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Cremey View Member Profile	Dec 26 2011, 07:20 PM Post #22
BuzzJack Platinum Member Group: Members Posts: 13,198 Member No.: 4,089 Joined: 9-August 07 No Gallery Pics	QUOTE(152chris @ Dec 22 2011, 10:28 PM) SHORT INTERVAL from all this raging discussion for my top 10 singles of 2011 (a proper list of singles is FAR too much effort so this will have to dooo) 01. Jamie xx - Far Nearer 02. Hooray For Earth - No Love 03. M83 - Midnight City 04. Bon Iver - Holocene 05. Calvin Harris - Feel So Close 06. Azealia Banks - 212 07. The Weeknd - The Birds Part 1 08. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 09. Jay-Z and Kanye West - Niggas In Paris 10. Martin Solveig ft. Kele - Ready 2 Go (I KNOW I just said that No Love (eternal love to Dandy) was my favourite song of oheleven but that was before I remembered the 7 minute steel drum WONDER of Far Nearer which just pips it to the post) I guess 2011 wasn't THAT bad. If you pretend half of it didn't happen. This top 10 is practically PERFECT. At least 6 of those would feature in my top 10 and another couple in my top 25 of the year (which will be posted soon). 'Ready to Go' sadly isn't one of my favourites though. As for the albums, looking rather wonderful* at the moment! I'll write proper comments when it's complete.



152chris View Member Profile	Dec 29 2011, 04:36 PM Post #24
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	No love for Ready 2 Go? i am back in the country so shall probably get back on this TONIGHT This post has been edited by 152chris: Dec 29 2011, 04:37 PM


152chris View Member Profile	Dec 29 2011, 11:42 PM Post #26
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	25. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Rano Pano, Letters to the Metro, George Square Thatcher Death Party 24. Little Dragon - Ritual Union Ritual Union, Crytalfilm, Summertearz 23. The Horrors - Skying Still Life, Endless Blue, I Can See Through You 22. Neon Indian - Era Extraña Polish Girl, Fallout, Future Sick 21. SBTRKT - SBTRKT Wildfire, Pharaohs, Right Thing To Do Mogwai in general are an incredibly recent discovery but I fell in love with this album almost instantly. I'm not usually one for instrumentals (largely) but the atmosphere and feel of Hardcore.. is more than enough for a fantastic album. Elsewhere we have Little Dragon and The Horrors who have had albums that I loved to begin with but that slowly fell out of favour... Ritual Union and Still Life respectively remain incredible though and I still regularly revisit both albums. The Horrors at Leeds this year were an abolute highlight if you ignore the 20 minute power cut/lack of breathing space on the front row so they forever hold a place in ma hearttt. IN CONTRAST, Neon Indian and SBTRKT (I still love it when people spell that out) won't stop growing and just seem to get better every time I listen. How SBTRKT isn't massive I will never know... This post has been edited by 152chris: Dec 30 2011, 03:19 PM


152chris View Member Profile	Dec 30 2011, 03:22 PM Post #28
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152chris View Member Profile	Dec 30 2011, 06:14 PM Post #30
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	20. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting Night Air, Spirits, Lady Luck, Spiral 19. Friendly Fires - Pala Live Those Days Tonight, Hawaiian Air, Blue Cassette, Pull Me Back To Earth 18. The Weeknd - Thursday/House of Balloons/Echoes of Silence The Birds Part 1, Initiation, High For This, Rolling Stone 17. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy Cruel, Surgeon, Northern Lights 16. Youth Lagoon - The Year Of Hibernation Daydream, Afternoon, Cannons It only clicked with me fairly recently but Jamie Woon really did make one beautiful album in Mirrorwriting, if you want some haunting tunes to brighten up your day there really is no better option than this. Pala was pretty much my album of the summer this year and The Weeknd's TRIO of albums (for the purpose of this countdown/my sanity they're being treated as one entity) has been a rather exciting addition to my life this year. Strange Mercy is an album that just KEEPS giving and The Year of Hibernation is, quite unexpectedly, a pretty great album (if a little short) and certainly one of my favourite new discoveries of this year. This post has been edited by 152chris: Dec 30 2011, 06:42 PM


JakeWild View Member Profile	Dec 30 2011, 07:12 PM Post #32
not 152chris Group: Members Posts: 5,365 Member No.: 2,790 Joined: 2-February 07 User's Gallery	Loving your countdown. QUOTE(152chris @ Dec 30 2011, 06:14 PM) 19. Friendly Fires - Pala Live Those Days Tonight, Hawaiian Air, Blue Cassette, Pull Me Back To Earth Chimes 4eva


randomfurlong View Member Profile	Dec 30 2011, 09:25 PM Post #34
oh boy you're hustlin' me Group: Moderator Posts: 3,123 Member No.: 13,969 Joined: 5-June 11 No Gallery Pics	QUOTE(152chris @ Dec 30 2011, 06:14 PM) 20. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting Night Air, Spirits, Lady Luck, Spiral 22-17 is EXEMPLARY, this obviously being the best of them all. (Spoilers for my own countdown OH WELL.) for the gif accompaniment to Mogwai also.


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 1 2012, 09:26 PM Post #36
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	15. Foster The People - Torches Call It What You Want, Helena Beat, Houdini 14. Drake - Take Care Take Care, Lord Knows, Crew Love, Marvin's Room, Headlines 13. Metronomy - The English Riviera The Bay, The Look, She Wants, Everything Goes My Way 12. Yuck - Yuck Holing Out, Get Away, Shook Down, Rubber 11. Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam Cash and Carry Me Home, Gaaasp, Survive It Two mercury prize winners that SHOULD HAVE BEEN are here accompanied by Foster The People with a great album that I really didn't expect to like as much as I do. Pumped Up Kicks may have aged a bit but the rest of the album really is infectious. Drake came back brilliantly this year after a rather disappointing debut last year and Yuck provide a blast from the past while simultaneously making a genre that has fallen out of favour hugely sound fresh and a little bit exciting. This post has been edited by 152chris: Jan 1 2012, 11:23 PM


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 1 2012, 11:28 PM Post #38
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	QUOTE(JakeWild @ Dec 30 2011, 07:12 PM) Chimes 4eva oh no no. such a strange choice of favourite track ha! and thanks mr. furlong! glad you approvee This post has been edited by 152chris: Jan 2 2012, 01:20 PM


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 04:45 PM Post #40
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	10. Lady Gaga - Born This Way Government Hooker, Heavy Metal Lover, Bloody Mary, Americano, Scheiße, Bad Kids Well here it is, the INEVITABLE inclusion for pretty much any rate this year. After a dodgy start (mainly caused by a pretty terrible string of singles; still ongoing) I really thought it was a no-go of an album and failed to understand the hype around it. It's still largely failing to capture the hearts of most of the public but has grown on me more than any other album this year, and has certainly overtaken The Fame/Monster in my affections. Not exactly a solid album with its equally vast array of good and bad songs but when it's good, it delivers like no other. This post has been edited by 152chris: Jan 2 2012, 04:46 PM


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 05:39 PM Post #42
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	09. James Blake - James Blake I Never Learned To Share, The Wilhelm Scream, Limit To Your Love, Unluck, Lindisfarne Certainly the most critically acclaimed of my top 10, and with good reason! It really was love at first sight with this album, ever since I first heard Limit To Your Love I was hooked and could not wait for the LP. Packed full of emotion and effortless brilliance, it's an album that represents the true power of understatement.


Doctor Blind View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 05:46 PM Post #44
All eras in pop music are golden ages. Group: Members Posts: 3,103 Member No.: 7,561 Joined: 27-October 08 No Gallery Pics	Some brilliant albums in your chart Chris. In particular I loved those from SBTRKT, The Horrors, Friendly Fires, Yuck, Metronomy and Foster THe People. I wasn't much impressed by James Blake's but I do ADORE "THe Wilhelm Screm" (finished at No2 in my Top 100 of 2011 - shameless plug!).


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 06:10 PM Post #46
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	08. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - We're New Here I'll Take Care Of U, NY Is Killing Me, I'm New Here, Home Jamie xx. What a hero. Everything he's done this year I've loved to pieces and this is certainly no exception. The whole thing just works brilliantly and breathes modern life into the work of an icon. Proof that even when something may not need changing, it doesn't hurt to give it a go. RIP and all that as well This post has been edited by 152chris: Jan 2 2012, 06:11 PM


Doctor Blind View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 06:27 PM Post #48
All eras in pop music are golden ages. Group: Members Posts: 3,103 Member No.: 7,561 Joined: 27-October 08 No Gallery Pics	"We're New Here" is really good, it was such a shame that we lost Gil Scott-Heron this year. My favourites from the album were "I'll Take Care Of U", "NY is Killing Me" and the Rui Da Silva sampling "Ur Soul And Mine". Jamie xx could do no wrong this year I agree.


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 06:30 PM Post #50
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	07. Active Child - You Are All I See Hanging On, Playing House (ft. How To Dress Well), High Priestess, Ivy This was on course to just miss out on my top ten a few days ago before I had another listen and it all came rushing back. If there's something I liked about music in 2011, you'll find it somewhere in this album and it works brilliantly. All my favourite bits in one place. Amazing stuff. This post has been edited by 152chris: Jan 2 2012, 06:31 PM


Pavel View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 09:02 PM Post #52
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152chris View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 09:30 PM Post #54
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	06. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne Niggas In Paris, Otis, No Church In The Wild, That's My Bitch, H.A.M What could really go wrong when you get the two greatest names in hip hop on one album? I've always been a Jay-Z fan but it took a while for me to get over Kanye's personality and just appreciate his music and just how cool he really is. Good news is my flatmate blasts this out at all hours of the day so I've been able to appreciate it almost non-stop since it came out. Yes flat bonding. This post has been edited by 152chris: Jan 2 2012, 09:32 PM


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 2 2012, 09:31 PM Post #56
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	QUOTE(Condy Choksondik @ Jan 2 2012, 09:02 PM) CALL ME TONIGHT OK BUT I'M BUSY RIGHT NOW SO LATER


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 3 2012, 12:02 AM Post #58
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	05. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l Bizness, Gangsta, Es-So, My Country So strange yet so compelling and drawing from so many different and apparently conflicting influences, this is an album like no other but just WORKS, and Merill Garbus is an absolute hero. Her uncompromising self belief and pure power make the album not only great musically, but a believeable piece of work. And that voice. Full volume blasting compulsory. This post has been edited by 152chris: Jan 3 2012, 12:02 AM


152chris View Member Profile	Jan 3 2012, 12:21 AM Post #60
the city is my church Group: Moderator Posts: 6,229 Member No.: 10,105 Joined: 2-December 09 No Gallery Pics	04. Washed Out - Within And Without Eyes Be Closed, Amor Fati, Far Away, You And I My and my friends listened to this pretty much non-stop on holiday this year and it has definitely become the album of my summer, if not quite my year. It was my first delve into the perfectly named (if easily mocked) chillwave genre and still remains the best. What more could you want on a relaxing summer's day than this? Happy memoriesss. TOP THREE PREDICTIONS PLEASE. SO PREDICTABLE. NO PRIZES.