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It's out of these:


The Gasman - Superlife. Just trumps Aaron Funk's '1961' out of my list. Apropos of their very similar styles.



Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista.



Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan: The Book Of Angels, Vol. 9.



Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs.



Devotchka - A Mad And Faithful Telling.



strawberry float Buttons - Street Horrrsing.

Was I the only one who thought The Hawk is Howling was a bit gooseberry fool? Easily Mogwai's worst since CODY.

Gil-Martin wrote:
Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs.

I forgot about that one! That's going in my list.

My votes go for Metallica - Death magnetic, Scars on Broadway and Cancer bats.

Incidently i haven't heard much this year

Best Christmas album i've ever heard. Bit weird that it was released in late september/october though. Yet to get a copy though as it's always out of stock (nowhere ever has a large supply of these guys albums).

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Portishead - Third
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

There are loads more. I'll have a think.

Guilty Simpson - Ode To The Ghetto



Young Jeezy - The Recession



Pete Rock - NYs Finest



T.I. - Paper Trail



Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III



Prodigy - H.N.I.C. Part 2



Rick Ross - Trilla



Kidz In The Hall - The In Crowd



The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale



Nas - Untitled



The Game - L.A.X.



Thats off the top of the head, Ima have to check my CDs when I get home.

Danzig wrote:City and Colour - Sometimes

You mean, Bring Me Your Love!

Denster wrote:i dont buy many albums these days but i think if there is a definitive top 5 that emerges from this thread
i may take the plunge and buy all five.

I'll be doing the exact same, although I have MGMT yet to listen to and I have the KoL cd. I don't really buy or listen to much at all nowadays
Maybe I should buy a music magazine or something.

I like...



The Hold Steady - Stay Positive



TV On The Radio - Dear Science



Sons And Daughters - This Gift



Portishead - Third



The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

In absolutely no order at all-

Funeral For a Friend - Memory and Humanity
Bloc Party - Intimacy
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Kids in Glass Houses - Smart Casual
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Panic At The Disco - Pretty Odd
Pendulum - In Silico
Scars on Broadway (self titled)
Simple Plan (self titled)
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns

A few more to add I'm sure...

MGMT and Kings Of Leon for me.

Everything I bought this year (by release date) -



But most of the stuff I got wasn't released this year - http://rateyourmusic.com/collection/Craig_M/recent/

A strawberry floating awesome year for me personally.

Adam Pollard wrote:



Honourable mentions for this years efforts from McFly, Jack Johnson and Zebrahead

Ooh, Kudos for Attack! Attack! there, saw them supporting FFAF, was really surprised by just how good they were. Also noticed the lead singer joining FFAF on stage when they were singing History

There's an awful lot of these I haven't even heard of, nor have any inclination of trying out.

Brought loads of albums this year, mainly ones from previous years to catch up on stuff I missed, e.g all of Weezer's previous albums, however out of ones this year, my favourite has got to be Intimacy by Bloc Party. First time I heard Mercury I loved it, however was unsure still about the new direction there were heading, however upon receiving the album early due to ordering it off their website and listening to Ares first time, I was immediately hooked, still not as good as Silent Alarm, but pushes oh so close.

Special mentions as well go to KoL Only By The Night, love Closer, Use Somebody, Be Somebody and Cold Desert, and when I saw the youtube interview with Caleb and he explained about how Cold Desert was recorded, it took on a whole new meaning for me, brilliant song!

Also Simple Plan was a really good album as well, did know of them to begin, but heard When I'm Gone and then got the album and couldn't stop listening to it for a good month! One that really surprised me was OneRepublic, good album, All Fall Down, Mercy and Stop And Stare being my favourites.

Prospekt's March, whilst not a full album, has been played on my Ipod constantly this week, Life In Technicolor II is all kinds of awesome, can't wait till I see them live on Tuesday!

I'll go with The Hold Steady- Stay Positive. It's probably there weakest album overall but it's the Hold Steady so it's still amazing. Constructive Summer is the best song they've ever done too.