Sunday, January 8, 2012

Miles of Trane's Favorite 100 Albums of 2011

 
PLATINUM LEVEL (Top 15 followed by the remaining top albums in no particular order)



      On Spotify
     On MOG

2.  (1) New History Warfare Vol. 2, and (2) Those Who Didn't Run by Colin Stetson 
     On Spotify                                        On Spotify
     On MOG

3. Making Mirrors by Gotye
     On Spotify

4.  Burst Apart by Antlers
      On Spotify
     On MOG

5.  We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves by John Maus
     On Spotify
     On MOG

6.  Undun by The Roots
     On Spotify

7.  Ritual Union by Little Dragon
     On Spotify
     On MOG

8.  Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam by Ghostpoet
     On Spotify
     On MOG

9.  The King Of Limbs by Radiohead
     On Spotify
     On MOG

10. Seven Rainbows by Alice Gold
     On Spotify
     OnRdio

11. James Blake by James Blake
     On Spotify
     On MOG

12. Tell Me by Jessica Lea Mayfield
     On Spotify
     On MOG

13. Wounded Rhymes by Lykke Li
     On Spotify
     On MOG

14. Feel It Break by Austra
     On Spotify
     On MOG

15.  MILES DAVIS QUINTET - Live In Europe 1967 - The Bootleg Series Vol. 1  by Miles Davis
     On Tunes

Tied for 16th: (no particular order): 


Monkeytown by Modeselektor
     On iTunes

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83
     On MOG
     On Spotify

Space Is Only Noise by Nicolas Jaar
     On Spotify
     On MOG
 Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will by Mogwai
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On iTunes
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
Singularity 1 by Various Artists
     On Bandcamp

Tassili by Tinariwen
     OnSpotify
 Bon Iver by Bon Iver
      On Spotify
      On MOG
 Bad As Me by Tom Waits
     On Spotify
     On iTunes

Red Sugar by Winter Family
     On Spotify 
Re ECM by Ricardo Villalobos, Max Loderbauer
     On Spotify

(1) Propeller EP (2) Waves of OK EP by Psychologist
    On Spotify               On Spotify

Glowing Mouth by Milagres
     On Spotify
GOLD LEVEL -- (no particular order)

Kaputt by Destroyer
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
 Anna Calvi by Anna Calvi
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On Rdio
     On Spotify
     On MOG
      On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On iTunes
      On Spotify
     On Spotify
     On MOG
      On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On Rdio
     On Spotify
     On iTunes
Thee Physical by Pictureplane
     On Spotify
Within and Without by Washed Out
     On Spotify
     On MOG
Dive by Tycho
      On Spotify
King Of Hearts by Lloyd
     On Spotify 
Parabolas by John Tejada
     On iTunes

Virtue by Emmy the Great
     On Spotify

Rapprocher by Class Actress
     On Spotify
Looping State Of Mind by The Field
     On Spotify

Campus Martius EP by Keep Shelly In Athens
     On MOG

Rising Doom by Mondkopf
     On Spotify
 
SILVER LEVEL, The Best of the Rest (no particular level)

     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On Rdio
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On Spotify
     On Spotify                          On Spotify
     On MOG                             On MOG
 Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Bandcamp
      On MOG
From Love to Dust by Sina
      OnBandcamp
Alela Diane & Wild Divine by Alela Diane
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
      On Spotify
     On MOG
    On iTunes
      On Spotify
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
Soy Dios by Dead Sea Apes
      On Bandcamp
So Outta Reach by Kurt Vile
     On Spotify
     On MOG
Hanna by The Chemical Brothers
     On Spotify
Player Piano by Memory Tapes
      On Spotify
     On MOG
Blood Pressures by The Kills
      On Spotify
     On MOG
Build A Rocket Boys! by Elbow
      On Spotify
     On MOG
Here Before by The Feelies
       On Spotify
      On MOG
Galactic Melt by Com Truise
      On Bandcamp
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
      On Spotify
      On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify 
Here We Rest by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
     On Spotify
     On MOG
     On Spotify (n/a)
     On MOG (n/a)
Electronic Fences by Computer Magic
     On Spotify

Slave Ambient by The War on Drugs
     On Spotify
Program 91 by Razika
     On Spotify
You Are All I See by Active Child
      On Spotify
A Creature I Don't Know by Laura Marling
     On Spotify
Simulat by Cosmin TRG

Portamento by The Drums
     On Spotify
Soita Mulle by Regina

     On Spotify 
(1) All for your smile (2) Rose Tinted EP by Stumbleine
         On Bandcamp 
Zonoscope by Cut Copy
     On Spotify 
Severant by Kuedo
     On MOG

Metals by Feist
     On Spotify 
Pastels EP by Shells
     On Bandcamp

NOTES ABOUT THIS POST
  1. The long list started with almost 200 albums for consideration.
  2. The selection process was generally this: [blog trade secrets redacted].
  3. All platinum albums are considered exceptional and must-have, gold-level are should-have, and silver level are still highly recommended. To be on the list at all is tantamount to a Michelin star: it's not listed unless it's an album of distinction.
  4. The link on the album and artist's name is to the previous post on this blog. The links to Spotify, MOG, and sometimes other sources should be self-explanatory.
  5. Some entries show two albums or EPs for the artist. In such cases the year's output was considered collectively.
  6. Release years vary so the criteria for 2011 consideration is that Miles of Trane blogged about it this year or I just felt like it belonged.
  7. O'Barr, post rebuttals in the comments.
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