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2010 Rank 'em as You Hear Them Thread

The 2011 Rank'em as You Hear Them Thread

The rules are simple:

This thread is for ranking albums that are released in 2011 only. This does not include reissues or albums that you have purchased/heard for the first time this year but were released in prior years. This does not include albums released at the end of 2010 or that you just discovered in 2011.

Keep your list in one post (edit!) and keep them in some sort of order. See the second post for my system.

Note: Please don't use a "placeholder" post if you don't actually plan on updating your list. You know who you are!

This thread is to post lists but feel free to discuss the music too. Hopefully we can introduce each other to some good music this year!

auto

auto's 2011 Rankings:






Destroyer: Kaputt


The Decemberists: The King is Dead
Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean
Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Live
Vicki Leekz Mixtape













To Be Rated:
Vicki Leekz Mixtape

Sessa17

I'll try but I failed miserably last year at keeping up with this.

Dan

2011 New Releases
none... yet...

Pre-2011

Quake1028

John's 2011 Album Rankings (As of 02/07/12)

(7) (Ranked)
Hail Mary Mallon - Are You Gonna Eat That?
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows - D.R.U.G.S.
Atmosphere - The Family Sign
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
Cunninlynguists - Oneirology
The Black Keys - El Camino
Friendly Fires - Pala

1/2 (29) (Ranked)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
G. Love - Fixin' to Die
The Strokes - Angles
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
Dawes - Nothing is Wrong
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
We Were Promised Jetpacks - In the Pit of the Stomach
Starfucker - Reptilians
Adele - 21
Greek Fire - Deus Ex Machina
Protest the Hero - Scurrilous
Nightwish - Imaginaerum
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain II
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack
MillionYoung - Replicants
Rise Against - Endgame
And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
Ryan Adams - Ashes and Fire
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
Cut Copy - Zonoscope
Dum Dum Girls – He Gets Me High
Metric - iTunes Session **
Raekwon - Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang

(54) (Alphabetical)
*shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo
Atlas Sound - Parallax
AWOLNATION - Megalithic Symphony
Battles - Gloss Drop
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
Beirut - The Rip Tide
Boyz II Men - Twenty
British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now
Cass McCombs – WIT's END
City and Colour - Little Hell
Cold War Kids - Mine is Yours
Cults - s/t
Daft Punk - TRON: Legacy R3C0NF1GUR3D‎
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome
Destroyer - Kaputt
Everyone Dies in Utah - Seeing Clearly
Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
Gotye - Making Mirrors
Journey - Eclipse
Kaiser Chiefs - The Future is Medieval
Katy B - On A Mission
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
La Dispute - Never Come Undone
La Dispute - Wildlife
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness
M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming
Memphis May Fire - The Hollow
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Nicolas Jaar – Space is Only Noise
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - s/t
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Puscifer - Conditions of My Parole
R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
Rise Against - Endgame
Russian Circles - Empros
SBTRKT - s/t
Sloan - The Double Cross
Social Distortion - Good Times and Nursery Rhymes
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows
The Antlers - Burst Apart
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing
The Wonder Years - Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing
Thursday - No Devolución
Touché Amoré - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me
We Came as Romans - Understanding What We've Grown to Be
Wilco - The Whole Love
Wye Oak - Civilian

1/2 (56) (Alphabetical)
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
Andy Friedman - Laserbeams and Dreams
Apparat - The Devil's Walk
Bad Meets Ǝvil - Hell: The Sequel
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Cage the Elephant - Thank You, Happy Birthday
Cake – Showroom of Compassion
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Hysterical
Curren$y - Weekend at Burnie's
Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes - Civilized Man
Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune
Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
Deer Tick - Divine Providence
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
Emmy the Great - Virtue
Esben and the Witch - Hexagons EP
Esben and the Witch - Violet Cries
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Foster the People - Torches
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
Incubus - If Not Now, When?
James Blake - s/t
Jay-z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne
Kasabian - Velociraptor!
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for my Halo
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Middle Brother - s/t
Neon Indian - Era Extraña
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
Panic! At the Disco - Vices and Virtues
Papercuts - Fading Parade
Portugal. The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud
Real Estate - Days
Saves the Day - Daybreak
Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde
The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still
The Head and the Heart - s/t
The Horrors - Skying
The New Division - Shadows
The New Division - The Rookie
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
Thrice - Major/Minor
Title Fight - Shed
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
Washed Out - Within and Without
White Denim - D
Wild Beasts - Smother
Wild Flag - s/t
Deerhunter - iTunes Live from SoHo **

(33) (Alphabetical)
Amon Tobin - ISAM
araabMUZIK – Electronic Dream
Asking Alexandria - Reckless & Relentless
Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence
blessthefall - Awakening
Braids - Native Speaker
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
elbow - build a rocket boys!
Feist - Metals
Future Islands - On the Water
Givers - In Light
Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco.
Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
Metronomy - The English Riviera
MUTEMATH - Odd Soul
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Nero - Welcome Reality
Opeth - Heritage
Ringside - Lost Days
Rustie - Glass Swords
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Minor Traffic
Tennis - Cape Dory
The Airborne Toxic Event - All at Once
The Dears - Degeneration Street
The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
Yuck - s/t
Zach Williams and The Reformation - A Southern Offering

1/2 (14) (Alphabetical)
Active Child - You Are All I See
Austra - Feel It Break
Boris - New Album
Glasvegas - Euphoric Heartbreak
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story
John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
Panda Bear - Tomboy‎
Primus - Green Naugahyde
The Felice Brothers – Celebration, Florida
The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
The Kills - Blood Pressures
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
Zola Jesus - Conatus

(6) (Alphabetical)
Dirty Beaches – Badlands
Drake - Take Care
of Montreal - thecontrollersphere
The Streets - Computers and Blues
The Streets - Cyberspace and Reds
tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L

1/2 (1) (Alphabetical)
Leona Lewis - Hurt: The EP

BOMB () (Alphabetical)

** - Will not be included in Top 10

**Now Listening**
The Hold Steady - iTunes Live from SoHo **
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas
The Roots - Undun
Childish Gambino - Camp
Tyler, the Creator - Goblin
Common - The Dreamer, The Believer
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers

Overall Rankings
1.Hail Mary Mallon - Are You Gonna Eat That?
2.Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows - D.R.U.G.S.
3.Atmosphere - The Family Sign
4.The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
5.Cunninlynguists - Oneirology
6.The Black Keys - El Camino
7.Friendly Fires - Pala
8.Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
9.G. Love - Fixin' to Die
10.The Strokes - Angles

DJLinus

I always have lofty intentions, but then fall way behind in updating these posts. But one of my resolutions this year is to keep on top of it.

Giles

Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact
Gruff Rhys: Hotel Shampoo


Smith Westerns


Lady Gaga: Born this Way

Oliver Clothesoff

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake


Wilco - The Whole Love
Radiohead - The King of Limbs


Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
J. Mascis - Several Shades of Why
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2
Urge Overkill - Rock & Roll Submarine
The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Scandalous
Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High EP


Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
The Strokes - Angles
The Kills - Blood Pressures
Jeans Wilder - nice trash
Screeching Weasel - First World Manifesto
Boris - New Album
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes
Keren Ann - 101
Soundgarden - Live on I-5


Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams
Primus - Green Naugahyd
Tyler the Creator - Goblin
Destroyer - Kaputt
Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain't Over
Danger Mouse and Danielle Luppi - ROME
Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light


Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter - Marble Son
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Vivian Girls - Share the Joy
The Dodos - No Color
The Horrors - Skying



Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde
Aetheno - En Form for Bla
The Babies - The Babies







Now playing:
Mogwai - Earth Favors EP
Matthew Sweet - Modern Art
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs - No Help Coming
Boris - Heavy Rocks
Boris - Attention Please



Looking forward:
Crooked Fingers - Breaks in the Armor
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
The Black Belles - The Black Belles
Andrew WK - TBD

Mordred

Close enough to the end of the year that I can post my top 10 list:
1) And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs: Amazing post-rock from Scotland. Easy album of the year choice.
2) Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony: Unbelievable tech-death with classical influence. Stunning from start to finish, and an easy #2 pick.
3) *shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo: I hadn't heard this band before but I was completely blown away. Pretty different than the usual post-rock outfits.
4) Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care: Possibly my favorite EitS album, despite how blasphemous that sounds.
5) Grails - Deep Politics: More really interesting post-rock near the top of my list.
6) Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction: Worth the two year wait. Brutal, hilarious and impressive from start to finish. Plus it has a song called "The Mighty Masturbator."
7) The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance: Just recently discovered this one, but I can't stop listening to it.
8) Moving Mountains - Waves: They dropped the post-rock influence for something more post-hardcore. Some fans were upset, I say it was a genius move.
9) Russian Circles - Empros: More top flight post-rock from the Chicago band. Almost as good as Enter.
10) Leprous - Bilateral: Avant-garde metal. Fun, weird and heavy.


Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
*shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo


Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will
Grails - Deep Politics
Moving Mountains - Waves
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Leprous - Bilateral
sleepmakeswaves - ...and so we destroyed everything
The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance
Russian Circles - Empros


Red - Until We Have Faces
Eisley - The Valley
Thomas Giles - Pulse
Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Thursday - No Devolucion
Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down
A Storm of Light - Latitudes
Maybeshewill - I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone
Fair to Midland - Arrows & Anchors
Mogwai - Earth Division EP
We Made God - It's Getting Colder
Beware of Safety - Leaves/Scars
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
Evanescence - Evanescence
Bush - The Sea of Memories
Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
Ocoai - The Electric Hand


Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
Rise Against - Endgame
Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullabye
Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling
Light Bearer - Lapsus
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogs
Soundgarden - Live on I-5
Tesseract - One
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Sixx:A.M. - This Is Gonna Hurt
Seether - Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray
Tab Benoit - Medicine
Tombs - Path of Totality
Wolves in the Throneroom - Celestial Lineage
3 Doors Down - Time of My Life
Old 97's - The Grand Theater, Volume Two
Opeth - Heritage
Junius - Reports From the Threshold of Death
Anthrax - Worship Music
Mastodon - The Hunter
Deathmøle - Fear of Black Horses


Chevelle - Any Last Words
Mastodon - Live at the Aragon
The End of the Ocean - Pacific*Atlantic
Halestorm - The CoVeRs EP
Hammock - Black Metallic
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Symphony X - Iconoclast
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - How I Go
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Unearth - Darkness in the Light
Robert Earl Keen - Ready for Confetti
Devin Townsend - Unplugged
Various Artists - For Nihon
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Lady Antebellum - Own the Night
Switchfoot - Vice Verses
As I Lay Dying - Decas
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Don't Explain
Megadeth - TH1RT3EN
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass
Hammock - Asleep in the Downlights


The Haunted - Unseen
Meek Is Murder - Algorithms
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
Journey - Eclipse
Mike Doughty - Yes and Also Yes
Michael Schenker - Temple of Rock
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Animals as Leaders - Weightless


To Cast a Shadow - In Memory Of
Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues
Roxette - Charm School
Grayceon - All We Destroy
Blackfield - Welcome to My DNA
Black Label Society - The Song Remains Not the Same
Stephen Wilson - Grace for Drowning


Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Queensrÿche - Dedicated to Chaos


of Montreal - thecontrollersphere
Lou Reed & Metallica - Lu Lu

Albums through 6-16-11

sauce07

This will be a list of everything listened to for the first time, old and new

01.01 - The Limousines - Get Sharp - 8/10
01.17 - Foals - Total Life Forever - 9/10
01.21 - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Soundtrack - 7/10
01.21 - Cake - Showroom of Compassion - 6/10
01.21 - Mike Gordon - Moss - 6/10
01.24 - Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain't Over - 7/10
02.05 - Cut Copy - Zonoscope - 9/10
02.20 - Radiohead - The King Of Limbs - 7/10
02.21 - Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky - 8/10
02.24 - Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream - 7/10
02.24 - Toro y Moi - Causers of This - 7/10
02.28 - Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby - 4/10
03.15 - The Strokes - Angles - 7/10
04.29 - Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues - 6/10
05.05 - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - 8/10
05.07 - Daniele Luppi & Danger Mouse - rome - 8/10
05.10 - Adele - 21 - 7/10
05.23 - Lady Gaga - Born This Way - 9/10
05.23 - My Morning Jacket - circuital
05.24 - Foo Fighters - Wasting Light - 7/10
06.01 - Foster the People - Torches - 8/10
06.11 - Battles - Gloss Drop
06.21 - Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two - 7/10
07.01 - Bon Iver - Bon Iver - 7/10
07.09 - White Denim - D - 7/10
08.02 - The Horrors - Skying - 7/10
08.02 - The Calm Blue Sea - The Calm Blue Sea - 9/10
08.04 - Umphrey's McGee - Hall of Fame 2010 - 10/10
08.05 - tUne-yArDs - whokill - 8/10
08.30 - Various Artist - The Green Album (Muppets) - 7/10
08.31 - Primus - Green Naugahyde - 9/10
09.09 - Umphrey's McGee - Death By Stereo - 7/10
09.25 - Four Tet - there is Love in You - 7/10
10.07 - Fang Island - Fang Island - 7/10
10.27 - Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto - 8/10
10.30 - Florence & the Machine - Ceremonials - 7/10
11.11 - Shit Robot - From the Cradle to the Rave - 8/10
11.11 - William Shatner - Seeking Major Tom - 8/10
11.12 - The Naked and the Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You - 7/10
11.13 - Prototypes - Tout le Monde Cherche Quelque Chose - 7/10
11.22 - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (reissue) - 8/10
11.22 - The Sound of Arrows - Voyage - 7/10



Live Concerts
01.29 - Umphrey's McGee - The Electric Factory, Philly, PA - 7/10
01.30 - Umphrey's McGee - Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD - 9/10
02.20 - Umphrey's McGee - The National, Richmond, VA - 9/10
03.30 - Cut Copy - 930 Club, Washington, DC - 8/10
06.03 - Umphrey's McGee - The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ - 8/10
06.09 - moe. - Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA - 6/10
06.11 - Phish - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD - 8/10
06.12 - Phish - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD - 9/10
06.22 - Foster the People - 930 Club, Washington, DC - 7/10
06.23 - Umphrey's McGee - Maymont Park, Richmond, VA - 8/10
07.30 - Digital Tape Machine - 8X10 Club, Baltimore, MD - 7/10
08.02 - Steely Dan - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD - 7/10
08.12 - My Morning Jacket - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD - 9/10
09.01 - Jimmy Buffet - Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA - 7/10
09.02 - Umphrey's McGee - 930 Club, Washington, DC - 10/10
09.03 - Umphrey's McGee - 930 Club, Washington, DC - 9/10
09.23 - Umphrey's McGee - Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, VA - 8/10
09.24 - Primus - The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD - 9/10
10.13 - Trey Anastasio Band - The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD - 8/10
10.15 - Trey Anastasio Band - nTelos Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA - 8/10
10.29 - Chromeo - The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD - 8/10
11.11 - moe. - 930 Club, Washington, DC - 9/10

Hollowgen

(Perfect)
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact


Austra - Feel It Break
The Antlers - Burst Apart
PJ Harvey - Let England shake
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong

(Great)
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Craft Spells - Idle Labor
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Peter Bjorn And John - Gimme Some
Destroyer - Kaputt
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs



(Decent)
Friendly Fires - Pala
Lady GaGa - Born This Way
Starfucker - Reptilians
Britney Spears - Femme Fatale



(Not really an "Album", but some Good songs)



(Crap -or- I shouldn't have even listened to this)

aphlipp

The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Wilco - The Whole Love


Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys
Foster the People - Torches
Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some
The Strokes - Angles


Girls - Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
James Blake - James Blake
Panda Bear - Tomboy


Bright Eyes - The People's Key
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows
tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l


PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Osiris3657

1. The Strokes-Angles (9.0/10)
2. Death Cab For Cutie-Codes And Keys (8.5/10)
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers-I'm With You (8.5/10)
4. Wilco-The Whole Love (8.0/10)
5. Foo Fighters-Wasting Light (8.0/10)
6. Radiohead-The King of Limbs (8.0/10)
7. Incubus-If Not Now, When? (6.5/10)

The Bus

1. Radiohead — The King of Limbs
   
2. Jay-Z & Kanye West — Watch the Throne
   
3. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
   
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — Hysterical
   
5. Girls — Father, Son, Holy Ghost
   
6. The Dodos — No Color

benedict