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Sound Opinions Podcast Best Albums 2011

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12-09-11 Footnotes
Show 315: The Best Albums of 2011
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It’s the moment all music fans wait for…the end! Without further ado: The Best Albums of 2011.

Greg Kot’s Top Ten of 2011

1. Wild Flag, Wild Flag
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2. The Roots, Undun

3. tUnE-yArDs, WHOKILL
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4. Van Hunt, What Were You Hoping For?
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5. F*cked Up, David Comes to Life

6. The Feelies, Here Before
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7. Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin
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8. Bewitched Hands, Birds and Drums

9. Das Racist, Relax
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10. Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues
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Jim DeRogatis’ Top Ten of 2011
1. Le Butcherettes, Sin Sin Sin

2. Wild Flag, Wild Flag
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3. Das Racist, Relax
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4. The Feelies, Here Before
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5. Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, Rome
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6. F*cked Up, David Comes to Life

7. Bewitched Hands, Birds and Drums

8. tUnE-yArDs, WHOKILL
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9. The Decemberists, The King is Dead
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10. The Go! Team, Rolling Blackouts

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And some more #1s from the listeners!

Jeremy, from New York NY
Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues

Rose from Naperville, IL
Mute Math, Odd Soul

Derk from Chicago, IL
SBTRKT, SBTRKT



Songs Featured in Show #315
The Bewitched Hands, “Hard to Cry,” Birds & Drums, Jive, 2011
Fucked Up, “Queen of Hearts,” David Comes to Life, Matador, 2011
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, “The Gambling Priest,” Rome, Capitol, 2011
Van Hunt, “A Time Machine is My New Girlfriend,” What Were You Hoping For, Godless Hotspot, 2011
Raphael Saadiq, “Stone Rollin’,” (0:40) Stone Rollin’, Columbia, 2011
Fleet Foxes, “Lorelai,” Helplessness Blues, Sub Pop, 2011
Mutemath, “Prytania,” Odd Soul, Teleprompt, 2011
SBTRKT, “Something Goes Right,” SBTRKT, Young Turks, 2011
The Feelies, “When You Know,” Here Before, Bar/None, 2011
tUnE-yArDs, “Gangsta,” w h o k i l l, 4AD, 2011
Das Racist, “Relax,” Relax, Greedhead, 2011
The Decemberists, “Don’t Carry It All,” The King is Dead, Capitol, 2011
The Roots, “The Other Side,” Undun, Def Jam, 2011
Le Butcherettes, “Tonight,” Sin, Sin, Sin, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, 2011
Wild Flag, “Romance,” Wild Flag, Merge, 2011
Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz, “The Telephone Song,” Stan Getz meets João & Astrud Gilberto: New York 1964, Giants of Jazz, 1990
Trombone Shorty, “Dumaine St.,” For True, Verve, 2011
Lou Reed and Metallica, “Pumping Blood,” Lulu, Warner Bros., 2011
The Velvet Underground, “The Black Angel’s Death Song,” The Velvet Underground & Nico, Verve, 1967
Super Furry Animals, “Night Vision,” Guerrilla, Creation, 1999
Jonathan Mann, “Hey Paul Krugman,” self-released, 2009

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