Best Albums of 2011
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1. Metals Feist Feist presented a brand new slate, mixing hard and soft alloys to forge an album of rare depth and beauty.

 

2. Bon Iver Bon Iver From bucolic backwoods balladry to hypnotic electro-pop symphonies, his transformation has been masterful.

 

3. The Harrow & the Harvest Gillian Welch More exquisite folk songs that sound like they were handed down through the ages.

 

4. So Beautiful or So What Paul Simon Songs about love and faith, steeped in African kora, Indian tabla and southern gospel.

 

5. Ashes & Fire Ryan Adams Rarely has the prolific, wildly talented tunesmith sounded this inspired.

 

6. Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes Darker and deeper, but every bit as captivating as their harmony-drenched debut.

 

7. Barton Hollow The Civil Wars Like Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, this duo’s voices conjure up visions of mystery and beauty.

 

8. House of Balloons The Weeknd The Weeknd’s Abel Tesfaye mixes soulful vocals over spacey synths and irresistible indie-rock backbeats.

 

9. El Camino The Black Keys Sequing from garage and soul to glam rock, the Keys’ latest boasts a jukebox worth of amped-up party music.

 

10. who kill tune-yArDs Merrill Garbus’ mix of folk, r&b, Afro-pop and rock is one of the year’s most inventive fusions.

 



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Reviews

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Usher - Looking for Myself

2012 | Administrator | Friday, 15 June 2012

There’s never a dull moment in Usher’s world. The Atlanta crooner, one of the world’s top-selling artists and Justin Bieber’s mentor, is currently going through a custody battle with his...

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Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 25 January 2012

One of the world’s most celebrated artists, Leonard Cohen, now 77, is still going strong. After completing 246 concerts in December, 2010, the fedora-wearing, pinstripe-suit clad poet proclaimed himself “invigorated...

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Gordon Lightfoot - All Live

2012 | Administrator | Thursday, 26 April 2012

Many fans have made pilgrimages to Toronto’s Massey Hall to attend the Canadian legend’s annual concerts. This album is a Lightfoot lover’s dream: 19 songs recorded in the hallowed hall...

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Paul Simon - Songwriter

2011 | Administrator | Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Songwriting is all about rhythms and rhymes, according to the first recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. This two-CD set showcases both sides of the acclaimed composer’s craft,...

Features

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Holly Cole - Night

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Cole has won fans the world over with her jazz-tinged takes on pop hits. Here she delivers a dreamy, piano-laced rendition of Gordon Lightfoot’s classic “If You Could Read My Mind.” But most surprising are her...

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Rihanna - Unapologetic

2012 | Administrator | Monday, 10 December 2012

How lucky is the number seven? That may be the question Rihanna is asking as she releases her seventh album in seven years. Already, the Barbadian-born singer is pop’s most bankable star, with 60 million singles,...

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Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 10 October 2012

“Call Me Maybe” is a phenomenon. The song has sold over nine million singles worldwide and videos of the infectious hit, sung by Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster and even former U.S. Secretary...

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Rita Wilson - AM/FM

2012 | Administrator | Sunday, 13 May 2012

An actress, producer and wife of Tom Hanks, Wilson longed to become a singer—and now she has. On her debut album, she delivers heartfelt covers of hits from the 1960s and 70s, including Joni Mitchell’s “River”...