peedub said:

duccichucka said:

Those of you who have more than two albums on your list are poseurs who just

want to enumerate albums you listened to for the sake of enumerating albums

you listened to. People are so silly...

My favorite album was Van Hunt's What Where You Hoping For?.

nobody's list is enumerated, look it up. 'favorite' does not imply 'single'. the title of the thread specifies 'albums'. are you done?

First of all, why you choose to harp on my use of the word "enumerate" as a synonym

with the word "list" is beyond me. I used the word correctly; if you place one item on

a list, you have enumerated, independent of ranking them in order or not:

enumerate 2 : to specify one after another : list

Second of all, although I poked fun at those lists with multiple albums, I still managed

to contribute to the thread: so what's your point and how does your reply to my initial

post do the same?

duccichucka said:

peedub said:

nobody's list is enumerated, look it up. 'favorite' does not imply 'single'. the title of the thread specifies 'albums'. are you done?

First of all, why you choose to harp on my use of the word "enumerate" as a synonym

with the word "list" is beyond me. I used the word correctly; if you place one item on

a list, you have enumerated, independent of ranking them in order or not:

enumerate 2 : to specify one after another : list

Second of all, although I poked fun at those lists with multiple albums, I still managed

to contribute to the thread: so what's your point and how does your reply to my initial

post do the same?

nobody's harping, just sayin'. and i'm not here to argue semantics. the fact of the matter is, nobody's really listing anything, they're displaying by the means provided.

and i resent being called a poseur and don't consider it 'poking fun'. that's how my post is relevant. i listened to 60-80 albums that were released this year. those i mentioned in my initial post are some of my favorites. if you care to discuss them, you're welcome to; and i will graciously respond. come in here calling names and you just come off as a dick and ima call you on it.

peedub said:

duccichucka said:

First of all, why you choose to harp on my use of the word "enumerate" as a synonym

with the word "list" is beyond me. I used the word correctly; if you place one item on

a list, you have enumerated, independent of ranking them in order or not:

enumerate 2 : to specify one after another : list

Second of all, although I poked fun at those lists with multiple albums, I still managed

to contribute to the thread: so what's your point and how does your reply to my initial

post do the same?

nobody's harping, just sayin'. and i'm not here to argue semantics. the fact of the matter is, nobody's really listing anything, they're displaying by the means provided.

and i resent being called a poseur and don't consider it 'poking fun'. that's how my post is relevant. i listened to 60-80 albums that were released this year. those i mentioned in my initial post are some of my favorites. if you care to discuss them, you're welcome to; and i will graciously respond. come in here calling names and you just come off as a dick and ima call you on it.

Yeah, you leave that semantic argument alone, kid; you clearly don't know what you're

talking about. You are backpedaling and trying to save face at the same time and look

silly in motion.

You listened to 60-80 albums this year. And you "enumerated" five of which you consider

your favorite. Now, out of which of those five do you prefer? When you find out which one

of those is your favorite, mention it. Don't tell me you can't do this because you just said

you whittled 60-80 down to five. Now whittle five down to 1, dude...

You (and others in here) itemizing your entire 2011 record collection is an example of being self-indulgent and simply wanting people to acknowledge your taste in music;

y'all are in here showing off your taste and that's it.

Nobody really has more than two or three favorites of anything authentically.

You are backpedaling and trying to save face at the same time and look

silly in motion.

not backpedaling at all.

You listened to 60-80 albums this year. And you "enumerated" five of which you consider

your favorite. Now, out of which of those five do you prefer? When you find out which one

of those is your favorite, mention it. Don't tell me you can't do this because you just said

you whittled 60-80 down to five. Now whittle five down to 1, dude...

i don't need to. i had a few favorites, those are them.

You (and others in here) itemizing your entire 2011 record collection...

if you want me to itemize my record collection, start a thread.

y'all are in here showing off your taste and that's it.

some call it sharing.

Nobody really has more than two or three favorites of anything authentically.

the responses in this thread suggest otherwise.

duccichucka said:

Those of you who have more than two albums on your list are poseurs who just

want to enumerate albums you listened to for the sake of enumerating albums

you listened to. People are so silly...

My favorite album was Van Hunt's What Where You Hoping For?.

I actually listened to a lot of music this year, and I stand by my list. So eat it.

duccichucka said:

peedub said:

nobody's harping, just sayin'. and i'm not here to argue semantics. the fact of the matter is, nobody's really listing anything, they're displaying by the means provided.

and i resent being called a poseur and don't consider it 'poking fun'. that's how my post is relevant. i listened to 60-80 albums that were released this year. those i mentioned in my initial post are some of my favorites. if you care to discuss them, you're welcome to; and i will graciously respond. come in here calling names and you just come off as a dick and ima call you on it.

Yeah, you leave that semantic argument alone, kid; you clearly don't know what you're

talking about. You are backpedaling and trying to save face at the same time and look

silly in motion.

You listened to 60-80 albums this year. And you "enumerated" five of which you consider

your favorite. Now, out of which of those five do you prefer? When you find out which one

of those is your favorite, mention it. Don't tell me you can't do this because you just said

you whittled 60-80 down to five. Now whittle five down to 1, dude...

You (and others in here) itemizing your entire 2011 record collection is an example of being self-indulgent and simply wanting people to acknowledge your taste in music;

y'all are in here showing off your taste and that's it.

Nobody really has more than two or three favorites of anything authentically.

And for you to actually try to claim that everyone who doesn't do it your way is that shows the flaws in your thought process.

duccichucka said:

Those of you who have more than two albums on your list are poseurs who just

want to enumerate albums you listened to for the sake of enumerating albums

you listened to.

Not that any explanation is required, i'll take the bait just to see what you're trying to accomplish.
The purpose of the thread is to allow those that want to, share with others albums they've enjoyed that were released over the course of this year.

It's that simple.



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Tribal Records

duccichucka said:

peedub said:

nobody's harping, just sayin'. and i'm not here to argue semantics. the fact of the matter is, nobody's really listing anything, they're displaying by the means provided.

and i resent being called a poseur and don't consider it 'poking fun'. that's how my post is relevant. i listened to 60-80 albums that were released this year. those i mentioned in my initial post are some of my favorites. if you care to discuss them, you're welcome to; and i will graciously respond. come in here calling names and you just come off as a dick and ima call you on it.

Yeah, you leave that semantic argument alone, kid; you clearly don't know what you're

talking about. You are backpedaling and trying to save face at the same time and look

silly in motion.

You listened to 60-80 albums this year. And you "enumerated" five of which you consider

your favorite. Now, out of which of those five do you prefer? When you find out which one

of those is your favorite, mention it. Don't tell me you can't do this because you just said

you whittled 60-80 down to five. Now whittle five down to 1, dude...

You (and others in here) itemizing your entire 2011 record collection is an example of being self-indulgent and simply wanting people to acknowledge your taste in music;

y'all are in here showing off your taste and that's it.

Nobody really has more than two or three favorites of anything authentically.

what a prick..why the fuck would you want to destroy this thread with your petty bullshit??

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My top 20 of 2011 since the OP asked so nicely:

1. The Horrors - Skying
2. Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High
3. The Black Belles - The Black Belles
4. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

5. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
6. Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion
7. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
8. The Original 7 - Condensate

9. Björk - Biophilia
10. Van Hunt - What Were You Hoping For?
11. The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
12. Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams

13. The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
14. J*DaVeY - New Designer Drug
15. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
16. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

17. Austra - Feel It Break
18. Company of Thieves - Running From A Gamble
19. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
20. Cat's Eyes - Cat's Eyes

new album edit

[Edited 1/20/12 12:16pm]

Hmmm...you guys aren't giving Me'Shell any love.

MeShell...Weather

Kate Bush...50 Words for Snow

Tom Waits...Bad as Me

Bjork...Biophilia

The Roots..Undun

P.J. Harvey..Let England Shake (even though I think White Chalk is a stronger album)

thanks2joniandu said:

Hmmm...you guys aren't giving Me'Shell any love.

MeShell...Weather

I haven't listened to her new album yet, but I often find her sound so dark & moody, that I often have a hard time appreciating it (as excellent as the production may be).

I probably acquired more music this year than in any year prior, but the vast majority of titles have been pre-2011 releases. Of my 2011 stuff, I probably find myself returning most to these three...

The Bjork release is interesting, because while is it absolutely not what I expected -- or had hoped for from her -- I'm finding it somehow captivating.

[Edited 1/3/12 14:13pm]

thanks2joniandu said:

Hmmm...you guys aren't giving Me'Shell any love.

I could see immediately that "Rapid Fire" will go down as one of my all-time favorite Meshell tracks, but Weather more broadly hasn't done much for me.

theAudience said:

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Oz Noy - Twisted Blues, Vol.1

With there still being a few days left to 2011, I guess there's still time to come up with my new favorite album of the year. And now that I've heard the whole thing, it would without a doubt be Oz Noy's "Twisted Blues Volume 1". Man! This album is SMOKIN! Especially "Cissy Strut", "Twisted Blues", and "Trinkle Tinkle", but I also like the more mellow "You Are The State" as well. I have no problem just letting this whole CD play from start to finish. In fact, this weekend it's been on REPEAT.

That thread you posted on Oz Noy a few weeks back gave me enough of a clue that I knew I wanted to hear more, but this album turned out to be better than I expected. Or maybe not, because I knew right away that I wanted it, so I must have known because I don't often get the urge to purchase a whole CD just based on hearing one song. But there was something unique about this guys style that really spoke to me. Also, watching the video allowed me to see how serious these guys were about crafting their sound. I would LOVE to hear Oz Noy and Bill Frisell do an album together. Woo-hoo! Although those two together on one project might melt my brain, lol.

This is good stuff man, I would not have wanted to have missed it. And thanks to you, I didn't.

PDogz said:

theAudience said:

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Oz Noy - Twisted Blues, Vol.1

With there still being a few days left to 2011, I guess there's still time to come up with my new favorite album of the year. And now that I've heard the whole thing, it would without a doubt be Oz Noy's "Twisted Blues Volume 1". Man! This album is SMOKIN! Especially "Cissy Strut", "Twisted Blues", and "Trinkle Tinkle", but I also like the more mellow "You Are The State" as well. I have no problem just letting this whole CD play from start to finish. In fact, this weekend it's been on REPEAT.

That thread you posted on Oz Noy a few weeks back gave me enough of a clue that I knew I wanted to hear more, but this album turned out to be better than I expected. Or maybe not, because I knew right away that I wanted it, so I must have known because I don't often get the urge to purchase a whole CD just based on hearing one song. But there was something unique about this guys style that really spoke to me. Also, watching the video allowed me to see how serious these guys were about crafting their sound. I would LOVE to hear Oz Noy and Bill Frisell do an album together. Woo-hoo! Although those two together on one project might melt my brain, lol.

This is good stuff man, I would not have wanted to have missed it. And thanks to you, I didn't.

Glad to hear you're enjoying the album.

That Cissy Strut clip on my Oz Noy thread might also be one of the last clips showing the late great Ralph MacDonald.



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http://www.the-generators.com/

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theAudience said:

duccichucka said:

Those of you who have more than two albums on your list are poseurs who just

want to enumerate albums you listened to for the sake of enumerating albums

you listened to.

Not that any explanation is required, i'll take the bait just to see what you're trying to accomplish.
The purpose of the thread is to allow those that want to, share with others albums they've enjoyed that were released over the course of this year.

It's that simple.



Music for adventurous listeners


tA

Tribal Records

Thanks for the suggestions - I'm gonna check them out!

Meshell NdegeOcello - Weather

J*DaVeY - New Designer Drug

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine

Little Dragon - Ritual Union

Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche

St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

James Blake - James Blake

Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting

Rahsaan Patterson - Bleuphoria

Mint Condition--7

Original 7ven

Amalia--Art Slave

Happy New Year and thanks to everyone that contributed to the thread.

It'll be interesting to see what new music this year brings.

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Tribal Records

It's funny...back in the 80's, I'da filled UP this list. (Shows how Music has slipped since then, huh?) For 2011, I'd go with Kate Bush's "50 Words for Snow" and Jill Scott's "Light of the Sun."

arX said:

Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights, Earling Mornings (J Records)

http://www.marshaambrosiu...y-mornings

look at her doin the walk of shame stroll

theAudience said:

Happy New Year and thanks to everyone that contributed to the thread.

It'll be interesting to see what new music this year brings.

Music for adventurous listeners


tA

Tribal Records

Thank YOU, as always, tA. This thread makes my 2011 recap purchases easy work.

My #1 is definitely Metronomy's The English Riviera. Best shit I've heard for a long time, a very deep and soulful album!

I really love both Kate Bush releases this year: Director's Cut and 50 Words For Snow, Kate is kinda back being herself and I'm really happy with that (and having 2 albums after so many years of hiatius!).

The Kid Creole And The Coconuts come-back album, I Wake Up Screaming, is a really wonderful record by one of my favorite bands of all time, and I appreciate the fact that it's produced by Hercules And Love Affair, one of my favorite contemporary bands (their 2 albums are nothing but astonishing, check it out!).

Other releases of interest are:

The last Little Dragon joint, Ritual Union, not as cool as their previous record IMHO, but still very challenging.

Likke Li's Wounded Ryhmes is a very interesting second effort, very different from the first one and quite dark and intimate.

fDeluxe's Gaslight reminds me of the classic Wendy & Lisa stuff and for that only deserves to be mentioned!

And there's been other interesting things, such as SBTRKT's eponymous album, Thomas Dolby's A Map Of The Floating City, David Lynch's Crazy Clown Time, Lemongrass' beautiful Sirius, and Susheela Raman's Vel where she does her thing with a little wilder side of herself than the usual. I also have to admit that I found that Michael Jackson's Immortal, which I expected to be crap, is a very cool homage to his whole discography, very respectful of the original material and interestingly remixed and put together.

Other things might grow on me with time, and of course I probably have missed a lot of stuff...

[Edited 1/7/12 8:46am]

Tortilla said:

Rahsaan Patterson - Bleuphoria

I forgot all about this!

This was really an AWESOME year musically!

My Favorites

1. Le Butcherette - Sin Sin Sin

2. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

3. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

4. The Black Belles - The Black Belles

5. Van Hunt - What Were You Hoping For

6. Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams

7. J*Davey - New Designer Drug

8. The Original 7VEN - Condensate

9. Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights& Early Mornings

10. The Horrors - Skying

11. Idle Warship - Habits of the Heart

12. Zola Jesus - Conatus

13. Joan as Police Woman - The Deep Field

14. Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials

15. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'

16. Wild Flag - Wild Flag

17. Yelle - Safari Disco Club

18. Bjork - Crystalline

19. Vivian Girls - Share the Joy

20. The Kills - Blood Pressures

21. Joy Formidable - The Big Roar

22. The Go Team! - Rolling Blackouts

23. Little Jackie - Made4TV

24. Sbtrkt - Sbtrkt

25. Cults - Cults

(not a bad album on the list! )

Honorable Mention (need to play these more....They kind of got lost ):

Little Dragon - Ritual Unions

My M.O. - Bonfire

Amy Winehouse - Lioness

EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints

Lenny Kravitz - Black & White America

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[Edited 1/7/12 12:02pm]

theAudience said:


Betty Wright - Betty WrightL: The Movie

Amalia - Art Slave

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Tribal Records

I NEED to get these!!

I'm really loving the new Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures. There are some great songs on it and the alternate version of Valerie is awesome.