Thread: 2011 Albums of the Year

There's a thread for metal, so here's one for every genre. These are ones that I see myself replaying for years to come. It was a solid year for hip-hop, so i'd recommend these to anybody.

In order of greatest to great:

Radiohead - King of Limbs


Shabazz Palaces - Black Up


The Strokes - Angles


Childish Gambino - Camp


TV On the Radio - 9 Types of Light


Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2


Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man


Mariachi El Bronx - S/T II

I have four of those albums, I'll have to check the others out. Seems we are similar in our tastes.

Good picks. The only album I haven't checked out is the New Radiohead. It took me a while to get into anything after In Rainbows, its a little too out there for me. I'll check it out though.

Off the top of my head i would say in the rock genre these were very good.

Journey- Eclipse
Jane's Addiction- The Great Escape Artist
Night Ranger- Somewhere in California

Wilco - The Whole Love
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Eric Church - Chief


Just a few that I recall being played quite a bit in my car/on my phone

Originally Posted by BigDaddyBronco

I have four of those albums, I'll have to check the others out. Seems we are similar in our tastes.

which 4?

Originally Posted by MasterShake

Good picks. The only album I haven't checked out is the New Radiohead. It took me a while to get into anything after In Rainbows, its a little too out there for me. I'll check it out though.

Yeah, In Rainbows was the first Radiohead album I got and I just could not handle it. I thought it sucked. A couple months later I listened to it and loved it, now it's one of my favorites ever. Since then, i've learned that Radiohead albums are meant to grow on the listener. I hated King Of Limbs as well when I initially bought it. It's more or less been on my shelf the past handful of months, but the past month or so i've been loving it and now it's moving of my list of favorite Radiohead albums. So good, but not really similar to In Rainbows.

Moral of the story, don't give up on Radiohead, cause i've been unimpressed anytime i've listened to anything Radiohead for the first time.

Originally Posted by Chaz

Wilco - The Whole Love
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Eric Church - Chief


Just a few that I recall being played quite a bit in my car/on my phone

I really wanted to like the Foo Fighters album, but I just don't like it very much. Way too...anthemic might be the word. Walk was good the first few times i've heard it but now it just sounds like a cheesy arena rock song.

Originally Posted by aberdien

which 4?

Radiohead, TV on the Radio, Beastie Boys, and the Strokes. I like a lot of hip hop, so I'll have to check the others out.

Originally Posted by aberdien

Yeah, In Rainbows was the first Radiohead album I got and I just could not handle it. I thought it sucked. A couple months later I listened to it and loved it, now it's one of my favorites ever. Since then, i've learned that Radiohead albums are meant to grow on the listener. I hated King Of Limbs as well when I initially bought it. It's more or less been on my shelf the past handful of months, but the past month or so i've been loving it and now it's moving of my list of favorite Radiohead albums. So good, but not really similar to In Rainbows.

Moral of the story, don't give up on Radiohead, cause i've been unimpressed anytime i've listened to anything Radiohead for the first time.



I really wanted to like the Foo Fighters album, but I just don't like it very much. Way too...anthemic might be the word. Walk was good the first few times i've heard it but now it just sounds like a cheesy arena rock song.

I felt the same way the first time I listened to OK Computer. LOL. One of the best albums ever.

^Sweet. Shabazz Palaces is really experimental but I love it. It's done by one of the guys that was in Digable Planets. The album is streaming on youtube somewhere actually. And Childish Gambino is Donald Glover from the show Community.

Same thing with OK Computer haha. It's second behind In Rainbows.

On the move so I can't post pictures right now.

Hip-Hop
The Roots - Undone
People Under the Stairs - Highlighter
Ugly Duckling - Traveling at breakneck speeds


If you buy one album, get Undone. excellent listen from start to finish.

Originally Posted by Thnikkaman

On the move so I can't post pictures right now.

Hip-Hop
The Roots - Undone
People Under the Stairs - Highlighter
Ugly Duckling - Traveling at breakneck speeds


If you buy one album, get Undone. excellent listen from start to finish.

Will do, I have a few Roots albums.

The Black Keys - El Camino

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Originally Posted by weazel

The Black Keys - El Camino

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Forgot about that one.

The Black Keys album was fabulous. And I agree with Thnikka, Undun by the Roots was great. Do EPs count? Because the Mumford & Sons/ Laura Marling vinyl for Record Store Day was terrific IMO (though only 4 songs).

But I have a huge jones for Mumford & Sons at the moment.

~G