Top 10 Albums of 2011
10 songs from my favourite records of the year
Beirut The Rip Tide
And knew you had it all along / An endless need for games / Don’t forget a candle’s fire / Is only just a flame
Song: A Candle’s Fire
Bright Eyes The People’s Key
Hold on tight beginner’s mind / The currents far too strong / It’ll carry you along / Till you’re just like everyone
British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
I’m a big fan of the local library / I just read a book but that’s another story
Song: Who’s In Control?
Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
I am ice and dust and light / I am sky and here / I can hear people / I think you are near me now / The world is so loud / Keep falling / I’ll find you
Song: Snowflakes
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
I’ve seen and done things I want to forget / I’ve seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat / Blown and shot out beyond belief / Arms and legs were in the trees
Song: The Words That Maketh Murder
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
Good Morning, Mr. Magpie / How are we today? / And now you stole it, all the magic took my memories
Song: Morning Mr Magpie
The Features - Wilderness
Take every leaf from every tree / Take every blade of grass you see / Take every stone you think you’ll need / They’re yours to keep / My love
The Strokes - Angles
So we talk about ourselves in hell / To forget the love we never felt / All the old jokes that work so well / Universal truth was a moment’s lie
Song: Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
Wild Flag - Wild Flag
I’m a racehorse / Put your money on me / You can’t love no one / You don’t love no one / You put your love on me
Song: Racehorse
Bonus Album of the year
Everything you know so well / Is bound by hushed devotion / And in the shapes we used to be / I remember asking / Why mirror all that moves / To be soothe, yet still be lacking
Added very last minute as in the 29th December 2011 I want to make Marble Son by Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter my 11th choice because it is completely and utterly taking over my mind and soul and will continue to in the final days of 2011.