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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2012 at 14:54
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I loved both years, was more involved in listening to new releases this year, though.

2011 needed more Kayo Dot and more Jean Louis


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Points: 18016 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2012 at 14:53
I loved both years, was more involved in listening to new releases this year, though.

2011 needed more Kayo Dot and more Jean Louis
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2012 at 14:49
Pretty much, for me, except maybe for jazz, which I find it to have had quite a brilliant season. But overall it put me in such a bad mood, with so many high-profile artists or even favourites I keep track off coming up with flops or underwhelming new material - there was particularly a great deal of lousy to meh sophomores - thus having to search into new music, out of which I didn't find too much original stuff or gems either.
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Points: 21795 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2011 at 17:45
The whole year was much better than last year, the prog releases weren't quite as strong as 2009 but strong all the same. Every other kind of music was incredibly strong as shown by my RYM page.

http://rateyourmusic.com/collection/The_Truth/strm_relyear/2011/1
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Points: 785 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2011 at 17:44
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

If it sucked for you then you were listening to the wrong stuff.


Sure, no year would suck if I could somehow get my hands on only the right stuff, but that's how it is with exploring different artists. Even some things "highly recommended" didn't sound too good to my ears.
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2011 at 17:36
2010 has more albums I didn't hear until 2011.  If it sucked for you then you were listening to the wrong stuff.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2011 at 17:35
I always have difficulty determining which years are more successful. 

For prog, i didn't add many titles from this year - but the ones i did add, i enjoy. 2011 was more of a "everything BUT prog additions" for me. Whether that's due to interest in other genres, or the weakness of prog titles... is unknown.
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Points: 166183 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2011 at 17:18
2010 was the best year for music since I've been paying attention to music (which was around 05/06) IMO. So yes, compared to that 2011 was weaker. But still quite strong. Admittedly, no masterpieces (as of yet) this year but a few that get close and many that fall into the excellent/very good category.
 
This year was probably stronger overall than 09 too, but I'll admit it'd hard for me to remember what exactly was released in 09. Embarrassed
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Taking stock over the music purchases I made this past year (prog or otherwise) I've concluded that the albums I placed in my top 10 from 2011 aren't nearly as strong as those that were in my top 10 from 2010.  There were some disappointments from veteran acts and the new discoveries didn't thrill me as much. Anyone else feel this way with their year of music interaction?

Here's hoping 2012 rocks! Beer
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