MTJR FAVOURITE MUSIC LIST 2011
MY PICKS FOR BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2011
1. THE CIVIL WARS-“BARTON HOLLOW” (FEBRUARY)
2. THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS-“ALONE” (JANUARY)
3. DESTROYER-“KAPUTT” (JANUARY)
4. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART-“BELONG” (MARCH)
5. PJ HARVEY-“LET ENGLAND SHAKE” (FEBRUARY)
6. THE HORRORS-“SKYING” (AUGUST)
7. DAVID KILGOUR AND THE HEAVY EIGHTS-“LEFT BY SOFT” (APRIL)
8. ANNA CALVI-“ANNA CALVI” (JANUARY)
9. LAURA MARLING-“A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW” (SEPTEMBER)
10. YUCK-“YUCK” (DELUXE EDITION) (FEBRUARY & SEPTEMBER)
11. AUSTRA-“FEEL IT BREAK” (MAY)
12. PAPERCUTS-“FADING PARADE” (MARCH)
13. SKINNY PUPPY-“HANDOVER” (OCTOBER)
14. CLOUD NOTHINGS-“CLOUD NOTHINGS” (JANUARY)
15. MOGWAI-“HARDCORE WILL NEVER DIE BUT YOU WILL” (FEBRUARY)
16. LUCINDA WILLIAMS-“BLESSED” (2-CD EDITION) (MARCH)
17. COLD CAVE-“CHERISH THE LIGHT YEARS” (APRIL)
18. DEATH IN VEGAS-“TRANS-LOVE ENERGIES” (2-CD DELUXE EDITION) (OCTOBER)
19. THE WAR ON DRUGS-“SLAVE AMBIENT” (AUGUST)
20. KING CREOSOTE & JON HOPKINS-“DIAMOND MINE” (MAY)
21. JOSEPH ARTHUR-“THE GRADUATION CEREMONY” (MAY)
22. ONEOTRIX POINT NEVER-“REPLICAS”
23. GILLIAN WELCH-“THE HARROW & THE HARVEST” (JUNE)
24. TORI AMOS-“NIGHT OF HUNTERS” (SEPTEMBER)
25. PETER MURPHY-“NINTH” (JUNE)
26. S.C.U.M.-“AGAIN INTO EYES” (DELUXE EDITION) (OCTOBER)
27. ISRAEL NASH GRIPKA-“BARN DOORS AND CONCRETE FLOORS” (MARCH)
28. CUT OFF YOUR HANDS-“HOLLOW” (JULY)
29. ICEAGE-“NEW BRIGADE” (JUNE)
30. KURT VILE-“SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO” (MARCH)
31. FLEET FOXES-“HELPLESSNESS BLUES” (MAY)
32. GUS GUS-“ARABIAN HORSE” (MAY)
33. REAL ESTATE-“DAYS” (OCTOBER)
34. ARMY NAVY-“THE LAST PLACE” (JUNE)
35. WU LYF-“GO TELL FIRE TO THE MOUNTAIN” (JUNE)
36. WILD BEASTS-“SMOTHER” (MAY)
37. DUM DUM GIRLS-“ONLY IN DREAMS” (SEPTEMBER)
38. THE FEELIES-“HERE BEFORE” (APRIL)
39. GIRLS NAMES-“DEAD TO ME” (APRIL)
40. JONATHAN WILSON-“GENTLE SPIRIT” (SEPTEMBER)
41. BRITISH SEA POWER-“VALHALLA DANCEHALL” (JANUARY)
42. THE ANTLERS-“BURST APART” (MAY)
43. COMET GAIN-“HOWL OF THE LONELY CROWD” (OCTOBER)
44. PANDA BEAR-“TOMBOY” (APRIL)
45. COUNTRY MICE-“TWISTER” (MAY)
46. THE JAPANESE POPSTARS-“CONTROLLING YOUR ALLEGIANCE” (JUNE)
47. ZOLA JESUS-“CONATUS” (OCTOBER)
48. YOUNG PRISMS-“FRIENDS FOR NOW” (JANUARY)
49. THE RAVEONETTES-“RAVEN IN THE GRAVE” (APRIL)
50. SARAH LEE GUTHRIE AND JOHNNY IRION-“BRIGHT EXAMPLES” (FEBRUARY)
51. ADELE-“21” (FEBRUARY)
52. AIDAN MOFFAT & BILL WELLS-“EVERYTHING’S GETTING OLDER” (MAY)
53. EULOGIES-“TEAR THE FENCES DOWN” (JANUARY)
54. AM & SHAWN LEE-“CELESTIAL ELECTRIC” (SEPTEMBER)
55. RELEASE THE SUNBIRD-“COME BACK TO US” (JULY)
56. THE DECEMBERISTS-“THE KING IS DEAD” (JANUARY)
57. RADIOHEAD-‘THE KING OF LIMBS” (FEBRUARY)
58. JIM WARD-“QUIET IN THE VALLEY, ON THE SHORES THE END BEGINS & THE ELECTRIC SIX” (2-CD) (AUGUST)
59. THE LOW ANTHEM-“SMART FLESH” (FEBRUARY)
60. CAT’S EYES-“CAT’S EYES” (MAY)
61. CASS MCCOMBS-“HUMOR RISK” (NOVEMBER)
62. VIVIAN GIRLS-“SHARE THE JOY” (APRIL)
63. GUS BLACK-“THE DAY I REALIZED” (MARCH)
64. A.A. BONDY-“BELIEVERS” (SEPTEMBER)
65. THE UNTHANKS-“LAST” (APRIL)
66. ST VINCENT-“STRANGE MERCY” (SEPTEMBER)
67. WASHED OUT-“WITHIN AND WITHOUT” (JULY)
68. SCOTT MATTHEWS-“WHAT THE NIGHT DELIVERS” (SEPTEMBER)
69. PETER BJORN AND JOHN-“GIMME SOME” (MARCH)
70. FIGURINES-“FIGURINES” (APRIL)
71. VIVIAN GIRLS-“SHARE THE JOY” (APRIL)
72. PARTS AND LABOR-“CONSTANT FUTURE” (MARCH)
73. OH SUSANNA-“SOON THE BIRDS” (APRIL)
74. WILCO-“THE WHOLE LOVE” (SEPTEMBER)
75. HEIDI SPENCER AND THE RARE BIRDS-“UNDER STREETLIGHT GLOW” (MARCH)
76. THE JAYHAWKS-“MOCKINGBIRD TIME” (SEPTEMBER)
77. GRAILS-“DEEP POLITICS” (MARCH)
78. MALE BONDING-“ENDLESS NOW” (AUGUST)
79. APPARAT-“THE DEVIL’S WALK” (SEPTEMBER)
80. J MASCIS-“SEVERAL SHADES OF WHY” (MARCH)
81. BLOOD ORANGE-COASTAL GROOVES” (AUGUST)
82. CRAFT SPELLS-“IDLE LABOR” (MARCH)
83. CULT OF YOUTH-“CULT OF YOUTH” (FEBRUARY)
84. WILD FLAG-“WILD FLAG” (SEPTEMBER)
85. THE DODOS-“NO COLOR” (MARCH)
86. THE DRUMS-“PORTAMENTO” (SEPTEMBER)
87. THE TWILIGHT SINGERS-“DYNAMITE STEPS” (FEBRUARY)
88. JUNE TABOR & OYSTERBAND-“RAGGED KINGDOM” (SEPTEMBER)
89. CITY CENTER-“REDEEMER” (MAY)
90. BORIS-“ATTENTION PLEASE” (MAY)
91. MEMPHIS-“HERE COMES A CITY” (MARCH)
92. GOLD-BEARS-“ARE YOU FALLING IN LOVE?” (MAY)
93. LYKKI LI-“WOUNDED RHYMES” (MARCH)
94. BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB-“A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIX” (SEPTEMBER)
95. DRUGSTORE-“ANATOMY”
96. THE BABIES-“THE BABIES” (FEBRUARY)
97. THE CHAIN GANG OF 1974-“WAYWARD FIRE” (JUNE)
98. ATLAS SOUND-“PARALLAX” (NOVEMBER)
99. FUCKED UP-“DAVID COMES TO LIFE” (JUNE)
100. WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS-“IN THE PIT OF THE STOMACH” (DELUXE EDITION) (OCTOBER)
101. I BREAK HORSES-“HEARTS” (AUGUST)
102. THE DRUMS-“PORTAMENTO” (SEPTEMBER)
103. WHITE DENIM-“D” (MAY)
104. THE MIDDLE EAST-“I WANT THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS HAPPY” (JULY)
105. DOLOREAN-“THE UNFAZED” (JANUARY)
106. ELBOW-“BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!” (MARCH)
107. SERYN-“THIS IS WHERE WE ARE” (JANUARY)
108. YOUNG PRISMS-“FRIENDS FOR NOW” (JANUARY)
109. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE-“CEREMONIALS” (NOVEMBER)
110. GERARD STARKIE-“POTIONS” (FORMERLY WITNESS UK) (JULY)
111. BROKEN RECORDS-“LET ME COME HOME” (JANUARY)
112. SERYN-“THIS IS WHERE WE ARE” (JANUARY)
113. ANTIETAM-“TENTH LIFE” (MAY)
114. PULSEPROGRAMMING-“CHARADE IS GOLD” (MAY)
115. HANDSOME FURS-“SOUND KAPITAL” (JUNE)
116. THURSTON MOORE-“DEMOLISHED THOUGHTS” (MAY)
117. OHGR-“UNDEVELOPED” (MAY)
118. CULTS-“CULTS” (JUNE)
119. HEIRLOOMS OF AUGUST-“FOREVER THE MOON” (JUNE)
120. OTHER LIVES-“TAMER ANIMALS” (MAY)
121. BON IVER-“BON IVER” (JUNE)
122. BORIS-“ATTENTION PLEASE” (MAY)
123. ANA EGGE-“BAD BLOOD” (AUGUST)
124. MEMORY TAPES-“PLAYER PIANO” (JULY)
125. BEIRUT-“THE RIP TIDE” (AUGUST)
126. OH SUSANNA-“SOON THE BIRDS” (APRIL)
127. WHITE DENIM-“D” (MAY)
128. CRYSTAL STILTS-“IN LOVE WITH OBLIVION” (APRIL)
129. KATE BUSH-“50 WORDS FOR SNOW” (NOVEMBER)
MY PICKS FOR BEST EP’S RELEASED THE YEAR 2011
1. TORO Y MOI-“FREAKING OUT” [EP] (SEPTEMBER)
2. FOSTER THE PEOPLE-“FOSTER THE PEOPLE” [THE EP] (JANUARY)
3. LANA DEL REY-“VIDEO GAMES” [EP] (OCTOBER)
4. THE DUKE SIRIT-“KUSAMA” [EP] (JANUARY)
5. ASOBI SEKSU-“TRAILS” [EP] (JANUARY)
6. MOGWAI-“EARTH DIVISION” [EP] (SEPTEMBER)
7. GUS GUS-“OVER” (THE REMIX EP) (AUGUST)
8. PHANTOGRAM-“NIGHTLIFE” [EP] (NOVEMBER)
9. THE SOFT MOON-“TOTAL DECAY” [EP] (NOVEMBER)
10. TREMBLING BLUE STARS-“CORRESPONDENCE” [EP] (MAY)
11. SARAH LEE GUTHRIE AND JOHNNY IRION-“BRIGHT EXAMPLES” [EP] (FEBRUARY)
12. THE APPLESEED CAST-“MIDDLE STATES” [EP] (APRIL)
13. MEMORYHOUSE-“THE YEARS” [EP] (SEPTEMBER)
14. WARPAINT-“EXQUISITE CORPSE” [EP] (JANUARY)
15. TAPE DECK MOUNTAIN-“SECRET SERF” [EP] (JANUARY)
16. BEACH FOSSILS-“WHAT A PLEASURE” [EP] (MARCH)
17. CLEM SNIDE-“CLEM SNIDE’S JOURNEY” [EP] (AUGUST) (COVERS OF 6 JOURNEY SONGS)
18. JAMES BLAKE-“ENOUGH THUNDER” [EP] (OCTOBER)
19. ELLIE HERRING-“FLAILING IN ATTRACTION” [EP] (JUNE)
20. HOORAY FOR EARTH-“TRUE LOVES” [EP] (JUNE)
21. PORCELAIN RAFT-“GONE BLIND” [EP] (JUNE)
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONIC / INSTRUMENTAL / EXPERIMENTAL RECORDS OF THE YEAR 2011
1. ONEOTRIX POINT NEVER-“REPLICA” (NOVEMBER)
2. LAUREL HALO-“HOUR LOGIC” [EP] (JUNE)
3. JAMES BLAKE-“JAMES BLAKE” (FEBRUARY)
4. BIOSPHERE-“N-PLANTS” (JUNE)
5. JULIANNA BARWICK-“THE MAGIC PLACE” (FEBRUARY)
6. NICOLAS JAAR-“SPACE IS ONLY NOISE” (MARCH)
7. THE BLACK DOG-“LIBER KULT (BOOK I OV 3” [EP] (AUGUST)
8. TAYLOR DEUPREE-“FOCUX” (SEPTEMBER)
9. MARTYN-“MASKS B/W VIPER” (SINGLE) (AUGUST)
10. PLAID-“SCINTILLI” (SEPTEMBER)
11. BURIAL-“STREET HALO” [EP] (APRIL)
12. BAREM-“BLUE” [EP] (JUNE)
13. WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE-“KONKYLIE” [EP] (JUNE)
14. FENNESZ-“SEVEN STARS” [EP] (JULY)
15. NICOLAS JAAR-“SPACE IS ONLY NOISE” (MARCH)
16. THE ORB-“C BATTER C” (NOVEMBER)
MY PICKS FOR BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE RECORDS OF THE YEAR 2011
1. GUS GUS-“ARABIAN HORSE” (MAY)
2. ROBAG WRUHME-“THORA VUKK” (MAY)
3. ROBERT HOOD-“THE GREATEST DANCER (SISTER SLEDGE COVER) B/W “DANCER” (GINO SOCCIO COVER) (SINGLE) (SEPTEMBER)
4. ZOMBY-“DEDICATION” (JULY)
5. GUI BORATTO-“3” (SEPTEMBER)
6. THE FIELD-“LOOPING STATE OF MIND” (SEPTEMBER)
7. DOMINIK EULBERG-“DIORAMA” (MAY)
8. PLAID-“SCINTILLI” (SEPTEMBER)
9. PHOTEK-“AVIATOR” [EP] (JUNE)
10. PHOTEK-“AVALANCHE” [EP] (FEBRUARY)
11. WALLS-“CORACLE” (SEPTEMBER)
12. PIERRE LX-“OUT 1” (JUNE)
13. KANGDING RAY-“OR”
MY PICKS FOR BEST REISSUES / BEST OF COMPILATIONS / OR BOX SETS OF THE YEAR 2011
1. NEW MUSIK-“FROM A TO B / ANYWHERE” (2-CD DELUXE EDITION) (1980/1981) (JANUARY)
2. THE WATERBOYS-“IN A SPECIAL PLACE” (THE PIANO DEMOS FOR ‘THIS IS THE SEA’ FROM 1985) (MAY)
3. AUTECHRE-“THE EPs 1991-2002” BOX SET (MARCH)
4. (THE LONDON) SUEDE-“THE BEST OF SUEDE” (2-CD) (MARCH) + THE SUEDE 2-CD DELUXE REISSUES: “SUEDE”, “HEAD MUSIC”, “A NEW MORNING” (AUGUST)
5. LAURA NYRO-“THE ESSENTIAL” (2-CD) (SEPTEMBER)
6. JURGEN PAAPE-“KOMPILATION” (JANUARY)
7. MORRISSEY-“THE VERY BEST OF MORRISSEY” (MAY)
8. SONIC YOUTH-“HITS ARE FOR SQUARES (A CELEBRITY PICKED COLLECTION) (AUGUST)
9. PATTI SMITH-“OUTSIDE SOCIETY” (A COLLECTION) (AUGUST)
10. TRAFFIC-“JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE” (2-CD DELUXE EDITION) (MARCH)
11. MARC CARROLL-“IN SILENCE” (A CAREER RETROSPECTIVE) (AUGUST)
12. DOWNLOAD-“HELICOPTER + WOOKIE WALL” (SEPTEMBER)
MY PICKS FOR BEST SONGS OF THE YEAR 2011 (IN A PERFECT WORLD THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS FABULOUS SINGLES)
1. DESTROYER-“CHINATOWN”
2. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART-“BELONG / HEAVEN’S GONNA HAPPEN NOW / HEART IN YOUR HEARTBREAK” (MY FAVOURITE 3 TRACKS IN A ROW OPENING AN ALBUM THIS YEAR!)
3. THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS-“THE BEST EXPLANATION”, “THE GENERAL PUBLIC”, “PART OF YOUR NATURE”, TO BE YOUR LOSS”, “WHO IS THEY”
4. PAPERCUTS-“DO WHAT YOU WILL”, “DO YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW”, “WHITE ARE THE WAVES”, “WAIT TIL I’M DEAD”, “MARIE SAYS YOU’VE CHANGED”
5. LISA GERRARD-“SLEEP”
6. FOSTER THE PEOPLE-(ORIGINAL VERSIONS FROM THE EP, NOT THE ALBUM BECAUSE SADLY THOSE VERSIONS ARE “HOMOGENIZED” AND THEY BASICALLY SUCK.) “HOUDINI”, “HELENA BEAT” (THIS TRACK IS WAY CLOSE TO MY FAV OF THE YEAR, IT’S JUST THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER TRAX ARE REAL SPECIAL TOO BUT “HELENA BEAT” IS CLOSE TO MY HEART.)
7. YUCK-“GET AWAY”, “HOLING OUT”, “SHOOK DOWN”
8. LANA DEL REY-“VIDEO GAMES”
9. GUS GUS-“MAGNIFIED LOVE” + “OVER” + “OVER (SASSE REMIX)”
10. ROBERT HOOD-“THE GREATEST DANCER” (SISTER SLEDGE COVER)
11. COLD CAVE-“THE GREAT PAN IS DEAD”, “CATACOMBS”, “UNDERWORLD USA”
12. LUCINDA WILLIAMS-“KISS LIKE YOUR KISS”
13. THE CIVIL WARS-“POISON & WINE”
14. TREMBLING BELLS-“WHERE DO I GO FROM YOU?”
15. DAVID KILGOUR & THE HEAVY EIGHTS-“DIAMOND MINE”
16. THE HORRORS-“I CAN SEE THROUGH YOU” + “ENDLESS BLUE”
17. LITURGY-“GENERATION”
18. GIRLS NAMES-“I LOSE”
19. THE FEELIES-“SHOULD BE GONE”
20. JURGEN PAAPE-“WE LOVE”
21. CUT OFF YOUR HANDS-“YOU SHOULD DO BETTER”
22. SKINNY PUPPY-“VILLAGE” + “ICKTUMS”, “POINT”, “VYRISUS”
23. THE CHAIN GANG OF 1974-“HOLD ON”, + “UNDERCOVER” & “MAKE MY BODY”, “TASTE OF HEAVEN”, “MATTER OF TIME”
24. THE DUKE SPIRIT-“EVERYBODY’S UNDER YOUR SPELL”
25. KING CREOSOTE & JON HOPKINS-“BATS IN THE ATTIC”
26. THURSDAY-“SPARKS AGAINST THE SUN”
27. AUSTRA-“BEAT AND THE PULSE” + “BEAT AND PULSE REMIXES” + “LOSE IT”
28. PHOTEK-“AVIATOR”
29. THE WAR ON DRUGS-“BEST NIGHT”
30. CASS MCCOMBS-“THE SAME THING”
31. AMY LAVERE-“DAMN LOVE SONG”
32. SEAPONY-“DREAMING”
33. THE UNTHANKS-“LAST”
34. COUNTRY MICE-“FESTIVAL”
35. S.C.U.M.-“AMBER HANDS” + “FAITH UNFOLDS” + “WHITE CHAPEL”
36. DEATH IN VEGAS-“BLACK HOLE” + “SCISSORS” + “YOUR LOFT MY ACID (FEARLESS TRANS HOUSE MIX)” + “I.W.Y.L.A.”
37. KURT VILE-“JESUS FEVER”
38. MAZES-“GO BETWEENS”
39. HOORAY FOR EARTH-“SAILS”
40. PETER BJORN AND JOHN-“LIES”
41. RELEASE THE SUNBIRD-“NO LIGHT”
42. CULTS-“OH MY GOD”
43. PETER MURPHY-“THE PRINCE & OLD LADY SHADE”
44. ARMY NAVY-“THE LONG GOODBYE”
45. OKKERVIL RIVER-“YOUR PAST LIFE AS A BLAST”
46. VETIVER-“IT’S BEYOND ME”
47. THE DECEMBERISTS W/ GILLIAN WELCH-“DOWN BY THE WATER”
48. GUI BORATTO-“STRIKER”
49. THURSTON MOORE-“BENEDICTION”
50. ZOLA JESUS-“SHIVERS”
51. EDIE BRICKELL-“YOU COME BACK”
52. DRIVE BY TRUCKERS-“EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE”
53. NEON INDIAN-“THE BLINDSIDE KISS” + “HALOGEN (I COULD BE A SHADOW)
54. CITY CENTER-“PUPPERS”, “MODERN LOVE”
55. BARN OWL-“PALE STAR”
56. PULSEPROGRAMMING-“PERFECT PROBLEMATIC”
57. JOHN TEJADA-“UNSTABLE CONDITION”
58. PETE AND THE PIRATES-“WINTER 1”
59. HANDSOME FURS-“DAMAGE”
60. GOLD-BEARS-“RECORD STORE”
61. WILD FLAG-“BOOM”
62. WILCO-“BLACK MOON” (BOTH VERSIONS!)
63. MAZZY STAR-“LAY MYSELF DOWN B/W COMMON BURN”
64. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE-“UNDERNEATH THE SYCAMORE”
65. R.E.M.-“DISCOVERER”, “OH MY HEART”
66. JOSEPH ARTHUR-“OUT ON A LIMB”, “ALMOST BLUE”, “LOVE NEVER ASKS YOU TO LIE”
67. BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB-“BAD TIMING” + “TAKE THE RIGHT ONE”
68. ELLIE GOULDING-“LIGHTS”, “GUNS AND HORSES”, “THE WRITER”, “STARRY EYED (PENGUIN PRISON REMIX FEAT. THOLOPHIOUS LONDON)”
69. FRIENDLY FIRES-“HURTING”, “SHOW ME LIGHTS”, “TRUE LOVE”, “HELPLESS”
70. LYKKI LI-“I FOLLOW RIVERS (THE MAGICIAN REMIX)”, “GET SOME”
71. OHGR-“BELLEW”
72. PHANTOGRAM-“TURNING INTO STONE”
73. LADY GAGA-“JUDAS”, “SCHEIBE”
74. ART BRUT-“LOST WEEKEND”
75. BORIS-“HOPE”, “SPOON”, “TU, LA LA”
76. AIDAN MOFFAT & BILL WELLS-“IF YOU) KEEP ME IN YOUR HEART”
77. MEMORYHOUSE-“LATELY”
78. THE VACCINES-“IF YOU WANNA”
79. TORO Y MOI-“SATURDAY LOVE” + “I CAN GET LOVE”
80. THE MIDDLE EAST-“JESUS CAME TO MY BIRTHDAY PARTY”, “DAN’S SILVERLEAF”, “HUNGER SONG”
81. JESSE SYKES AND THE SWEET HEREAFTER-“COME TO MARY”
82. MALE BONDING-“SEEMS TO NOTICE NOW”, “WHAT’S THAT SCENE”, “CHANNELING YOUR FEARS”
83. IVY-“FASCINATED”
84. BLOOD ORANGE-“FORGET IT” + “SUTPHIN BLVD.”
85. AM + SHAWN LEE-“CITY BOY” + “DARK INTO LIGHT” + “THE SIGNAL”
86. THE JAYHAWKS-“CLOSER TO YOUR SIDE” + “CINNAMON LOVE”
MY PICKS FOR WORST RECORDS OF THE YEAR 2011
1. IRON & WINE-“KISS EACH OTHER CLEAN” (JANUARY)
2. BEADY EYE-“DIFFERENT GEAR, STILL SPEEDING” (MARCH)
3. YOUNG THE GIANT-“YOUNG THE GIANT” (JANUARY)
4. BRUCE HORNSBY & THE NOISE MAKERS-“BRIDE OF THE NOISEMAKERS” (3-CD LIVE ALBUM) (MAY)
5. HUMAN LEAGUE-“CREDO” (MARCH)
6. FOSTER THE PEOPLE-“TORCHES” (MAY)
7. RICHARD ASHCROFT & THE RPA-“UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND” (U.S. RELEASE) (MARCH)
8. BLACK FRANCIS (AKA FRANK BLACK FROM THE PIXIES)-“THE GOLEM” (SOUNDTRACK) (MARCH)
9. ARCTIC MONKEYS-“SUCK IT AND SEE” (JUNE)
10. THE RAPTURE-“IN THE GRACE OF YOUR LOVE” (SEPTEMBER)
11. SMOKING POPES-“THIS IS ONLY A TEST” (MARCH)
12. CHAIN AND THE GANG-“CRY CRY CRY OVER YOU B/W SNAKES ON A PLANE” (SINGLE) (JANUARY)
13. DUNCAN SHEIK-“COVERS 80’S” (JUNE)
14. LAURA JANSEN-“BELLS” (INTERNATIONAL VERSION) (MARCH)
15. METRONOMY-“THE ENGLISH RIVIERA” (APRIL)
16. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM-“LONDON SESSIONS” (JANUARY)
17. THE ELECTED-“BURY ME IN MY RINGS” (MAY)
18. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE-“SKY FULL OF HOLES” (AUGUST)
19. COTTON JONES-“SIT BESIDE YOUR VEGETABLES” [EP] (MARCH)
20. PANIC AT THE DISCO-“VICES & VIRTUES” (MARCH)
21. THOSE DARLINS-“SCREWS GET LOOSE” (MARCH)
22. UV RACE-“HOMO” (MARCH)
23. MISTER HEAVENLY-“OUT OF LOVE” (AUGUST)
24. THE SUBMARINES-“LOVE NOTES / LETTER BOMBS” (APRIL)
25. BLITZEN TRAPPER-“GOLDWING” (SEPTEMBER)
26. SLOAN-“THE DOUBLE CROSS” (MAY)
27. DAVID SYLVIAN-“DYED IN THE WOOL / MANAFON VARIATIONS” (MAY)
28. SONDRE LERCHE-“SONDRE LERCHE” (JUNE)
29. NEWVILLAGER-“NEWVILLAGER” (AUGUST)
30. THE HORRIBLE CROWES-“ELSIE” (SEPTEMBER”
31. GRACE JONES-“HURRICANE” (SEPTEMBER)
32. GROUPLOVE-“NEVER TRUST A HAPPY SONG” (SEPTEMBER)
MY PICK FOR THE BEST 45 ALBUM COVERS OF THE YEAR
1. FOUR TET-“FABRICLIVE: 59”
2. TEEBS-“COLLECTIONS 01”
3. P’TAAH-“PERFUMED SILENCE”
4. SKINNY PUPPY-“HANDOVER”
5. GANG GANG DANCE-“EYE CONTACT”
6. DOWNPILOT-“NEW GREAT LAKES”
7. LAUREL HALO-“KING FELIX” [EP]
8. DEATH IN VEGAS-“TRANS-LOVE ENERGIES”
9. ZOLA JESUS-“CONATUS”
10. EVANGELISTA-“IN ANIMAL TONGUE”
11. THE MIDDLE EAST-“I WANT THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS HAPPY”
12. SCUM-“AGAIN INTO EYES”
13. DOWNLOAD-“FIXER”
14. MARK MCGUIRE-“GET LOST”
15. THE MIST-“HOUSE”
16. DELICATE CUTTERS-“SOME CREATURES”
17. MEMORY TAPES-“PLAYER PIANO”
18. GAVIN FRIDAY-“CATHOLIC”
19. ST VINCENT-“STRANGE MERCY”
20. BAREM-“BLUE” [EP] + “AFTER THE STORM”
21. EDDIE VEDDER-“UKELELE SONGS”’
22. OHGR-“UNDEVELOPED”
23. DOMINIK EULBERG-“DIORAMA”
24. GUS GUS-“ARABIAN HORSE”
25. MINT JULEP-“SAVE YOUR SEASON”
26. JOSEPH ARTHUR-“THE GRADUATION CEREMONY”
27. DEMDIKE STARE-“TRYPTYCH” (BOX SET) + “SYMBIOSIS”
28. RAINBOW ARABIA-“BOYS AND DIAMONDS”
29. BATTLES-“GLOSS DROP”
30. CULTS-“CULTS”
31. UNKLE-“ONLY THE LONELY” [EP]
32. LISA GERRARD-“THE BLACK OPAL”
33. CITY CENTER-“REDEEMER”
34. DIRTY BEACHES-“BADLANDS”
35. SIN FANG-“SUMMER ECHOES”
36. PHOTEK-“AVALANCHE” [EP]
37. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“POP AMBIENT 2011”
38. AGORIA-“IMPERMANENCE”
39. BEE MASK-“ELEGY FOR BEACH FRIDAY”
40. KREIDLER-“TANK”
41. THE LOOM-“TEETH”
42. THE BLACK DOG-“LIBER DOGMA”
43. CHRISTINA VANTZOU-“NO. 1”
44. TALKDEMONIC-“RUINS”
45. TYLER RAMSEY-“THE VALLEY WIND”
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