10 Best 2011 Albums

Cari i miei 3 lettori che come ogni anno chiedete a gran voce di sapere quali sono stati i migliori album degli ultimi 12 mesi: eccovi accontentati! Il 2011 è stato un anno discreto ma non eccezionale dal punto di vista musicale. Sia pure a corrente alternata non sono però mancati album degni di nota. Ecco la classifica dei top ten album di Manta Ray (e i premi speciali della giuria - inventati di sana pianta per dare spazio a altri 4 album):
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My dear 3 readers surely want to know what were the best albums of the last 12 months: here they come! 2011 was a decent but not great year from a musical standpoint. But we listened to a few albums worthy of note. Here is the ranking of the top ten albums judged by Manta Ray (and the special jury prizes - invented out of whole cloth to make way for another 4 albums):

1. The Decemberists - The King is Dead 
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake 
3. mr Gnome - Madness in Miniature
4. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
5. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
6. Peter Murphy - Ninth 
7. Zola Jesus - Conatus
8. Joseph Arthur - The Graduation Ceremony
9. Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
10. Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain, In the Cloud

Special 80s Revival Prize

• John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Special Spin Off Prize

• Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital

Special New Skin Prize

• Bright Eyes - The People's Key

Special ComeBack Prize

• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Hysterical