Well, everyone else is doing it so why should I be an exception. Now I don't pretend to have heard all the great albums released this year, I didn't give some albums the time they deserve and I missed some altogether, but I did compile a list of Caffeine-Headache's Top 50 Album Picks of the Year (in no particular order).
Nothing extensive, just links to songs, in case there's some albums you might have missed.
Here goes...
Josh Ritter - Animal Years
Suggested Listening:
"Wolves",
"Thin Blue Flame",
"Girl in the War"
RIYL: Ron Sexsmith, M. Ward, Bruce Springsteen
Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
Suggested Listening:
"Fidelity",
"Samson" (Courtesy of Kwaya Na Kisser)
RIYL: Stars, Tori Amos
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Suggested Listening:
"Chasing Cars" (Courtesy of The Underrated Blog),
"Hands Open" (Courtesy of I Guess I'm Floating)
RIYL: Travis, Badly Drawn Boy, U2
Sean Hayes - Big Black Hole and The Little Baby Star
Suggested Listening:
"Fucked Me Right Up",
"Calling All Cars"
RIYL: Brett Dennen, Josh Rouse, Jolie Holland
The Submarines - Declare A New State!
Suggested Listening:
"Peace & Hate" (Courtesy of The Yellow Stereo),
"Vote" (Courtesy of Rewritable Content)
RIYL: Starlight Mints, Sufjan Stevens, Postal Service
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Suggested Listening:
"The Ballad of Humankindness",
"There Goes My Outfit" (Courtsey of Obscure Sound)
RIYL: The Decemberists, Morrissey, Blur
Ed Harcourt - The Beautiful Lie
Suggested Listening:
"Visit From The Dead Dog",
"Good Friends Are Hard To Find"
RIYL: Badly Drawn Boy, Josh Rouse, Rufus Wainwright
Basement Jaxx - Crazy Itch Radio
Suggested Listening:
"Hush Boy" (Courtesy of The Yellow Stereo),
"Hey You" (Courtesy of MOKB)
RIYL: Dizzee Rascal, Daft Punk
Placebo - Meds
Suggested Listening:
"Follow the Cops Back Home" (Courtesy of Indoor Fireworks) ,
"Meds" (Courtesy of The Rich Girls Are Weeping)
RIYL: Oasis, Muse
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Suggested Listening:
"Emily" ,
"Peach, Plum, Pear" (Courtesy of Side One, Track One)
RIYL: Bjork, Beirut, Devendra Banhart
Thom Yorke The Eraser
Suggested Listening:
"Harrowdown Hill",
"Atoms for Peace" (Courtesy of Phish & Chips)
RIYL: Radiohead, Aphex Twin
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Suggested Listening:
"Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken" (Courtesy of Who Killed the Mixtape),
"Let's Get Out Of This Country" (Courtsey of The Laws Have Changed)
RIYL: Belle & Sebastian, Acid House Kings
Badly Drawn Boy - Born in the UK
Suggested Listening:
"The Way Things Used To Be",
"Promises" (Courtesy of Speed of Dark)
RIYL: Kings of Convenience, Oasis
Cat Power - The Greatest
Suggested Listening:
"Lived in Bars",
"The Greatest" (Courtesy of Sand is Overrated)
RIYL: Beth Orton, Laura Veirs
Cansei De Ser Sexy - S/T
Suggested Listening:
" Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above",
" I wanna be your J Lo" (Courtesy od To Die By Your Side)
RIYL: Stereo Total, Bonde De Role
Ben Kweller - S/T
Suggested Listening:
"Sundress",
"Thirteen" (Courtesy of Toga Toga Toga)
RIYL: Wilco, Big Star
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
Suggested Listening:
"Big Guns" (Courtesy of Water All Around),
“Rise Up With Fists!” (Courtesy of The Yellow Stereo)
RIYL: Rilo Kiley, The Elected
Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream
Suggested Listening:
"Black Lexus" (Courtesy of The Rock Insider),
"Enough To Get Away" (Courtesy of The World Forgot)
RIYL: Gomez, M. Ward
M. Ward - Post War
Suggested Listening:
"Chinese Translation" (Courtesy of Each Secure Note),
"Post War" (Courtesy of Bows Plus Arrows)
RIYL: Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Suggested Listening:
"FutureSex/LoveSound" (Courtesy of All Time Champion),
"LoveStoned"(Cacophony & Coffee)
RIYL: Prince, Michael Jackson
Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
Suggested Listening:
"Backyard Betty",
"What it Look Like" (Courtesy of Nialler9)
RIYL: Peaches, Aceyalone
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Suggested Listening:
"The Canals of Our City" (Courtesy of Music is Not Dead),
"Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)" (Courtesy of Untitled)
RIYL: Patrick Wolf, DeVotchka
Mountain Goats - Get Lonely
Suggested Listening:
"Woke Up New",
"Wild Sage" (Courtesy of Indie For Bunnies)
RIYL: Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes
Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
Suggested Listening:
"All in Good Time",
"Never Give Up"
RIYL: Josh Rouse, Rufus Wainwright, Aimee Mann
Phoenix
Suggested Listening:
"Long Distance Call",
Phoenix (Courtesy of The Neiles Life)
RIYL: The Strokes, Tahiti 80, Hall & Oats
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Suggested Listening:
"Ain't Talkin",
"When the Deal Goes Down" (Courtesy of Phish & Chips)
RIYL: Bob Dylan
Damien Rice - 9
Suggested Listening:
"9 Crimes",
"Grey Rooms"
RIYL: Ray LaMontagne, Ryan Adams, David Gray
Sufjan Stevens - Avalanche
Suggested Listening:
“The Henney Buggy Band”,
"Pittsfield"
RIYL: Iron & Wine, Polyphonic Spree
Herman Dune - Giant
Suggested Listening:
"I Wish I Could See You Soon" (Courtesy of Musikoon)
RIYL: Jens Lekman, Belle & Sebastian
Los Campesinos - Hold On Now Youngster
Suggested Listening:
"You! Me! Dancing!" (Courtesy of Nothing But Green Lights),
"Death To Los Campesinos" (Courtesy of Tommy Shots)
RIYL: Arctic Monkeys, The Go! Team
Julieta Venegas - Limon Y Sal
Suggested Listening:
"Canciones De Amor"
RIYL: Aterciopelados, Ely Guerra
Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang
Suggested Listening:
"Dart For My Sweet" (Courtesy of We Say Disco),
"Dead Funny" (Courtesy of MOKB)
MLIYL: Clinic, Franz Ferdinand
Clinic - Visitations
Suggested Listening:
"Visitations",
"Animal/Human" (Courtesy of Music Slut)
RIYL: Sonic Youth, Radiohead
Owen - At Home With
Suggested Listening:
"Bad News",
"The Sad Waltzes Of Pietro Crespi" (Courtesy of PodBop)
RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, Mountain Goats
Jeremy Warmsley -The Art of Fiction
Suggested Listening:
"Dirty Blue Jeans",
"Modern Children" (Courtesy of The Daily Growl)
RIYL: Tom Vek, Talking Heads
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning
Suggested Listening:
"Ch Ching" (Courtesy of Music Collective),
"Love Me or Hate Me" (Courtesy of Ben Loves Music)
RIYL: The Streets, Dizzee Rascal
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back
Suggested Listening:
"Doctor Blind",
"Our Hell",
"Reading in Bed" (Courtesy of Sound Gym)
RIYL: Beth Orton, Portishead
The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
Suggested Listening:
"Separated by Motorways",
"Once and Never Again" (Courtesy of Inkiostro),
"Giddy Stratospheres",
"Weekend without Makeup" (Courtesy of Sound Gym)
RIYL: Bloc Party, Pulp, Human League
The Black Keys - Magic Potion
Suggested Listening:
"Your Touch" (Courtesy of False 45th),
"You're The One",
"Black Door" (Courtsey of Neiles Life)
RIYL: The White Stripes, Kings of Leon
El Perro Del Mar - S/T
Suggested Listening:
"God Knows",
"I Can’t Talk About It" (Courtesy of Convert Curiosity),
"Coming Down the Hill" (Courtesy of 5 Acts)
RIYL: Isobell Campbell, Jens Lekman
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
Suggested Listening:
"Black Magic" (Courtesy of Ear Farm),
"Running The World" (Courtesy of Mister Brightside)
RIYL: Pulp, Blur
The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun
Suggested Listening:
"Not Going Home",
"Did Me Good" (Courtesy of Sand is Overrated)
RIYL: Rilo Kiley, Matt Pond PA
Two Gallants - What the Toll Tells
Suggested Listening:
"Steady Rollin" (Courtesy of Fabulist),
"Las Cruces Jail" (Courtesy of The Punk Guy)
RIYL: Bright Eyes, Langhorne Slim, Violent Femmes
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
Suggested Listening:
"Ramblin Man" (Courtesy of Training Ground) ,
"(Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me?" (Courtesy of Timedoor)
RIYL: The Gentle Waves, Screaming Trees, Tom Waits
The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon
Suggested Listening:
"Laugh Love Fuck" (Courtesy of Macktronic),
"My Favorite Mutiny" (Courtesy of The Mark Out)
RIYL: LA Symphony, Mos Def, Funkadelic
Tahiti 80 - Fosbury
Suggested Listening:
"Big Day",
"Here Comes"
RIYL: Phoenix, The Go! Team
Squarepusher - Hello Everything
Suggested Listening:
"The Modern Bass Guitar" (Courtesy of Nialler 9),
"Welcome To Europe"
RIYL: Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert
Man Man - Six Bag Demon
Suggested Listening:
"Engrish Bwudd" (Courtesy of The Muso),
"Van Helsing Boombox" (Courtesy of Underrated Blog)
RIYL: Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Suggested Listening:
"Yankee Bayonet" (Courtesy of Bows + Arrows),
"Summersong" (Courtesy of Fabulist)
RIYL: Ben Kweller, Death Cab, Morrissey
Los Bunkers - Vida De Perros
Suggested Listening:
"Llueve sobre la ciudad" (Courtesy of The Yellow Stereo),
"Te Vistas Y Te Vas"
RIYL: El Otro Yo, Supergrass
