• My Best of 2011 (whatever that means)

    Paul Cantin Posted On December 9, 2011
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    With all excuses and caveats now taken for granted, here is my top 10 list new releases and reissues. A more expansive, annotated mix tape list will follow. You have been warned.

     

    New Releases 2011

    1. Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest
    2. Nicole Atkins – Mondo Amore
    3. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
    4. Cowboy Junkies – Demons/Sing In My Meadow
    5. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
    6. Sharon Van Etten – Epic
    7. Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
    8. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
    9. James Blake – James Blake
    10. Jayhawks – Mockingbird Time

     

    Reissues 2011

    1. The Beach Boys – Smile Sessions
    2. The Jayhawks – Tomorrow The Green Grass
    3. The Who – Quadrophenia
    4. Richard Thompson – Live At The BBC
    5. Kate and Anna McGarrigle – Tell My Sister
    6. Various – Fame Studios Story (1961-1973)
    7. Satan Is Real – The Louvin Brothers
    8. The Kinks – Arthur/Face To Face/Something Else
    9. Michael Chapman – Fully Qualified Survivor
    10. Booker T & The MGs – McLemore Avenue



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