Rob Harvilla:
1 Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2 The-Dream, Love vs. Money
3 Passion Pit, Manners
4 Keri Hilson, In a Perfect World …
5 Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca
6 Superdrag, Industry Giants
7 Neko Case, Middle Cyclone
8 Future of the Left, Travels With Myself and Another
9 Micachu and the Shapes, Jewellery
10 Lily Allen, It’s Not Me, It’s You
I say: It’s not me, it’s him.
Billy Altman:
1 Diana Jones, Better Times Will Come
2 Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks, The Texas Sheiks
3 Dex Romweber Duo, Ruins of Berlin
4 Lisa Hannigan, Sea Sew
5 Daddy, For a Second Time
6 Monsters of Folk, Monsters of Folk
7 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Speed of Life
8 Dave Rawlings Machine, A Friend of a Friend
9 Dailey & Vincent, Brothers From Different Mothers
10 Sarah Jarosz, Song Up in Her Head
I say: This dick fired me thirty years ago and I hold a grudge. Don’t know anything but the MOF and it isn’t that good.
Carol Cooper:
1. Teena Marie, Congo Square
2 Various Artists, Tite Curet Alonso, Alma de Poeta
3 Pokey LaFarge, Beat, Move & Shake
4 Various Artists, Sí, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba, Vol. 2
5 Kailash Kher & Kailasa, Yatra (Nomadic Souls)
6 Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Tangled Tales
7 Santero, El Hijo de Obatala
8 Otto, Certa Manha Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos
9 Melba Moore & Phil Perry, The Gift of Love
10 Midival Punditz, Hello Hello
I Say: The Teena Marie heads up is the only useful thing I’ve read
Anthony Curtis:
1. The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You
2 The Decemberists, The Hazards of Love
3 Steve Earle, Townes
4 Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest
5 Levon Helm, Electric Dirt
6 Norah Jones, The Fall
7 Phish, Joy
8 Rosanne Cash, The List
9 Chuck Prophet, ¡Let Freedom Ring!
10 U2, No Line on the Horizon
I Say: I wonder what he does for fun
Chuck Eddy
1 Benny, Amigo Charly Brown: Die Hits Von Gestern Und Auch Heut
2 Scooter, Under the Radar Over the Top (The Dark Side Edition)
3 Collin Raye, Never Going Back
4 Uz Jsme Doma, Cod-Liver Oil
5 Jono El Grande, Neo Dada
6 Lady Gaga, The Fame/The Fame Monster
7 K’Naan, Troubadour
8 Death, …For the Whole World to See
9 Kid Sister, Ultraviolet
10 Brad Paisley, American Saturday Night
I say: I don’t know half of em but I bet they’re good -I mean his best single was “High Cost Of Living”
Jim Fouratt
1 K’Naan, Troubadour
2 Fever Ray, Fever Ray
3 Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
4 The xx, xx
5 Wild Beasts, Two Dancers
6 Brandi Carlile, Give Up the Ghost
7 Girls, Album
8 Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca
9 Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest
10 Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
I Say: WTF – dance, you remember dance -you helped invent it… where is it????
Bill Holdship
1 Bruce Springsteen, Working on a Dream
2 Glasvegas, Glasvegas
3 Raveonettes, In and Out of Control
4 Rosanne Cash, The List
5 Wilco, Wilco (The Album)
6 Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
7 John Doe and the Sadies, Country Club
8 New York Dolls, ‘Cause I Sez So
9 Eminem, Relapse
10 Cheap Trick, The Latest
I Say: I love Bill but the Springsteen makes me throw up in my mouth
Dave DiMartino
1 Prefab Sprout, Let’s Change the World With Music
2 Clientele, Bonfires on the Heath
3 Shirley Lee, Shirley Lee
4 The Postmarks, Memoirs at the End of the World
5 At Swim Two Birds, Before You Left
6 Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career
7 Brookville, Broken Lights
8 Clean, Mister Pop
9 God Help the Girl, God Help the Girl
10 Pet Shop Boys, Yes
I Say: I love Dave but the only albums I know here are Camera Obscura and Pet Shop Boys and the only one who made my faves was the latter…
conclusion: Billy Altman is a dick and some rock crits still matter