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Albums of the year

UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
edited November 2011 in Other Music
So far my definite contenders would be:

Decemberists, Cave Singers, Iron & Wine, My Morning Jacket, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs, Drive By Truckers, Bright Eyes, TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Foo Fighters, Low Anthem, Ryan Adams, Wilco

Still to pick up:

Tom Waits, Jane's Addiction, Deer Tick, Laura Marling, Gillian Welch all of which I'm hoping will be contenders too...

Been a pretty good year :)
Astoria Crew
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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,036
    Please take a look at this, if you want: http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=162540&hilit=+2011+releases
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  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    Pap wrote:
    Please take a look at this, if you want: http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=162540&hilit=+2011+releases

    :shock: How did I forget Screaming Trees?? I listened to it this morning as well :oops:
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    my favorites

    bright eyes - people's key
    wilco - the whole love
    the antlers - burst apart
    my morning jacket - circuital
    bill callahan - apocalypse
    thurston moore - demolished thoughts
    kurt vile - smoke ring for my halo
    destroyer - kaputt
    gillian welch - the harrow and the harvest
    pj harvey - let england shake
    bon iver - bon iver
    feist - metals
    foo fighters - wasting light
    wild beasts - smother
    nostalgia '77 - the sleepwalking society
    fucked up - david comes to life
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    UKDave wrote:
    So far my definite contenders would be:

    Decemberists, Cave Singers, Iron & Wine, My Morning Jacket, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs, Drive By Truckers, Bright Eyes, TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Foo Fighters, Low Anthem, Ryan Adams, Wilco

    Still to pick up:

    Tom Waits, Jane's Addiction, Deer Tick, Laura Marling, Gillian Welch all of which I'm hoping will be contenders too...

    Been a pretty good year :)


    I would like to add the latest from St. Vincent as well. It really took me by surprise.

    http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/158 ... nge-mercy/
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Some great albums listed. One more to add, which may be my overall favorite of the year:

    Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit ~ Here We Rest
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    merkinball wrote:
    Some great albums listed. One more to add, which may be my overall favorite of the year:

    Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit ~ Here We Rest

    Not heard that one yet, also on the wanted list... how does it compare with Sirens?
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    UKDave wrote:
    merkinball wrote:
    Some great albums listed. One more to add, which may be my overall favorite of the year:

    Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit ~ Here We Rest

    Not heard that one yet, also on the wanted list... how does it compare with Sirens?

    Much better. I think w/ his other two discs he was trying to differentiate himself from the DBT. With Here We Rest he's still got his own sound, but the lonely southern feel is definitely back. The whole disc is strong, but there's a few tracks that are my favorites:

    Alabama Pines:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxv0g-6m3GY

    Codeine
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V_vBPaI ... re=related
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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    spotify:user:merkinball
  • frazbafrazba Posts: 601
    The new Ry Cooder surely merits a mention.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    MMJ-Circuital
    Wilco-The Whole Love
    White Stripes-Live In Mississippi
    Pink Floyd-DSOTM Live '74
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Been a pretty good year :)


    I would like to add the latest from St. Vincent as well. It really took me by surprise.

    http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/158 ... nge-mercy/[/quote]

    That's #1 for me so far in 2011.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,084
    these might help (from a few months ago though) ;)

    viewtopic.php?f=9&t=163962
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • chimpatchimpat Posts: 590
    I think Dawes' album "Nothing Is Wrong" is my favorite of the year. Awesome album.

    Also really like: Matthew Good, Delay Trees, Middle Brother, Bon Iver, Typhoon, Chamberlin & We Are Augustines.

    I love My Morning Jacket but I was a bit disappointed with their album. A few real good songs but overall didn't love the album.
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  • frazbafrazba Posts: 601
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Been a pretty good year :)


    I would like to add the latest from St. Vincent as well. It really took me by surprise.

    http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/158 ... nge-mercy/

    That's #1 for me so far in 2011.[/quote]


    Will have to check this out, cheers.

    So far (I'm assuming Mr Waits will feature in a later list!) I would say Wilco, Bill Callahan, Low, Ry Cooder and The Low Anthem would be vying for top spot.
  • frazbafrazba Posts: 601
    Oh, and Richmond Fontaine 'The High Country' of course, magnificent.
  • frazbafrazba Posts: 601
    I forgot about Gillian Welch 'The Harrow and the Harvest', definitely in the running.
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Album of the year:

    Tom Waits- Bad as Me. I'm on my 2nd listen right now and it's blowing my mind. I'd say it's the best thing he's done since Mule Variations. The man is simply incapable of putting out a mediocre album, and with this record he proves once again that he's still the greatest songwriter alive today.

    Honorable mentions:

    R.E.M.- Collapse Into Now
    Cuff the Duke- Morning Comes
    Wilco- The Whole Love
    Screaming Trees- Last Words
    Foo Fighters- Wasting Light
    Arkells- Michigan Left
    Social Distortion- Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes
    Ron Hawkins- Straitjacket Love
    Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues
    Feist- Metals
    Eddie Vedder- Ukulele Songs
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Album of the year:

    Tom Waits- Bad as Me. I'm on my 2nd listen right now and it's blowing my mind. I'd say it's the best thing he's done since Mule Variations. The man is simply incapable of putting out a mediocre album, and with this record he proves once again that he's still the greatest songwriter alive today.

    i am offended on behalf of bob. no disrespect to tom.
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    Yuck
    The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
    Pj Harvey - Let England Shake
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  • Edrock78Edrock78 Posts: 167
    edited October 2011
    Mastodon- The Hunter
    Foo Fighters-Wasting Light
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  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Cold War Kids- Mine is Yours
    Eddie Vedder- Ukulele Songs
    Foo Fighters- Wasting Light
    Tres Mts- Tres Mts
    Blue October- Any Man in America
    Star Anna/Laughing Dogs- All Alone in this Together
    Chickenfoot- III
    Red Hot Chili Peppers- I'm With You
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

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  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    The new Deer Tick album is very good. I think you'll love it, OP
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    The new Deer Tick album is very good. I think you'll love it, OP

    Not got it yet but loved War Elephant and Black Dirt Sessions so hoping for great things... :)
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    UKDave wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    The new Deer Tick album is very good. I think you'll love it, OP

    Not got it yet but loved War Elephant and Black Dirt Sessions so hoping for great things... :)
    It's less folky and more electric. Different but still very good. Officially released tomorrow!
    And if you dont have it, you must get Born on Flag Day as well!
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    UKDave wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    The new Deer Tick album is very good. I think you'll love it, OP

    Not got it yet but loved War Elephant and Black Dirt Sessions so hoping for great things... :)
    It's less folky and more electric. Different but still very good. Officially released tomorrow!
    And if you dont have it, you must get Born on Flag Day as well!
    Just put it on.... The Bump is cracking me up
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  • javis el errantejavis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,136
    The right fight would be between Thurston Moore and Noel Gallagher...

    I have a friend who flew to the UK last Sunday, he is going to many concerts in the UK until late November, and from there till late December in the States another whole bunch of shows, to make a long story short, 4 Gillian Welch on either side of the Atlantic, 3 and 2 Noel Gallagher shows respectively, among many many many others...
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    Ryan Adams, MMJ, R.E.M., The Decemberists, Eddie Vedder, and I'm going to go ahead now and include the Black Keys that comes out in December. They get an automatic bid.
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Foo Fighters have my favorite album of the year so far. I think Wasting Light is tremendous. And can't wait to see them live in 2 weeks :mrgreen:

    Other favorites:
    Wilco- The New Love
    Tres Mts- Tres Mts
    Cage the Elephant- Thank You, Happy Birthday
    Yuck- Yuck
    Dum Dum Girls- Only In Dreams
    Bon Iver- Bon Iver
    The Decemberists- The King Is Dead
    Portugal. The Man- In the Mountain in the Cloud
    R.E.M.- Collapse Into Now
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  • javis el errantejavis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,136
    samjam wrote:
    Foo Fighters have my favorite album of the year so far. I think Wasting Light is tremendous. And can't wait to see them live in 2 weeks :mrgreen:

    Other favorites:
    Wilco- The New Love
    Tres Mts- Tres Mts
    Cage the Elephant- Thank You, Happy Birthday
    Yuck- Yuck
    Dum Dum Girls- Only In Dreams
    Bon Iver- Bon Iver
    The Decemberists- The King Is Dead
    Portugal. The Man- In the Mountain in the Cloud
    R.E.M.- Collapse Into Now

    I loved Wasting Light, though I like Echoes better... Collapse is great, the best in decades, Helplessness blues is awswome...
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Tom Waits - Bad as Me
    PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
    Mastodon - The Hunter
    Anoushka Shankar - Traveller
    Miles Davis - Live in Europe
  • Bushleaguer28Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    The answer is Tom Waits - Bad as Me

    Some other really good stuff released this year, but its not even close . . .
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