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Celeb News: Lady GaGa, Britney & Beyoncé make SPIN's top albums of 2011
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Lady GaGa, Britney & Beyoncé make SPIN's top albums of 2011
50. Britney Spears, Femme Fatale
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Britney Spears will never be a balladeer like Beyoncé or an auteur like Lady Gaga, so she's digging her heels into the territory that's always served her best: feel-good, hands-up synth-pop crafted by an elite production squad — Swedish smash machine Max Martin (who started her career in 1999), Bloodshy & Avant (who are responsible for her best song, "Toxic"), and Dr. Luke (who gave competitors like Katy Perry and Ke$ha irresistible hits). As a result, Spears' seventh album rarely stumbles. Bonus points for including the year's best apocalyptic barn burner ("Till the World Ends") and knowingly drawing out the word "haaazzayy" on "Hold It Against Me." CARYN GANZ
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49. Yob, Atma
48. Various Artists, Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
47. Gillian Welch, The Harrow and the Harvest
46. Foo Fighters, Wasting Light
45. Azari & III, Azari & III
44. The Roots, Undun
43. Kendrick Lamar, Section.80
42. Eric Church, Chief
41. Frank Ocean, Nostalgia, Ultra
40. Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch the Throne
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"*****s hate ballers these days," says Jay-Z, ruefully. Watch the Throne is an apologia for the 1 percent, but he and Kanye rebuff #occupiers with Otis Redding in full-blown melisma, then segue into dubstep and '70s art rock, as Beyoncé promises to take us to the moon. Meanwhile, flashbacks to the pre-Grammy deprivations that the duo endured lie just beneath the grandeur. "If you escaped what I escaped / You'd be in Paris getting ****ed up, too," muses Jay. MOSI REEVES
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39. Beyonce, 4
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Most pop singers spent 2011 chasing down dubstep producers. But the one star capable of out-dancing them all shifted into a totally different lane, releasing an album of '70s-inspired soul and funk tunes alongside suave baby-making ballads. Beyoncé's fourth album isn't a "Party," though she snagged André 3000 to contribute a guest rap and production from Kanye West, The-Dream, Frank Ocean, Diplo, Babyface, et al. It's sophisticated proof that Sasha doesn't need to be fierce to run the world. C.G.
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38. Zola Jesus, Conatus
37. The Field, Looping State of Mind
36. The Black Keys, El Camino
35. Washed Out, Within and Without
34. St. Vincent, Strange Mercy
33. Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues
32. Hayes Carll, KMAG YOYO (& other American stories)
31. Yuck, Yuck (Deluxe Edition)
30. tUnE-yArDs, w h o k i l l
29. Lady Gaga, Born This Way
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The year's biggest pop album made no effort to obscure its Reagan-era inspirations: Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, that scene in Footloose where Kevin Bacon plays chicken with a tractor. But what's even more retro is Lady Gaga's earnestness as she pursues her social-equality agenda. Beneath the hair and makeup and arena-razing disco-metal grooves, Born This Way delivers a message that old glamazon Pete Seeger could dig: She thinks pop can still move policy, and she might be right. MIKAEL WOOD
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28. Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
27. Big K.R.I.T., Return of 4Eva
26. Liturgy, Aesthethica
25. Cass McCombs, Wit's End/Humor Risk
24. Deer Tick, Divine Providence
23. Iceage, New Brigade
22. Drake, Take Care
21. Youth Lagoon, The Year of Hibernation
20. Shabazz Palaces, Black Up
19. M83, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
18. SBTRKT, SBTRKT
17. Dum Dum Girls, Only in Dreams
16. Das Racist, Relax
15. The Men, Leave Home
14. Bon Iver, Bon Iver
13. The Weeknd, House of Balloons/Thursday
12. Telekinesis, Desperate Straight Lines
11. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Mirror Traffic
10. Lykke Li, Wounded Rhymes
9. Wild Flag, Wild Flag
8. G-Side, The One...Cohesive
7. The Rapture, In the Grace of Your Love
6. Danny Brown, XXX
5. Girls, Father, Son, Holy Ghost
4. Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring for My Halo
3. EMA, Past Life Martyred Saints
2. PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
1. ****ed Up, David Comes to Life
http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-5...st-albums-2011
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Amazing WW popstars, on almost every critics list. 
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The trinity 
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Making generic pop albums and still landing on "Best of 2011" lists
along side deep meaningful albums, only the Queen of Pop.
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In all the critics list why are they comparing all the gerls to Beyonce? 
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The Trinity. 
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The trinity once again.
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Only the Queens!
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The old trinity 
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" The year's biggest pop album made no effort to obscure its Reagan-era inspirations: Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, that scene in Footloose where Kevin Bacon plays chicken with a tractor. But what's even more retro is Lady Gaga's earnestness as she pursues her social-equality agenda. Beneath the hair and makeup and arena-razing disco-metal grooves, Born This Way delivers a message that old glamazon Pete Seeger could dig: She thinks pop can still move policy, and she might be right."
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In all the critics list why are they comparing all the gerls to Beyonce? |
I mean when you're a legend everyone always gets compared to you.
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Few popstars can get this kind of critical acclaim.
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Where are Rihanna, Katy (no album in 2011) and Adele? The real, new trinity right? 
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In all the critics list why are they comparing all the gerls to Beyonce? |
who else but the highest standard?
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Gaga & Beyonce.
Where's 21 though?
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Few popstars can get this kind of critical acclaim. |
But Britney and Gaga have seem to have got it, a league all their own.
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The Trinity.
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The Queen making it at 50. 
The Trinity.
Congrats to them and her fans/stans.
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