I really had a hard time finding a top ten in 2011. This past year it was all about the 99 Percent and Occupy Wall Street. What they did was change the conversation from the balanced budget to the lack of economic equality that exists in our country. The New York Mets of English Football? Manchester City won the FA Cup and West Ham United got relegated. I am also convinced when I watch the GOP debates? They should be playing clown music instead. I can’t take these people seriously at all.
Ten Best of 2011.
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1. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Her Best Since Is This Desire?)
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2. Radiohead – The King of Limbs and Remix 2CD
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3. Kate Bush – Directors Cut and 50 Words for Snow (Wow we got 2 albums from Ms. Kate in one year. )
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4. Florence and the Machine – Ceremonials (No Sophomore Slump for Her)
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5. Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures (Gone Too Soon)
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6. Bon Iver – Bon Iver (
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7. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
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8. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
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9. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds / Beady Eye – Different Gear Still Speeding (Will Noel and Liam just kiss and make up because together they would have made one hell of an album)
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10. The Black Keys – El Camino (Who Says Rock is Dead)
Best Reissues of 2011
(Now this was a easier list to compile because it became a matter of what to leave out)
1. Pink Floyd – Entire Catalogue (Skip the Immersion editions of the Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here and get the Experience 2CD editions)
2. Nirvana – Nevermind (Deluxe Edition)
3. Primal Scream – Screamadelica (Kevin Shields Remaster)
4. Rolling Stones – Some Girls (Deluxe Edition) and The Brussels Affair (Google Download Official Bootleg recorded in 1973 the Stones at their best)
5. Queen – Entire Catalogue
6. U2 – Acthung Baby (Deluxe Edition)
7. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (40th Anniversary Edition)
8. Beach Boys – Smile (Deluxe Edition)
9. Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
10. Ride – Nowhere (20th Anniversary Edition)
Top Singles of 2011
1. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
2. Foster The People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
3. Florence and the Machine – “Shake It Out”
4. Robyn – “Call Your Girlfriend”
5. Fleet Foxes – “Helplessness Blues”
6. Karen 0 and Trent Renzor – “The Immigrant Song”
7. Lady Gaga – “Edge of Glory”
8. Radiohead – “Lotus Flower”
9. The Black Keys – “Lonely Boy”
10. Bon Iver – “Holocene”
Disappointment of the Year?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – The English/Hollywood version pales in comparison to the original Swedish trilogy. Plus what wasn’t Noomi Rapace in the Hollywood Version? She speaks perfect English and is a better actor then Rooney Mara.
Anyway any comments or complaints?
Jay4000 AT earthlink DAWT net