♫♪ FFF's Best Albums of 2011

[Sexy Beast]

So, thread title is pretty much self-explanatory, 2011 was a good year for all kinds of music, and there must be some albums you thought out shined some others. If so, then list them here with a brief explanation on why.

Dream Theater, A Dramatic Turn of Events

• This album proved to be especially great just because of what Dream Theater has acomplished within the album itself. Along with their new drummer, Mike Mangini - who did a fantastic job as their replacement - was able to fill in the shoes that Portnoy left open. I was a little skepital about the lyrical content and LaBrie's vocals as they weren't his best, but then I gave the album a few more listen throughs, and finally accepted that they achieved an inner-success that only they know how to do.

Machine Head, Unto The Locust

• Machine Head truly brought out all the stops on this album. Giving Thrash a bright new sound, and even better than The Blackening. This album is probably my favorite album from them,and hell, in the whole Thrash/Groove Metal scene. Combining their own uniquiness with a new flare really made Machine Head one of the big players once again.

Iced Earth. Dystopia

• With the new singer Stu Block filling in, I thought this was going to be disasterous, but it proved to be really good. The sound he has with the rest of the members of Iced Earth really brought out great sounds, and fantastic metal. If someone were to ask me what my favorite track off of the album was, I'd say it would be the album title track, "Dystopia". In my opinion, it really brings out the true nature of Stu's voice.

My Post-hardcore/metalcore list coming in my next post.

 

[Six]

Marianas Trench, Ever After

• Omg.... This band has some of the most friggin' gorgeous albums ever. This band really took the spot of my all time favourite band, The Cure, they're still part of my favourites but MT beats most songs of any band hands down. The new album was something I had to get in to, because at first I was not amused with their sound at all, but after listening to it, they still sound exactly like themselves. ♥ Love it.

Blink 182, Neighborhoods

• Another one I had to get in to, because I really didn't listen to the whole album. Friggin' awesome. I'm glad they're back together again, I've never been a hardcore Blink fan, but I still love their stuff. ♥ Amazing that they set another great album on tracks.

Short list, but they were soooo worth the wait.

 

[Donald Trump]

This is in the music section so why have you included metal?
2011 is not as good as 2010. 2010 had Beach House, Crystal Castles, Sufjan Stevens, Warpaint and The National to just name a few bands, 2011 did not have that.

The albums I liked were English Riviera, Bon Iver, though I haven't listened to Bon Iver much, and Slave Ambient.
I'd also like to hear M83's latest album and Destroyer's.

 

[Leon1242]

This is in the music section so why have you included metal?
2011 is not as good as 2010. 2010 had Beach House, Crystal Castles, Sufjan Stevens, Warpaint and The National to just name a few bands, 2011 did not have that.

The albums I liked were English Riviera, Bon Iver, though I haven't listened to Bon Iver much, and Slave Ambient.
I'd also like to hear M83's latest album and Destroyer's.

Heeeeey now. I don't like metal at all really. However I do not go as far as considering the genre a One-X. heh, see what I did there? Anyway I agree with you on 2011 being a bad year for music. 2012 will be the perfect year for me. The new Matchbox Twenty CD will finally be coming out sometime this year. New Three Days Grace album in the works. Im pretty stoked.