Sunday, January 1, 2012

My Favorite Albums of 2011

Favorite Studio Albums of 2011:

1.     Yes:  Fly From Here
2.     Wobbler:  Rites at Dawn
3.     Steven Wilson:  Grace for Drowning
4.     Fovea Hex:  Here Is Where We Used to Sing
5.     Lamb:  5
6.     Peter Gabriel:  New Blood
7.     Elbow:  Build a Rocket Boys!
8.     Opeth:  Heritage
9.     Arbouretum:  The Gathering
10.  Paatos:  Breathing
11.  Kate Bush:  Director's Cut
12.  Phaedra:  The Sea
13.  Anathema:  Falling Deeper
14.  Tides from Nebula:  Earthshine
15.  Riverside:  Memories In My Head
16.  Moonwagon:  Night Dust
17.  Kate Bush:  50 Words for Snow
18.  Jon Anderson:  Survival and Other Stories
19.  Ulver:  Wars of the Roses
20.  Kontakte:  We Move Through Negative Spaces
21.  Russian Circles:  Empros
22.  Lanterns on the Lake:  Gracious Tide, Take Me Home
23.  Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins:  A Scarcity of Miracles
24.  Lunatic Soul:  Impressions
25.  Steve Hackett:  Beyond the Shrouded Horizon




Favorite Live Albums of 2011:

1.     Sigur Rós:  Inni
2.     Peter Gabriel:  Live Blood
3.     Emerson, Lake & Palmer:  Live at Nassau Coliseum '78
4.     Yes:  In the Present:  Live from Lyon
5.     Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla:  Moscow
6.     Steve Hackett:  Live Rails
7.     Rush:  Time Machine 2011:  Live in Cleveland
8.     Peter Gabriel:  Live in Buenos Aires 1988
9.     Marillion:  This Strange Engine (Live 2007)
10.  Marillion:  Live in Montreal:  Friday






















Favorite Reissues of 2011:

1.     Pink Floyd:  Wish You Were Here (Immersion Edition boxed set)
2.     Pink Floyd:  The Dark Side of the Moon (Immersion Edition boxed set)
3.     The Who:  Quadrophenia:  The Director’s Cut (Super-Deluxe Edition boxed set)
4.     Jethro Tull:  Aqualung (40th Anniversary Super-Deluxe Edition boxed set)
5.     King Crimson:  Discipline (40th Anniversary Series)
6.     King Crimson:  Starless and Bible Black (40th Anniversary Series)
7.     Mike Oldfield:  Incantations (Deluxe Edition)
8.     ABBA:  Super Trouper (Deluxe Edition)
9.     R.E.M.:  Lifes Rich Pageant (25th Anniversary Edition)
10.  Rush:  Sector 1 / Sector 2 / Sector 3 (boxed sets)
11.  Riverside:  Reality Dream Trilogy (boxed set)
12.  Sandy Denny:  The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens (Deluxe Edition)