In 2011 my #1 album, leagues above the competition, was Let England Shake by PJ Harvey; back when I thought TIMJ was going to shut down on September 1, I posted a tune from that album. My #2 album, also leagues above the rest of the competition, was Kaputt by Destroyer. My second Jam ever, back in June 2012, was from that album. So now we're onto my #3 album of 2011: Lulu by Lou Reed & Metallica. Oh, how I longed to give you the 20-minute climax of that misunderstood album, "Junior Dad." But it's on Warner Bros., so of course it's blocked here. That leaves me with my #4 album of 2011, Bill Callahan's excellent Apocalypse. This is the most challenging album he's released under his own name (after a dozen years or so recording as Smog). It's a very rewarding album nonetheless. You'll just have to look up Junior Dad on your own!
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