album/song of the year

[RedStratocas]

yeah so its december, which is basically the end of the year in the music industry. what were your favorite releases this year? mine:

albums;

1. "my beautiful dark twisted fantasy" by kanye west
2. "this is happening" by lcd soundsystem
3. "sir lucious left foot: the son of chico dusty" by big boi
4. "age of adz" by sufjan stevens
5. "crazy for you" by best coast

songs;

1. "dance yrself clean" by lcd soundsystem
2. "dark fantasy" by kanye west
3. "cmyk" by james blake
4. "devil in a new dress" by kanye west
5. "on a good day" by joanna newsom

[samsaBEAR]

songs i have no idea, but albums;

1: The Ghost Inside - Returners
2: Deez Nuts - This One's For You
3: Your Demise - The Kids We Used To Be
4: Lower Than Atlantis - Far Q
5: Four Year Strong - Enemy Of The World

Honourable mentions:

Bring Me The Horizon - There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It, There Is A Heaven Let's Keep It A Secret
A Day To Remember - What Separates Me From You
Parkway Drive - Deep Blue

In my music taste, this year hasn't been too good for 'breakthough' new bands, really all the better albums have come from already established bands, which is kind of a shame

[IceNineKills]

Bring Me The Horizon - There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It, There Is A Heaven Let's Keep It A Secret
A Day To Remember - I'm Made Of Wax Larry What Are You Made Of?

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Don't really know about albums..

[Rixion]

albums:

hey monday - beneath it all
rihanna - loud

songs:
rihanna - who's that chick
slash/fergie - beautiful dangerous

[FlyingJesus]

"Distant Relatives" by Nas & Damien Marley tops 2010 by quite a long shot for me, really enjoyable album. Freeway's "Stimulus Package" (how did he get away without a no homo on that?) with Jake One is also really good but not in the same league really. Ghostface Killah has an album out in a couple of weeks so hoping for big things from that to end the year off, would love Lost Tapes 2 to make it before new year too but looks like that won't be happening now

For songs, really too many to mention from just about every corner of music that I listen to tbh, especially in the rnb circuit. Definitely couldn't pick any less than 10 without missing out some huge contenders so won't bother

[Conservative,]

Albums;

Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Tinie Temah - Disc-overy
Eminem - Recovery
N-Dubz - Love.Live.Life.


Singles;

The Saturdays Ft. Flo Rida - Higher
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Avenged Sevenfold - Welcome to the family
Eminem - Not Afraid
Eminem - No Love
Tinie Tempah - Written in the stars
N-Dubz - Girls
N-Dubz - Best Behaviour
N-Dubz - Scream my name
Skepta Vs. N-Dubz - So Alive

[wiktoria]

Albums
1.Ke$ha - Cannibal <3
2.Christina Aguilera - Bionic
3.Rihanna - Loud
4.Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
5.Pendulum - Immersion

Songs
Ke$ha - The Harold Song, Crazy beauiful life, sleazy, blow (basically most of the songs from Cannibal)
Nicki Minaj ft. Will.i.am - Check it out
Ellie Goulding - Your song
Rihanna ft. Drake - What's my name and Rihanna - S&M

[Sharon]

Single: Rihanna ft. Eminem - Love The Way You Lie

definately.

Album: Justin Bieber - My World 2.0

[Shar]

Albums
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
Eminem - Recovery
Rihanna - Loud
Drake - Thank Me Later

Songs
Chris Brown ft Tyga - Deuces
Rihanna ft. Drake - What's my name
Eminem ft Rihanna - Love the way you lie
Rihanna - Only girl (In the world)
Drake ft. Alicia Keys - Fireworks
Drake - Find your love; Over
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Bruno Mars - Just the way you are
Nicki Minaj ft Eminem - Roman Revenge
Nicki Minaj ft Rihanna - Fly
Nicki Minaj ft Drake - Moment 4life

erm so Eminem/Rihanna/Drake/Nicki Minaj are the artists that have really stood out for me ;p

[Judas]

urmm album would have to be my beautiful dark twisted fantasy as well by a mile, and also ke$ha cannibal. i cant chose a song :/ :P

[RedStratocas]

In my music taste, this year hasn't been too good for 'breakthough' new bands, really all the better albums have come from already established bands, which is kind of a shame

thats really true, i honestly thought this years music was fantastic, very few artists i love who have released records this year disappointed me (exceptions being vampire weekend, wolf parade).


"Distant Relatives" by Nas & Damien Marley tops 2010 by quite a long shot for me, really enjoyable album. Freeway's "Stimulus Package" (how did he get away without a no homo on that?) with Jake One is also really good but not in the same league really. Ghostface Killah has an album out in a couple of weeks so hoping for big things from that to end the year off, would love Lost Tapes 2 to make it before new year too but looks like that won't be happening now

For songs, really too many to mention from just about every corner of music that I listen to tbh, especially in the rnb circuit. Definitely couldn't pick any less than 10 without missing out some huge contenders so won't bother

yeah i thought about ghostface's new album, im pretty stoked for it im not sure if its leaked yet. his last album was a bit too much soul/rnb stuff. and for songs i just did what ive probably listened to the most this year according to itunes lol.


urmm album would have to be my beautiful dark twisted fantasy as well by a mile, and also ke$ha cannibal. i cant chose a song :/ :P

despite being possible the worst album title with the worst album art ever in music history, kanye's new album is definitely my favorite album of the year. i liked it immediately and its growing more on me all the time.

[Judas]

despite being possible the worst album title with the worst album art ever in music history, kanye's new album is definitely my favorite album of the year. i liked it immediately and its growing more on me all the time.

really? i like the title. though if he just narrowed it down to 'my dark fantasy' it could be better but i still like it, i think in a way it kind of sums up the album really well which i guess is what its supposed to do. and the cover just makes me lol... but i think some of the other paintings that are used as alternative covers are nice. its just one of those albums that you can listen to the whole way through and each song doesnt fail to impress me... lyrically and musically, amazing production, so many dififerent styles and emotions... its just a masterpiece

[dirrty]

album; kanye - my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
song; kanye - runaway or monster

[Judas]

album; kanye - my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
song; kanye - runaway or monster

wonderful choices and more to the point +rep for your sig pic making me actually smile for the first time today

[Neversoft]

Songs
- Crystal Castles - Not in Love (feat. Robert Smith)
- Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
- Brandon Flowers - Only the Young

Albums
- Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
- Slash - Slash (& Friends)

[Plebings]

Sorry couldn't list, waters it down, doesn't it?

Best Album - These New Puritans - Hidden

Album Catergories

Originality: These New Puritans - Hidden
Fanboy Moment: Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring
Instrumentation: Owen Pallett - Heartland
Emotional: Perfume Genius - Learning
Simplicity: Tokyo Police Club - Champ
'Big Acts': Gorillaz/Arcade Fire
Biggest Dissappointment: Broken Social Scene
Best NMEadored: Foals/The Drums
Goodbutnotasgoodaspreviousalbum: LCD Soundsystem/Deerhunter
Pop: Robyn, Kelis and Kate Nash
Best non-2010 discovered: Slow Club
Best EPs - DOM, Grammatics, Slow Club, Johnny Foreigner

I ain't got new kanye till Xmas, but it'll probably crap on this.

[RedStratocas]

really? i like the title. though if he just narrowed it down to 'my dark fantasy' it could be better but i still like it, i think in a way it kind of sums up the album really well which i guess is what its supposed to do. and the cover just makes me lol... but i think some of the other paintings that are used as alternative covers are nice. its just one of those albums that you can listen to the whole way through and each song doesnt fail to impress me... lyrically and musically, amazing production, so many dififerent styles and emotions... its just a masterpiece

i think its a pretty bad title lol, although ill give him credit that it fits the music. i was just really disappointed that he didnt call it "good ass job" like he was originally going to (which would continue his college-themed album names, being after graduation). but yeah the album is just fantastic, the only song i dont find extremely good (but still alright) is "hell of a life," and the production makes up for the not-that-great lyrical content. it isnt my favorite kanye album, but at the moment it stands as a close second to "late registration." i know basically every critic has said this, but the sound of the album is a combination of everything he's ever done.

[lPinoy]

ALBUMS:
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Uni5: The World's Enemy
Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives (although it did feel more like damien marley ft. nas rather than a joint collaboration)
JME - Blam!
Newham Generals - Bag of Grease EP

I'm gonna take a listen to Bizzy Bone - Tha Greatest Rapper Alive so if its any good, I could consider it in my list.

SONGS:
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - See Me Shine (feat J. Rush)
Newham Generals - I'm A General (feat. Esco Bars)
Ghetts - Artillery
Lowkey - Million Man March
T.I. ft. Chris Brown - Get Back Up

[Judas]

i think its a pretty bad title lol, although ill give him credit that it fits the music. i was just really disappointed that he didnt call it "good ass job" like he was originally going to (which would continue his college-themed album names, being after graduation). but yeah the album is just fantastic, the only song i dont find extremely good (but still alright) is "hell of a life," and the production makes up for the not-that-great lyrical content. it isnt my favorite kanye album, but at the moment it stands as a close second to "late registration." i know basically every critic has said this, but the sound of the album is a combination of everything he's ever done.

i was glad he changed it i definitely prefer my beautiful dark twisted fantasy to good ass job, i dont think that would have really fitted with the content. and hell of a life is one of my favourites :( :P and i think thats what i love about it so much, its like a greatest hits album because it just has elements from all his previous work.

[Neversoft]

Songs
- Crystal Castles - Not in Love (feat. Robert Smith)
- Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
- Brandon Flowers - Only the Young

Albums
- Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
- Slash - Slash (& Friends)

Oh my, only just found out about it now but Andy Hunter's new album 'Collide' goes straight to the top of my list and totally loving his new track 'On Automatic'.

[IceNineKills]

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