Friday, December 23, 2011

The 20 Best Albums of 2011


If you interested in buying any of the albums below, click on the album title to go to Amazon and the artist name to download it in iTunes. Also check out my original album reviews in the link under the album where for those I reviewed.

1. Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
In That Dream I'm as Old as the Mountains

2. Stone Rollin' - Raphael Saadiq
Let Love Bring Us Together

3. Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars

4. 21 - Adele
There's a Fire Starting in My Heart

5. El Camino - The Black Keys
I Got a Love That Keeps Me Waiting

6. Watch the Throne - Jay-Z & Kanye West
Jay Is Chillin', 'Ye Is Chillin', What More Can I Say?

7. Ashes & Fire - Ryan Adams
Nobody Has to Cry to Make it Seem Real

8. Collapse into Now - R.E.M.
I Know What I am Chasing, I Know that this Is Changing Me

9. 4 - Beyoncé
You a Bad Girl and You're Friends Bad Too

10. Cocoon - Meg & Dia
I Gave Up on Giving Up on Me

11. Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 - Beastie Boys
We're Gonna Party for the Right to Fight

12. Chesapeake - Rachael Yamagata

13. Lasers - Lupe Fiasco

14. American Goldwing - Blitzen Trapper
You Might Find it Cheap but You're Never Gonna Find it Free

15. Undun - The Roots
If There's a Heaven I Can't Find a Stairway

16. Bells - Laura Jansen
I Have the Motivation to Be a Free Girl Now

17. Camp - Childish Gambino
Why Does Every Black Actor Gotta Rap Some? I Don’t Know, All I Know Is I’m the Best One

18. Mondo Amore - Nicole Atkins
They Call Dawn the Moring and I Wish We Said Goodbye

19. Back To Love - Anthony Hamilton
I'd Be Such and Angel You'd Think Me and Jesus Was Cool Like that

20. Red - Dia Frampton
Have You Ever Felt Like Everybody's Watching

Thursday, December 22, 2011

The 25 Best Live Performances of 2011


For the best live performances of the year, you can take the song title link to view the performance(aside from the first couple embedded ones) and the iTunes links will take you there where you can buy the performances (where available).

1. Friday – Stephan Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Taylor Hicks, and the Knick City Dancers (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)



2. The Cave / Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise / Maggie’s Farm – Mumford and Sons, The Avett Brothers and Bob Dylan (2011 Grammy Awards)



3. Someone Like You – Adele (2011 MTV Video Music Awards)



4. Heartless – Dia Frampton (The Voice) Heartless - The Voice: Season 1 (The Highlights)



5. Deep River Woman / Stuck on You / Dancing on the Ceiling – Lionel Richie, Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, and Rascal Flatts (2011 American Country Music Awards)

6. The Song Otherwise Known as Forget You – Cee-Lo Green, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Muppets (2011 Grammy Awards)

7. Wake Up – The Sing-Off Contestants (The Sing-Off) Wake Up - The Sing-Off - Season 3: Episode 8 - New Country & Classic Rock

8. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - Mick Jagger featuring Raphael Saadiq (2011 Grammy Awards) Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Performed Live at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards) - Single - Mick Jagger featuring Raphael Saadiq

9. You’re All I Need to Get By / Stand By Me – Usher / Valerie Simpson and Mike Stroller (2012 Grammy Nomination Special)

10. Love Is a Battlefield – Cee-Lo Green and Vicki Martinez (The Sing-Off) Love Is a Battlefield (The Voice Performance) - Love Is a Battlefield (The Voice Performance) - Single

11. Love the Way You Lie / I Need a Doctor – Rihanna, Eminem, and Dr. Dre featuring Adam Levine and Skylar Grey (2011 Grammy Awards)

12. Ignition (Remix) – The Dartmouth Aires (The Sing-Off) Ignition - The Sing-Off: Season 3, Episode 9 - R&B

13. Otis – The Throne (2011 MTV Video Music Awards)

14. Poison – Bell Biv DeVoe and The Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)

15. This Love – Blake Shelton, Patrick Thomas, Xenia, Jared Blake, and Dia Frampton (The Voice)

16. Grenade – Delilah (The Sing-Off) Grenade - The Sing-Off: Season 3: Episode 1 - Signature Songs

17. Colder Weather / Sweet Baby James – Zac Brown Band and James Taylor (2011 American Country Music Awards)

18. Valerie – Bruno Mars (2011 MTV Video Music Awards)

19. Aretha Franklin Tribute – Christina Aguilera, Martina McBride, Yolanda Adams, Florence Welch and Jennifer Hudson (2011 Grammy Awards)

20. The Message – Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Scorpio, Common, Lupe Fiasco, and LL Cool J (2012 Grammy Nomination Special)

21. Put Your Records On – Afro Blue (The Sing-Off) Put Your Records On - The Sing-Off: Season 3: Episode 1 - Signature Songs

22. Mean – Taylor Swift (2011 American Country Music Awards)

23. My Body – Young the Giant (2011 MTV Video Music Awards)

24. Motownphilly – Boyz II Men and The Roots (VH1 Divas Live)

25. Tubthumping – The Yellowjackets (The Sing-Off)

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The 100 Hottest Hot Chicks of 2011




1. Kate Upton

2. Margot Robbie

3. Alison Brie

4. Amber Heard

5. Brooklyn Decker

6. Yvonne Strahovski

7. Minka Kelly

8. Deborah Ann Woll

9. Alex Morgan

Margot Robbie is hot10. Taylor Cole

11. Olivia Munn

12. Ashley Greene

13. Kristen Bell

14. Kelli Garner

15. Alexandra Daddario

16. Natalie Portman

17. Aubrey Plaza

18. Cintia Dicker

19. Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Alison Brie is hot20. Vanessa Hudgens

21. Ana Ivanovic

22. Katrina Bowden

23. Margarita Levieva

24. Emmanuelle Chriqui

25. Alexandra Chando

26. Ashley Benson

27. Jennifer Lawrence

28. Sarah Hyland

29. Olivia Wilde

30. Jamie Alexander

31. Lorraine Nicholson

32. Kaley Cuoco

33. Kat Dennings

34. Aimee Teegarden

35. Blake Lively

36. January Jones

37. Kate Middleton

38. Pixie Lott

39. Selena Gomez

40. Julianne Hough

41. Sara Paxton

42. Taylor Swift

43. Pippa Middleton

44. Dilshad Vadsaria

45. Diana Agron

46. Abbie Cornish

47. Rachel Taylor

48. Caity Lotz

49. Dia Frampton

50. Brittany Snow

51. Erika Christensen

52. Claire Coffee

53. Lucy Hale

54. Carrie Underwood

55. Adrianne Palicki

56. Rachel Bilson

57. Lindsay Ellingson

58. Zooey Deschanel

59. Emma Stone

60. Eliza Coupe

61. Addison Timlin

62. Etsi Ginzburg

63. Sara Jean Underwood

64. Andrea Boehlke

65. Jordana Brewster

66. Laura Vandervoort

67. Keira Knightley

68. Sarah Roemer

69. Mila Kunis

70. Emma Roberts

71. Stacy Keibler

72. Monica Potter

73. Rachel McAdams

74. Lauren Cohen

75. Candice Bailey

76. Chelsea Kane

77. Amanda Seyfried

78. Lana Parrilla

79. Christina Ricci

Alex Morgan is hot80. Summer Glau

81. Sofia Black D'elia

82. Brianna Brown

83. Eva Longoria

84. Kate Bosworth

85. Gonna Get Over You

86. Emily Browning

87. Candice Swanepoel

88. Serinda Swan

89. Virginia Williams

90. Teresa Palmer

91. Analeigh Tipton

92. Hayley Atwell

93. Izabella Miko

94. Emilia Clarke

95. Rihanna

96. Natalie Tenerelli

97. Emmy Rossum

98. Carly Foulkes

99. Laina Walker

100. Alex Wagner