KHI's Best Albums of 2011

[Lycanthrope]

With the final big releases of 2011 out of the way now, let's list what we think are the albums of this past year, a big year for music and media itself. From what I listened to...

Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part II
Beirut - The Rip Tide
The Black Keys - El Camino
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Common - The Dreamer/The Believer
Cults - Cults
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - It's a Corporate World
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Domo Genesis - undertheinfluence
Feist - Metals
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Foster the People - Torches
Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost!
The Internet - Purple Naked Ladies *
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Mates of State - Mountaintops
MellowHype - BLACKENEDWHITE [Re-Release]
Mister Heavenly - Out of Love
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Portugal. the Man - In the Mountain in the Cloud
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Real Estate - Days
The Roots - undun
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines
Theophilus London - Timez Are Weird These Days
The Throne - Watch the Throne
tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
Tyler, the Creator - GOBLIN
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
Wilco - The Whole Love
Wye Oak - Civilian
Yuck - Yuck

Bolds I agree with. *'s I haven't listened to yet.

To add:

Active Child - You Are All I See
The Airborne Toxic Event - All At Once
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Atlas Sound - Parallax
Björk - Biophilia
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
City & Colour - Little Hell
The Cool Kids - When Fish Ride Bicycles
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
James Blake - James Blake
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Panda Bear - Tomboy
The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low
Sleeper Agent - Celebrasion
States - Room to Run
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
Washed Out - Within and Without
Wild Flag - Wild Flag
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
Young the Giant - Young the Giant



Might be missing some but who knows

[Crimson Jazz]

Adele - 21
Beyonce - 4 (Yeah, I said it)
Common - The Dreamer/The Believer
Drake - Take Care
Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story
Frank Ocean - nostalgia, Ultra
Tyler, The Creator - Goblin

[Informal Gluttony]

preliminary at this point. i haven't kept up too well with many major releases this year, but these are a few of the ones that have caught my eye.

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (not as good as for emma, but close. evokes totally different feelings)
Deer Leap/The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Deer Leap + The World is a Beautiful Place are Here to Help (best split)
Pianos Become the Teeth - The Lack Long After ( <3 )
Title Fight - Shed (why do i like this so much)
Touché Amoré - Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me (doesn't hit as hard as to the beat, but it's close)
Trophy Scars - Never Born, Never Dead (best ep. people need to here this)
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (vocals were pretty instant for me, honestly. fits so, so well together)

[Macabre]

Animals As Leaders - Weightless
Born of Osiris - The Discovery
Between The Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues(extended play)
Corelia - Nostalgia(extended play)
Friend For A Foe - Source of Isolation(extended play)
Insomnium - One for Sorrow
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
Opeth - Heritage
Protest The Hero - Scurrilious
Scale The Summit-The Collective
Sylosis - Edge of The Earth
TesseracT - One
Textures - Dualism
The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual
The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
Uneven Structure - Februus
Volumes - Via

[Bobjam]

Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
Drake – Take Care
Blessthefall – Awakenings
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Soundtrack
MuteMath – Odd Soul
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Self Titled

Oh and Bbs/days/re:coded Soundtrack =).

[turninto]

I won't bother repeating the OP (I don't entirely agree, but nevertheless). Otherwise:

Adele - 21
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
Björk - Biophilia
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
The Chemical Brothers - Hanna (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
Jenny Wilson - Blazing I & II
The Kills - Blood Pressures
My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind
New Look - New Look
The Pica Beats - Better in Color
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers - Teenage & Torture
Summer Camp - Welcome to Condale
Various Artists - Rave On Buddy Holly
Various Artists - Sucker Punch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

[soraking10]

I got a few more to add.

Eyeshine, Afterglow; Sonosis
Silverstein, Rescue

[Superschlock]

Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed
































































































































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[KaiSparda1018]

Dream Theater, A Dramatic Turn of Events
Machine Head, Unto The Locust
Iced Earth. Dystopia
A Skylit Drive, Identity on Fire
Various Artists, Punk Goes Pop 4
Breathe Carolina, Hell is What You Make it
Hollywood Undead, American Tragedy
Death Cab For Cutie, Codes And Keys
Rhapsody of Fire, From Chaos to Eternity
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Am I The Enemy
BlessTheFall, Awakening
Chevelle, Hats Off To The Bull

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the awesomeness of Hats Off to the Bull.

Another guilty pleasure I've got to add - Bush - The Sea of Memories

[YUPPP]

I'll just do a Top Ten:

Mastodon - The Hunter
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
J. Cole- Cole World: The Sideline
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
Kendrick Lamar - Section 80
Scale The Summit - The Collective
Thrice - Major/Minor
Frank Turner - England, Take My Bones
Bomb! The Music Industry - Vacation
Drake - Take Care

[The 14th Order]

Subjective thread is subjective.

As much as I'd like to recognize Anthrax's new album, it's just not the style I'd expect to come from the Belladonna lineup, but rather the John Bush line up (aka, the bad Anthrax).

Here's hoping their next album is more in comparison to PoT/SoE/Madhouse/AtL

[kazukifafner]

I'm gonna add Hitomi's "Angel Feather Voice 2" album.

Oh man, this album is so good :D

[Enchanted Rose]

I clearly don't listen as much contemporary music as most people here, but a few that spring to mind are

James Blake - James Blake
Tomboy - Panda Bear
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - M83
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
1977 - Terius Nash

I still need to listen to PJ Harvey, Bjork and Kendrick Lamar's 2011 releases.

Various Artists, Punk Goes Pop 4

Hahaha, these are such a guilty pleasure for me. I think I've going to have to download it.

[Neko]

There were many good albums this year. I think it just depends on a person's tastes in music.

My Favorites:
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- I Am the Enemy
Adele-21
Evanescence-Evanescence
Coldplay-Mylo Xyloto

I know I am leaving something out. I will probably think of more.

[Raz]

Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes
Beyonce - 4