Favorites of 2011

[R_of_G]

It's getting close enough to the end of the year to start compiling my personal favorite albums list for 2011. I figured I'd do a Top 11 this year (see what I did there?) but after these 10 I think I'll leave that 11th space for the forthcoming Black Keys album because I'm sure it'll belong there.

-Tom Waits - "Bad As Me"
-Kasey Anderson & the Honkies - "Heart of a Dog"
-Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - "Here We Rest"
-Steve Earle - "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"
-Star Anna & the Laughing Dogs - "Alone In this Together"
-Wilco - "The Whole Love"
-Bill Frisell - "All We Are Saying"
-Explosions in the Sky - "Take Care Take Care Take Care"
-Those Darlins - "Screws Get Loose"
-Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears - "Scandalous"

And the rest of you?
Which albums were top of of the 2011 class?

[sunvalleylaw]

Wilco - The Whole Love
The Decemberists - The King is Dead (started listening in 2011, I think it is a 2010 album though)
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (also 2010?)

[R_of_G]

Wilco - The Whole Love
The Decemberists - The King is Dead (started listening in 2011, I think it is a 2010 album though)
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (also 2010?)

Need time to regroup and remember what year this was? :poke

[Spudman]

My world in 2011 was made a little more pleasant by listening to these albums released this year:

Beardfish - Mamoth
Karmakanic - In a Perfect World
Agents Of Mercy - The Black Forest
Pallas - XXV
Symphony X - Iconoclast
Wobbler - Rites At Dawn
Haken - Nocturnal Conspiracy
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
Neal Morse - Testimony 2
Black Country Communion 2

[Spudman]

Need time to regroup and remember what year this was? :poke

Give him a break. He's having to function at sea level this week.:messedup:

[Tig]

You guy's lists make it easy for me!
Not in any order...

Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
Wilco - The Whole Love
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - How I Go
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Don't Explain (biggest surprise of the year)
Mastodon - The Hunter (very prog-ish, mixed with metal)
Rush - Time Machine 2011 Live In Cleveland

Almost top 10:
Warren Haynes - Man In Motion
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Here We Rest
Johnny Winter - Roots
Moreland & Arbuckle - Just a Dream
Pallas - XXV
Opeth - Heritage
Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (really)

[marnold]

BCC2
George Lynch--Kill All Control
The first 3/4 of Anthrax--Worship Music

There would be more if I could include albums I discovered in 2011 but weren't released then.

[R_of_G]

There would be more if I could include albums I discovered in 2011 but weren't released then.

That'd be a good complementary thread to this one. There are plenty of catalog albums I discovered for myself this year that made it into the heavy rotation at one time or another.

[Tig]

I forgot about Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Here We Rest.
It easily fits in my top 2011 albums. :AOK

[bcdon]

Mastodon - The Hunter (very prog-ish, mixed with metal)
Opeth - Heritage
Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (really)
My list.
+ Adele's 21 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_(Adele_album))
http://thatgrapejuice.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/adele21.png
+ Megadeth's TH1RT3EN (probably my favourite of the year).
http://www.metalinjection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Megadeth_-_TH1RT3EN.jpg
+ Cake's Showroom of Compassion (saw them in concert too, awesome!)
http://totally-free-music.com/images/2011/05/cake-showroom-of-compassion-2011.jpg

[Tig]

Last minute add-ins:

The Black Keys - El Camino
The Aristocrats -The Aristocrats

[Telephantasm]

One more:
Death Cab For Cutie -Codes And Keys

[R_of_G]

Last minute add-ins:

The Black Keys - El Camino
The Aristocrats -The Aristocrats

The Black Keys album is a late add to my list as well. Figured it would be. I love those guys and this album is chock full of rock.
A few others that I picked up after I made this list that I really enjoyed are Glossary's "Long Live Us All" and American Aquarium's "Small Town Hymns"

[R_of_G]

One more:
Death Cab For Cutie -Codes And Keys

My wife really enjoyed this one as well. She's a big DCFC fan and I know this album spent a lot of time in heavy rotation in her car.

[guitarhack]

Man In Motion - Warren Haynes
Fidelis - Pat Travers
Chief - Eric Church
Long Line Of Heartaches - Connie Smith

[sunvalleylaw]

Need time to regroup and remember what year this was? :poke

Turns out I was right on the year. Those are still my top three then. And I got Revelator, Tedeschi Trucks Band, for my wife for Christmas, and we are really enjoying that. I want to check out a few more that have been listed here, and also want to check out George Benson's release from last year.

Album: http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Man-George-Benson/dp/B005F6NA5G


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khywAlP4Oek

[BranJLew]

I enjoyed the new Foo Fighters, August Burns Red, Incubus, Primus, Tom Waits, and Jamie Cullum the most this past year. Although I just recently started listening to the new Primus and Tom Waits shortly after Christmas I guess.