As 2011 comes to a close, a few of the staff members of MTV's Creative Music Integration Department were asked to list their favorite Albums. Take a look at the list below and enjoy your Holiday Season. See you all in 2012!
"Music is the Soundtrack of our Lives" - Dick Clark
2011 Staff Picks:
SCOTTIE DIABLO
Ramsay Midwood – Larry Buys A Lighter
Bowery Beasts - Heavy You
The Peoples Temple - Son of Stone
Buildings - Melt Cry Sleep
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
Heavy Young Heathens - Scavengers
The Men - Leave Home
Jack Oblivian - Rat City
Diego Garcia - Laura
JEFF the Brotherhood - We Are the Champions
Magic Jake & the Power Crystals - Magic Jake & the Power Crystals
Reigning Sound - Abdication
Big Talk - Big Talk
Pujol - Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Diarrhea Planet - Loose Jewels
Destroyer - Kaputt
Richard Swift – Walt Wolfman
The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
+ Artist Tip for 2012: Howlin Rain
ERNESTO ELIAS
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Cults - Cults
Destroyer - Kaputt
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx – We’re New Here
Foster the People - Torches
Portugal. The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud
The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
TV On the Radio - Nine Types of Light
Washed Out - Within & Without
GREG DANYLYSHYN
Chapel Club - Palace
The Horrors - Skying
Emile Millar - Neighbors
Automatic Empire - Automatic Empire
Vetiver - The Errant Charm
+ Artist Tip for 2012: The Pass
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PAUL LOGAN
Adele - 21
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin
Nikki & Rich - Greatest Hits
Charles Bradley - No Time for Dreaming
Tinie Tempah - Disc-overy
+ Artist Tip for 2012: Chasing Kings
ANITA CHINKES-RATNER
Girls - Father Son and Holy
MICHAEL GRIMES
The Horrors - Skying
K.D. Lang - Sing It Loud
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark - History of Modern
The Soft Moon - The Soft Moon
+ Artist Tip for 2012: The Glitch Mob
JEN MALONE
Girls - Father Song Holy Ghost
Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital
Pictureplane - Thee Physical
Washed Out - Within and Without
Razika - Program 91
+ Artist Tip for 2012: You Say France & I Whistle
ALLISON THIEL
Adele - 21
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Jay-Z & Kanye - Watch the Throne
MuteMath - Odd Soul
The Head and the Heart - The Head and the Heart
+ Artist Tip for 2012: Alabama Shakes
ISAAC AYERS
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Foster The People - Torches
Adele - 21
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
MuteMath - Odd Soul
Gotye - Making Mirrors
RYAN ACETO
David Guetta – Nothing But The Beat
Adele – 21
Britney Spears – Femme Fatale
Lauren Alaina – Wildflower
Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
+ Artist Tip for 2012: *hoping* that JoJo makes a comeback
SARAH PONDER
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
James Blake - James Blake
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
+ Artist Tip for 2012: James Blake
SAM CARLIN
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Givers - In Light
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
Cage The Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday
+ Artist Tip for 2012: Reptar
RICK KRIMBEL
Mona - Mona
M83 - Hurry Up We’re Dreaming
Kanye West & JAY Z - Watch The Throne
Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
Diamond Rings - Special Affections
+ Artist Tip for 2012: Macklemore
BEN HOCHSTEIN
The Vaccines- What Did You Expect From...
Washed Out- Within and Without
Atlas Sound- Parallax
Tyler the Creator- Goblin
My Morning Jacket- Circuital
+ Artists Tip for 2012: CBG, and Lana Del Rey
JAMES LANCE
Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
Lo-Pan - Salvador
Tommy Stinson - One Man Mutiny
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
16 Horsepower - Yours Truly
+ Artist Tip for 2012: Dead Sara
KRISTIN GENOVESE
Alexander - Alexander
Beirut - The Rip Tide
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream
Boy & Bear - Moonfire
The Jezabels - Prisoner
+ Artist Tip for 2012: Of Monsters and Men
GREG DEBONNE
Astra Heights - Ship Of Theseus
Just Off Turner - Things That We Stole
Gooding - The Sky Eats The Land
Beirut - The Rip
Real Estate - Days
ROCHELLE HOLGUIN
M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming
Portugal The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud
The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love
Skrillex - Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites
The Weeknd - "House Of Balloons"
Jay Z & Kanye - Watch The Throne
Hoodie Allen - Leap Year (mixtape)
Cults - Cults
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song
JARON LUM
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
James Blake - James Blake
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
James Vincent McMorrow - Early in The Morning
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
Dom Kennedy - II – From the Westside, With Love
+ Artist Tip for 2012: Lana Del Rey
BRANDON WEST
Little Dragon- Ritual Union
Frank Ocean – Novacane
Kedrick Lamar – Section 80
J*Davey - New Designer Drug
Drake – Take Care
Jay-Z-Kanye West – Watch The Throne
Stacy Barthe – Sincerely Yours
Tyler the Creator - Goblin
