Top Albums of 2011

1. Bon Iver-Self Titled
2. David Mead-Dudes
3. Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
4. Kurt Vile-Smoke Rings for My Halo
5. Tune Yards-w h o k i l l
6. Wilco-The Whole Love
7. Lykke Li-Wounded Rhymes
8. St. Vincent-Strange Mercy
9. The Decemberists-The King is Dead
10. Black Lips-Arabia Mountain
11. Cults-Self Titled
12. Radiohead-The King of Limbs
13. Dum Dum Girls-Only in Dreams
14. Real Estate-Days
15. M83-Hurry Up We're Dreaming
16. Peter Bjorn and John-Gimme Some
17. Elbow-Build a Rocket Boys!
18. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds-Self Titled
19. Destroyer-Kaputt
20. Arctic Monkeys-Suck It and See
21. Washed Out-Within & Without
22. Atlas Sound-Parallax
23. Yuck-Self Titled
24. James Blake: Self Titled
25. Wild Beasts-Smother
26. Tennis-Cape Dory
27. Ryan Adams-Ashes and Fire
28. The War on Drugs-Slave Ambient
29. Sloan-The Double Cross
30. Ringo Deathstarr-Colour Trip
31. The Kills-Blood Pressures
32. The Black Keys-El Camino
33. Foo Fighters: Wasting Light
34. Fountains of Wayne: Sky Full of Holes
35. The Book of Mormon soundtrack
36. EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints
37. Cut Copy: Zonoscope
38. Smith Westerns: Dye it Blonde
39. Los Campesinos: Hello Sadness
40. The Horrors: Skying
41. Battles: Gloss Drop
42. Iceage: New Brigade
43. My Morning Jacket: Circuital
44. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
45. Antlers: Burst Apart
46. TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light
47. The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck
48. Drive By Trucker-Go Go Boots
49. Class Actress-Rapprocher
50. Youth Lagoon-The Year of Hibernation

2011-Best of Albums Mid-Year

As of June 2011, the best albums I've heard this year are as follows:

James Blake-Self titled
Drive By Truckers- Go Go Boots
The Kills-Blood Pressures
Dodos-No Color
Mountain Goats-All Eternals Deck
PJ Harvey-Let England Shake
Raveonettes-Raven in the Grave
Antlers-Burst Apart
Ringo Deathstarr-Colour Trip
Brown Recluse-Evening Tapestry
Kurt Vile-Smoke Ring for My Halo
Ron Sexsmith-Long Player, Late Bloomer
Smith Westerns-Dye It Blonde
Arctic Monkeys-Suck It and See
Tennis-Cape Dory
Destroyer-Kaputt
Lykke Lii-Wounded Rhymes
Cut Copy-Zonoscope
Pains of Being Pure at Heart-Belong
Peter Bjorn & John-Gimme Some
Wild Beasts-Smother
Sloan-The Double Cross
Elbow-Build a Rocket Boys
Tune Yards-w h o k i l l
Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
I Am From Barcelona-Forever Today
Cults-Cults
Gang Gang Dance-Eye Contact
Foo Fighters-Wasting Light
Beastie Boys-Hot Sauce Committee Part 2


Reissues:
Ride-Nowhere
Pete Yorn-Life on a Chain
Primal Scream-Screamadelica
Pearl Jam-VS and Vitalogy
Suede-Suede
Suede-Dog Man Star
The Jayhawks-Hollywood Town Hall
The Jayhawks-Tomorrow the Green Grass
Nick Lowe-Labour of Lust
The Radio Department-Passive Aggressive

Best Albums & Reissues-2009

In no specific order:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs-It’s Blitz

Wilco-The Album

Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Pains of Being Pure at Heart-S/T

Girls-Album

Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion

Metric-Fantasies

Passion Pit-Manners

Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest

Horrors-Primary Colours

La Roux-S/T

Annie-Don’t Stop

AC Newman-Get Guilty

Dirty Projectors-Bitte Orca

The Big Pink-A Brief History of Love

Discovery-LP

XX-XX

Bat for Lashes-Two Suns

Arctic Monkeys-Humbug

Fever Ray-S/T

Rhett Miller-S/T

Prodigy-Invaders Must Die

The Elms-The Great American Midrange

Gomez-A New Tide

Mando Diao-Give Me Fire

Wild Beasts-Two Dancers

Pearl Jam-Backspacer

Mew-No More Stories are Told

Tinted Windows-S/T

Sondre Lerche-Heartbeat Radio

Joe Henry-Blood from Stars

Junior boys-Begone Dull Care

Circulatory System-Signal Morning

Roman Candle-Oh Tall Tree in the Ear

Clientele-Bonfires on the Heath

Dan Deacon-Bromst

Brakes-Touchdown

John Doe and the Sadies-Country Club

We Were Promised Jetpacks-These Four Walls

Sunset Rubdown-Dragonslayer

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears-Tell’em What Your Name Is!

Idlewild-Post Electric Blues

Harlem Shakes-Technicolor Health

Dinosaur Jr.-Farm

Julian Casablancas-Phrazes for the Yount

Maccabees-Wall of Arms

Dan Auerbach-Keep It Hit

Flaming Lips-Embryonic

Jarvis Cocker-Further Complications

Kasabian-West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Cribs-Ignore the Ignorant

Richard Swift-Atlantic Ocean

Neon Indian-Psychic Chasms

Reissues

Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath and Master of Reality

U2-Joshua Tree

Nick Lowe-Quiet Please:The New Best of Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe-Brentford Trilogy

Nirvana-Live at Reading

Pearl Jam-Ten

The Who-The Who Sell Out

Beatles-Stereo Box Set

Monks-Black Monk Time

REM-Reckoning

Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers, Tattoo You, Black and Blue, Some Girls, Goats Head Soup, It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll

Stone Roses-The Stone Roses

Apples in Stereo-#1 Hits Explosion

Big Star-Keep An Eye On the Sky

Feelies-Crazy Rhythms and The Good Earth

Fave Albums of 2008

Glasvegas-Glasvegas
Flight of the Conchords-S/T
Duke Spirit-Neptune
M83-Saturdays=Youth
Orson-Culture Vultures
She & Him-Volume One
Sparks-Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Wolf Parade-At Mount Zoomer
Walkmen-You & Me
The Week that Was-S/T
Black Kids-Partie Traumatic
Dr.Dog-Fate
Fleet Foxes-S/T
Jakob Dylan-Seeing Things
Hold Steady-Stay Positive
Portishead-Third
Cut Copy-In Ghost Colours
Los Campesinos-We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Butch Walker-Sycamore Meadows
Oasis-Dig Out Your Soul
British Sea Power-Do You Like Rock Music
Okkervil River-The Stand-Ins
Sloan-Parallel Play
Blitzen Trapper-Furr
Justin Townes Earle-The Good Life
Raconteurs-Consolers of the Lonely
Gentleman Jesse-S/T
Last Shadow Puppets-The Age of Understatement
Futureheads-This is Not the World
Neon Neon-Stainless Style
Nada Surf-Lucky
School of Language-Sea From Shore
Goldfrapp-Seventh Tree
Hot Chip-Made in the Dark
Supergrass-Diamond Hoo Ha Man
Kills-Midnight Boom
Teenage Prayers-Everyone Thinks You're the Best
Drive By Truckers-Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Los Campesinos-Hold on Now Youngster
Robyn-Robyn
Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend
Elbow-The Seldom Seen Kid
James-Hey Ma!

Best Albums-Third Quarter 2008

Glasvegas-Glasvegas
Flight of the Conchords-S/T
Duke Spirit-Neptune
Jackie Greene-Giving up the Ghost
M83-Saturdays=Youth
Martina Topley Bird-The Blue God
Orson-Culture Vultures
Pepe Deluxe-Spare Time Machine
She & Him-Volume One
Sparks-Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Subways-All or Nothing
Switches-Lay Down the Law
Wolf Parade-At Mount Zoomer
Brian Wilson-That Lucky Old Sun
Primal Scream-Beautiful Future
Ron Sexsmith-Exit Strategy of the Soul
Spiritualized-Songs in A & E
Walkmen-You & Me
The Week that Was-S/T
Black Kids-Partie Traumatic
Dr.Dog-Fate
Paul Weller-22 Dreams
Fleet Foxes-S/T
Ladytron-Velocifero
Jakob Dylan-Seeing Things
Hold Steady-Stay Positive
Starling Electric-Clouded Staircase
Kings of Leon-Only By the Night
Dungen-4
Tricky-Knowle West Boy

Reissues:
Dennis Wilson-Pacific Ocean Blue
Billy Joel-The Stranger
The Replacements-Tim
The Replacements-Pleased to Meet Me
The Replacements-All Shook Down
The Replacements-Don't Tell a Soul
Robyn Hitchcock-Element of Light
Robyn Hitchcock-Fegmania!
The Coral-Singles Collection

2008 Best Albums..Thus Far

I finally got around to pulling a list of albums that have stood out thus far in 2008. Whether all of these will make the year end list is yet to be seen.

• Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend
• Elbow-The Seldom Seen Kid
• Star Spangles-Dirty Bomb (yes, this was released in 2007, but they were dropped from their label and didn't have any kind of PR push)
• Los Campesinos-Hold on Now Youngster
• Robyn-Robyn
• Gutter Twins-Saturnalia
• Black Mountain-In the Future
• Teenage Prayers-Everyone Thinks You're the Best
• Drive By Truckers-Brighter Than Creation's Dark
• Gnarls Barkley-The Odd Couple
• Black Keys-Attack and Release
• The Long Blondes-Couples
• Jason Falkner-I'm OK You're OK (Yes, another 2007 release, but it has yet to be released in the US..still only an expensive Japanese release)
• Gary Louris-Vagabonds
• Jason Collett-Here's to Being Here
• Supergrass-Diamond Hoo Ha Man
• Kills-Midnight Boom
• Charlatans-You Cross My Path
• Raconteurs-Consolers of the Lonely
• Neon Neon-Stainless Style
• Nada Surf-Lucky
• School of Language-Sea From Shore
• Goldfrapp-Seventh Tree
• Hot Chip-Made in the Dark
• REM-Accelerate

Best Albums of 2007-First Quarter

I have to admit that the first quarter of 2007 has produced a good number of quality music albums. The following are the albums that have thus far impressed me:

1. Shins-Wincing the Night Away

2. The Arcade Fire-Neon Bible

3. Bloc Party-A Weekend in the City

4. The Horrors-Strange House

5. The Ponys-Turn the Lights Out

6. Fountains of Wayne-Traffic and Weather

7. Kings of Leon-Because of the Times

8. Pop Levi-The Return to Form Black Magick Party

9. LCD Soundsystem-Sounds of Silver

10. Idlewild-Make Another World

11. Panda Bear-Person Pitch

12. The Bees-Octopus

13. Deerhoof-Friend Opportunity

14. Klaxons-Myths of the Near Future

15. Jesse Malin-Glitter in the Gutter

16. Field Music-Tones of Town

17. Air-Pocket Symphony

18. Jarvis Cocker-Jarvis

19. Richard Swift-Dressed Up for the Letdown

20. The View-Hats Off to the Buskers

21. Apples in Stereo-New Magnetic Wonder

22. Of Montreal-Hissing Fauan, Are You the Destroyer?

23. Lilly Allen-Alright Still (released in the UK last year)

24. Amy Winehouse-Back to Black (released in the UK last year)

25. I am From Barcelona-Let me Introduce my Friends (released in the UK last year)

Currently Listening to:

Wilco

Sky Blue Sky

Released on: 5-15-07