Album of The Year - Endgame

THE N+G TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2008

  1. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
  2. Portishead - Third
  3. Kanye West-808s & Heartbreaks
  4. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
  5. My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges
  6. Opeth - Watershed
  7. TV on the Radio-Dear Science (tie 7)
  8. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (tie 7)
  9. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (tie 7)
  10. Lady Gaga - The Fame
  11. Beach House - Devotion
  12. Kathleen Edwards – Asking for Flowers (tie 12)
  13. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (tie 12)
  14. Atmosphere-When Life gives you lemons... (tie 14)
  15. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (tie 14)
  16. Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
  17. Adele -19
  18. NIИ - Ghosts l - IV
  19. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig! (tie 19)
  20. Sun Kill Moon - April (tie 19)
 
Woob_woob said:
Since the early 60s are pretty bare and we still have 60 to go after 61, I'm thinking of combining the two years. Thoughts?
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Looking at RYM for inspiration, both years are loaded with jazz releases at the top lol. While I will be able to find my 10 favorite releases for both years without much trouble, I understand that others might not. I'm open to combining, but I prefer keeping the years separate :)
 
Rip_City said:
Looking at RYM for inspiration, both years are loaded with jazz releases at the top lol. While I will be able to find my 10 favorite releases for both years without much trouble, I understand that others might not. I'm open to combining, but I prefer keeping the years separate :)
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TCell said:
There's so many great jazz albums from '60 and '61 though. I could probably make a Top 25 from just '61. You're the one putting in the time though, so it's all good, but I'd rather keep them separate.
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I'm good either way. It's just the voting in the other early 60s years is very minimal, so much so that many of those years are only top 10s instead of top 20s. So far you both are against the idea so we will keep them separate unless majority swings the other way.
 
Yeah not being into jazz it’s going to be a couple of very bare years, if I can rustle up anything, given that it’s before the explosion of the beat music.
 
1961

I’m having a dickens of a time narrowing it to 10, so I’m gonna stop trying.

1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
2. Patsy Cline - Showcase
3. Stan Getz - Focus
4. Harry Belafonte - Jump Up Calypso
5. John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane
6. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
7. The Shadows - The Shadows
8. Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool
9. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
10. Wes Montgomery - So Much Guitar
11. Frank Sinatra - Ring a Ding Ding
12. Etta James - The Second Time Around
13. Ray Charles - The Genius Sings the Blues

Honorable Mentions:
-Robert Johnson (more of a compilation of earlier recordings than an album)
-a bunch of other Ray Charles

EDIT:
-Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth is worth a listen
-West Side Story WAS the best selling album of 1961. So that’s neat.
 
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Bummed I missed a couple of years and lost my streak...glad to be back for this great year though.

Top 10 - 1961
  1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
  2. Eric Dolphy - Out There
  3. The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out Of The Cool
  4. Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo - Aretha
  5. Joao Gilberto - S/T
  6. Bill Evans Trio - Sunday At The Village Vanguard
  7. Ornette Coleman Quartet - This Is Our Music
  8. Joan Baez - Vol. 2
  9. Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth
  10. Patsy Cline - Showcase
HMs:
Ray Charles - The Genius Sings The Blues
Roy Orbison - Lonely And Blue
The Shadows - S/T
Esquivel - Infinity In Sound Vol. 2
Grant Green - Green Street
 
supahypeag said:
I got curious as to what was going on with rock and R&B music that year. Quite a bit! It was just mostly singles.

1961 Rock Music History Timeline

1961 in rock music: the top singles, albums, events and rock bands. Rock and roll history '61 - the stories behind the classic rock hits of 1961.
www.rockmusictimeline.com
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yeah, it seems like rock n roll albums weren’t ‘happening’ that much? Lots of highly rated jazz but i just don’t know enough of it to cast judgement
 
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