Best albums of 2011

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What's yer fav Al Bum then?

I'll nominate 2, 'Let England Shake' and 'Mokingbrid Time'.
Says alot really of the state of music that I have to nominate albums from artists who are in their 40's.
 
What's yer fav Al Bum then?

I'll nominate 2, 'Let England Shake' and 'Mokingbrid Time'.
Says alot really of the state of the sort of music I listen to that I have to nominate albums from artists who are in their 40's.
Fixed.

Think there's a big thread on this already.
 
Alex Turner - Submarine EP


The Rest
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The Vaccines - What Else did you expect from
Miles Kane - Color Of The Trap
Yuck - S/T
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
The Strokes - Angles
 
1. The Horrible Crowes - Elsie
2. Nomy - By the Edge of God
3. Sixx:A.M. - This is Gonna Hurt
4. Nightwish - Imaginaerium
5. Die Apokaliptischen Reiter - Moral & Wahnsinn
6. Magnum - The Visitation
7. Bloodbound - Unholy Cross
8. Seether - Holding on to Strings Better Left To Fray
9. Eric Stuart Band - Falls on Me
10. Turisas - Stand Up And Fight
11. Black Country Communion - 2
12. Edguy - Age of the Joker
13. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
14. Symphony X - Iconoclast
15. Iced Earth - Dystopia
 
Watch the Throne - Jay Z and Kanye West

Stereo Typical - Rizzle Kicks
 
Roots- Undun
Phonte- Charity Starts at Home
Danny Browne- XXX
Big K.R.I.T- Return of 4Eva
Kendrick Lamar- Section.80
 
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Mastodon - The Hunter
Machine Head - Unto the Locust
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
 
From my post in the other thread;

Blitzkid - Apparitional
Social Distortion - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style
Megadeth - TH1RT3EN
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
 
Free - Twin Atlantic
Welcome Reality - Nero
Distraction Pieces - Scroobius Pip
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? - The Vaccines
Hunger - Frankie & The Heartstrings
The Big Roar - The Joy Formidable
 
50. Million Young - Replicants
49. Sepalcure - Sepalcure
48. Plum - Hoax
47. Dj Quik - The Book of David
46. Kode9 & The Spaceape - Black Sun
45. Battles - Gloss Drop
44. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
43. White Fence - Is Growing Faith
42. Part Time - What would you say?
41. Bullion - You Drive Me to Plastic

40. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
39. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare
38. Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
37. Machinedrum - Room(s)
36. Ducktails - Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics
35. Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
34. The Strokes - Angles
33. 2562 - Fever
32. Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder
31. Rangers - Pan Am Stories

30. Tin Pan Alley - All Hail the Omnipotent Universe!
29. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
28. Towa Tei - Sunny
27. Microexpressions - Lie in wait
26. Iza Lach - Krzyk
25. Kwjaz - Kwjaz
24. Panda Bear - Tomboy
23. Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse
22. Veronica Maggio - Satan
21. SBTRKT - SBTRKT

20. Atlas Sound - Parallax
19. The Diogenes Club - The Diogenes Club
18. Speed Of Sound In Seawater- Underwater Tell Each Other Secrets
17. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
16. James Blake - James Blake
15. The Field - Looping State of Mind
14. Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip
13. Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces
12. Radiohead - King Of Limbs
11. Destroyer - Kaputt

10. Zomby - Dedication
9. Junior Boys - It's all true
8. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
7. Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure
6. Nerwowe Wakacje - Polish Rock
5. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
4. Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine
3. J*DaVeY - New Designer Drug
2. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
1. Violens - Embrace
 
1. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events

No other really noteworthy albums this year unfortunately. Still have to listen to the new Iced Earth and Opeth albums mind.
 
CunninLynguists - Oneirology

Anything else? LOL