"The Smile of Rachael Ray" was named NPR's Song of the Day last week and deservedly so as it might have been the most poignant thing he's written. Reuniting with Adam Schlesinger, Mead got his mojo back and came up with the singer/songwwriter album of the year. LaBate's Replacements-meet-The-Clash solo debut was an impressive achievement for a guy better known as a Paste Magazine writer/editor and a member of a rock-comedy act.ĭavid Mead-Dudes. Steve LaBate-The Dead Art of Letter Writing. A bright ELO/Beatles melange, it really grew on me. Joachim's previous rootsy, Wilbury-ish release in no way prepared me for this tour de force which I originally only mentioned on the site in passing. Perhaps 2011's best "traditional" power pop album. An audacious debut for this Italian band, who draw as much from Big Star and Badfinger as they do contemporary power poppers. "Me and Donnie Vie" was one of my favorite tracks of 2011.Ĭirrone-Uplands Park Road. Sweet, McCartney-esque pop from a veteran musician whom I belatedly came around to. The Absolute Powerpop Top 75 of 2011: The Top 10 The Absolute Powerpop Top 10 EPs of 2011.Ġ3-Marshall Holland-Statistically I Should Say.Ġ5-Third of Never/Kurt Reil/CJ Grogan-Life SaverĠ8-Ike-The Little People, Church and the Steepleħ4-Supraluxe-The Super Sounds of Supraluxeħ2-High Fidelity Distribution Co-Analog Style for a Digital Worldħ0-Deleted Waveform Gatherings-Pretty EscapeĦ8-The Damnwells-No One Listens to the Band AnymoreĦ2-Warren Zanes-I Want to Move Out in the DaylightĦ1-Beady Eye-Different Gear, Still Speedingĥ4-Robbers on High Street-Hey There Golden HairĤ8-John Wesley Harding-The Sound of His Own VoiceĤ2-Far from Kansas-Rome Wasn't Burned in a Dayģ3-Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds-S/TĢ8-The Nobility-The Secret of Blennerhasset IslandĢ5-An American Underdog-Always on the RunĢ0-Ron Sexsmith-Long Player, Late Bloomerġ9-Secret Powers-What Every Rose Grower Should Knowġ4-Butch Walker & The Black Widows-The Spade
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