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I don't know if I should be surprised or not by the fact that the albums I most anticipated turned out to be the ones I liked the most, but I kind of am. I hope this is not because I'm growing older and less open minded, but because the established artists actually created the best music. Anyways, my favorite albums of 2011:


Album of the Year: Feist - Metals

Radiohead - The King of Limbs

The Roots - Undun

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome


I'll update when I find out more about which of my favorite music of 2011 was actually released in 2011.


Favorite discoveries of 2011 (not released in 2011):

Jonathan Richman
Gonzales
Talk Talk
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Onra
MF DOOM


Releases I look especially forward to in 2012:

OutKast
Regina Spektor
The Knife
The xx
Look out for March 6th: Bowerbirds and Andrew Bird


Ignore this part:

My 2011 scrobbling statistics (Because I like statistic):

Top Artists

Radiohead - 220
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# 9.600: Edvard Grieg – 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' (Peer Gynt, Edvard Grieg)
-> Level 25
# 9.700: Comedian Harmonists - Veronika, Der Lenz Ist Da
# 9.900: Hildegard Knef - Pirate Jenny
# 10.000:Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
# 10.500 Woody Guthrie - Jarama Valley
# 10.600 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Where the Wild Roses Grow
-> Level 26
# 11.000 Reinhard Mey - Sei Wachsam
# 11.500 Nina Hagen - Hare Krsna Hare Rama!
-> Level 27
# 11.600 Rainald Grebe & die Kapelle der Versöhnung - Ich-AG
# 11.700 Don McLean - American Pie
# 11.800 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
# 12.000 Serge Utgé-Royo - Le chant des marais
# 12.200 The Doors - Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
# 12.300 Kurt Weill - Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), Act I: Moritat (Slow foxtrot) (arr. for orchestra)
# 12.600 Bots - Sieben Tage Lang
-> Level 28
# 13.000 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
# 13.500 Franz Josef Degenhardt - Spaziergang
# 13.600 Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Part 5
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read more here:

short summary:
... these artists (from a total of 493) seem to be characteristic over all of 'em:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Claude Debussy
Edvard Grieg
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Glenn Gould
Dmitri Shostakovich
Maurice Ravel
Antonio Vivaldi
Johannes Brahms
Erik Satie
Franz Schubert
Felix Mendelssohn
Franz Liszt
Robert Schumann
Georg Friedrich Händel
Franz Joseph Haydn
Antonín Dvořák

these groups were compared:
Classical (6043 members)
Conductors (67 members)
20th Century Classical (1230 members)
Baroque (1133 members)
Mozart (765 members)
Asian Classical Music (15 members)
Japanese composers (390 members)

plus:
Classical cello = <3 (113 members)
Harpsichord Music (106 members)
Piano (1556 members)
Piano Players (450 members)

Javier Navarrete - Pan's Labyrinth

Clint Mansell - Moon

Philip Glass - The Illusionist

Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt

Peter Broderick - Home

Gregor Samsa - 55:12 + Rest

(In advance, sorry for any mistakes, sometimes I don't know if a song which I like really is a cover; or maybe my idea of who did the original version is incorrect and it is secretly a cover of a cover of a cover (LeInception!)..;'o)

[63 plays] Zauberstab - what a fun cover, and I actually like the fact, that it wasn't Dero who came up with those lyrics :D ZaZa]
[45 plays] Rock Me Amadeus - it has teh power B) Falco]
[40 plays] Eden - so very beautiful, better than the original in my ears Hooverphonic]
[36 plays] Walked in Line - kinda hooked - Warsaw]
[35 plays] El Tango De Roxanne - powerful! The Police]
[35 plays] Cry Me a River - :'D Justin Timberleake]
[35 plays] Temptation - actually, never heard the original. people flame about this song, but dur, it's fun and catchy - Heaven 17]
[33 plays] the passion of lovers - these dudes are cool! ;OO Bauhaus]
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I'll list here the compatibility with users before "being friends" with them.
In case you wonder: this is personal research. I could imagine that it can help me answer questions like:
- In what ways does our taste differ or gets closer after 1 year?
- Do you know when you can celebrate an anniversary with your friends?

Your musical compatibility with 6Sha1dow6 is VERY LOW
Music you have in common includes Boa and Alexander Rybak.
2011 May 4

Your musical compatibility with Alainn is VERY LOW
Music you have in common includes Gong Qiu Xia, Shena Ringo, Huun-Huur-Tu, Melihat Gülses and Hanggai
2011 Feb. 17

Your musical compatibility with AlfghanPhoenix is Very Low
Music you have in common includes Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Various Artists, Philip Glass and Souad Massi
2011 May 30

Your musical compatibility with Ambryer is VERY LOW
Music you have in common includes Hans Zimmer, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Farid Farjad, 2Pac and Monica
2011 Apr. 20

Your musical compatibility with AnarchDarkAngel is Low
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Greatest Musicians by Countries (147 Countries)

Greatest Films by Countries

1. Johann Sebastian Bach -Germany
2. Ludwig van Beethoven -Germany
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -Austria
4. Antonio Vivaldi -Italy
5. Georg Friedrich Handel -Germany
6. Franz Joseph Haydn -Austria
7. Frederic Chopin -Poland
8. Franz Schubert -Austria
9. Johannes Brahms -Germany
10. Claudio Monteverdi -Italy
11.Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky-Russia
12.Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni-Italy
13.Robert Schumann-Germany
14.Johann Pachelbel-Germany
15.Richard Wagner-Germany
16.Franz Liszt-Hungary
17.Felix Mendelssohn-Germany
18.Georg Philipp Telemann-Germany
19.Jimi Hendrix-United States of America
20.Claude Debussy-France
21.Giuseppe Verdi-Italy
22.Henry Purcell-England
23.Arcangelo Corelli-Italy
24.Louis Armstrong-United States of America
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How did you get into 31?
Machine Head
I believe it was a Kerrang! compilation, but my love of them really developed thanks to one of my mates who recommended The Blackening.

What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Your Demise
I assume it was Ignorance Never Dies as that's the first track on that album, which I downloaded and listened to from start to finish.

What is your favorite lyric by 29?
Rise Against
It's not the air that I fear with each breath,
It's life that scares me to death.
When we built these dreams on sand,
How they all slipped through our hands.
And this might be our only chance.
Let's take this one day at a time,
I'll hold your hand if you hold mine.
The time that we kill keeps us alive.

What is your favorite album by 49?
My Chemical Romance
It would probably be Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge.

How many albums by 13 do you own?
Biffy Clyro
Three. Infinity Land, Puzzle and Only Revolutions.

What is your favorite song by 50?
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