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