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いろんな雑誌やサイトの今年のベスト・アルバムをまとめてみる。
Pitchfork
1. Animal Collective『Merriweather Post Pavilion』
2. Dirty Projectors『Bitte Orca』
3. The xx『The xx』
4. The Flaming Lips『Embryonic』
5. Raekwon『Only Built for Cuban Linx... Pt. II』
6. Grizzly Bear『Veckatimest』
7. Bat For Lashes『Two Suns』
8. Phoenix『Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix』
9. Fever Ray『Fever Ray』
10. Girls『Album』
11. Fuck Buttons『Tarot Sport』
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs『It's Britz!』
13. St.Vincent『Actor』
14. Neon Indian『Psychic Chasms』
15. Japandroids『Post-Nothing』
16. Antony and the Johnsons『The Crying Light』
17. The Very Best『Warm Heart Of Africa』
18. Atlas Sound『Logos』
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart『The Pains of Being Pure at Heart』
20. Real Estate『Real Estate』
NME
1. The Horrors『Primary Colours』
2. The xx『The xx』
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs『It’s Blitz!』
4. Wild Beasts『Two Dancers』
5. Animal Collective『Merriweather Post Pavilion』
6. Grizzly Bear『Veckatimest』
7. The Big Pink『A Brief History Of Love』
8. Fuck Buttons『Tarot Sport』
9. Fever Ray『s.t.』
10. Jamie T『Kings And Queens』
11. Kasabian『West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asyrum』
12. Arctic Monkeys『Humbug』
13. La Roux『s.t.』
14. Manic Street Preachers『Journal For Plague Lovers』
15. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart『s.t.』
16. Mumford And Sons『Sigh No More』
17. Girls『Album』
18. Future Of The Left『Travels With Myself And Another』
19. The Maccabees『Wall Of Arms』
20. Dirty Projectors『Bitte Orca』
UNCUT
1. Animal Collective / Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Super Furry Animals / Dark Days/Light Years
3. Dirty Projectors / Bitte Orca
4. Bob Dylan / Together Through Life
5. Wild Beasts / Two Dancers
6. The xx / xx
7. Wilco / Wilco(the album)
8. Grizzly Bear / Veckatimest
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs / It’s Blitz
10. Phoenix / Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
11. Bill Callahan / Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
12. Fever Ray / Fever Ray
13. White Denim / Fits
14. The Flaming Lips / Embryonic
15. Bassekou Kouyate And Ngoni Ba / I Speak Fula
16. Florense & The Machine / Lungs
17. Doves / Kingdom Of Rust
18. Graham Coxon / The Spring
19. Sonic Youth / The Eternal
20. The Horrors / Primary Colours
1. Animal Collective / Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Bill Callahan / Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
3. Richard Hawley / Truelove’s Gutter
4. The Horrors / Primary Colours
5. Tinariwen / Imidiwam:Companions
6. Bob Dylan / Together Through Life
7. Florense & The Machine / Lungs
8. Fuck Buttons / Tarot Sport
9. Madness / The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs / It’s Blitz
11. The Cribs / Ignore The Ignorant
12. The Low Anthem / Oh My God,Charlie Darwin
13. Grizzly Bear / Veckatimest
14. Mayer Hawthorne / A Strange Arrangement
15. Kasabian / The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum
16. Dirty Projectors / Bitte Orca
17. The Phantom Band / Checkmate Savage
18. Fever Ray / Fever Ray
19. Sunn O))) / Monoliths & Dimensions
20. Manic Street Preachers / Journal For Plague Lovers
Rolling Stone
1. U2 / No Line on the Horizon
2. Bruce Springsteen / Working on a Dream
3. Phoenix / Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Jay-Z / The Blueprint 3
5. Green Day / 21st Century Breakdown
6. Dirty Projectors / Bitte Orca
7. Neko Case / Middle Cyclone
8. The-Dream / Love vs Money
9. The xx / The xx
10. Sonic Youth / The Eternal
11. Pearl Jam / Backspacer
12. Mastdon / Crack The Skye
13. Drake / So Far Gone Mixtape
14. Animal Collective / Merriweather Post Pavilion
15. Girls / Album
16. Wilco / Wilco
17. Mos Def / The Ecstatic
18. Bob Dylan / Together Through Life
19. Bat For Lashes / Two Suns
20. ???
SPIN
1. Animal Collective / Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs / It's Blitz!
3. Phoenix / Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Grizzly Bear / Veckatimest
5. Girls / Album
6. Bat For Lashes / Two Suns
7. Mos Def / The Ecstatic
8. Florence And The Machine / Lungs
9. Drake / So Far Gone
10. The Dead Weather / Horehound
11. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Summer Of Fear
12. Ida Maria / Fortress Round My Heart
13. Jay Reatard / Watch Me Fall
14. Amadou & Mariam / Welcome To Mali
15. Neko Case / Middle Cyclone
16. Japandroids / Post-Nothing
17. Mastodon / Crack The Skye
18. Antony And The Johnsons / The Crying Light
19. Lily Allen / It's Not Me, It's You
20. Paramore / Brand New Eyes
とまぁ、こんな感じ。
Animal Collective、Grizzly Bear、Yeah Yeah Yeahs、Dirty Projectors、Phoenix、Girls、The xxあたりが国を問わず鉄板か。
イギリスではThe Horrors、Fuck Buttons、Manic Street Preachers、Kasabianあたりが、アメリカではMastodon、Drake、Neko Caseあたりが強い。
