Best Albums of 2011

[Music Head]

from Billboard

this one is based on U.S. sales across all genres
most you just shake your head in wonder
then someone like Adele comes along and restores your faith

1) Adele - 21
2) Taylor Swift - Speak Now
3) Lady Gaga - Born This Way
4) Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
5) Susan Boyle - The Gift
6) Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
7) Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
8) Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
9) Rihanna - Loud
10) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
11) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
12) Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
13) Eminem - Recovery
14) Jay Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne
15) Jackie Evancho - O Holy Night
16) Kid Rock - Born Free
17) Rascal Flatts - Nothing Like This
18) Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
19) Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
20) Glee Soundtrack - The Christmas Special

[CRAZY-HORSE]

ok, of your most recent list i have scored the ones i either have or have heard and the scores are as follows:

1) Adele - 21 ***
2) Taylor Swift - Speak Now ***
3) Lady Gaga - Born This Way *
4) Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
5) Susan Boyle - The Gift
6) Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
7) Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
8) Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More ***
9) Rihanna - Loud **
10) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream **
11) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy **
12) Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans **
13) Eminem - Recovery **
14) Jay Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne
15) Jackie Evancho - O Holy Night
16) Kid Rock - Born Free
17) Rascal Flatts - Nothing Like This
18) Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
19) Lady Antebellum - Need You Now **
20) Glee Soundtrack - The Christmas Special

[Music Head]

I have one, Mumford & Sons
only because it was bought from last years buy list

[SteveO]

Have only four

[CRAZY-HORSE]

i have Adele,Taylor Swift, Gaga,Rhianna,Katy,Kanye,Bruno,Eminem

[Music Head]

expected this one to be a little bit more mainstream
maybe I'm just so out of touch

from Pitchfork

1) Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2) Destroyer - Kaputt
3) M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
4) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
5) Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
6) Oneohtrix Point Never - Sleep Dealer
7) Tuneyards - Whokill
8) Drake - Take Care
9) Real Estate - Days
10) Weekend - House Of Balloons
11) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
12) James Blake - James Blake
13) EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
14) Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
15) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
16) Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
17) Clams Casino - Instrumentals
18) Atlas Sound - Parallax
19) Danny Brown - XXX
20) Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise

[CRAZY-HORSE]

our lists from Australia will be available in a couple of weeks...they seem to wait till the beginning of the new year to do that sort of thing here...

i'll do my "best albums" list for 2011 at the same time

[SteveO]

I only have 4 on the last list !....My list of albums that I have thoroughly listened to are as follows as some of my favorite releases of 2011...

No order...remember I don't use BEST just favorite...

Opeth - Heritage
Adele 21 (can't get Someone Like You out of my head !!!...lol)
Peter Murphy - Ninth
Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare
While Heaven Wept - Fear of Infinity
Paul Weller - Wake up the Nation
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
F***** Up - David Comes to Life
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton - Plays the Blues
Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart - Don't Explain
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
Dave Stewart - Blackbird Diaries
Steve Wilson - Grace for Drowning
Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow

That's my 14 favorites from this year...I am sure I will remember more to add ..lol

I am not disregarding other albums, I just never heard them yet !....they are still in my to listen to queque !!!..lol

NOTE: I wish Paul McCartney and Roger Waters would have released new albums this year !!! ( I know Macca released another classical album but not rock)

our lists from Australia will be available in a couple of weeks...they seem to wait till the beginning of the new year to do that sort of thing here...

i'll do my "best albums" list for 2011 at the same time

[CRAZY-HORSE]

McCartney, according to all reports i have seen has two albums due out next year...
one which is a very rock sounding album,apparently all tracks were recorded in one or two takes with little production with his current touring band.
also a duets album, apparently this one is all of his own songs from his back catalogue including some beatle tracks...Paul Stanley of KISS and Bob Dylan have been named as artists who have been a part of the recording process

mind you, rumours of a duets album have been floating around for a couple of years now...so i guess we'll have to wait and see!

[SteveO]

Thanks, Crazy ! Very good news and something to look forward to as well as Leonard Cohen's new release !!!!

McCartney, according to all reports i have seen has two albums due out next year...
one which is a very rock sounding album,apparently all tracks were recorded in one or two takes with little production with his current touring band.
also a duets album, apparently this one is all of his own songs from his back catalogue including some beatle tracks...Paul Stanley of KISS and Bob Dylan have been named as artists who have been a part of the recording process

mind you, rumours of a duets album have been floating around for a couple of years now...so i guess we'll have to wait and see!