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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2011)

Below are the individual staff lists used to generate the site's overall top 25 records of 2011. Enjoy!

Aaron H's list

1. Des Ark - Don't Rock The Boat, Sink The Fucker (Lovitt)
2. The Pauses - A Cautionary Tale (New Grenada)
3. Bright Eyes - The People's Key (Saddle Creek)
4. Thursday - No Devolución (Epitaph)
5. Larry And His Flask - All That We Know (Silver Sprocket)
6. Joyce Manor - Self Titled (6131)
7. Face To Face - Laugh Now, Laugh Later (Antagonist)
8. Street Eaters - Rusty Eyes and Hydrocarbons (Plan-It-X\Bakery Outlet)
9. Small Brown Bike - Fell & Found (No Idea)
10. Dave Hause - Resolutions (Paper + Plastick)
11. By Surprise - Mountain Smashers (Topshelf)
12. Nick 13 - Self Titled (Sugar Hill)
13. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (RCA)
14. Rival Schools - Pedals (Photo Finish)
15. Polar Bear Club - Clash Battle Guilt Pride (Bridge Nine)
16. Jeff The Brotherhood - We Are The Champions (Infinity Cat)
17. Balance and Composure - Separation (No Sleep)
18. William Elliott Whitmore - Field Songs (Anti)

Bob's list

1. Mamiffer - Mare Descendrii (Conspiracy)
2. Life In The Dark - Hushed Bloom (Sunyata)
3. Planning For Burial - Late Twenties Blues (Self Released)
4. Life In The Dark - The Sunya Is Rising / Limbs In Gloom (Music Ruins Lives)
5. Grouper - AIA: Alien Observer (Yellow Electric)
6. Grouper - AIA: Dream Loss (Yellow Electric)
7. Integrity - Thee Destroy+orr (Holy Terror)
8. Locrian - The Clearing (Fan Death Records)
9. Sutekh Hexen - Luciform (WANDS)
10. Cremation Lily - 2 (Strange Rules)
11. Cremation Lily - Untitled (Strange Rules)
12. Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I (Southern Lord)
13. Tom Waits - Bad As me (Anti)
14. Helms Alee - Weatherhead (Hydra Head)
15. Tenhornedbeast - Ten Horned Moses Descended The Mountain (Handmade Birds)
16. Greys - Brightly Our Stars Did Shine As The Sea Reached Into The Sky (Music Ruins Lives)
17. Servile Sect - TRVTH (Handmade Birds)
18. Ash Borer - Ash Borer (Psychic Violence)
19. Gridlink - Orphan (Hydra Head)
20. Panopticon - Social Disservices (Flenser Records)
21. Vestiges - The Descent Of Man (Independent)
22. Jesu - Ascension (Calo Verde)
23. Tom Vourtsis - Mothhunting (Music Ruins Lives)
24. Rival Schools - Pedals (Photo Finish)
25. Amebix - Sonic Mass (EasyAction)

Cheryl Prime's list

1. Rome - Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit (InfraRot)
2. Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings (Osmose)
3. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room (Cyclone Empire)
4. Altar Of Plagues - Mammal (Profound Lore)
5. Bosse-De-Nage - II (Flenser Records)
6. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (RCA)
7. Taake - Noregs Vaapen (Dark Essence Records)
8. Caïna - Hands That Pluck (Profound Lore)
9. Craft - Void (Carnal Records)
10. Circle Of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers (Handmade Birds Records)
11. Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason (Northern Silence Productions)
12. Zola Jesus - Conatus (Souterrain Transmissions)
13. Negative Plane - Stained Glass Recelations (Ajna Offensive)
14. Lake Of Blood - As Time And Tide Erodes Stone (Human Jigsaw)
15. Cult Of Youth - Cult Of Youth (Sacred Bones)
16. Panopticon - Social Disservices (Flenser Records)
17. Sutekh Hexen - Luciform (WANDS)
18. Ash Borer - Ash Borer (Psychic Violence)
19. Wreck and Reference - Black Cassette (Music Ruins Lives)
20. Aphrenous - Ravaged By The Incessant Scourge Of Deception (Independent)
21. Gottesmorder - Gottesmorder (Absurd Creature Records)
22. Cold Body Radiation - Deer Twilight (Dusktone)
23. Corrupted - Garten Der Unbewusstheit (Nostalgia Blackrain)
24. Powder! Go Away - Laika Still Wants To Go Home (Independent)
25. VNV Nation - Automatic (Anachron Sounds)

Jon E.'s list

1. True Widow - As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth (Kemado)
2. Rot in Hell - As Pearls Before Swine (Deathwish Inc.)
3. Disma - Towards The Megalith (Profound Lore)
4. Sutekh Hexen - Luciform (WANDS)
5. Craft - Void (Carnal Records)
6. Prurient - Bermuda Drain (Hydrahead/Hospital Productions)
7. Ancient Wisdom - A Godlike Inferno (Shine Box)
8. Corrupted - Garten Der Unbewusstheit (Nostalgia Blackrain)
9. Random Axe - Self Titled (Duck Down)
10. Pulling Teeth - Funerary (A389)
11. Bon Iver - Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
12. Rome - Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit (InfraRot)
13. Kickback - Et Le Diable Rit Avec Nous (GSR)
14. Circle Of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers (Handmade Birds Records)
15. Ash Borer - Ash Borer (gilead)
16. Björk - Biophilia (Nonesuch)
17. Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings (Osmose)
18. Mastodon - The Hunter (Reprise)
19. Negative Plane - Stained Glass Recelations (Ajna Offensive)
20. Seven Sisters Of Sleep - Self Titled (A389)
21. Altar Of Plagues - Mammal (Profound Lore)
22. Full Of Hell - Roots Of Earth Are Consuming My Home (A389)
23. Seraphim - The Light In The Distance (A389)
24. Nekrasov - The Ever-Present (Crucial Blast)
25. Crowbar - Sever The Wicked Hand (E1)

Loren's list

1. High Tension Wires - Welcome New Machine (Dirtnap)
2. Night Birds - The Other Side Of Darkness (Grave Mistake)
3. The Blind Shake - Seriousness (Learning Curve)
4. Coathangers - Larceny & Old Lace (Suicide Squeeze)
5. Underground Railroad To Candyland - Knows Your Sins (Recess)
6. Dan Padilla - As The Ox Plows (Razorcake)
7. William Elliott Whitmore - Field Songs (Anti)
8. Street Eaters - Rusty Eyes and Hydrocarbons (Plan-It-X\Bakery Outlet)
9. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones (Epitaph)
10. Sims - Bad Time Zoo (Doomtree)
11. Chuck Ragan - Covering Ground (Side One Dummy)
12. Banner Pilot - Heart Beats Pacific (Fat Wreck Chords)
13. The Dwarves - Born Again (Greedy )
14. Leatherface - Viva La Arthouse: Live In Melbourne (No Idea)
15. Nothington - Borrowed Time (Red Scare)
16. Amateur Party - Truncheons in the Manor (Rorshach)
17. Mind Spiders - Self Titled LP (Dirtnap)
18. The Hussy - Cement Tomb Mind Control (Slow Fizz)
19. The Slow Death - Born Ugly, Got Worse (Kiss of Death)
20. Michael Yonkers with The Blind Shake - Period (S.S. Records)
21. Battles - Gloss Drop (Warp)
22. Bad Sports - Kings Of The Weekend (Dirtnap)
23. Sleeping in the Aviary - You And Me, Ghost (Science Of Sound)
24. Gateway District - Perfect's Gonna Fail (It's Alive)
25. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life (Matador)

Matt's list

1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Vagrant/Island)
2. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Bella Union)
3. King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine (Domino)
4. Radiohead - The King of Limbs (Self-released)
5. Bright Eyes - The People's Key (Saddle Creek)

Matthew Sarah's list

1. Vildhjarta - måsstaden (Century Media)
2. Random - Todo.s los colores del (Independent)
3. Seed From The Geisha - Talk Peace to the Wolf (M&O Music)
4. Symphony X - Iconoclast (Nuclear Blast)
5. Efrim Menuck - Plays "High Gospel" (Constellation)
6. Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields (Division)
7. Battles - Gloss Drop (Warp)
8. Primus - Green Naugahyde (Prawn Song)
9. Dead To A Dying World - Self Titled (Tofu Carnage)
10. Mastodon - The Hunter (Reprise)
11. UpCDownC - Calaveras (Field )
12. Puscifer - Conditions of My Parole (Puscifer Entertainment)
13. Big Black Delta - BBDLP1 (Coming Home)
14. Sleepmakeswaves - ...And So We Destroyed Everything (Bird's Robes)
15. Charts and Maps - Dead Horse (Lost Children)
16. Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (Metal Blade)
17. Björk - Biophilia (Nonesuch)
18. Long Distance Calling - Self Titled (Century Media)
19. Cloudkicker - Let Yourself Be Huge (Independent)
20. Scale The Summit - The Collective (Prosthetic)
21. Steve Reich - WTC 9/11 (Nonesuch)
22. Uneven Structure - Februus (Basick)
23. Boris - New Album (Sargent House)
24. Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (Temporary Residence)
25. The Cars - Move Like This (Hear Music)

Michael's list

1. Fireworks - Gospel (Triple Crown)
2. Reverse The Curse - Hither (Paper Plastick)
3. This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket (Suicide Squeeze)
4. Tom Waits - Bad As me (Anti)
5. Bury Your Dead - Mosh N' Roll (Mediaskare)
6. Skin Like Iron - Arrival (React!)
7. Foundation - When The Smoke Clears (Bridge Nine)
8. New Found Glory - Radiosurgery (Epitaph)
9. Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years (Matador)
10. Twitching Tongues - Sleepy Therapy (6131)
11. Adele - 21 (Columbia)
12. Jesu - Ascension (Calo Verde)
13. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Naive)
14. Deafheaven - Roads To Judah (Deathwish Inc.)
15. Cave In - White Silence (Hydra Head)
16. Bayside - Killing Time (Wind-Up)
17. The Weeknd - House Of Balloon (XO)
18. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Interscope)
19. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life (Matador)
20. The Cool Kids - When Fish Ride Bicycles (Green Label Sound)
21. This Time Next Year - Drop Out Of Life (Equal Vision)
22. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (RCA)
23. Xibalba - Self Titled (A389)
24. City And Colour - Little Hell (Vagrant)
25. Believe You Me - For The Record (Independent)

Nathan's list

1. Condominium - Warm Home (Independent)
2. Iceage - New Brigade (Whats Your Rupture?)
3. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (Capitol)
4. Anthrax - Worship Music (Megaforce)
5. The Dwarves - Born Again (Greedy )
6. Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun - Monumental (Duck Down)
7. Evidence - Cats (Rhymesayers)
8. Random Axe - Self Titled (Duck Down)
9. Action Bronson - Well Done (DCide)
10. Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death - Some Of Us Are In This Together (DSB )
11. Chef Raekwon - Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang (Ice H2O)
12. Strong Arm Steady - Arms (Blacksmith)
13. Gateway District - Perfect's Gonna Fail (It's Alive)
14. Sims - Bad Time Zoo (Doomtree)
15. Reks - Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme (Brick)
16. The Away Team - Scars (Duckdown)
17. Kool G Rap - Riches, Royalty (Fat Beats)
18. Edo. G - A Face In The Crowd (Envision Entertainment)
19. Action Bronson - Dr. Lecter (Fine Fabric Delegates)
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You (Warner Bros.)
21. Statik Selektah - Population Control (Duck Down)
22. Victims - A Dissident (Deathwish Inc.)
23. The Cave Singers - No Witch (Jagjaguwar)
24. The 4onthefloor - 4x4 (Independent)
25. Vivian Girls - Share The Joy (Polyvinyl)