Album roundup

[credoimprobus]

So seeing as it's practically November now, let's talk POPTIMIST ESSENTIALS. Or in other words put: what albums will it be beneficial to have heard once year-end polling season rolls around again?

(I'm especially keen to hear about any albums that came out between abt midsummer and the end of September, because that time really struck me as a POP BLACK HOLE. Mind, that may well have been because I spent that time period buried up to my ears in obscurist electronic bobbins, rather than an actual lack of Big Albums...)

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[richaod.livejournal.com]

Poppier stuff, some of which is fairly obvious:
Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces (horrific album cover, surprisingly good music)
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
A Fine Frenzy - Bomb in a Birdcage
Florence + the Machine - Lungs
Imogen Heap - Ellipse
Paramore - brand new eyes

Metal/otherwise:
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect (just came out and it's FUCKING AMAZING)
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind (probably my top pick overall)
Thrice - Beggars
Devin Townsend Project - Ki

Haven't been listening to enough new releases this year... must do something about that.