I de seneste uger har diskant.dk’s skribenter mindet musikåret der er gået og nomineret, voteret og kåret årets tyve bedste albums. Resultatet følger herunder – og endnu længere nede har flere af skribenterne på diskant.dk givet deres helt personlige bud på årets ti bedste albums.
Som det har været tilfældet de seneste år har vi ikke skelnet mellem danske og udenlandske udgivelser. Sidste år resulterede det i ét dansk album på listen, og i år er der hele fem danske albums med.
Årets 20 bedste albums ifølge diskant.dk’s skribenter:
1. The National: “High Violet”
2. Arcade Fire: “The Suburbs”
3. Anathema: “We´re Here Because We´re Here”
4. Loveshop: “Frelsens Hær”
5. Robyn: “Body Talk – part 1”
6. Kent: “En Plats I Solen”
7. Beach House: “Teen Dream”
8. Efterklang: “Magic Chairs”
9. Deftones: “Diamond Eyes”
10. Kashmir: “Trespassers”
11. Band of Horses: “Infinite Arms”
12. Barren Earth: “Curse of The Red River”
13. Crystal Castles: “Crystal Castles”
14. Sufjan Stevens: “Age of Adz”
15. Iron Maiden: ”The Final Frontier”
16. The Sword: “Warp Riders”
17. Lis Er Stille: “The Collibro”
18. De Eneste To: “De Eneste To”
19. I’m Kingfisher: “Arctic”
20. Sleigh Bells: “Treats”
20. Shearwater: “The Golden Archipelago”
Her følger nogle af skribenternes personlige lister:
Bell Bruun
1. Invisius: “The Spawn of Condemnation”
2. Deftones: “Diamond Eyes”
3. Anathema: “We’re here because we’re here”
4. Mike Patton: “Mondo Cane”
5. Nevermore: “The Obsidian Conspiracy”
6. Kashmir: “Trespassers”
7. Enthrope: “Tomorrow’s Dead Days”
8. Psy:Code: “Delusion”
9. Best Coast: “Crazy for you”
10. Iron Maiden: “The Final Frontier”
Carina Borg
1. Efterklang: “Magic Chairs”
2. Arcade Fire: “The Suburbs”
3. Sufjan Stevens: “Age of Adz”
4. Robyn: “Body Talk”
5. Crystal Castles: “Crystal Castles”
6. Broken Social Scene: “Forgiveness Rock Record”
7. Beach House: “Teen Dream”
8. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: “Before Today”
9. The National: “High Violet”
10. Murder: “Gospel of Man”
Carsten Fjølner
1. Damien Jurado: “Saint Bartlett”
2. Perfume Genius: “Perfume Genius”
3. Sufjan Stevens: “Age of Adz”
4. Sleigh Bells: “Treats”
5. Dylan LeBlanc: “Paupers Field”
6. James Vincent McMorrow “Early in the Morning”
7. Doug Paisley: “Constant Companion”
8. Chatham County Line: “Wildwood”
9. The Hold Steady: “Heaven is Whenever”
10. Dan Sartain: “Dan Sartain Lives”
Claus Michaelsen
1. At The Gates: “Flames Of The End” (DVD)
2. The Sword: “Warp Riders”
3. Lemmy: The Movie (DVD)
4. Imperial State Electric: “Imperial State Electric”
5. Anathema: “We´re Here Because We´re Here”
6. Disco Ensemble: “The Island of Disco Ensemble”
7. Dillinger Escape Plan: “Option Paralysis”
8. Iron Maiden: ”The Final Frontier”
9. Valient Thorr: “Stranger”
10. The Big Four (DVD)
Lars Asmussen
1. The National: “High Violet”
2. Groove Armada: “Black Light”
3. The Black Keys: “Brothers”
4. Efterklang: “Magic Chairs”
5. Arcade Fire: “The Suburbs”
6. Marina & the Diamonds: “The Family Jewels”
7. Deftones: “Diamond Eyes”
8. The Damned Things: “Ironiclast”
9. Broken Social Scene: “Forgiveness Rock Record”
10. Sufjan Stevens: “Age of Adz”
Morten Wamsler
1. The National: “High Violet”
2. I’m Kingfisher: “Arctic”
3. Shearwater: “The Golden Archipelago”
4. Teitur: “Let the Dog Drive Home”
5. I Am Kloot: “Sky At Night
6. Divine Comedy: “Bang Goes The Knighthood”
7. Clara Bryld: “On Your Wall”
8. Vampire Weekend: “Contra”
9. Eels: “End Times”
10. Anthony & The Johnsons: “Swanlight”
Thomas Steen Jensen
1. The National: “High Violet”
2. Anathema: “We´re Here Because We´re Here”
3. Menomena: “Mines”
4. No Age: “Everything In Between”
5. Lis Er Stille: “The Collibro”
6. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: “Hawk”
7. The Walkmen: “Lisbon”
8. Frog Eyes: Paul´s Tomb: A Triumph
9. Emeralds: “Does It Look Like I´m Here?”
10. Killing Joke: “Absolute Dissent”
