Best Albums of 2011 - The Lists Begin

[mikal]

The Washed Out album its my #1.

 

[iron yuppie]

Anybody heard the Jamie XX-Gil Scott Heron mash-up/collaboration?

 

[Joey788]

Couple more lists have popped up:

Consequence of Sound

OneThirtyBPM

Spoiler

St. Vincent at number one for CoS? Hell yes.

 

[Danny Boy]

I didn't get to listen to nearly as many albums as I wanted this year, and it's still hard to pick only 10. I bought El Camino on vinyl and haven't been able to give it a spin yet. At any rate, here's my top 10 of what I was able to get around to this year.

1. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
2. Destroyer - Kaputt
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
4. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
5. Cults - Cults
6. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
7. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
8. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
9. Panda Bear - Tomboy
10. Yuck - Yuck

 

[u2popmofo]

If you want to feel uninformed about music, here's Tinymixtape's list:

2011: Favorite 50 Albums of 2011 | Staff Feature | Tiny Mix Tapes

 

[LemonMelon]

I've heard 21 of those. Hey, I'm always welcome to suggestions, so I'm glad lists like this exist. Wish there were more like it.

 

[Danny Boy]

Well, I uh, I own at least one record on every page except page 4.

 

[lazarus]

Fucking hipsters.

 

[u2popmofo]

Awesomely, Popmatters gave Tinymixtape's #1 a 7 today.

 

[Danny Boy]

Oh, hell, the #1 album on their list is available on cassette. Can't get any more fucking hipster than that.

 

[joyfulgirl]

If you want to feel uninformed about music, here's Tinymixtape's list:

2011: Favorite 50 Albums of 2011 | Staff Feature | Tiny Mix Tapes

I seem to either own it or have never heard of it, which is weird.

 

[LemonMelon]

Wait, I thought rehashing critical consensus made these lists pointless. Introducing people to new music makes them equally pointless?

 

[u2popmofo]

Pitchfork's 20 - 1 is up.

 

[cobl04]

Kaputt at two fuck yes!! Well deserved!!

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Guess Pitchfork went the obvious route. Granted, there was enough of a gap between Bon Iver and scores given out this year for any other record that it makes complete sense. In total, I had heard 49 of the 50 albums on their list this year before it was released.

I've heard 30 of the 50 albums on the TinyMixTapes list. Can anybody here top that?

 

[Zootomic]

Slant Magazine's 25 best albums: The 25 Best Albums of 2011 | Music | Slant Magazine

and 25 best singles: The 25 Best Singles of 2011 | Music | Slant Magazine

 

[mikal]

so i listened to the first 4 songs of that Fucked Up album. pretty neat stuff. i get a little sick of the vocals after a while. i just beg for some actual singing over the music, but i still appreciate the approach. it might just crack into my top 25.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Wait, I thought rehashing critical consensus made these lists pointless. Introducing people to new music makes them equally pointless?

You got "pointless" from what I (and/or) others said? Not at all.

 

[Imperor]

1. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Real talk right here.

 

[iron yuppie]

Where's the love for Ms. Clarke? Impy, am I going to be the standard-bearer for Strange Mercy here?

 

[Imperor]

If I made a list, it'd be 1 and 1A with Wounded Rhymes.

 

[LemonMelon]

You got "pointless" from what I (and/or) others said? Not at all.

No, I was picking on Scumbo for calling everything pointless.

 

[u2popmofo]

Uh, what?

 

[gump]

Where's the love for Ms. Clarke? Impy, am I going to be the standard-bearer for Strange Mercy here?

Best of the year for me as well.

 

[LemonMelon]

Uh, what?

Grammys? Pointless. Why make a thread for this shit?

Lists? Let's make a thread. But don't get yourself worked up over them because they're still pointless.

Leaks? Better be pointless to you or I'll point this musket down your throat.

 

[u2popmofo]

If you don't like what I write, put me on ignore. Problem solved.

 

[LemonMelon]

But then there would arise the much more significant problem of all the quality Scumbo posts that would go missing. Damn, dude.

 

[LemonMelon]

In other news, I'll third the Strange Mercy love. Best guitar tone of the year for sure.

 

[Danny Boy]

Where's the love for Ms. Clarke? Impy, am I going to be the standard-bearer for Strange Mercy here?

That's one of the records I've been meaning to get to this year and haven't yet. It's been a busy year.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I can't believe Pitchfork actually named "Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando And I" as their #1 track of 2011.