2011 Best Music
Like everything else in my life this year, this list wrote and erased itself a hundred times at will. Change is the only permanent, unchanging thing in the universe. The magic is in the paradox, I guess.
So now, my list. It’s not in order because choosing just ten albums is enough without trying to rank them.
Adele - 21 I love this album. I wasn’t immediately sure how I felt. The slicker production, bigger hooks and pop melodies were different from the brooding of 19. In the end, I love a good party and this album is a good party. You sing, you dance, you daydream.
Death Cab For Cutie - Codes and Keys
The “I changed my mind about this album” theme continues throughout the list, guys. Fair warning. So I couldn’t get through this album the first three times I put it on. I showed up to the DCfC show to see Frightened Rabbit. Grant said I should listen again and again and again to this album. He made me promise not to give up on it. That was August. It took a few months for me to come back around. It’s good. Unobstructed Views and Under The Sycamore.
Kelli Schaeffer -Ghost of the Beast
This album is a rare treat. It’s amazing from start to finish. Kelli has a singular, textured, rich voice.
to be continued.
