Your Top 10 albums of 2011

[Inazuma]

Hatsune Miku. I've known about the vocaloids before 2011 but that was the year I got really interested in it. I listen to this stuff very often now.

That's all I have to say. I'm not a big music guy at all. I would have a hard time with just naming 10 music artists.

[insanecow0]

These aren't in any order and are mostly Post-Hardcore and Punk.

Title Fight-Shed
The Hotel Year-It Never Goes Out
Saigon-The Greatest Story Never Told
A Lot Like Birds-Conversation Piece
Funeral For A Friend-Welcome Home Armageddon
I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business- Gold Rush
Balance and Composure-Separation
The Color Morale-My Devil In Your Eyes
The Lonely Island-Turtleneck & Chain

Tie: Fireworks-Gospel/The Wonder Years- Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing

[FarFromHorizon]

in no particular order

-Animals as Leaders - Wheightless
amazing instrumental progressive metal album. the melodys are just brilliant and its realy atmospheric.

-Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
the best modern hardcore album since Verse and Have Heart.

-The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
perfect mix of metalcore and classical music.

-iwrestledabearonce - Ruining It For Everybody
really good mathcore album. the improved a lot since their full length debut. the singing got better, its not just randomness anymore it feels more structered =)

-Scale The Summit - The Collective
brillant atmospheric instrumental progressive metal album. the guitar playing is just awesome.

-Born Of Osiris - The Discovery
they improved also alot since their last record in every way, more complex, more technical and better structered.

-Volumes - VIA
great newcomers with nice grooves and melodys.

-Aristeia - Era of the Omnipotent (EP)
- awesome melodies and great vocals. melodies are superb aswell.

-Structeres - Divided By
great djenty Deathcore with nice clean vocals. great newcomers aswell

Those are the albums i really think are the best in my opinion of 2011.
the album i listened the most this year is one of 2010 that i just discovered this year.

The Contortionist - Exoplanet
this album is just perfect. perfect songwriting. best mix of low tuned heavy riffs, melodys and atmospheric breakdowns.

[Gamerforlife]

Very eclectic group here as far as music goes.

Yeah, I think there's only been maybe 2 or 3 albums in this thread mentioned in more than one person's list.

Fugavi and I both listed M83, and I think some guys like the Kanye/Jay-z colab, but other than that we're all over the place. I point this out, because I think it's awesome.

I know someone else besides me mentioned the new Nightwish album that came out this year, but yeah we are pretty diverse in our music tastes here. Even when you look at the metal fans like myself on the forum, we are still all over the place in our tastes

[J T]

I don't follow the music scene as closely as I used to, so rather than posting a definitive 'best of' list, here is just a simple list of the albums I listened to from 2011.

Amon Tobin- ISAM
Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratory- Songs to Test By (Portal 2 Sdtrk)
Bjork- Biophilia
C418- Minecraft: Volume Alpha
Eddie Vedder- Ukulele Songs
Florence + The Machine- Ceremonials
The Muppets (Original Soundtrack)
OC Remix vs The Bad Dudes- Heroes VS Villains
Pearl Jam- PJ20
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake
SBTRKT- SBTRKT
Shinesparkers- Metroid: Harmony of a Hunter
Tori Amos- Night of Hunters
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Venetian Snares- Cubist Reggae

I liked all of these albums quite a lot, but my 3 favorites would be Tori Amos: Night of Hunters, The Muppets Soundtrack, and the Minecraft Soundtrack.

[Hobie-wan]

Amon Tobin- ISAM

Crap, I still haven't gotten this yet.

[J T]

Amon Tobin- ISAM

Crap, I still haven't gotten this yet.

More important than hearing the album is seeing the live show. It was one of the best concert experiences of my life. The technology used in the musically-synced visual presentation was mind blowing.

[Hobie-wan]

More important than hearing the album is seeing the live show. It was one of the best concert experiences of my life. The technology used in the musically-synced visual presentation was mind blowing.

Lots of good tours don't hit Houston. As I recall he didn't hit anywhere in Texas when I looked at dates. Think it was east coast, west coast, Seattle, then various places in Europe.

[OldSchool_Boy]

I figured it would fit in here. DJ Premiers Top 25 Albums for 2011.

25. Large Professor & Neek The Exotic – Still On The Hustle
24. Edo G – A Face In The Crowd
23. Ill Bill & Vinnie Paz – Heavy Metal Kings
22. Greneberg – Greneberg
21. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah – Well Done
20. Apathy – Honkey Kong
19. The Away Team – Scars And Stripes
18. Kanye West & Jay-Z – Watch The Throne
17. Torae – For The Record
16. Bumpy Knuckles & Statik Selektah – Lyrical Workout
15. Common – The Dreamer, The Believer
14. Maffew Ragazino Sr. – Rhyme Pays
13. Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel
12. Drake – Take Care
11. Statik Selektah – Population Control
10. Random Axe – Random Axe
09. Malcolm And Martin – Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
08. Royce da 5’9″ – Success Is Certain
07. Phonte – Charity Starts At Home
06. 50 Cent – The Big 10
05. Reks – R.E.K.S.
04. M.O.P. & Snowgoons – Sparta
03. Evidence – Cats & Dogs
02. 9th Wonder – The Wonder Years
01. Game – The R.E.D. Album

Honorable Mentions: Fresh Vetz “Fresh 2 Def”, Pharoahe Monch “W.A.R.”, Raekwon “Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang”, Rasheed Chappell “Future Before Nostalgia”, Sadat X “No Features”, Showbiz & KRS-One “Godsville”, Skyzoo “The Great Debater”, The Regiment “The Panic Button”, The Roots “Undun”.

[jvalentine98]

wow the last "modern" album I bought was Danzig's latest, in 2010. I basically just stick to classic metal/hard rock and 90s alternative. I will get Slayer's new album if it comes out in 2012. Oh, I got Foo Fighters latest one.