Journal Thursday, May 24, 2012

Nonesuch Records Best of 2011 List

As 2011 drew to a close, the Nonesuch Journal took a look back at the year that was in music, including many of the year-end accolades given to the year's Nonesuch releases from critics around the world. (You can read that article here.) The accolades continued to come in, and now that 2012 is in full gear, we've collected results from all of the best-of lists into one place, in alphabetical order.

And to give you some idea of what these publications heard when including this music among the year's best, there's also a sample of the great music made by Nonesuch artists in 2011.

Here's to another year of great music!


JOHN ADAMS: Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet

• Audiophile Audition
• Chicago Tribune
• Detroit Free Press

BJÖRK: Biophilia

• Chicago Phoenix
• Clash Music
• CMU
• Daily Telegraph
• Drowned in Sound
• Guardian
• iTunes (Best Apps)
• LA Music Blog
• Mojo
• Mother Jones Readers Poll
• Music OMH
• New York Times (Best Song, "Virus")
• NME
• NPR Listeners Poll
• Oakland Tribune
• Observer
• Q
• The Quietus
• Uncut

THE BLACK KEYS: El Camino

• American Songwriter
• AOL Spinner
• Capital Times (Madison, WI)
• Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Entertainment Weekly
• Guardian
• Guitar World
• Huffington Post
  
• Independent
• KCRW
• Lexington Herald-Leader
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Montreal Gazette
• Mother Jones Readers Poll
• MTV
• New Zealand Herald
• Newsday
• NPR Listeners Poll
• Paste
• Raleigh News & Observer
• Rolling Stone
• SPIN
• Time
• Washington Post

CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS / LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII EP

• Independent Weekly (Durham, NC)

RY COODER: Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down

• Albuquerque Journal
• Bloomberg
• Country Music People
• fRoots
• Guardian
• Independent on Sunday
• Knoxville News-Sentinel
• Montreal Gazette
• Philadelphia City Paper
• Philadelphia Inquirer
• Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
• Uncut
• The Word

DONNACHA DENNEHY: Grá agus Bás

• Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• NPR Music
• WNYC host John Schaefer
• WNYC's New Sounds Listeners Poll

EMMYLOU HARRIS: Hard Bargain

• Los Angeles Times
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Nashville Scene
• NPR Listeners Poll
• USA Today

WANDA JACKSON: The Party Ain't Over

• Mojo
• Mail on Sunday
• The Oklahoman
• Paste (20 Best Cover Songs: "Thunder on the Mountain")

JAMES FARM: James Farm

• Metroland (Albany, NY)
• NPR Music (Jazz)
• Ottawa Citizen
• San Jose Mercury News
• Toledo Blade

K.D. LANG: Sing it Loud

• Boston Globe
• Huffington Post
  
• Orange County Register

THE LOW ANTHEM: Smart Flesh

• Clash Music
• Guardian
• Huffington Post
  
• KCRW
• Mojo
• Paste (Top 20 Cover Songs, "Ghost Woman Blues")
• Uncut

JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD: Tell Me

• American Songwriter
• Daytrotter Sessions (Best Song, "Our Hearts Are Wrong")
• KCRW
• Lexington Herald-Leader
• NOW Toronto
• SPIN

KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE: Tell My Sister

• fRoots
• Rolling Stone
• Uncut

BRAD MEHLDAU: Live in Marciac

• San Diego Union-Tribune

BRAD MEHLDAU, KEVIN HAYS, PATRICK ZIMMERLI: Modern Music

• Huffington Post
• Morton Report

PAT METHENY: What's It All About

• New York City Jazz Record

STEVE REICH: WTC 9/11 / Mallet Quartet / Dance Patterns

• Baltimore City Paper
• Boston Globe
• Gramophone
• Houston Chronicle
• Kansas City Star
• Newark Star-Ledger
• NPR Music
• NPR, All Things Considered
• Washington Post
• WNYC's New Sounds Listeners Poll

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