Sarah! ([info]killmotion) wrote,
2011-12-15 12:25:00
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Sarah's Top 25 Albums of 2011

With a lot of indecisive time making this list, I present to you my top albums of the year. Coming up with orders for things is always hard for me but I tried my best. And talking about why is even harder so I'm skipping that altogether. The point is, these are all on this list because I loved the entire album.





Other Lives – Tamer Animals


Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver


M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming


Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto


The Wilderness of Manitoba – When You Left the Fire


Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires


Pnau – Soft Universe


The Boxer Rebellion – The Cold Still


Beirut – The Rip Tide


Cold War Kids – Mine Is Yours


Boy & Bear – Moonfire


Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm


The Head And The Heart – The Head And The Heart


Son Lux – We Are Rising


Florence and the Machine – Ceremonials


Say Hi – Um, Uh Oh


The Sand Band – All Through the Night


Noah & The Whale – Last Night on Earth


Pete And The Pirates – One Thousand Pictures


Radiohead – King of Limbs


Mat Kearny – Young Love


Spokes – Everyone I Ever Met


Young the Giant – Young the Giant


Peter Gabriel – New Blood


Mechanical Bride – Living With Ants
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[info]hollywoodgrrl

December 15 2011, 18:37:03 UTC 5 months ago

lsdfblsbg;sDJg;sdj;EF I AM SO STOKED TO LISTEN TO A BUNCH OF THESE! I only know (and love) that Other Lives album and the Radiohead! Wheeeee! Thank you!

[info]killmotion

December 15 2011, 18:47:30 UTC 5 months ago

YAY OTHER LIVES! I was talking to Carrie about it the other day LIKE NO LISTEN CARRIE YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM THEY ARE AMAHZING. Do you have their other stuff cause I do and i will share if you don't! And the other stuff, yup. It's funny a lot of this stuff wasn't on other lists I'd seen except Bon Iver, M83, Coldplay and Radiohead for the most part so I think my list has more new stuff worth hearing, ya know? Idk. But it's good stuff, if you're interested in any/all, try them!!!!! ;D

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[info]youwatchusrun

December 15 2011, 18:52:36 UTC 5 months ago

I was about to ask for music recs on Tumblr and SUDDENLY 24 NEW ALBUMS TO CHOOSE FROM :') (i've listened to one out of this entire list. HOW DO I MUSIC?)
this is gaby, btw.

[info]killmotion

December 15 2011, 18:59:32 UTC 5 months ago

Hi Gaby! :D Haha what was the one album you already had?

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[info]lizzy_maxia

December 15 2011, 19:02:20 UTC 5 months ago

W o w.

Also: hi!

Also: snagging Coldplay and Snow Patrol and Noah & The Whale :)

[info]killmotion

December 15 2011, 19:05:57 UTC 5 months ago

Hi! SNAG MORE! :P Are there certain kinds of artists you like so I can tell you which others you should try? In the very least I must tell you The Wilderness of Manitoba btw had one song in Haven. November played as Duke and Nathan buried Chief's cooler. ;)

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[info]forensicirulan

December 15 2011, 19:16:02 UTC 5 months ago

Musiiiic! Thank you so much! I am downloading everything I haven't heard yet! Excellent choices, judging by the ones I know! :)

[info]killmotion

December 15 2011, 19:20:49 UTC 5 months ago

:) I hope you try new things and like what you hear!

[info]caithream

December 15 2011, 19:35:55 UTC 5 months ago

YUM. I'll definitely be snagging a few, thanks! <3

[info]killmotion

December 15 2011, 20:00:34 UTC 5 months ago

Hope you find something awesome you'll like. I obviously rec my #1 the most ;D

[info]myrasis

December 15 2011, 19:59:13 UTC 5 months ago

oooh, takin cold war kids, radiohead and bon iver, thanks :D

[info]killmotion

December 15 2011, 20:01:22 UTC 5 months ago

Enjoy! Try more if you think you've got space for some, ;D

[info]spiiies

December 15 2011, 20:27:08 UTC 5 months ago

This is fabulous! Thank you. Also totally agreed on M83.

[info]killmotion

December 17 2011, 05:09:30 UTC 5 months ago

Hope you find more you like! :)

[info]spunbelowstars

December 15 2011, 20:28:27 UTC 5 months ago

fjhdsafljsafsadfsa this is amazing and you have the best taste in music, ever. Because we're brain clones! I already have most of these ;) Gah, I'm still addicted to Other Lives btw.

There are a few though I don't have, so I will be snagging.... which means yay!! pretty new music to listen to. TY love! <3

[info]killmotion

December 15 2011, 20:46:05 UTC 5 months ago

Yay indeed! Best taste, yup :P <3

[info]time_to_write

December 16 2011, 02:49:56 UTC 5 months ago

yesssssssss. fantastic choices!

[info]killmotion

December 16 2011, 03:57:27 UTC 5 months ago

I hope you enjoy some you don't recognize and try out! :)

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[info]simplyresume

December 16 2011, 03:38:10 UTC 5 months ago

While I intend to eventually get through all of them, if I really love Beirut and Young the Giant, who else would you recommend to start with? I'm not too familiar with some of these artists (except Florence, Coldplay, Radiohead)

[info]killmotion

December 16 2011, 04:27:59 UTC 5 months ago Edited:  December 16 2011, 04:29:00 UTC

Ok so I just want to say Other Lives toured with Bon Iver for a while, or if you haven't ever tried Bon Iver, they are a bit similar to Beirut. Bon Iver is..you get kinda lost in it. Beirut as you know is a little more brazen and loud with the instruments used, Bon Iver is similar in feel but just has softer use of trumpets and other instruments. It's intensely beautiful music, though. A great album to listen to all the way through where you aren't distracted.

The Sand Band and Spokes are both similar to each other, and they are are both little more mellow than Young the Giant, I'd say. The Boxer Rebellion and Cold War Kids are a little closer to Young the Giant, maybe. I mean that in they have a great flow and feel through the album and also I just really like the lyrics.

To be honest most of these are pretty indie, and there's a few indie electronic-y (Pnau and Son Lux) but apart from the more well know artists like Coldplay, Radiohead, Florence, etc it's probably stuff you'd like! And if you try out a bunch and find you don't like it, no harm! :D

[info]quiet_rebel

December 16 2011, 03:39:17 UTC 5 months ago

You rock! And I'm sure the music will too!

[info]killmotion

December 16 2011, 03:59:09 UTC 5 months ago

Hope you enjoy at least some of them! The key to finding the greatest stuff really is in randomly getting them like I did when I got all my music this year. :D

[info]leucocrystal

December 16 2011, 05:48:00 UTC 5 months ago

Seeing New Blood on anyone's list (other than my own) just makes me want to weep with joy a little, NGL. ♥

[info]killmotion

December 16 2011, 05:57:03 UTC 5 months ago

It's all thanks to you I got into him! Last year with Scratch My Back (I like his covers of most things more then the originals!) and then this one, I just looooove it. :D

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[info]fade_out

December 16 2011, 07:45:27 UTC 5 months ago

This is an excellent post! I am gonna be checking lots of these out. Thank you!

[info]killmotion

December 16 2011, 07:52:39 UTC 5 months ago

Yay enjoy! :D

[info]fondued_jicama

December 16 2011, 09:05:07 UTC 5 months ago

I'm here from tumblr, and... wow, this is pretty much the most awesome music post I've seen in ages. You like a lot of the same music as I do, so I'm really excited about the prospect of maybe finding new artists here I'll like, too! Amazing, thank you. <3

[info]killmotion

December 16 2011, 15:31:01 UTC 5 months ago

:) Yay, that's great! Have fun with new stuff. Isn't it the best finding new things and falling for it?

[info]intodelirium

December 17 2011, 21:38:15 UTC 5 months ago

I think I only know of like 30% of these. it's not like I have a gazillion stuff already downloaded so let me add more!:p

[info]killmotion

December 18 2011, 05:17:00 UTC 5 months ago

Haha enjoy! And seriously glad to you for bringing my eyes to Pnau. :D

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[info]lavillenie

December 23 2011, 20:37:11 UTC 4 months ago

Ahhhh amazing post! I agree on M83, Florence and Mat Kearney but I definitely have to check out many others! Thank you bb :)

[info]lavillenie

December 24 2011, 10:20:36 UTC 4 months ago

Ahhhh amazing post! I agree on M83, Florence and Mat Kearney but I definitely have to check out many others! Thank you bb :)

[info]sunnydust

January 30 2012, 00:23:58 UTC 3 months ago

You know what just happened ? My comment disappeared...the comment in which I was telling you that this list is fabulous and that I already have a bunch of those album but not all and I was begging you to reupload them when you have the chance because obviously MU is down...please ?
I LOVE MUSIC !

[info]killmotion

January 30 2012, 06:14:08 UTC 3 months ago

Here ya go, it was just these 3 so it was no biggie. Benjamin Francis Leftwich's album is one I really listened to a lot last spring for a while when I had no internet in my house. And Pete and the Pirates, too. I got into those two dudes at the same time. Peter Gabriel is a pinnacle in the musical art community, though. He was in Genesis with Phil Collins but he's been making music forever. New Blood (and disc 2 because it's too big as one file for MF) is his own personal reinterpretations of his own past songs. So it's interesting to hear...it's not remixes but essentially he's covering his own music. Very cool.

[info]sunnydust

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