huskerpunk's Top 25 of 2011

huskerpunk · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:08 pm

TOP 25
1. The Black Keys - "El Camino"
2. Fucked Up - "David Comes to Life"
3. Louis C.K. - "Hilarious"
4. Wilco - "The Whole Love"
5. P.J. Harvey - "Let England Shake"
6. Beastie Boys - "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two"
7. Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness Blues"
8. The Roots - "Undun"
9. Tom Waits - "Bad As Me"
10. Russian Circles - "Empros"
11. Destroyer - "Kaputt"
12. Opeth - "Heritage"
13. Jay-Z & Kanye West - "Watch the Throne"
14. tUnE-yArDs - "whokill"
15. St. Vincent - "Strange Mercy"
16. Various - "Drive Original Soundtrack"
17. Original Cast Recording - "The Book of Mormon"
18. SBTRKT - "SBTRKT"
19. Cults - "Cults"
20. Bon Iver - "Bon Iver"
21. Paul Simon - "So Beautiful or So What"
22. My Morning Jacket - "Circuital"
23. Crooked Fingers - "Breaks in the Armor"
24. Adele - "21"
25. James Blake - "James Blake"

Honorable Mention:
Atlas Sound - "Parallax"
Childish Gambino - "Camp"
Foo Fighters - "Wasting Light"
Girls - "Father, Son, Holy Ghost"
Mastodon - "The Hunter"
Shabazz Palaces - "Black Up"
Kurt Vile - "Smoke Ring for My Halo"
Yuck - "Yuck"

Haven't Heard Yet:
40 Watt Sun - "The Inside Room"
AraabMuzik - "Electronic Dream"
Kate Bush - "50 Words for Snow"
Hanni El Khatib - "Will the Guns Come Out"
Explosions in the Sky - "Take Care, Take Care, Take Care"
M83 - "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming"
Frank Ocean - "Nostalgia, Ultra."
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - "We're New Here"
Pistol Annies - "Hell on Heels"
Sepalcure - "Sepalcure"
Sigur Ros - "Inni"
The Weeknd - "House of Balloons"
Wild Flag - "Wild Flag"

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:11 pm

always enjoy a huskerpunk list.

harry · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:30 pm

comfortably broad tastes...nice list

The PJ Harvey keeps getting better for me (as opposed to last few of hers that seemed to lose steam quickly).

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:35 pm

I should probably give Fucked Up a shot.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

huskerpunk Wrote:

TOP 25
1. The Black Keys - "El Camino" - have but not yet listened
2. Fucked Up - "David Comes to Life" - ditto
3. Louis C.K. - "Hilarious"
4. Wilco - "The Whole Love" - meh
5. P.J. Harvey - "Let England Shake" - go back and forth on this I guess. i really like 2-3 tracks but need to listen more
6. Beastie Boys - "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two" - never heard
7. Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness Blues" - should be in my top 15 or so
8. The Roots - "Undun" - never heard
9. Tom Waits - "Bad As Me" - not a Waits fan
10. Russian Circles - "Empros" - never heard of this one
11. Destroyer - "Kaputt" - good one
12. Opeth - "Heritage" - no
13. Jay-Z & Kanye West - "Watch the Throne" - on my list to buy
14. tUnE-yArDs - "whokill" - think I should hear this, but the couple clips I've heard have not prompted me to buy
15. St. Vincent - "Strange Mercy" - on my list to buy
16. Various - "Drive Original Soundtrack" - i did like the music in this movie but havent picked up the sdtrk
17. Original Cast Recording - "The Book of Mormon" - interested in this
18. SBTRKT - "SBTRKT" - dont know that this
19. Cults - "Cults" - really good album; in my top 20
20. Bon Iver - "Bon Iver" - in my top 2 or 3
21. Paul Simon - "So Beautiful or So What" - havent heard
22. My Morning Jacket - "Circuital" - ok album...didnt get a lot of repeat plays
23. Crooked Fingers - "Breaks in the Armor" - want to hear this one
24. Adele - "21" - want to hear this one
25. James Blake - "James Blake" - not interested

Honorable Mention:
Atlas Sound - "Parallax" - have this on order
Childish Gambino - "Camp"
Foo Fighters - "Wasting Light"
Girls - "Father, Son, Holy Ghost" - really like this; top 20
Mastodon - "The Hunter"
Shabazz Palaces - "Black Up"
Kurt Vile - "Smoke Ring for My Halo" - like this one ok...top 25 maybe
Yuck - "Yuck" - top 10 for me

Haven't Heard Yet:
40 Watt Sun - "The Inside Room"
AraabMuzik - "Electronic Dream"
Kate Bush - "50 Words for Snow"
Hanni El Khatib - "Will the Guns Come Out"
Explosions in the Sky - "Take Care, Take Care, Take Care"
M83 - "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming"
Frank Ocean - "Nostalgia, Ultra."
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - "We're New Here"
Pistol Annies - "Hell on Heels"
Sepalcure - "Sepalcure"
Sigur Ros - "Inni"
The Weeknd - "House of Balloons"
Wild Flag - "Wild Flag"

Stone · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:27 am **Posts:** 1562

huskerpunk Wrote:

TOP 25
3. Louis C.K. - "Hilarious"

Excellent. (Yes, I went to the top shelf with that one.)

jsh · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:29 pm

Drinky Wrote:

I should probably give Fucked Up a shot.

must

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:54 pm

jsh Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

I should probably give Fucked Up a shot.

must

Man, it's just the length that kills me.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:27 am

Stop Breathin' Wrote:

jsh Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

I should probably give Fucked Up a shot.

must

Man, it's just the length that kills me.

Yeah, I sorta like the little pieces I've heard but I don't think I could endure the whole thing.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:35 am

Drinky Wrote:

I should probably give Fucked Up a shot.

I have listened to this album and their a few times and while I like the music, the vocals just destroy the experience.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:36 pm

huskerpunk Wrote:

23. Crooked Fingers - "Breaks in the Armor"

Will I like this if I liked Dignity and Shame?

huskerpunk · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:33 pm

FT Wrote:

huskerpunk Wrote:

23. Crooked Fingers - "Breaks in the Armor"

Will I like this if I liked Dignity and Shame?

Not sure... this one is much more stripped down. But the songwriting on this one is top-notch in my opinion.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

DumpJack Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

I should probably give Fucked Up a shot.

I have listened to this album and their a few times and while I like the music, the vocals just destroy the experience.

agree with dumpjack

Sketch · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:26 am

Haven't listened to the Black Keys one yet, but I'm looking forward to it now. Opeth is pretty OK but certainly not their best. EDIT: Missed Adele on the first read... nice one.

Cupcakes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am **Posts:** 3271

Man oh man. I finally caved an listened to this Fucked Up record due to the acclaim posted here. In summary, I don't like it. Not because it doesn't deserve merit; but because it's been done several times before and in better form, IMO.

If you like this Fucked Up record I would suggest listening to these relatively recent records that rape the melodic "catchiness" of the Fucked Up record WITHOUT the gurgling vocal garbage and shitloads of filler:

The Arrivals - Marvels of Industry (2007)

or

The Arrivals - Molotov Volaile (2010)

and if you want a 2x speed clone of this Fucked Up record from further away:

Leatherface - Mush (1991)

I guarantee these records are better than that Fucked Up album. Approach the albums in the order listed. You won't be disappointed.

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