Magazine/website/record store BEST OF 2011 end-of-year list pile-up

NPR Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums of 2011:

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
3. Adele - 21
4. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
5. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
6. The Black Keys - El Camino
7. Wilco - Whole Love
8. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
9. Beirut - The Rip Tide
11. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
12. Feist - Metals
13. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
14. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
15. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
16. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
17. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys
18. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
19. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
20. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
21. Jay-Z/Kanye West - Watch the Throne
22. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
23. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
24. Cults - Cults
25. James Blake - James Blake

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/14/143717007/listeners-pick-their-favorite-albums-of-2011

lol @ npr voters getting that black keys album in there literally A WEEK after it's out. "we're on it, top ten, no hesitation."

only a joke organization would vote bon iver #1

i would love it actually if the republican caucus entered a bill to cease NPR's funding due to its listeners not voting the fleet foxes album as the best of 2011

BIFFA top three there, alright

only a joke organization would vote bon iver #1

like p4k?

42. Miguel Campbell - Something Special
29. Oliver $ - Doin' Ya Thang
28. Maceo Plex - Can't Leave You
27. Danny Daze feat. Louisahhh - Your Everything
24. Osunlade - Envision (Ame Remix)
19. Scuba - Adrenalin
12. Benoit & Sergio - Walk & Talk
11. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomon Vox Mix)
06. Steffi feat. Virginia - Yours
05. Todd Terje - Ragysh
04. Todd Terje - Snooze 4 Love
02. Omar-S - Here's Your Trance, Now Dance!!

i fw all of these from the RA list. surprised not to see jamie jone's remix of 'hungry for the power' on there. and yeah again, i wish RA would not cover post-dubstep etc. feel like they have diluted their brand a bit.

Are we all in agreement to ban BIFFA from the ILx list this year?

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lol @ npr voters getting that black keys album in there literally A WEEK after it's out. "we're on it, top ten, no hesitation."

― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:09 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

Lol at using the official release date as the criteria for this.

did it leak ages ago?

Top Jazz Albums of 2011

Shaun Brady

1. BB&C The Veil (Cryptogramophone) This sprawling, fangs-bared live set reunites three longtime compatriots — saxophonist Tim Berne, guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Jim Black — for a ferocious trio date. Berne's scything alto, Cline's extraterrestrial eruptions and Black's scrapyard barrage meld into an intensely inventive whole.

2. Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion (Kind of Blue) A quantum leap beyond so much trite jazz-classical fusion, Swiss trombonist Blaser, ably abetted by undersung keyboard wizard Russ Lossing, bassist Thomas Morgan and late drum legend Paul Motian, vividly transforms the music of Monteverdi and other Italian composers of the Baroque and Renaissance into airy, cerebral beauty.

3. Craig Taborn Avenging Angel (ECM) Always an intriguing collaborative presence, Taborn's solo piano debut is a work of unusual mystery, provocative depth and intellectual clarity.

4. Matthew Shipp Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear) To celebrate his 50th birthday, Shipp offers a monumental two-disc survey of his iconoclastic artistry, one solo, the second with his latest trio.

5. Steve Coleman & Five Elements The Mancy of Sound (Pi) Coleman's acolytes have overtaken the jazz world of late, but the saxophonist/composer proves again that he continues to evolve. His latest forefronts Jen Shyu's abstract vocalese as an integral element of Coleman's singular pieces.

6. David S. Ware Organica (Solo Saxophones, Volume 2) (Aum Fidelity) The second in a series of solo releases documenting the sax titan's return to public performance following a kidney transplant, Organica consists of two stunning concerts featuring his ever-muscular tenor and the debut of a sinuous sopranino. Proof positive of not only Ware's vitality but the irrepressible force of his creative mind.

7. Wadada Leo Smith's Organic Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform) The great AACM trumpeter/composer revisits and reconceives Miles Davis' '70s electric period on a double-disc set, backed by an ensemble of young all-stars who offer a fresh and combustible take on funk-rock-jazz fusion.

8. Darius Jones Trio Big Gurl (Smell My Dream) (Aum Fidelity) Unlike so many of his hyper-intellectualized peers, young saxophonist Jones draws from the gut rather than the head, unleashing torrents of brawny sound from his alto. That's not to suggest he's any less forward-thinking, however, as this envelope-shoving second volume in his musical autobiography, centered on his rural Virginia upbringing, shows.

9. Rez Abbasi's Invocation Suno Suno (Enja) The Pakistani-born guitarist delves into his heritage with a suite of compositions inspired by Qawwali music that never feels like a forced hybrid. It doesn't hurt that Rudresh Mahanthappa and pianist Vijay Iyer, both of whom know something about interweaving cross-cultural influences, are also on hand.

1. Curtis Macdonald Community Immunity (Greenleaf) The young Canadian saxophonist's debut is a showcase for his angular, tension-filled compositions. A sharp first step, full of surprises and, especially, promise.

http://www.citypaper.net/music/2011-12-15-top-jazz-albums-of-2011.html

This thread makes me so glad I shut down all websites so you guys can't relentlessly mock my preferences. Also, I kind of want to make a top 100 list so everyone can relentlessly mock my preferences, because my taste is best yada yada so on etc.

Hmmmmm

CIBULOID LIST YOUR TOP 100 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

Please do, Cibuloid. I actually did a search for a list from you, assuming you are who I'm sure you are.

No promises I won't take any pot-shots though.

Thank u for shutting down all websites

More draconian than SOPA.

CIBA

Okay, who is Cibuloid?

^^^

m@tt clbula aka haikunym im guessing

holy crap you guys are so wrong. my name is J*m D*R*g*t*s. this other son of a b you're talking about hasn't written anything in a year and anyway doesn't get paid for his opinions LIKE I DO.

o_O surprise surprise lol

A- plot twist

I don't understand why Kate Bush made only one top ten. I believe it to be an absolute work of high art. It's without question the best album i heard in 2011. Idiot Press.

The Elton John track is shit. That's why.

it fell in my estimation slightly after being spellbinding initially, because really there aren't that many reasons to carry on listening after the first three songs (as incredible as they are)

cibuloid should obviously REPLACE all existing top 100 lists w/his own

Are we all in agreement to ban BIFFA from the ILx list this year?

yes! sadly someone already nominated Fucking Drake, no repeat of ilx's triumph in roundly ignoring his first album to the extent of not even nominating the stupid thing

What is BIFFA?

Bon
Iver
Fleet
Foxes
Adele

It's kind of dumb to ban albums from the nomination process just because you think they're boring or whatever; that is why we have a vote.

Kate Bush has been on two top 10s posted itt, plus #11 on another, and lower on like three others. if that's the most critically neglected album you loved this year then boo fucking hoo.

plus people will be too scared to vote for them as they will be outed and mocked and shot in front of their families by jeremy clarkson

xp

anyway I just looked and both Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes had already been nominated, so I just nominated Adele

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anyway I just looked and both Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes had already been nominated, so I just nominated Adele

― OH NOES,

lol, dan

you wont go as far as voting for them will you?

Only posting the top 40, full list here:

Juno top 100 tracks
http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2011/12/09/best-of-2011-top-100-trackseps/

1 Cosmin TRG - A Universal Crush EP
2 Omar S - Here’s Your Trance Now Dance
3 Julio Bashmore - The Battle For Middle You EP
4 Floating Points - Shadows EP
5 FaltyDL - Mean Streets EP
6 Four Tet - Pyramid/Locked
7 Factory Floor - R.E.A.L. L.O.V.E.
8 Levon Vincent - Man Or Mistress EP
9 Mosca - Bax/Done Me Wrong
10 Blondes - Lover/Hater
11 Virgo Four - It’s A Crime (Caribou Remix)
12 Jacques Greene - Another Girl
13 Blawan - Gettin Me Down
14 Ital - Ital’s Theme
15 Shackleton - Deadman
16 FunkinEven - Roland’s Jam
17 Vakula - Picture Of You
18 Objekt - Objekt 1
19 Dexter - Great Northern Diver
20 Steve Summers - In The Mode For Love EP
21 Caribou/Daphni - Ye Ye
22 Todd Terje - Ragysh EP
23 John Swing - Rollin
24 John Talabot - Families EP
25 Timothy J. Fairplay - Cleopatra Loves The Acid
26 John Heckle - The Fourth Dimension EP
27 Heatsick - Dream Tennis
28 Auntie Flo - Oh My Days!
29 Joy O - Jels/Wade In
30 Kevin Reynolds - Liaisons EP
31 Mike Dehnert - Bricolage EP
32 Braille - The Year 3000
33 Gerry Read - We Are
34 Dam Mantle - We EP
35 Vessel - Nylon Sunset EP
36 Chairman Kato - Science & Romance
37 Burial - Street Halo EP
38 Untold - Little Things Like That
39 Instra:mental - Thomp
40 Tropic Of Cancer - Be Brave

please lets not do "BIFFA" or any other acronym this time/ever again

GAPDY was classic but it is a little forced to try to recapture that magic

I think BIFFA's a better acronym just for the link to the esteemed waste management company. The magic of GAPDY passed me over.

I def was being less than serious about banning albums from the countdownand obv believe that people shd vote for whichever albums they want

Also am actually think about checking out the FF album more fully due to a couple ppl in here saying it is better than expected

some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2) --- the most critically neglected album...

So great, it's on 5 out of what, 50 lists here? For someone as accomplished as Kate Bush to release such a bracketed slice of music as Snow is a gift in itself. If it's divisive, then i have yet to encounter any reasonable descenting opinion (and, Doran, as colorful as The Elton John track is shit statement is, doesn't quite pass muster). Is it that the press believe she didn't wait the requisite decade before releasing new material, or that the year just had too many other superior offerings?

Kate Bush is a true master, no matter how inventive (i imagine) you find this years debut of Yuck.

that the year just had too many other superior offerings?

Yes. Also: she's recorded at least three stronger albums.

I'm not going to bother arguing further with the aptly named.

x-post: That shouldn't be held against her if the current one can compete with the other albums out there this year (and for me it does). Not that I'm particularly worried about it not being higher in more lists. It's not as good as Aerial but it's still a strong followup to that.

When does an undebated disagreement become the equivalent of "argument" - this is exactly what's wrong with society; no discussion, just lines in the sand.

also, thank you to Lord and Rudi for their reasoned entries.

yeah, the world would be way better if everyone just engaged in fair and honest debates about kate bush