The Worst Music Of 2011

      Worst Albums:

Metallica & Lou Reed - Lolu

Beyonce - 4 

Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch The Throne     

Chris Brown - F.A.M.E.

Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra

Spank Rock - Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar

Lady Antebellum - Own The Night

Soulja Boy – Skate Boy  

Jennifer Lopez - Love

Staind - Staind

Demi Lovato - Unbroken

Big Sugar - Revolution Per Minute

Drake - Take Care

Meat Loaf - Hell In A Handbasket

Kaiser Chiefs - The Future Is Medieval 

Nicole Scherzinger - Killer Love

Kelly Rowland - Here I Am

Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Mathew Good - Lights Of Endangered Species

Ben Moody - You Can't Regret What You Don't Remember

Thrice - Major/Minor

Blink 182 - Neighborhoods

Kentucky Headhunters - Dixie Lullabies

   Biggest Disappointment Album:

Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown

Hedley - Storms 

Rascal Flatts - Nothing Like This

Mathew Sweet - Modern Art

Journey - Ecl1P53

Saliva - Under Your Skin

The Cars - Move Like This

Mickey Thomas - Marauder

Natalia Kills - Perfectionist

Fountains Of Wayne - Sky Full Of Hearts

Strokes - Angles

Steel Panther - Balls Out

Patrick Stump - Soul Punk

Montgomery Gentry - Rebels On The Run

Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist

Scotty McCreery - Clear As Day

54-40 - Lost In The City

Arctic Monkey's - Suck & See

CSS - La Liberacion

Trews - Hope & Ruin

Dirty Vegas - Electric Love

Jedward - Victory

Trivium - In Waves

Foster & Lloyd - It's Already Tomorrow

Hurtsmile - Hurtsmile

Kooks - Junk Of The Heart

R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now

Sloan - The Double Cross

Blue October - Any Man In America

Dev - Night The Sun Came Up

Matthew Morrison - Matthew Morrison

Wayne Static - Pighammer 

   Most Overrated Album:

Radiohead - The King Of Lambs

Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

Vines - Future Primitive

Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials

The Band Perry - The Band Perry

Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party

Wide Mouth Mason - No Bad Days

Cage The Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

Duff Mckagan's Loaded - The Taking

Los Lonely Boys - Rockpango-Deluxe

Martina McBride - Eleven

Sam Roberts Band - Collider

The Decemberists - The King Is Dead

Bjork - Biophillia

Travis Barker - Give The Drummer Some

Feist 2011 - Metals

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch The Throne

Diddy Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris 

My Morning Jacket - Circuital

Mastodon - The Hunted

   Most Overrated Song:

Jar Of Hearts by Christina Perri

Don't You Wanna Stay by Jason Aldean Feat. Kelly Clarkson

On The Floor by Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pittbull

Without You by David Guetta Feat. Usher

If I Die Young by The Band Perry

It Will Rain by Bruno Mars

Just Can't Get Enough by Black Eyed Peas

Mistletoe by Justin Bieber

Coming Home by Diddy Dirty Money Feat. Skylar Grey

Lighters by Bad Meets Evil Feat. Bruno Mars

More by Usher

Just A Kiss by Lady Antebellum

California King Bed by Rihanna

Headlines by Drake

Jason Aldean

God Gave Me You by Blake Shelton

Never Say Never by Justin Bieber

Remind Me by Brad Paisley Feat. Carrie Underwood

Hit The Lights by Jay Sean Feat. Lil' Wayne

Papi by Jennifer Lopez

We Owned The Night by Lady Antebellum

What's My Name by Rihanna Feat. Drake

   Most Overrated Artists Of 2011:

Jason Aldean

Beyonce

Kanye West

Drake

Jennifer Hudson

Lil' Wayne

Justin Bieber

Nicole Sherzinger

JLS

The Wanted

Will Young

Leona Lewis

T-Pain

The Script

 Lady Antebellum (I HATE THEM)

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Top Albums Of 2011

100. Colt Ford - Every Chance I Get

99. Steve Wariner - Guitar Laboratory

98. Nikki Lane - Walk of Shame

97. Craig Morgan - This Ole Boy E.P.

96. Hollywood Undead - American Tragedy

95. Blondie - Panic Of Girls

94. Black Country Communion - 2

93. The Maine - Pioneer

92. Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You

91. Katie Sky - Paradise E.P.

90. Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven

89. Lady GaGa - Born This Way

88. All Time Low - Dirty Work

87. Rev Theory - Justice

86. One Direction - Up All Night

85. Black N' Blue - Hell Yeah!

84. Cavalera Conspiracy - Blunt Force Trauma

83. Benny Benassi - Electroman

82. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (Deluxe Version)

81. Julie C. - Steady Ground

80. Metallica - Beyond Magnetic E.P.

79. Status Quo - Quid Pro Quo

78. Nickelback - Here And Now

77. Disturbed - The Lost Children

76. Iced Earth - Dystopia

75. The Downtown Fiction - Let's Be Animals

74. Trace Adkins - Proud To Be Here

73. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes & Keys

72. Hot Chelle Rae - Whatever

71. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

70. Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know

69. Janedear Girls - The Janedear Girls

68. Julianne Hough - Wildfire

67. Electric Boys - And Them Boys Done Swang

66. The Cab - Symphony Soldier

65. Bowling For Soup - Fishin' For Woos

64. George Thorogood & The Destroyers

63. The Pepper Pots - Train To Your Lover

62. Black Stone Cherry - Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea

61. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

60. Motorhead - The World Is Yours

59. Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding

58. New Found Glory - Radiosurgery

57. Eric Church - Chief

56. Simple Plan - Get Your Heart On!

55. Switchfoot - Vice Verses

54. Warrant - Rockaholic

53. Lenny Kravitz - Black & White America

52. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'

51. Tom Morello - World Wide Rebel Songs

50. Sixx:A.M. - This Is Gonna Hurt

49. Ronnie Dunn - Ronnie Dunn

48. Marianas Trench - Ever After

47. Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot III

46. Jason McCoy - Everything

45. Craig Campbell - Craig Campbell

44. LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking

43. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

42. David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat

41. Bush - The Sea Of Memories

40. Zascha Moktan - State Of Mind

39. Art Of Dying - Vices & Virtues

38. Sherrie Austin - Circus Girl

37. Sawyer Brown - Travelin' Band

36. Hard-Fi - Killer Sounds

35. Noah & The Whale - Last Night On Earth

34. Plain White T's - Wonders Of The Younger

33. Shakra - Back On Track

32. Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby

31. The Black Keys - El Camino

30. Panic! At The Disco - Vices & Virtues

29. Seether - Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray

28. Dia Frampton - Red

27. Whitesnake - Forever More

26. Selena Gomez - When The Sun Goes Down

25. Pistol Annies - Hell On Heels

24. Rival Sons - Pressure & Time

23. Five Finger Death Punch - American Capitalist

22. Yes - Fly From Here

21. Emphatic - Damage

20. Butch Walker - The Spade

19. Katie Waissel - Katie Waissel

18. David Bowie - Toy

17. Night Ranger - Somewhere In California

16. Helix - Smash Hits....Unplugged!

15. Miranda Lambert - Four The Record

14. State Of Shock - Rock N' Roll Romance

13. Ida Maria - Katla

12. Lena - Good News

11. Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

10. Adele - 21

09. Jessie J - Who You Are

08. Megadeth - Th1rt3en

07. Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare

06. Various - Muppets: The Green Album

05. Lenka - Two

04. Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music

03. Theory Of A Deadman - The Truth Is...

02. Anthrax - Worship Music

01. Cher Lloyd - Sticks + Stones

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Top 100 Songs Of 2011

100. My Name Is Kay by Kay

99. S&M by Rihanna

98. Tonight by Seether

97. Haters Anonymous by Sky Ferreira

96. Apologize by Hollywood Undead

95. Stand Up by James Durbin

94. He Likes Boys by Simone Battle

93. I Want Somebody (Bitch About) by Kristin Chenoweth

92. Radio by Raphael Saadiq

91. Stand by Lenny Kravitz

90. Mayhem by Imelda May

89. Control by Benny Benassi Feat. Gary G

88. Radiosurgery by New Found Glory

87. Hurts Like Heaven by Cold Play

86. 1000 Ships by Rachel Platten

85. Sad Song by Lenka

84. Renegade by Daughtry

83. Bone To Pick by Katie Waissel

82. I Like by Klaas & Bodybangers

81. Perfect by P!nk

80. Kiss Me by Zascha Moktan

79. The Lady Is A Tramp by Tony Bennett Feat. Lady Gaga

78. L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. by Noah & The Whale

77. This Is What Rock N' Roll Looks Like by Porcelain Black

76. A Touch Of Velvet A String Of Brass (We Love Barbra, Too) by BerlinYC

75. Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera

74. Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars

73. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People

72. Sucker Punch by Butch Walker & The Black Widows

71. Hey (Nah Ney Nah) by Milk & Sugar Feat. Vaya Con Dios

70. Bottoms Up! by Nickelback

69. Coconuts by Reckless Love

68. Bullet Proof Heart by My Chemical Romance

67. Best I Can by Art Of Dying

66. Different by Ximena Sarinana

65. Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO

64. Take Her From You by Dev

63. Haven't Had Enough by Marianas Trench

62. Country Song by Seether

61. Hello by Martin Solveig Feat. Dragonette

60. Bad Example by Pistol Annies

59. Animal by Neon Trees

58. I Didn't by Sherrié Austin

57. Fake I.D. by Big & Rich Feat. Gretchen Wilson

56. Rock N' Roll Romance by State Of Shock

55. Country Girl (Shake It For Me) by Luke Bryan

54. Fuck Him He's A DJ by Ke$ha

53. Baggage Claim by Miranda Lambert

52. Sorry by Art Of Dying

51. All I Know by Matt The Electrician

50. Over The Moon by Cher Lloyd

49. Under & Over It by Five Finger Death Punch

48. My Heart Skips A Beat by Lenka

47. Bass Down Low by Dev Feat. The Cataracs

46. Honey Bee by Blake Shelton

45. With Ur Love by Cher Lloyd Feat. Mike Posner

44. I Like It by Static Revenger & Richard Vission Feat. Luciana

43. Young Love by Rival Sons

42. I Am Made Of You by Alice Cooper

41. Honey, Honey by Julie C

40. Do It Like A Dude by Jessie J.

39. Who Says by Selena Gomez

38. Just Fishin' by Trace Adkins

37. The Truth Is ... (I Lied About Everything) by Theory Of A Deadman

36. Rolling In The Deep by Adele

35. World Wide Rebel Songs by Tom Morello & The Nightwatchman

34. Fish by Craig Campbell

33. Lies Of The Beautiful People by Sixx AM

32. Tonight, Tonight by Hot Chelle Rae

31. Barbara Striesand by Duck Sauce

30. Repeat by David Guetta Feat. Jessie J.

29. Taken By A Stranger by Lena

28. Love In America by JTX

27. Toothbrush by Brad Paisley

26. The Whip by Locksley

25. Rainbow Connection by Weezer Feat. Hayley Williams

24. Born This Way by Lady GaGa

23. Desperate Boys & Stupid Girls by Kimberly Caldwell

22. The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

21. Mean by Taylor Swift

20. Are You Ready? by Kate Miller-Heidke

19. For What It's Worth by Stevie Nicks

18. Soul Man by Ben L'Oncle

17. Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen

16. Dance With Me Tonight by Olly Murs

15. Swagger Jagger by Cher Lloyd

14. U & I (Mark Taylor Radio Edit) by Lady GaGa

13. Domino by Jessie J.

12. Go, Go, Go by 89ers

11. The Ballad Of Mona Lisa by Panic! @ The Disco

10. Bounce by Emphatic

09. Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith

08. I Like How It Feels by Enrique Iglesias

07. Super Bass by Nicki Minaj

06. The Golden Age by Asteroids Galaxy Tour

05. Bad Karma by Ida Maria

04. Low Life by Theory Of A Deadman

03. Price Tag by Jessie J. Feat. B.o.B.

02. The Devil You Know by Anthrax

01. Old Alabama by Brad Paisley Feat. Alabama

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Coming Soon

This month hasn't really been seeing many post because I've been busy compiling all my personal lists and the year in review stuff. There will be some best and worst of lists and a few others that will probably make some laugh or roll their eyes. I love doing this sort of stuff even if I'm the only one who sees it or cares but I always love to hear and read the opinions of all whether I agree or disagree.

TTFN
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Retro Rewind Track: Sherrié Austin

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Sherrié Austin - Circus Girl

The return of one of my favorite country singers Sherrié Austin is a welcomed surprise. I wasn't sure what she would have for songs because her last album was a little bit of a snore-fest. This album is a nice redeeming of her talents as a song writer. Since her return to Nashville from New York and the theatre stage she's changed her focus lyrics wise towards the thirty plus female crowd. I have to say this album is her best since the debut Words from 1999 because she's comfortable and has no pressure from a major label pushing her to be hip to the youth like a Carrie Underwood or Sara Evans both whom are hit and miss with Evans continually losing by reaching for the prize with weak material.

On Circus Girl Sherrié really sounds like she's lived these songs personally and with her excellent voice and charisma she exudes credibility. The albums opener is also the albums title track that upon the first line of the song is a home-run. After the perfect verse it slides into a wonderful chorus that is undeniably awesome. I have to say that this song is one of my favorite country tunes of 2011 and hopefully will be everyone else's at some point in the near future. This is one of those country albums that is easy to digest and has a very Cashville sound in the current era but because she's singing words she wrote it all works where many other Nashville stars fail miserably.

The next three tunes are all winners and "I Didn't" make me smile as I myself have friends who fit exactly what she's singing about. They seem to believe they are something extraordinary when they obviously are not according to their mates. "If I Was A Man" is another in the excellent category which is followed by a gooey ballad that I'm not to particular on but it's not a terrible song at all. The album ebbs and flows very well with another highlight track "He's All Yours" that is as the title implies and cheating song from the point of view of angry wife. She picks up the pace with "Bad For Me" which could have been on a Miranda Lambert album it is that damn good. It has the spirit and brashness of the immortal K.T. Oslin who is an artist that is sorely missed by myself.

Sherrié writes and good theme song for that thirty plus crowd who is trying to find themselves after another relationship falls apart for no good reason, one that just didn't have it is all. She follows "Friday Night Girls" with "Sleep With Me" that is pretty much the next step in the story which probably is also following a few cosmo's.  The album begins is closing sequence with the uptempo "That Kind Of Happy" a powerful song about standing up and doing so with your own might not bowing down and falling into another one of those story book love tales. "Streets Of Heaven" is a ballad Austin released previously but does a nice job of re-inventing the song with a little better production. This stunning album comes to conclusion with a Christmas themed tune called "Naughty Or Nice" which is the albums lead-off single that she duets with besty "Shane Stevens". It's a perfect fit as the albums closing number because the tune is so catchy, fun and charming that it leaves the listener with such a nice feeling it's not hard to hit the play button again and run through the entire album one more time.

Sherrié Austin has outdone herself with Circus Girl and even with the minor flaws she proves once again that she's not just a beautiful face she's got more talent than almost every other country star in Nashville today. This is easily one of the best albums of 2011 and almost the best country album of 2011 too bad she had such stiff competition with Miranda Lambert and Brad Paisley who both released great records this year as well.

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2011 American Music Awards

This years show kicked off with a stellar performance from Nicki Minaj that featured David Guetta. She was great and took her costuming to yet another level. The staging was fantastic with the cool cabled dancers and the giant robots shooting smoke during her medley that included the excellent "Superbass". What might just be the best part of the show after it all plays out was Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift singing word for word to "Superbass" from their seats while dancing together. That is so cool to see at an awards show which isn't so typical with all the egos that are inside the room at one of these shows.

The first award of the night went to Maroon 5 which was nice to see a real band of musicians win an award on the show. This line-up of perfomers tonight has good potential to make this one of the best shows they've aired in the shows long running history. I still remember the show I enjoyed the most and my favorite performance of John Mellencamp doing a duet with the legendary Mitch Ryder which for me blew the roof off the place. This show could rival it but that sort of performance will probably never happen again. Taylor Swift wins for favorite country female which I don't take issue with because of how genuine she is even though she beat my girl Miranda Lambert I know Taylor deserved it.

Justin Beiber with his poor live singing does a Christmas tune "Under A Mistletoe" which was barely passable and since my daughter enjoyed it with such a big smile it helped me get through the awfulness of it. I still don't get why this kid has become so popular but it proves with an excellent promo team out there spinning their web and piles of money anyone can be famous. Obviously talent has nothing to do with it. The Bland Perry does their only decent tune which is not as good as the industry tries to make it seem. We all know that Brad Paisley, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and many more are much better with better tunes than this one. But mediocrity seems to be what the masses are buying today.

Chris Brown does just another black singer thing, which is whine in a mic to some ridiculously boring over the top bullshit R&B song. I can't stand this music genre because every single song sounds like the last one. When he breaks into the dance portion of his performance and lip syncs it improves to enough to temporarily halt my power nap I was about to experience. The video screens and lighting effects were better than the song and the dancing though. The Rap/Hip-Hop award goes to easily the only talented person nominated being Minaj who has sold a ton of music this year and she's not disappointed musically all. Kelly Clarkson's performence was as expected BRILLIANT. This girls a legend in the making and in twenty years when she's at the same level of success as Madonna and Reba remember I called it years before and stood by it from day one. There are very few vocalists that have the gift that lies within her and she proved it one more time tonight on this show.

Wow Rhianna wins R&B/Soul award and I'm shocked that the best of the three nominated won. Enrique absolutely ripped it when he performed tonight. I've become a huge fan of his over the last few years and I look forward to hearing new music from him because he writes nearly perfect pop singles. Ludicris comes out to close one of the nights best performances overall and one that I enjoyed the most. Jennifer Lopez was decent but did exactly the same thing she's always done pretty much wearing the same outfit she's been performing in for the last five years.

The show took dump in the Country Band/Dup/Group category handing it to the untalented Petunia Pig and her two dweebs otherwise known as Lady Antebellum. Another group that sings faceless drivel that has nothing good about it. The deserving winner of the award who was nominated is Zack Brown Band that released an album worth listening to and spending money on. But again popular doesn't always mean talented in the music world. Sugarland not nominated is shameful as well. We can only hope that Sawyer Brown gets noticed for their excellent current release next year.

Wow Onerepublic sucked major ass, well their singer did anyhow. He couldn't hit the chorus notes even remotely and I'm sorry but this shows how good their producer is that makes him sound like he can sing. Too bad the rest of band look bad because of his poor live singing on the major stage. The guy can't even keep his breath as he sings. He's winded and tense and off key what a joke and this is what your friends and family are spending money on instead of real talent. Katy Perry did a great job on "The One That Got Away" and she got a special award for being the first female artist to have five number one singles from one album. Considering how great and talented she is I can see her doing this at a regular pace. The best new artist going to Hot Chelle Rae was the best choice and proves that The Bland Perry aren't really as popular as these shows try to lead everyone to believe because that award was fan voted.

Mary J. wasted five minutes of all our lives with a terrible song and whiny shriek-fest. I don't care if she can sing this was bloody awful and if I wanted to hear this kind of crap I can put nearly any black artists album on and hear this verbal diarrhea. Beyonce! Really, Really, REALLY? Rhianna was robbed as Beyonce's album is the worst album of 2011 and the proof is in the lack of sales and the release of five singles in two and half months with none of them catching fire at all. Everyone is a bomb just like that piece of shit album they are all contained on. She's overrated and continuously releases awful music but gets promoted over the more talented artists for some unknown reason. This last fifteen minutes of the show have been a complete down turn with too many black awards and their lack of anything rock is ridiculous. There are a few more genre's of music than stool pop (R&B, Soul, Rap, Hip-hop). I'd like to see some more genre's included how about Sunshine Pop, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Rock N' Roll and others?

Maroon 5 and X-Tina rocked the house with their disco tune "Moves Like Jagger" which included Taylor and Selena dancing and singing from the crowd, they are so cute. I don't think Adam and X-Tina like one another at all. Gym Class Hero's Feat. Adam Levine again solid performance by a group that knows how to blend the genre's well to be appealing to everyone. The hasn't been quite as good as I hoped but it is surely one of their best productions. I have to say the lighting design team are amazing. Some of their staging and effects are low key but still very effective. Really impressed with that side of the show.

UGH! Drake sucks ass even though he's Canadian I can't stand his horrible flow. It's always the same every single song or feature he does. Why can't black people say the word "ask"? They say "aks" I mean they do go to school right? They have the ability to speak properly but use lazy English and create some stupid form of language that sounds pretty idiotic. Favorite Pop/Rock had no rock but Bruno Mars won so I'm completely good with that. He's very talented and I look forward to hearing him grow as an artist. I believe he's going to be here for the long term and I hope we get more of the swing/Motown style he does live. Daughtry the lone rock performer does one of the worst songs on their new album which is a piss poor ballad. Nice way to showcase the genre asshat, you could have done Renegade and stole the show but nope I'll be a lame ass wimp rocker instead.

Will.I.Am did a cool performance with the black light dance group from America's Got Talent. It was cool for basically being an art piece because it was just lip Sync'd anyway. Album of the year went to a Brit which this was/is supposed to be American Music Awards. Kinda weird that Lady GaGa didn't get the award and really she should have taken it anyone with a brain that works properly knows that.
Here comes the final performance from LMFAO which I'm sure will be fun but I don't know how good they are in a live setting.

Yay! Taylor Swift for Artist Of The Year, very deserved and I'm so glad she's getting all these accolades. She's so honest and normal it makes me feel good watching her win. Ok LMFAO are winning! I'm totally entertained and I'd watch their performance again it was fun. The show's finale actually lived up to the hype. Overall I'm impressed with the show and ending with the Hoff was great. Good job this year.

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Top 20 Nickelback Songs Of All-Time

Being such a great singles group this shouldn't be too hard but honestly it wasn't as easy as a fan would think.

20. Midnight Queen
19. Flat On The Floor
18. Never Gonna Be Alone
17. Gotta Be Somebody
16. Too Bad
15. Far Away
14. Don't Ever Let It End
13. Someday
12. Feelin' Way Too Damn Good
11. Bottoms Up
10. Never Again
09. Photograph
08. Figured You Out
07. Someone That You're With
06. This Afternoon
05. Something In Your Mouth
04. How You Reminded Me
03. Burn It To The Ground
02. Animals
01. Rockstar

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