boy this years going to be a tough choice!! at the moment its a 3 way battle for no.1. LCD v Foals v National.

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

2. Brains - Constant Love Forever

3. Best Coast - Crazy For You

4. Four Tet - There Is Love In You

5. Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz

6. Holy Fuck -Latin

7. Wavves - King Of The Beach

8. Connan Mockasin - Please Turn Me Into The Snat

9. So So Modern - Crude Futures

10. Spoon - Transference

11. The National - High Violet

12. Jonsi - Go

13. Deerhunter -Halycon Digest

14. The Phoenix Foundation - Buffalo

15. Die! Die! Die! - Form

16. Bonobo - Black Sands

17. Grayson Gilmour - No Constellation

18. Barb - Barb

19. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

20. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

 

eek. I think that's all the albums worth noting.

1. The National - High Violet

2. Beach House - Teen Dream

3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

4. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

5. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring

 

6. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

7. Sleigh Bells - Treats

8. Foals - Total Life Forever

9. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

10. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

 

11. Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz

12. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II

13. Jonsi - Go

14. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

15. Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way

 

16. Caribou - Swim

17. Owen Pallett - Heartland

18. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

19. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

20. Vampire Weekend - Contra

 

21. Best Coast - Crazy For You

22. Four Tet - There Is Love In You

23. Parades - Foreign Tapes

24. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

25. Cloud Control - Bliss Release

 

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26. Yeasayer - Odd Blood

27. Broken Bells - Broken Bells

28. Hot Chip - One Life Stand

29. Spoon - Transference

30. The Radio Dept. - Clinging To A Scheme

 

31. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night

32. Seabellies - By Limbo Lake

33. Massive Attack - Heligoland

34. Karkwa - Les Chemins De Verre

35. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

 

(Version 4, 24-12-10)

John Grant is currently topping my poll, just ahead of Midlake

I'm going to run a top 25 songs poll as well. Hope that isn't stepping on any toes. If interested you can fill out the spreadsheet here. However you can't edit your results so only submit when it is ready. Same deadline as everything else.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDVpZ2hPSlJQMlNKc016VUhURWVVU1E6MQ

 

I can start an own thread for this too. Just figured I would post it here first.

140 albums!? :stunned: Bryce, you are a force beyond human nature. How do you manage to devote that much time to listen to that many albums that many times? That is amazing. I have a newfound respect for you now, no joke.

 

Nice idea, Briggs. Once I get my album list situated, I think I'll take part in the song poll, too.

good idea for songs of the year.

 

 

This is what I'll be working with

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)-Arcade Fire

Enemy Gene-Of Montreal

Zebra-Beach House

Changes-Stars

Sentimental X's-Broken Social Scene

Rococo-Arcade Fire

Tied Knots-Album Leaf

Home-LCD Soundsystem

Les Chemins De Verre-Karkwa

Half Light II-Arcade Fire

Spanish Sahara-Foals

England-The National

I'm Aware-Clinic

…And the World Laughs With You-Flying Lotus

Citizen0-Broken Bells

Cloak and Cipher-Land of Talk

The Witching Hour-Phil Selway

Anyones Ghost-The National

Algiers-Nightspring

Some Kind of Nature-Gorrilaz

Black Sheep-Metric

This Too Shall Pass-OK Go

Terrible Love-The National

Diplomat's Son-Vampire Weekend

Rinestone Eyes-Gorrilaz

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Odessa-Caribou

Neckbrace-Ratatat

Dance Yrself Clean-LCD Soundsystem

Jasper-Aiden Knight

Everlasting Light-The Black Keys

Home-She & Him

Real Love-Beach House

Burn Bright-Fictionist

Blank Pages-Album Leaf

All to All-Broken Social Scene

Walk in the Park-Beach House

We Don't Want Your Body-Stars

The Passenger-Stars

Earthquake-Deerhunter

Bloodbuzz Ohio-The National

Ready To Start-Arcade Fire

Quarry Hymns-Land of Talk

Another New World-Josh Ritter

1993-Dead Mellotron

...the line distinguishes where the top 25 ends... so I'll have to do some rearranging

140 albums!? :stunned: Bryce, you are a force beyond human nature. How do you manage to devote that much time to listen to that many albums that many times? That is amazing. I have a newfound respect for you now, no joke.

 

Thanks Violet. It takes a lot of time and dedication but you really do get a lot of out it if you enjoy music enough. Im sure some other people around here would be doing the same.

 

And I will do the song poll as well, it will just be harder.

I'm going to run a top 25 songs poll as well. Hope that isn't stepping on any toes. If interested you can fill out the spreadsheet here. However you can't edit your results so only submit when it is ready. Same deadline as everything else.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDVpZ2hPSlJQMlNKc016VUhURWVVU1E6MQ

 

I can start an own thread for this too. Just figured I would post it here first.

 

great idea, will start to work on my list soon :)

This will be the first time I've done something like this!

How exciting :P

 

I'm starting to compile a list now.. :D

uff hard work, to cut the list upto only 25 albums :bomb:

but hey i yet have time.

 

so finally are we going to have a similar one just for EPs? :anxious:

Thanks Violet. It takes a lot of time and dedication but you really do get a lot of out it if you enjoy music enough. Im sure some other people around here would be doing the same.

 

Yeah, I'm sure it does. I would do it more myself, but I take 16 hours worth of classes, and as a music major, I have other musical obligations to fulfill. :tongue:

good idea for songs of the year.

 

 

This is what I'll be working with

 

...the line distinguishes where the top 25 ends... so I'll have to do some rearranging

 

I don't know whether this is the first mentioning of it, or if you post it because somebody had suggested it but good idea.

 

My list would be relatively short though, and probably all from just a few albums. I know my top 3 already.

In No order...I may add to it.

 

Tired Pony - The Place We Ran From

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Broken Bells - Broken Bells

The Drums - The Drums

Klaxons - Surfing The Void

Foals - Total Life Forever

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Vampire Weekend - Contra

Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown

Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

The Courteeners- Falcon

The Script- Science & Faith

Lostprophets- The Betrayed

Cherry Ghost- Beneath The Burning Shoreline

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly- Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

Mark Ronson and The Business International- Record Collection

Maroon 5- Hands All Over

Linkin Park- A Thousand Suns

Brandon Flowers- Flamingo

Hurts- Happiness

Nevershoutnever!- Harmony

Scouting For Girls- Everybody Wants To Be On TV

Everything Everything- Man Alive

The Hoosiers- The Illusion Of Safety

Manic Street Preachers- Postcards From A Young Man

New Politics- New Politics

Feeder- Renegades

Darwin Deez- Darwin Deez

Kele- The Boxer

Pendulum- Immersion

Villagers- Becoming A Jackal

Jack Johnson- To The Sea

We Are Scientists- Barbara

The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang

The Hold Steady- Heaven Is Whenever

Bullet For My Valentine- Fever

Cancer Bats- Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones

Avenged Sevenfold- Nightmare

Apparatjik- We Are Here

Plan B- The Defamation Of Strickland Banks

Kids In Glass Houses- Dirt

MGMT- Congratulations

You Me At Six- Hold Me Down

My Chemical Romance- Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys

Jamiroquai- Rock Dust Light Star

Mt. Desolation- Mt. Desolation

Kings Of Leon- Come Around Sundown

I'm going to run a top 25 songs poll as well. Hope that isn't stepping on any toes. If interested you can fill out the spreadsheet here. However you can't edit your results so only submit when it is ready. Same deadline as everything else.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDVpZ2hPSlJQMlNKc016VUhURWVVU1E6MQ

 

I can start an own thread for this too. Just figured I would post it here first.

 

Sent mine in. :wacky:

 

I probably didn't even have to type in my username, my list is obviously mine because of all the Brandon Flowers songs. :P :lol:

If I was you I probably would've decided to hold off until right around the deadline... I mean who knows what other great songs may be released between now and the end of the year

No other bands I listen to are releasing albums this year. :lol:

Manic Street Preachers- Posters From A Young Man

 

"Postcards"

I wish I had the time/money to listen to as much music as some of you! :disappointed: :P

If I was you I probably would've decided to hold off until right around the deadline... I mean who knows what other great songs may be released between now and the end of the year

 

i.e. Mike is still hoping for a Radiohead album this year.

i.e. Mike is still hoping for a Radiohead album this year.

 

umm... uh... nooooooo :P

"Postcards"

 

:lol: :facepalm: for me :P

Kaleidescope Heart, Sara Bareilles.

 

And sadly, that's it.

^Four more to go and you'll have a list. :p Why not check out what some of the other people have on their lists? You might like what you find.

 

I wish I had the time/money to listen to as much music as some of you! :disappointed: :P

Time is your own business, but as for legal music access, Grooveshark is your friend.

Time is your own business, but as for legal music access, Grooveshark is your friend.

 

I've never heard of Grooveshark. :thinking: Do I have to download any software for it?