Best Album of the Year

Since the year is rapping up and there's not really any more amazing bands making new albums for the rest of the year what do you think is the best album of the year? I personally think Merriweather Post Pavillion by Animal Collective was.

It's been a fantastic year for music in my opinion.

I'd say my top three would be: Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death / OSI - Blood / The Devin Townsend Project - Addicted

If I must choose the best, I'd go with Blood

Rawr the year isn't over yet.

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Valborg - Glorification of Pain

Deerhunter, not Dear Hunter.

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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I really like Lil Wayne's Rebirth album. Haven't listened to many full albums this year though.

For me?

The 4 years of waiting paid off.

70 minute, 18 track rock opera.

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I really want to say Young Cardinals by Alexisonfire, but this album wasn't their best work. :cry:

Crack the Skye by Mastodon or New Moon by Swallow the Sun.

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Guppy507

This, or The Great Misdirect by Between the Buried and Me

Difficult... It's between Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear and the XX.Salvy41

I like your choices sir – out of those I have a leaning towards the XX, however I fear it'll get a little tiresome before the other 2.

Also I'll throw in Noah and the Whale whom I've enjoyed this year, as well as the new Doves album

I also actually enjoyed the new Keane album, even though it got reasonably butchered in the press.

I really want to say Young Cardinals by Alexisonfire, but this album wasn't their best work. :cry:

-Water-Wings-

• Dying Fetus- Descend into Depravity
• Anaal Nathrakh- In the Constellation of the Black Widow
• Skeletonwitch- Breathing the Fire
• Suffocation- Blood Oath
• Paradise Lost- Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us
• Napalm Death- Time Waits for No Slave
• Old Man's Child- Slaves of the World
• Isis- Wavering Radiant
• Immortal- All Shall Fail
• Baroness- Blue Record
• Nile- Those Whom the Gods Detest

Phrazes for the young by Julian Casablancas

Wake up the sleepers by Kill Hannah

Lots of great albums this year, but my pick is St. Vincent's sophomore effort, Actor. Immediately accessible yet compulsively listenable, undoubtedly the best melodies and guitar work I've heard all year.

Other great albums: Years of Refusal by Morrissey, The Eternal by Sonic Youth and The Golden Spike by Sky Larkin.

Probably Tim Hecker's "An Imaginary Country". Sterling piece of ambient work, not quite touching on what Harmony in Ultraviolet had in terms of sheer godliness, but it comes pretty close.

Yup.

Phrazes for the young by Julian Casablancas

wildjango64

The artwork is really bad, but this would probably be my album of the year.

Biggest surprise:

Slight disappointment:

Ensiferum's From Afar.

Ensiferum's From Afar.

pvtdonut54

Even over their self-titled album and Iron? :o

EDIT: Argh my bad thought this was the best album of the decade thread. :P

There are some pretty bad album covers popping up on this thread :P

Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constillation of the Black Widow

Cobalt - Gin

FA - Oracles

Ulcerate - Everything is Fire

Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest

There are some pretty bad album covers popping up on this thread :P

poptart

[QUOTE="pvtdonut54"]

Ensiferum's From Afar.

chessmaster1989

Even over their self-titled album and Iron? :o

EDIT: Argh my bad thought this was the best album of the decade thread. :P

I have to go with Black Clouds and Silver Linings, by Dream Theater. Awesome album, and really the only album this year that I like.

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I have to go with Black Clouds and Silver Linings, by Dream Theater. Awesome album, and really the only album this year that I like.

_IronManDude_

If you like that, check out OSI - Blood. co-written by DT's ex keyboard player Kevin Moore.

You might also like Riverside - Anno Domini HD

21st Century Breakdown, Billy Talentl III, Old Crows/Young Cardinal, that's pretty much my top 3

Easily...

Slaughterhouse baby!

Mkavanaugh77

In my opinion Street Hop > that

UGK - UGK 4 Life

Though it's not out yet, I have a feeling Alicia Keys album will be great as well.

Honorable Mention:

Shakira - She Wolf

Givers - EP

Such a great year for music.

56k warning.

I can't pick just one, that is impossible. So here are several more:)

1. Porcupine tree- The Incident

2. Riverside- Anno Domini High Definition

3. Magma- Emehntehtt-Re

4. Maudlin of the well- Part the second

5. Frost- Experiments in mass appeal

6. Pure reason revolution- Amor Vincit Omnia

7. Mountain Goats- The Life of the world to come

8. God Help the girl- God Help the girl

9. Todd Snider- The Excitement plan

10. Mount Eerie- Wind's Poem

11. The Dear Hunter- Act 3: Life and Death

12. The Tangent- Down and out in paris and london

13. Transatlantic- The Whirlwind

14. Diablo swing orchestra- Sing along songs for the damned and delirious

15. Kalisia- Cybion

16. Minimum Vital- Capitaines

17. Subsignal- Beautiful and Monstrous

18. Black Bonzo- Operation manual- The Guillotine model drama

19. Orphan Project- Spooning out the sea

20. The Antlers- Hospice

21. Devin Townsend- Addicted

22. Mono- Hymm to the immortal wind

23. The Decemberists- Hazards of love

24. Delirium- il nome del vento

25. Portugal, The Man- The Satanic satanist

I have quite similar taste to you Film Guy :P I might check out some of those other albums I haven't heard

I have quite similar taste to you Film Guy :P I might check out some of those other albums I haven't heard

PerilousWolf

What are some of your favorites:)