Urban75 Album of the Year - The Results

[belboid]

The votes are in, and have been verified by Ofcom. After many hours deliberations and diversions, Urbans top 30 albums are....

 

[belboid]

30

Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys

 

[belboid]

29

Baconhead - Astrosludge

 

[belboid]

=27

The Weeknd - House of Balloons

 

[belboid]

=27

GIL SCOTT HERON & JAMIE XX - We're New Here

 

[belboid]

26

Bjork - Biophilia

 

[DJ Squelch]

Never heard of Baconhead.
Are we not getting descriptions this year, Belboid? That's all part of the fun.

 

[belboid]

25

MachineDrum - Room(s)

 

[belboid]

24

Zomby - Dedication

 

[belboid]

23

Oneohtrix Point Never - Oneohtrix Point Never

 

[belboid]

22

Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles

 

[boing!]

Not heard of baconhead either. Awful name, but a quick google tells me Ebola is one half of them so it might be interesting. Will have to check it out.

 

[belboid]

21

Modeselektor - Monkeytown

 

[belboid]

Are we not getting descriptions this year, Belboid? That's all part of the fun.

The Top 20 get a description - altho they will be descriptions written when pissed, so wholly unreliable! Sadly, I've not had time to listen to all the things I've never heard of to come up with a decent write up for all of them.

 

[boing!]

Not a bad first 9 (once you get passed Elbow).

 

[belboid]

=20

MODESELEKTOR - mONKEYTOWN

Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. Whatever you call it, it’s great.

 

[belboid]

=20

Low - C'mon

Recorded at Sacred Heart Studio, a former Catholic church in Duluth, Minnesota, a slowcore marvel that makes you want to float away with Alan

 

[belboid]

19

Bill Wells & Aidan Moffatt - Everything's Getting Older

Breathless and romantic, lovelorn and lusting, Moffat’s characteristic honesty and intensity regales us with stories of debauched, primal rutting, guiltless affairs and the apathetic aftermath.

 

[belboid]

18

TIM HECKER - Ravedeath 1972

A dark and often claustrophobic record that is arguably Hecker's finest work to date

 

[belboid]

17

Martyn - Ghost People

Over his 15 years DJing, 6 years producing, and 4 years A&Ring his 3024 imprint, the Holland-born/Washington DC-based artist has forged his own path every step of the way.

 

[belboid]

16

Fucked Up - David Comes To Life

The return of the rock opera. Tommy it aint...

 

[belboid]

15

SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB - Unentitled

Alt-country-goth. It’s the epitome of Urban, There most accessible work to date, it should be the start of something big.

 

[belboid]

14

Ghostpoet - PEANUT BUTTER BLUES & MELANCHOLY JAM

To align the sound of Ghostpoet's full-length debut with any one genre would be misguided, for here lies an album of craft and creativity that spans the worlds of hip-hop, trip-hop, dubstep and beyond.

 

[belboid]

13

Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Another Scandinavian chick being quaintly quirky.

 

[belboid]

=11

Singing Adams - Everybody Friends Now

The Broken Family Band are dead, long live the Singing Adams.

 

[belboid]

=11

Beirut - The Rip Tide

Is it an EP? Is it an album? Who gives a fuck, it’s fucking great.

 

[belboid]

10

Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest

From someone that makes Kate Bush look prolific, Gillian knocks out a work of staggering genius and beauty.

 

[belboid]

9

JOSH T. PEARSON - Last of the Country Gentlemen

Josh sobers up and deliovers the introspective album of the year

 

[belboid]

8

Tom Waits - Bad As Me

Tom’s first al new album for years, it’s exhilarating, terrifying, heartbreaking, tear jerking, bone-rattling style. 62 years old and still quite wonderful.

 

[belboid]

7

Morton Valence - Me & Home James

Some call them ‘urban country’, come call them ‘Urban’s Favourite Fey Indie Band of 2011’