Well, it's the end of the year and time to sum up 2011 in music. As usual, it's not easy, but among the new albums released this year I was never in doubt. The price for best album of 2011 goes to the one and only, truly wonderful Kate Bush who's incredibly enough released not one, but two new albums this year. It should be noted that the first of these, Director's Cut, contains reworked versions of songs from two previous albums, but it was still very good. As for her brand new album 50 Words For Snow, it's one of her very best albums ever.
So here are the best 25 albums of 2011, ranked pretty much according to whim. They're all very good, so I hope you'll either pick some of them up yourself, or if not, listen to them in WiMP or Spotify or another streaming service.
1. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
2. Flowers And Sea Creatures – Flowers And Sea Creatures
3. The Waterboys – An Appointment With Mr. Yeats
4. Maya Vik – Château Faux-Coupe
5. Chris Isaak – Beyond The Sun
6. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
7. Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
8. Stein Torleif Bjella – Vonde visu
9. Neil Young’s International Harvesters – A Treasure
10. Washed Out – Within And Without
11. The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
12. Dave Alvin –
13. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi – Rome
14. Tony Christie – Now’s The Time
15. Fountains Of Wayne
16. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
17. Yes – Fly From Here
18. Bernhoft – Solidarity Breaks
19. Ane Brun – It All Starts With One
20. deLillos – Trist å være glad
21. Nick Lowe – The Old Magic
22. Marit Larsen – Spark
23. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
24. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
25. Wilco – The Whole Love
And so, on to the more interesting category simply titled songs. Singles are pretty much a thing of the past, so although many of these have been hits, there are still a few album tracks among them. Or maybe not. Anyway, this list was much tougher to compile, so in addition to my 25 favourite songs of 2011, topped without a shadow of a doubt by Jessie J's super catchy "Price Tag", I have added a further ten amazing songs in a "bubbling under" list.
So here you go, 2011's 25 best songs. Or rather, 35 best songs. Be sure to hear them all!
1. Jessie J feat. B.o.B. – “Price Tag”
2. The Black Keys – ”Lonely Boy”
3. R.E.M. – ”We All Go Back To Where We Belong”
4. Razika – “Vondt i hjertet”
5. Weezer & Hayley Williams – ”The Rainbow Connection”
6. Siri Nilsen – “Alle snakker sant”
7. Mayer Hawthorne – ”The Walk”
8. Veronica Maggio – ”Välkommen inn”
9. FreeSol feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “Fascinated”
10. Arctic Monkeys – ”Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair”
11. Raphael Saadiq – ”Radio”
12. Melissa Horn – ”Innan jag kände dig”
13. Bernhoft – “C’Mon Talk”
14. Joddski – ”(Sett på no) Eazy-E”
15. Marit Larsen – “Vår beste dag”
16. Fountains Of Wayne – “Richie And Ruben”
17. The Vaccines – ”Norgaard”
18. The Pierces – “You’ll Be Mine”
19. Radiohead – ”Staircase”
20. Sade – “Still In Love With You”
21. Ed Sheeran – “The A Team”
22. Pajama Club – “From A Friend To A Friend”
23. Kaizers Orchestra – “Diamant til kull”
24. Neko Case & Nick Cave
25. Weathervane – “Weathervane”
Bubbling under
The Cars – ”Sad Song”
Andrea Corr – “Tinseltown In The Rain”
The Belle Brigade – ”Where Not To Look For Freedom”
Magnet – “Doldrum Days”
Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
Stella Mwangi – “Haba Haba”
Rebecca & Fiona – “If She Was Away”
Tracey Thorn – “Night Time”
Katzenjammer – “When The Laughter’s Gone”
Duel In The Sun – “You Know What”
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