Second Look at 2011's Best Music

2011 ALBUMS REVISITED

Partial originals here

 1. Rustie - Glass Swords

2. Destroyer - Kaputt

3. The Weeknd - House of Balloons

4. Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer/Dream Losss

5. Death Grips - Ex-Military

6. Drake - Take Care

7. St. Vincent  - Strange Mercy

8. Steve Hauschildt - Tragedy an Geometry

9. Various - Bang & Works Vol 2

10. Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure

11. Maria Minerva - Tailinn At Dawn

12. Belong - Common Era

13. Com Truise - Galactic Melt

14. Kingdom - Dreama EP

15. A$AP Rocky - Live.Love.A$AP

16. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

17. Fatima Al Qadiri - Genre Specific Xperience EP

18. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtial

19. Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts

20. Gazelle Twin - The Entire City

21. Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place

22. Blanck Mass - Blanck Mass

23. Innergaze - Shadow Disco EP

24. Panda Bear - Tomboy

25. Zwischenwelt - Paranormale Acktivitat

2011 TUUUUUNEZ

1. Rihanna feat Calvin Harris - "We Found Love"

2. Com Truise - "Brokendate"

3. Death Grips - "Guillotine"

4. Rustie - "Ultra Thizz"

5. Jlin - "Erotic Heat"

6. M83 - "Midnight City"

7. Jamie XX - "Far Nearer"

8. Jay-Z and Kanye West - "No Church in the Wild"

9. Thurston Moore - "Benediction"

10. The Weeknd - "The Morning"

11. Britney Spears - "Til the World Ends"

12. Ford & Lopatin - "Emergency Room"

13. Kingdom - "Stalker Ha"

14. Shabazz Palaces - "An Echos from the Hosts That Profess Infinitum"

15. Macintosh Plus - "リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー"

16. St. Vincent - "Cruel"

17. Lana Del Rey - "Video Games"

18. Maria Minerva - "Hagasuxzzavol"

19. John Maus - "Believer"

20. Octo Octa - "I'm Trying"

21. Charli XCX - "Nuclear Seasons"

22. Drake - "Over My Dead Body"

23. Egyptrixx - "Liberation Front"

24. Blawan - "Getting Me Down"

25. Fun.  - "Some Nights"

Wanna See Me Disco? The Top Music of 2001

2001 Top O The Napster Queue

1. Daft Punk - Discovery

2. Missy Elliott - Miss E….So Addictive

3. Bjork - Vespertine

4. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein

5. Solvent - Solvent City

6. Fennesz - Endless Summer

7. The Strokes - Is This It

8. Four Tet - Pause

9. Liars - They Threw Us All in a Trench and Put a Monument on Top

10. Bardo Pond - Dilate

11. Spiritualized - Let It All Come Down

12. Radiohead - Amnesiac

13. The Coup - Party Music

14. Miss Kittin and the Hacker - 1st Album

15. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World

16. Simian - Chemistry is What We Are

17. Low - Things We Lost in the Fire

18. Prefuse73 - Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives

19. Gorillaz - Gorillaz

20. Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction

21. Takagai Masakatsu - Pia

22. Aaliyah - Aaliyah

23. The Faint - Danse Macabre

24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP

25. R.E.M.  - Reveal

HIGHEST 2001 SHORTIES

1. Missy Elliott - "Get Yr Freak On"

2. The Rapture - "House of Jealous Lovers"

3. Daft Punk - "Digital Love"

4. Squarepusher - "Red Hot Car"

5. Le Tigre - "Deceptacon (DFA Mix)"

6. Cannibal Ox - "The F Word"

7. Golden Boy and Miss Kittin - "Rippin Kittin"

8. Spiritualized - "Don't Just Do Something"

9. Dntel - "(This is the Dream Of) Evan and Chad"

10. The Coup - "5 Millions Ways to Kill a CEO"

11. The Shins - "Know Your Onion"

12. Bjork - "Cocoon"

13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Art Star"

14. Metro Area - "Miura"

15. Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood"

16. MF Doom - "I Hear Voices"

17. Liars - "Mr Your On Fire Mr"

18. Outkast feat Killer Mike - "The Whole World"

19. Destiny's Child - "Bootylicious"

20. Interpol - "PDA"

21. Janet Jackson - "Son of a Gun"

22. 311 - "Amber"

23. Low  - "Embrace"

24. Mystikal - "Shake Ya Ass"

25. Pierre Bastien - "Avid Diva" 

There Are Many Imitators But These Are the True Creators: Top Music of 1991

Albums of the Year

1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

2. Massive Attack - Blue Lines

3. Nirvana - Nevermind

4. LFO - Frequencies

5. Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91..The Enemy Strikes Black

6. KMD - Mr. Hood

7. Orbital - Orbital

8. Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubblebath 1 & 2

9. Stereolab - Super Electric EP

10. Medicine - Shot Forth Self Living

11. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

12. Main - Hydra EP

13. Coil - Love's Secret Domain

14. Main Source - Breaking Atoms

15. Slint - Spiderland

16. Diamanda Galas - Plague Mass

17. R.E.M - Out of Time

18. Sepultura - Arise

19. Underground Resistance - Waveform/Nation 2 Nation Eps

20. Biz Markie - I Need a Haircut

21. Magnetic Fields - Distant Plastic Trees

22. Godflesh  - Slavestate

23. Chapterhouse - Whirlpool

24. Wire  - The Drill

25. Digital Underground - Sons of the P

SONGS of the Year

1. My Bloody Valentine  - "When You Sleep"

2. Nirvana - "Lithium"

3. The Prodigy - "Your Love"

4. Slowdive - "Shine"

5. Slint - "Good Morning Captain"

6. Aphex Twin - "Isopropoplex"

7. Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"

8. LFO  - "We Are Back"

9. Cypress Hill - "How I Could Just Kill a Man"

10. Soundgarden - "Jesus Christ Pose"

11. Stereolab - "Super Electric"

12. A Tribe Called Quest - "Scenario"

13. PJ Harvey - "Dress"

14. The Mover - "Nightflight (non-stop to Kaos)"

15. KMD - "Humrush"

16. Ministry - "Jesus Built My Hotrod"

17. Public Enemy - "Shut Em Down"

18. Xon - "Midnight Express"

19. 808 State - "Cubik"

20. Moby - "Go"

21. Ice Cube - "the Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit"

22. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - "Give It Away"

23. Chapterhouse - "Mesmerise"

24. 2 bad mice - "warehouse"

25. Coil - "Things Happen"

Sweet Romantic Place: The Best Music of 1981

 Top Albums of 1981

1. Japan - Tin Drum

2. David Byrne and Brian Eno - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

3. Soft Cell - Non-stop Erotic Cabaret

4. Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell

5. Rush - Moving Pictures

6. Eurythmics - In the Garden

7. This Heat - Deceit

8. Moebius and Plank - Material

9. Devo - New Traditionalists

10. The Human League - Dare

11. The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire

12. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca

13. New Order  - Movement

14. Jon Hassell - Dream Theory in Malaya

15. Phil Collins - Face Value

16. Gregor and Conrad Schnitzler - Conrad and Sohn

17. Venom - Welcome to Hell

18. Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches

19. Lime - Your Love

20. The Fall - Slates EP

21. Nico - Drama of Exile

22. Duran Duran - Duran Duran

23. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing

24. Einsturzende Neubaten - Kollaps

25. The Flying Lizards - Fourth Wall

Top Tracks of 1981

1. Japan- "Ghosts"

2. Laurie Anderson- "O Superman"

3. The Specials- "Ghost Town"

4. The Human League- "Don't You Want Me"

5. Devo- "Beautiful World"

6. BB&Q Band- "On the Beat"

7. Coati Mundi feat Kid Creole and the Coconuts- "Que Pasa/Me No Pop I"

8. Rush- "Limelight"

9. The Clash- "This is Radio Clash"

10. The Associates- "White Car in Germany"

11. Phil Collins- "In the Air Tonight"

12. Depeche Mode- "Dreaming of Me"

13. Hall and Oates- "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"

14. Go-Go's- "Our Lips Are Sealed"

15. Pete Shelley- "Homosapien"

16. Tom Tom Club- "Genius of Love"

17. Yoko Ono- "Walking on Thin Ice"

18. D.A.F. - "Der Mussolini"

19. Romeo Void- "Never Say Never"

20. Queen and David Bowie- "Under Pressure"

21. Inner Life- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Garage Mix)"

22. ESG- "Moody"

23. Ludus- "The Escape Artist"

24. R.E.M.- "Radio Free Europe"

25. Frankie Smith- "Double Dutch Bus"

A Godawful Small Affair: The Music of 1971

 Top Albums of the Year

1. Can - Tago Mago

2. Joni Mitchell - Blue

3. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live

4. David Bowie - Hunky Dory

5. Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness

6. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

7. Nick Drake - Bryter Layer

8. Black Mass - Lucifer

9. T-Rex - Electric Warrior

10. The Temptations - Sky's the Limit

11. Pink Floyd - Meddle

12. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

13. Black Sabbath - Masters of Reality

14. Yoko Ono - Fly

15. Caravan  - In the Land of Gray and Pink

16. Led Zeppelin - IV

17. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate

18. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

19. Deuter - D

20. Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson

21. Wendy Carlos - A Clockwork Orange

22. Alice Cooper - Killer

23. Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel

24. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up

25. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin On

Top Songs of the Year

1. T-Rex - "Mambo Sun"

2. David Bowie - "Life on Mars"

3. Nick Drake - "One of These Things First"

4. Can - "Halleluwah"

5. The Temptations - "Just My Imagination"

6. The Who - "Baba O'Riley"

7. Joni Mitchell - "A Case of You"

8. Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine"

9. Pink Floyd - "Echoes"

10. Al Green - "Tired of Being Alone"

11. Led Zeppelin - "When the Levee Breaks"

12. The Rolling Stones - "Moonlight Mile"

13. Black Sabbath - "Children of the Grave"

14. Leonard Cohen  - "Famous Blue Raincoat"

15. John Cale and Terry Riley - "Church of Anthrax"

16. The Stylistics - "People Make the World Go Round"

17. Carole King - "It's Too Late"

18. Paul Simon - "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"

19. Cat Stevens - "The Wind"

20. The Beach Boys - "Surf's Up"

21. Ten Years After - "I'd Love to Change the World"

22. James Brown  - "Super Bad"

23. The Doors - "Riders on the Storm"

24. Elton John - "Tiny Dancer"

25. Booker T and the MGs - "Melting Pot"

2021 In Conclusion

 Top 25 Songs

1. Lonelady - "There is No Logic"

2. Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten - "Like I Used To"

3. Freddie Gibbs ft Schoolboy Q - "Gang Signs"

4. ZULI - "Where Do You Go"

5. Charli XCX ft Christine and Caroline Polachek - "New Shapes"

6. Cold Beat - "Mandelbrot Fall"

7. Anz - "You Could Be"

8. Lil Nas X - "Montero (Call me By Your Name)"

9. Proc Fiskal - "Leith Tornn Carnal"

10. Jenny Hval - "Jupiter"

11. Noname - "Rainforest"

12. Scalping - "Monolithium"

13. Water from Your Eyes - ""Quotations""

14. Marissa Nadler - "Bessie, Did You Make It?"

15. Winter - "Lua"

16. Zohra - "Badala Zamana"

17. Andy Stott - "Never the Right Time"

18. Brogan Bentley - "Ecstasy"

19. Laura Wolf - "Cross Your Mind"

20. Burial - "Dark Gesthemane"

21. Backxwash ft Ada Rock - "I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS"

22. Doja Cat & SZA - "Kiss Me More"

23. Tirzah - "Send Me"

24. Cate Le Bon - "Running Away"

25. Vapour Theories - "Breaking Down"

25 Top Albums

1. Sweet Trip - A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals

2. Lonelady - Former Things

3. Jorge Elbrecht - Presentable Corpse 002

4. Grouper - Shade

5. Gazelle Twin x NYX - Deep England

6. Mirage - Mirage

7. Pan Daijing - Jade

8. Divide and Dissolve - Gas Lit

9. Cold Beat - War Garden

10. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready

11. Dialect - Keep Going…Under

12. Lil Nas X - Montero

13. Marissa Nadler - The Shape of the Clouds

14. Anz - All Hours

15. Water for Eyes - Structure

16. Liars - The Apple Drop

17. Gnod - La Mort du Sens

18. Moor Mother & Billy Woods - BRASS

19. Leon Vynehall - Rare Forever

20. Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More

21. Alan Vega - Mutator

22. Ka Baird  - Vivication Excercises

23. Various - Salutations

24. The Weather Station - Ignorance

25. Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red

Top 10 EPs

1. ZULI - All Caps

2. Laura Wolf - Artifacts

3. Scalping  - Flood

4. Hyd - Hyd

5. CORIN - Enantiodromia

6. Backxwash - Stigmata EP

7. Selena Gomez - Revelacion EP

8. Grubby Little Hands - Phlmsy

9. Octo Octa - She's Calling

10. Odour of Sanctity  - When the Dead Feel Divine

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Top 15 TV Shows

1. The White Lotus

2. What We Do In the Shadows

3. Physical

4. The Great

5. Hacks

6. Exterminate All the Brutes

7. Nine Perfect Strangers

8. Betty

9. Midnight Mass

10. Can't Get You Out of My Head

11.Reservation Dogs

12. Only Murders in the Building

13. Rick and Morty

Inside Job

14. Loki

15. Mythic Quest