Happy Holidays Part Two - Boxing Day and Album of the Year

So after a load of food in my belly and a swim, a DVD and present opening yesterday it is time to finally unveil and get into my BLOG's album of the year, and this year I had four nominations and I have decided to rank them 1-4.

So let's kick off at Number four and this goes to the almighty WOMBATS! Well done their album The Wombats Proudly Present... This Modern Glitch, the album was an indie smash hit with big tracks like "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)", "Anti D", "Jump into the Fog" & "Techno Fan". The album is a favourite around the indie hipsters but it just didn't have the steam to get it over the line with this year's biggest album of the year.

Coming in just ahead of it, Jay Z & Kanye West team up for Watch the Throne, it's crazy and huge, it has sold 1,166,000 in the USofA! The album featured the smash hit track "Otis", my favourite "That's My Bitch" and also "Why I Love You". The album has had a monster 6 singles to come from it and it's deluxe version is one of the most amazing CD packagaing I have ever seen, just lush. Okay so this is the Hip Hop release of the year but not my overall album of the year.

Now to the album that almost got their and I almost made it a tie this year but that's not fair as one album shined just that bit brighter. So the 2nd album of the year had some of the biggest singles of the year and just keep going and going! It's ADELE & 21!

As of the end of November this album has sold over 13 million copies and every single has been covered one way or another in Glee. "Someone Like You", "Rolling in the Deep", "Turning Tables", "Set Fire to the Rain" and more! Yes songs from this album has been covered, remixed, played live during Linkin Park sets, yes Linkin Park! Adele proves a song and it's lyrics are way more important than a slutty video or a stupid outfit, for Adele, it's a piano and a MASSIVE ballard. No one can deny, Adele is the biggest world wide star today, her album has been played in every country I have visited this year, and she is just ace but not fully as as 21 was Album of the year number 2.

So what is number One?



Yes GOTYE!

A great Australian album and voted by Triple J listeners as the album of the year and with the ARIA biggest single of 2011, "Somebody That I Used to Know". This song was just amazing and has crossed him over from being a Triple J artist to a mainstream success. And there is nothing wrong with that when you release an album like this. "Eyes Wide Open" is awesome and "I Feel Better" and "In Your Light" are just totally inspirational.

An album like this totally deserves the attention and respect it is gaining and I think 2012 will be huge for GOTYE and the man at every festival will continue to impress crowds.

GOTYE is gonna be one to watch so check him out.

Happy Holidays and Happy Boxing Day, Melbourne test, Sydney to Hobart race and anything else going on today.