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  1. November 26th, 2011, 11:49 AM #1
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    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?
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    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?)
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    Quote Originally Posted by sunvalleylaw View Post
    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?
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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by R_of_G View Post
    Need time to regroup and remember what year this was?
    Give him a break. He's having to function at sea level this week.

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    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)
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by marnold View Post
    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.
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    I forgot about Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Here We Rest.
    It easily fits in my top 2011 albums.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tig View Post
    Mastodon - The Hunter (very prog-ish, mixed with metal)
    Opeth - Heritage
    Lady Antebellum - Own The Night (really)
    My list.
    + Adele's 21

    + Megadeth's TH1RT3EN (probably my favourite of the year).

    + Cake's Showroom of Compassion (saw them in concert too, awesome!)
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    Last minute add-ins:

    The Black Keys - El Camino
    The Aristocrats -The Aristocrats
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    One more:
    Death Cab For Cutie -Codes And Keys
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tig View Post
    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"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Telephantasm View Post
    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.
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    Man In Motion - Warren Haynes
    Fidelis - Pat Travers
    Chief - Eric Church
    Long Line Of Heartaches - Connie Smith
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    Quote Originally Posted by R_of_G View Post
    Need time to regroup and remember what year this was?
    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.

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    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.
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