Due to various reasons, these albums did not make the top 12 but were close!
In Queue
Diamond Rings - Special Affections
Lonely Island - Turtleneck and Chains
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Rihanna - Talk that Talk
Foster The People - Torches
48. Pitbull - Give Me Everything
46. Christina Perri - Arms
43. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (TIED)
42. Wiz Kalifa - No Sleep
41. Friendly Fires - Hawaiian Air
Very good first set of songs Ke! Give Me Everything's chorus is quite mesmerizing.
"Hawaiian Air" is my second favorite from this set. The vocalist of Friendly Fires looks like my older broher, haha.
From the top singles I like "Hawaiian Air" and "Options" First thread I see a Gomez's song.
And from the albums I've only heard Torches and it's great!
Wow! If albums by people such as The Lonely Island and the Foos didn't make it, then the ones that did end up making it have to be really fantastic! I expect that to be the case, as you have good taste, Ke!
"They are dangerous on both ends and crafty in the middle. Why would I want anything with a mind of its own bobbing between my legs?
-Sherlock Holmes, about horses
40. The Antlers - "Parentheses"
39. Skylar Grey - "Dance Without You"
38. Archeo - "Mr. General"
37. Junior Boys - "Banana Ripple"
36. The Sound of Arrows – "Nova"
35. Lil Wayne ft. Drake - "She Will"
34. Fountains of Wayne - "Richie and Ruben"
33. Peter Bjorn and John - "Second Chance"
32. Mat Kearney - "Ships in the Night"
31. David Dallas – "Take A Picture"
"Richie and Ruben"!!! That's really one of my favourite songs of the year. I never heard their album beyond that, but that's such a great little song. I'm very happy you included it!
I also really like Wayne/Drake, PB&J. A lot of those artists are ones I know (such as Junior Boys, The Antlers, Mat Kearney), but I haven't heard those songs you've listed. I ought to give them a shot!