Best NON-Metal albums of 2011?

Ralyks · 12-20-2011, 01:12 PM

So I'm racking my brain trying to come up with a top 10 album list for 2011 (Ever Forthright throwing in a last minute kink didn't help), when I've come to the realization: I have no idea what really came out in 2011 outside the Metal genre. The only records I can recall purchasing off the top of my head outside of Metal are from Tech N9ne and Lady Gaga (Techs album was awesome and will make my top 10. Gaga will probably get an honorable mention because, well, The Edge of Glory is just that awesome a track).

So what I'm asking is, what came out in 2011 that was awesome in terms of Jazz? Hip Hop? Pop? Contemporary Classical? Not-Dubstep? I really need a better glimpse of whats happened outside all the.Tesseract and Machine Head and Dream Theater and Corelia and what have you?

leftyguitarjoe · 12-20-2011, 01:14 PM

Ulver - War of the Roses

Captain_Awesome · 12-20-2011, 01:16 PM

Seeing as I found Weightless by Animals as Leaders in the Pop section of HMV yesterday, it'd have to be that, haha.

brutalwizard · 12-20-2011, 01:17 PM

NY gypsy jazz allstars ROMANTEK

leftyguitarjoe · 12-20-2011, 01:18 PM

Porter Robinson - Spitfire

Devin Townsend - Ghost

Steve Wilson - Grace for Drowning

Nero - Welcome Reality

Foo Fighters - Wasted

Double A · 12-20-2011, 01:22 PM

Foo Fighters - Wasted Light is still an album I listen to a lot. Other than that?

[edit] I will second Devin Townsend's Ghost too.

tribalfusion · 12-20-2011, 01:41 PM

Al Di Meola: Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
Steven Wilson: Grace for Drowning
Brett Garsed: Dark Matter
Allen Hinds: Monkeys and Slides
John Scofield: A Moment's Peace
Oz Noy: Twisted Blues
Sean Wayland: Australian Rhythm Changes (with James Muller)
Gergo Borlai: M.M.M.
Sebastiaan Cornelissen: The Sebastiaan Cornelissen Group
The Code/John Pelosi: Dreams Speak Song
Vince Mendoza: Nights On Earth
Captain Kirk: Starship Cadillac

Scar Symmetry · 12-20-2011, 01:42 PM

Thrice - Major/Minor

Ghost is a given.

ArtDecade · 12-20-2011, 01:46 PM

Vince Gill - Guitar Slinger
Luna Sea - Luna Sea (Self Cover album)

USMarine75 · 12-20-2011, 02:04 PM

Adele - 21
Common - The Dreamer, The Believer
Jay-Z and Kanye West - Wath the Throne
Drake - Take Care
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck
Tedeschi-Trucks Band - Revelator
Beyonce - 4
Whitesnake - Forevermore
Red - Until We Have Faces
Anubis Gate - Anubis Gate

bandinaboy · 12-20-2011, 02:05 PM

Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy

Little Tybee - Humerous to Bees

Fair to Midland - Arrows and Anchors (is this considered not metal?)

thats all i got that hasnt been mentioned.

DLG · 12-20-2011, 02:07 PM

Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!

Doug N · 12-20-2011, 02:19 PM

Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Primus - Green Naugahyde

celticelk · 12-20-2011, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralyks

I have no idea what really came out in 2011 outside the Metal genre.

Really? For shame! =) Let me see what I can do to help....

Any year with a Decemberists release is a good year, and this song has an awesome video to boot:

Guitar + cello + treacle = Earth. Volume II comes out next year.

Forget that dancefloor R&B shit - if you want the real deal, check out Meshell Ndegeocello. Sexy tune from a sexy and complex album.

Paul Simon's new album is his best in twenty years. How can you pass that up?

TOM WAITS, ............!

The new Tori Amos record is a concept album, so any individual song is sorta out-of-context, but this one carries the character of the album pretty well.

Stonegaze! Also: the longest album title of the year, at least out of my collection.

And finally, a meeting of the masters: Tony Levin, David Torn, Alan White.

Go forth enlightened, grasshopper.

ry_z · 12-20-2011, 02:21 PM

Almost all of my best-of-the-year list.

elrrek · 12-20-2011, 02:54 PM

There are 3 records that come to mind:

Vena - Nomadic
Prön Flävürdik - Opus 3: The Motown Years
Owlfood - Owlfood

All released on the excellent Paradigms Recordings label.

Ninetyfour · 12-20-2011, 03:06 PM

Bon Iver - Bon Iver
City and Colour - Little Hell

fps · 12-20-2011, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doug N

Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Primus - Green Naugahyde

King Of Limbs was such a letdown to me.

ImBCRichBitch · 12-20-2011, 03:11 PM

New RED, Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, Aiden, and i dont consider em metal but Black Veil Brides and Murderdolls

Joose · 12-20-2011, 03:29 PM

Fair To Midland

That's just rock for the most part.

tribalfusion · 12-20-2011, 03:33 PM

I am surprised how few fusion albums seem to be favored here.I always thought that was a natural genre for guitarists in metal who were technically oriented

celticelk · 12-20-2011, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tribalfusion

I am surprised how few fusion albums seem to be favored here.I always thought that was a natural genre for guitarists in metal who were technically oriented

Were there some good fusion releases in 2011? Apart from the Levin Torn White disc I mentioned, which is arguably fusion, I'm not really aware of any, but I haven't paid a lot of attention either. (Maybe because I'm not a technically-oriented metal guitarist? *shrug*)

Murdstone · 12-20-2011, 04:33 PM

Nujabes - Spiritual State
Ungh. Great post-humous tribute.

Hankey · 12-20-2011, 05:10 PM

My favourites:

Funeral For A Friend - Welcome Home Armageddon

Thrice - Major/Minor

Face Tomorrow - Face Tomorrow

A Lot Like Birds - Conversation Piece

vineroon · 12-20-2011, 05:40 PM

M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Thrice - Major/Minor

I'm pretty sure that new M83 album is my favorite of the year overall.

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Ralyks The One Who Knocks Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dutchess County, NY Posts: 1,241 Thanked: 17 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Best NON-Metal albums of 2011? So I'm racking my brain trying to come up with a top 10 album list for 2011 (Ever Forthright throwing in a last minute kink didn't help), when I've come to the realization: I have no idea what really came out in 2011 outside the Metal genre. The only records I can recall purchasing off the top of my head outside of Metal are from Tech N9ne and Lady Gaga (Techs album was awesome and will make my top 10. Gaga will probably get an honorable mention because, well, The Edge of Glory is just that awesome a track). So what I'm asking is, what came out in 2011 that was awesome in terms of Jazz? Hip Hop? Pop? Contemporary Classical? Not-Dubstep? I really need a better glimpse of whats happened outside all the.Tesseract and Machine Head and Dream Theater and Corelia and what have you?

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tribalfusion ss.org Regular Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: united states Posts: 62 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Al Di Meola: Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody Steven Wilson: Grace for Drowning Brett Garsed: Dark Matter Allen Hinds: Monkeys and Slides John Scofield: A Moment's Peace Oz Noy: Twisted Blues Sean Wayland: Australian Rhythm Changes (with James Muller) Gergo Borlai: M.M.M. Sebastiaan Cornelissen: The Sebastiaan Cornelissen Group The Code/John Pelosi: Dreams Speak Song Vince Mendoza: Nights On Earth Captain Kirk: Starship Cadillac

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Joose SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,772 Thanked: 26 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Fair To Midland That's just rock for the most part.

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tribalfusion ss.org Regular Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: united states Posts: 62 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I am surprised how few fusion albums seem to be favored here.I always thought that was a natural genre for guitarists in metal who were technically oriented

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