Metafile: 2011 New Records

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This is boilerplate . . . (or should be).

When I published Metacritic Results on Jan. 16, 2012, I thought I was done with this, but I guess not. I subsequently (Jan. 23) tacked on the Pazz & Jop results, then when I started working on a 2012 metacritic file I started finding things I had missed here.

Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Tedeschi Trucks Band: Revelator (Masterworks) {21}: MC(82/5), AM:80(*), Bl:80, Ph:88, PM:90, RS:80(45), UT:88; MT:***, TH:***; V[372-3-30]
  2. Gregg Allman: Low Country Blues (Rounder) {20}: MC(80/12), AM:80(*), BG:80, G:80, I:80, LAT:88, PM:80, RS:70, U:80, UT:88; TN, TH:*; V[237-5-49]
  3. Warren Haynes: Man in Motion (Concord/Stax) {13}: AM, AS:80, Bl:80(18), Buf:88, RS:70, UT:88; DB, TH:B; V[737-2-15]
  4. Etta James: The Dreamer (Verve Forecast) {8}: MC(78/8), BBC:80, Buf:88, EW:83, I:80, IS:80; TH:**
  5. Gary Clark Jr: Bright Lights (Warner Bros) {7}: AbP:88, RS:80(40); TH:**; V[737-2-15]
  6. Deep Blue Organ Trio: Wonderful! (Origin) {7}: Origin
  7. Marcia Ball: Roadside Attractions (Alligator) {6}: AM:80, Bl:80, PM:80; TH:***; V[1583-1-9]
  8. T-Model Ford and GravelRoad: Taledragger (Alive) {6}: Bl:90, PM:80; TN, YW, TH:***; V[505-2-21]
  9. Tab Benoit: Medicine (Telarc) {5}:
  10. Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: 40 Acres and a Burro (Zoho) {5}:
  11. Left Lane Cruiser: Junkyard Speed Ball (Alive) {4}: AM:80; CE
  12. Tracy Nelson: Victim of the Blues (Delta Groove) {4}: AM:80, Buf:88; YW, TH:B
  13. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: How I Go (Roadrunner) {4}: I:80, UT:88
  14. Hart/Joe Bonamassa/Beth: Don't Explain (J&R) {3}:
  15. Moreland and Arbuckle: Just a Dream (Telarc) {3}: PM:80; TN
  16. Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (Big) {2}:
  17. Rory Block: Shake 'Em on Down: A Tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowell (Stony Plain) {2}: TH:**
  18. The Chris Duarte Group: Blues in the Afterburner (Blues Bureau) {2}: AM:80
  19. Maria Muldaur: Steady Love (Stony Plain) {2}: AM:80; TH:**; V[902-1-10]
  20. Popa Chubby: Back to New York City (Mascot) {2}:
  21. Demetria Taylor: Bad Girl (Delmark) {2}: TN
  22. Carolyn Wonderland: Peace Meal (Bismeaux) {2}:
  23. 1000mods: Super Van Vacation (Kozmik Artifactz) {1}:
  24. Arenna: Beats of Olarizu (Nasoni) {1}:
  25. Been Obscene: Night O' Mine (Elektrohasch) {1}:
  26. Black Pyramid: II (MeteorCity) {1}:
  27. Causa Sui: Pewt'r Sessions 1 and 2 (El Paraiso) {1}:
  28. Circle: Infektio (Conspiracy) {1}:
  29. The Cosmic Dead: Cosmik Tape I (Who Can You Trust?) {1}:
  30. DeWolff: Orchards/Lupine (REMusic) {1}:
  31. Elvis Deluxe: Favourite State Of Mind (Harmony) {1}:
  32. Billy C Farlow: You Better Run (Yellow Label) {1}:
  33. Damon Fowler: Devil Got His Way (Blind Pig) {1}:
  34. Freedom Hawk: Holding On (Small Stone) {1}:
  35. Glitter Wizard: Solar Hits (Archers Guild) {1}:
  36. Sugar Cane Harris: Cup Full of Dreams (Promising Music) {1}:
  37. Highway Child: Highway Child (Elektrohasch) {1}:
  38. Hills: Master Sleeps (Transubstans) {1}:
  39. Ho Bynum/Joe Morris/Sara Schoenbeck: Taylor (Next) {1}:
  40. Humo del Cairo: Vol II (Estamos Felices) {1}:
  41. EG Kight: Lip Service (Vizztone) {1}:
  42. Krux: III - He Who Sleeps Amongst the Stars (GMR) {1}:
  43. Lightnin Malcolm: Renegade (Ruf) {1}: Bl:80; V[902-1-10]
  44. Lonely Kamel: Dust Devil (Napalm) {1}:
  45. Lord Vicar: Signs of Osiris (The Church Within) {1}:
  46. Mars Red Sky: Mars Red Sky (Emergence) {1}:
  47. Mighty Sam McClain/Knut Reiersrud: One Drop Is Plenty (Valley Entertainment) {1}:
  48. Zigaboo Modeliste: New Life () {1}:
  49. Monkey3: Beyond The Black Sky (Stickman) {1}:
  50. Obrero: Mortui Vivos Docent (Night Tripper) {1}:
  51. Ana Popovic: Unconditional (Electro Groove) {1}:
  52. Duke Robillard: Low Down and Tore Up () {1}:
  53. Roy Rogers/Ray Manzarek: Translucent Blues (Blind Pig) {1}: ; V[902-1-10]
  54. Sahara Surfers: Sonar Pilot (Sound Zero) {1}:
  55. Siena Root: Root Jam (Transubstans) {1}:
  56. Sleestak: The Fall Of Altrusia (Sleestak) {1}:
  57. The Heavy Eyes: The Heavy Eyes (Heavy Eyes) {1}:
  58. Ufesas: Ufesas (Droehnhaus) {1}:
  59. Chick Willis: Let the Blues Speak for Itself (Benevolent Blues) {1}:
  60. Johnny Winter: Roots (Megaforce) {1}: ; V[1734-1-5]
  61. Wo Fat: Noche del Chupacabra (Nasoni) {1}:

Notes

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