{"id":696,"date":"2011-12-21T17:24:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T01:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heretodestroy.com\/blog\/?p=696"},"modified":"2013-02-07T00:34:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T00:34:07","slug":"top-20-albums-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heretodestroy.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/top-20-albums-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 Albums of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each December I make a big assed list and go through a big assed process to determine the top 20 albums of the past year. Friends are lost, my kids forget what I look like and spreadsheets are created with formulas that I don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n

The sad thing is it\u2019s kind of pointless. I always know what single album made me all warm and fuzzy inside before I start down that path of complexity. So let\u2019s not drag this out any longer and get down to business.<\/p>\n

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01. The Atlas Moth – An Ache for the Distance<\/em><\/h3>\n

If there is one album you need to hear from 2011, it\u2019s An Ache for the Distance<\/em> by the Atlas Moth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The band covers a stunning range of styles on An Ache for the Distance<\/em> \u2013 sludge, post rock, black metal, jazz, doom and psychedelic rock to name a few. But in no way does the album feel like a patched together mishmash of all those influences. Much like Faith No More did on 1992\u2019s Angel Dust<\/em>, the Atlas Moth has managed to channel the diverse personalities of each member into a single cohesive recording that made choosing it as album of the year a no brainer.<\/p>\n