM.

  9. #9
    transracial Hal-9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    On the Discovery
    Posts
    92,141
    vCash
    1000
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Thanks
    5,799
    Thanked 11,829 Times in 8,168 Posts
    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

  10. #10
    transracial Hal-9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    On the Discovery
    Posts
    92,141
    vCash
    1000
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Thanks
    5,799
    Thanked 11,829 Times in 8,168 Posts
    where's Nickelback?




  11. #11
    21-Jazz hands salute Muddy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    On the Waters of Life
    Posts
    47,246
    vCash
    9653
    Mentioned
    5 Post(s)
    Thanks
    25,971
    Thanked 12,316 Times in 8,172 Posts
    LOOK AT THIS PHOTOOOOGRAPH!!!!! oOO OOOAH OOOO.. :squeak fart:

  12. #12
    transracial Hal-9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    On the Discovery
    Posts
    92,141
    vCash
    1000
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Thanks
    5,799
    Thanked 11,829 Times in 8,168 Posts
    GF loves Nickelback, he's been to 27 of their concerts

  13. #13
    21-Jazz hands salute Muddy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    On the Waters of Life
    Posts
    47,246
    vCash
    9653
    Mentioned
    5 Post(s)
    Thanks
    25,971
    Thanked 12,316 Times in 8,172 Posts
    They're a joke around these parts.. Im sorry GF..

  14. #14
    transracial Hal-9000's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    On the Discovery
    Posts
    92,141
    vCash
    1000
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Thanks
    5,799
    Thanked 11,829 Times in 8,168 Posts
    I like the firefox add-on that eliminates all references to Nickelback from web pages

  15. #15
    Katy Perry's Vaginaland. JoeyB's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Kneeling on the parquet
    Posts
    4,783
    vCash
    3000
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Thanks
    184
    Thanked 30 Times in 24 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    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.
    There is a target audience. Some people fall out of that target group and enjoy it anyway, but make no mistake, it exists within the business model of music, and it always has. Just because only two of the above artists on the list fall within my 'like spectrum' doesn't make me too lazy to investigate new music (kind of an insulting suggestion). It's just that I find most of the 'new' music I discover as the years go on just happens to be older, more obscure stuff. I was only expressing my opinion, no need to feel threatened by that. You are free to enjoy whatever you like as am I. Goofy felt the same way. The above just wasn't for us.

    Not liking the newest, most popular stuff is not an act of esthetic malfeasance, it's just a matter of personal taste. Liking the newest music is, conversely, also not a crime.

    Unless it's Justin Beiber of course, in which case, fuck you. Note to twelve year old girls: that's not a request, it's an insult.
    Behold my signature~!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Loser View Post
    Fuck you hippy
    Pippa~!!
    The horse does not eat cucumber salad.
    I think everyone in my world, the normal world, knows that Mark Levin and Hannity are relevant only to the angriest, most bitter Americans. (Alec Baldwin)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •