'Tis the season... to post your Top 10 Albums List!!!

[Davey]

In no particular order:

Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist
Wilco - The Whole Love
Yukon Blonde - s/t
3- The Ghost You Gave To Me
Hasse Froberg & Musical Companion - Future Past
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
White Willow - Terminal Twilight
Man On Fire - Chrysalis
Discipline - To Shatter All Accord
Karmakanic - In A Perfect World

Interesting list, as usual. I've only heard a couple of these (Wilco and M83), have you mentioned many of them around here? I've seen the Jane's Addiction around, but thought it would be kind of stale, guess not.

[jonnyhambone]

Sort of in order, though that changes by day/mood:

* PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
* Richmond Fontaine - The High Country
* Destroyer - Kaputt
* iceage - New Brigade
* Bon Iver - Bon Iver
* Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
* Helms Alee - WeatherHead
* Meg Baird - Seasons On Earth
* Jesus Lizard - Club
* Grails - Deep Politics
* M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
* Key Losers - California Lite
* Wye Oak - Civilians

I wrote up what I thought of each album and have some choice videos on my year-end music posting here -->
jonnyhambone blog

[Jim Clark]

Sort of in order, though that changes by day/mood:

* PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
* Richmond Fontaine - The High Country
* Destroyer - Kaputt
* iceage - New Brigade
* Bon Iver - Bon Iver
* Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
* Helms Alee - WeatherHead
* Meg Baird - Seasons On Earth
* Jesus Lizard - Club
* Grails - Deep Politics
* M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
* Key Losers - California Lite
* Wye Oak - Civilians

I wrote up what I thought of each album and have some choice videos on my year-end music posting here -->
jonnyhambone blog

Your top 10 list is 40% correct : )

Really enjoyed reading your blog too. Nice job!

jc

[3LB]

Interesting list, as usual. I've only heard a couple of these (Wilco and M83), have you mentioned many of them around here? I've seen the Jane's Addiction around, but thought it would be kind of stale, guess not.

About 5 or 6 of my picks are full-on prog, so no, not a lot of mention but for a post or two. Hell, my list might look different a month from now.

I do have that Airbag you mentioned, it rather surprised me it made your list. It is good, but so much of what I listen to has that same vibe, that it doesn't stick to me the way it might have several years ago. But for someone out of the Pink Floyd prog loop looking to revisit that sound, its a slam dunk, provided they haven't already OD'd on acts like Porcupine Tree, RPWL, Katatonia, Anathema, Riverside, Satellite... just the ones I know of. I will say that the guitar soloing on All Rights Removed is stellar, very Gilmouresque, and save for PT or Satellite, a step above the others I've mentioned.

Maybe if I'm not feeling to lazy, I can expand on picks.

[Davey]

I do have that Airbag you mentioned, it rather surprised me it made your list.

Yea, it was kind of a bonus pick, could substitute a bunch of others in its place. Was just revisiting the Washed Out release, and it was sounding pretty nice filling the house. Sometimes I just listen to an album on headphones these days, and you don't always get the full effect. On the other hand, sometimes on headphones it all comes together, which might be the case with Airbag. Could be that I've just been listening to Floyd a lot lately, so it just felt right.

Today it's the 2011 reissue of an old favorite from the new millennium, Giant Sand's Chore of Enchantment. It combines the original CD with the The Rock Opera Years alternate version, which I'd never heard before, except for a couple songs. So that kind of puts me back on track, eh?

Thanks for the followup descriptions!