Best of 2011 so far
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Best of 2011 so far
Doing this earlier than normal. I usually wait til around November, I think. But this year, I'm seeing a lot better releases than last year.
In no particular order, good to great releases so far this year.
Watson Twin's - Night Covers
Duncan Sheik - 80s Covers
Adele - 21
Amos Lee - Mission Bell (my fav of the year so far)
Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Francesca Battistelli - 100 More Years
Gomez - Whatever's On Your Mind
Lucenda Williams - Blessed
I'm still a fan but don't find Lady Gaga's Born This Way up to the level of her previous releases. Ok, but not good or great to me.
Hope the second half of the year produces some more gems. If Nerina Pallot would ever release her stuff in US iTunes instead of making us wait a year or two, her album, Year of the Wolf, might be on this list.
In no particular order, good to great releases so far this year.
Watson Twin's - Night Covers
Duncan Sheik - 80s Covers
Adele - 21
Amos Lee - Mission Bell (my fav of the year so far)
Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Francesca Battistelli - 100 More Years
Gomez - Whatever's On Your Mind
Lucenda Williams - Blessed
I'm still a fan but don't find Lady Gaga's Born This Way up to the level of her previous releases. Ok, but not good or great to me.
Hope the second half of the year produces some more gems. If Nerina Pallot would ever release her stuff in US iTunes instead of making us wait a year or two, her album, Year of the Wolf, might be on this list.
~I was born to rock the boat. Some will sink but we will float. Grab your coat. Let's get out of here. You're my witness. I'm your Mutineer~ - Warren Zevon
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It's a slow year for me. I'm experiencing new bands, but that's in the past. Last week, though, I got Symphony X's Iconoclast which is just amazing.
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Yeah, it's kind of early for this. The only 2011 cd I've bought yet is Kate Voegele's 'Gravity Happens'.
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Clockwork Angels hasn't come out yet. That'll be the best of 2011.
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Assuming it comes out this year, yeah.
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
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Had to look up what this was... I'm sorry, I've got a lifeCail wrote:Clockwork Angels hasn't come out yet. That'll be the best of 2011.
Listened to Caravan, though, and it was pretty awesome.
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
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Not much of one, if you had to look that up.Orlion wrote:Had to look up what this was... I'm sorry, I've got a lifeCail wrote:Clockwork Angels hasn't come out yet. That'll be the best of 2011.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
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I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
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My end of year list:
Yes, it's that time again.
Night Covers - The Watson Twins
Misson Bell - Amos Lee
Laughing Down Crying - Daryl Hall
Year of the Wolf - Nerina Pallot
Rabbits on the Run - Vanessa Carlton
The King is Dead - The Decemberists
Goodbye, Lullaby - Avril Lavigne
Hundred More Years - Francesca Battistelli
21 - Adele
Whatever's On Your Mind - Gomez
LP1 - Joss Stone
Yes, it's that time again.
Night Covers - The Watson Twins
Misson Bell - Amos Lee
Laughing Down Crying - Daryl Hall
Year of the Wolf - Nerina Pallot
Rabbits on the Run - Vanessa Carlton
The King is Dead - The Decemberists
Goodbye, Lullaby - Avril Lavigne
Hundred More Years - Francesca Battistelli
21 - Adele
Whatever's On Your Mind - Gomez
LP1 - Joss Stone
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Hmm, I didn't realize Joss had a new cd out. I'll have to get it. So far, all I've gotten this year is:
21 - Adele
Gravity Happens - Kate Voegele
Green Naugahyde - Primus
Evanescence - Evanescence
Fortunately, I like them all. I plan on getting the Yes cd before year's end; I listened to about 25 minutes of it on YouTube and liked it, so I may as well get it.
21 - Adele
Gravity Happens - Kate Voegele
Green Naugahyde - Primus
Evanescence - Evanescence
Fortunately, I like them all. I plan on getting the Yes cd before year's end; I listened to about 25 minutes of it on YouTube and liked it, so I may as well get it.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
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