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    • Tim Broun Poop ’11



    The Vinyl District App
    1. The Vinyl District Record Store Locator app (available for iOS and Android)  (The Vinyl District/Shoutem)



    cover of Tom Waits - Bad As Me  Buy New or Used via amazon
    2. Tom Waits – Bad As Me (Anti)



    cover of Brian Olive - Two of Everything  Buy New or Used via amazon
    3. Brian Olive – Two of Everything (Alive)



    cover of Booker T. Jones - The Road From Memphis  Buy New or Used via amazon
    4. Booker T. Jones – The Road From Memphis (Anti)



    cover of Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues  Buy New or Used via amazon
    5. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)



    cover of Black Keys - Lonely Boy  Buy New or Used via amazon
    6. Black Keys – Lonely Boy (Nonesuch)



    cover of Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues  Buy New or Used via amazon
    7. Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues (Bloodshot, really 2010 but I’m counting it for this year)



    cover of Mekons - Ancient & Modern  Buy New or Used via amazon
    8. Mekons – Ancient & Modern (Bloodshot)



    cover of The Kills - Blood Pressures  Buy New or Used via amazon
    9. The Kills – Blood Pressures (Domino)



    cover of Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming  Buy New or Used via amazon
    10. Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming (Daptone)



    cover of Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'  Buy New or Used via amazon
    11. Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’ (Columbia)



    Honorable mention:
    12. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Soul Time (Daptone)
    13. Beirut – The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
    14. Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu (Warner Bros)



    According to my Last.FM account – stats for 2011:
    Top 20 tracks:
    01. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
    02. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Forbidden Colours
    03. Tom Waits – Hang On St. Christopher
    04. Alexis Weissenberg – Debussy: Suite Bergamasque: 3. Clair De Lune
    05. Hem – Eveningland
    06. Tom Waits – I’m Still Here
    07. The Impressions – East Of Java
    08. Hem – Eveningland (Full Version) – Full Version
    09. Claude Debussy – Debussy: Claro De Luna
    10. George Winston – Thanksgiving
    11. Tom Waits – Way Down In The Hole
    12. Hoagy Carmichael – Hong Kong Blues
    13. Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues
    14. Shirley Ellis – The Clapping Song
    15. Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited – Theme From Stella Interstellar
    16. Gene & The Esquires – Space Race
    17. Casino Music – The Beat Goes On
    18. Les McCann – Boo-Ga-Loo
    19. Eddie Kendricks – Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
    20. The Bees – Chicken Payback



    Top 20 albums:
    01. Charlie Parker – Charlie Parker With Strings
    02. Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues
    03. Steely Dan – Collected
    04. Tom Waits – Alice
    05. Hem – Eveningland
    06. Blue Lu Barker – Complete Jazz Series 1946 – 1949
    07. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Playing The Piano – US Version
    08. The Kills – No Wow
    09. The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions
    10. The Drums – The Drums
    11. Peter Gabriel – New Blood
    12. Brian Olive – Two Of Everything
    13. The Kills – Midnight Boom
    14. Tom Waits – Orphans
    15. Cheap Trick – Heaven Tonight
    16. Art Blakey – Greatest Jazz Sessions
    17. Sidney Bechet – Best of Sidney Bechet
    18. Madlib – The Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes
    19. Junip – Fields
    20. Suicide – The Second Album + The First Rehearsal Tapes



    Top 20 artists:
    01. Tom Waits
    02. Charlie Parker
    03. The Impressions
    04. The Kills
    05. John Coltrane
    06. Cocteau Twins
    07. Charles Mingus
    08. Steely Dan
    09. Justin Townes Earle
    10. The Kinks
    11. Hem
    12. Hoagy Carmichael
    13. Art Blakey
    14. Curtis Mayfield
    15. Donovan
    16. Pet Shop Boys
    17. The Harvest Ministers
    18. Neil Young
    19. The Human League
    20. Felt




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