Great list, Saeglopur. But I absolutely hated And So I Watch You From Afar's album. Oh well.
They're off the streets now, and back on the road on the riot trail. http://www.last.fm/user/sca_punkThanks. The list took far too long to put together, I have too much time on my hands
I reckon Gangs isn't quite up to the ridiculously high standards they set themselves with the self-titled debut, but it's still unlike anything else out there and great fun. What didn't you like about it?
Listen to Music with Tropers at The Troper Turntable!Best: Within Temptation - The Unforgiving.
Actually the only album I've bought this year, but also the only one worth buying by any label band. God I sound pretentious arthouse as fuck with that, but most of my other music listening has been guys like Chris TT and Dave Hughes & The Renegade Folk Punk Band, both of whom sadly lack major labels.
edited 15th Dec '11 1:29:08 PM by CaissasDeathAngel
My name is Addy. Please call me that instead of my username.It's so hard for me judge albums because I haven't really heard one this year that I completely like all the way through, but if I had to pick five BEST I'd say
- Lady Gaga "Born This Way"
- Bad Meets Evil "Hell: The Sequel"
- The Lonely Island "Turtleneck & Chain"
- Kanye West & Jay-Z "Watch The Throne"
- Various Artists "Punk Goes Pop Vol. 4"
And the worst, but in the sense that I'm comparing this to their previous work:
- Avril Lavigne "Goodbye Lullaby"
- Britney Spears "Femme Fatale"
Well, I haven't listened to it in a while, but while I liked the sound and style at first, it really just wore off me very quickly and by the end of the album I was sick of it. Not enough variety, maybe?
They're off the streets now, and back on the road on the riot trail. http://www.last.fm/user/sca_punkOooh, Sepalcure put out a full length? Will check out.
And Nero's debut was a disappointment. :<
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.Love Pressure EP kinda struck me as what would happen if William Bevan scored a porno.
In a good way.
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.@Nil Admirari: Agreed on Oneohtrix Point Never, Grouper however only just scraped into my top 50 as I thought it was disappointing compared to Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill. But based on its high placement in your list I will give it another listen. Still need to listen to Glass Swords.
Also, off-topic, but nice username, I loved Returnal
An album that I expected to show up in a bunch of worst lists is Nelly's 5.0. This was supposed to be his comeback album and ended up getting only slightly better reviews than Brass Knuckles. Also, the sales weren't any better (though this one charted higher).
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That album came out towards the end of 2010, though. Other than just being mediocre, it was overshadowed by releases from Kanye and Nicki Minaj in the next week.
My Best:
- Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
- Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
- Insomnium - One For Sorrow
- Samael - Lux Mundi
- Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
- VNV Nation - Automatic
Honorable Mention:
- Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus. (For being nowhere near as bad as people made it out to be.)
edited 19th Dec '11 12:21:35 AM by xexyzl
BEST:
- Fucked Up -David Comes To Life
- eastern youth - Kokoro no soko ni Touka Tomose
- Maritime - Human Hearts
- Red Hot Chili Peppers- I'm With You
WORST:
- dredg - Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy
- Dananananaykroyd - There Is A Way
I was tremendously disappointed in these albums. The negative response to the dredg album seems almost universal.
edited 21st Dec '11 11:40:03 AM by Dekunobo
Listened to a few new albums and got a better ranking hammered out:
- Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
- The Antlers - Burst Apart
- Destroyer - Kaputt
- A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen
- James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
- Panda Bear - Tomboy
- The Roots - undun
- Clams Casino - Instrumentals
- La Dispute - Wildlife
- Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
Other things that I enjoyed but didn't include because they were mixtapes: Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra, The Weeknd - House of Balloons and Echoes of Silence, Elzhi - Elmatic, Lil B - Angels Exodus and Main Attrakionz - Blackberry Ku$h
edited 24th Dec '11 4:07:53 PM by sca_punk
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Fantastic list - I've heard a lot of good things about that James Ferraro album, could you give me any indication what it's like? Any other bands/artists you'd compare him to?

Oh, I can't believe I didn't mention hanDover.
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