I’ve not had the time to write as many album reviews in 2011, as I’d like to have done but, I’ve still been buying a lot of albums and listening away. Here are my top picks of the year (simply sorted in order of release – earliest to most recent)
Nicole Scherzinger – Killer Love
Standout tracks: Wet, Poison & Club Banger Nation.
The Human League – Credo
Standout tracks: Night People, Electric Shock & Never Let Me Go.
Britney Spears – Femme Fatale
Standout tracks: I Wanna Go, How I Roll & Trouble For Me
Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now
Standout tracks: All You Need Is Now, Leave A Light On and Girl Panic.
RuPaul – Glamazon
Standout tracks: Glamazon, Click Clack (Make Dat Money) & (Here It Comes) Around Again.
Jordan Knight – Unfinished
Standout tracks: Let’s Go Higher, Rockstar & Up N’ Down
Lady Gaga – Born This Way
Standout Tracks: Government Hooker, You and I & Born This Way.
Stevie Nicks – In Your Dreams
Standout Tracks: For What It’s Worth & Everybody Loves You
Beyonce – 4
Standout Tracks: Run The World (Girls), Love On Top & Countdown
Barry Manilow – 15 Minutes
Standout Tracks: Bring On Tomorrow, Work The Room & Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
Ziggy Marley – Wild and Free
Standout Tracks: Wild and Free, Forward To Love & A Sign
Dolly Parton – Better Day
Standout Tracks: In The Meantime, Together You and I & The Sacrifice
Glen Campbell – Ghost On The Canvas
Standout Tracks: A Thousand Lifetimes & Strong
Will Young – Echoes
Standout Tracks: Come On, Jealousy & Personal Thunder
Doris Day – My Heart
Standout Tracks: Heaven Tonight, Disney Girls & Daydream
Nicola Roberts – Cinderella’s Eyes
Standout Tracks: Lucky Day, Cinderella’s Eyes & Porcelain Heart
Superheavy – Superheavy
Standout Tracks: Miracle Worker & Superheavy
Gloria Estefan – Miss Little Havana
Standout Tracks: Miss Little Havana, I Can’t Believe & Let’s Get Loud (Bonus)
The Original 7ven (The Band Formerly Known as The Time) – Condsate
Standout Tracks: Strawberry Lake & Trendin’
Joe Jonas – Fastlife
Standout Tracks: Kleptomaniac, All This Time & Take It And Run
Peter Gabriel – New Blood
Standout Tracks: Solsbury Hill & San Jacinto
Steps: The Ultimate Collection
Standout Tracks: 5,6,7,8, Dancing Queen & Deeper Shade of Blue
Olly Murs – In Case You Didn’t Know
Standout Tracks: Oh My Goodness, Heart Skips A Beat & Dance With Me Tonight
Etta James – The Dreamer
Standout Tracks: Groove Me, Welcome To The Jungle & Cigarettes and Coffee
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Standout Tracks: The Death of You and Me, If I Had a Gun & AKA… What a Life
Rebecca Ferguson – Heaven
Standout Tracks: Nothing’s Real But Love, Fairytale & Glitter + Gold
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