Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The Best Rock Albums of 2011

Today's post in 50 Years of Music, a section of my blog devoted to the best rock albums of the past fifty years, will include the best albums of 2011. I have covered 45 years of music in other posts (1965-2010), which can be found by typing the year into the search bar at the top of my blog. Each post in 50 Years of Music is updated frequently, with new albums recommended by readers added to the posts. What's your favorite?
  • The Smithereens- 2011
  • R.E.M.- Collapse Into Now
  • Foo Fighters- Wasting Light
  • Alice Cooper- Welcome 2 My Nightmare
  • Journey- Eclipse
  • Yes- Fly From Here
  • Stevie Nicks- In Your Dreams
  • Chickenfoot- Chickenfoot III
  • Seether- Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers- I'm With You
  • Sixx: A.M.:- This Is Gonna Hurt
The Cars- Move Like This (2011)
Move Like This is the seventh album by the American new wave rock group The Cars released on May 10, 2011. The album reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart.
 
The album includes one single, "Sad Song," which charted at #33 on the Billboard Rock Songs Chart. Other notable songs on the album include: "Keep on Knocking," "Drag On Forever," "Blue Tip," "Too Late," and "Take Another Look."
 
Notable of the album is that it is The Cars' first album since 1987's Door to Door, and the first album without bassist/vocalist Benjamin Orr, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. However, the group did not add a new bassist to replace Orr. Instead, the bass parts for the album were programmed by co-producer Jacknife Lee, or performed by Greg Hawkes (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals) on a bass guitar previously owned by Orr.
 
Also, rhythm guitarist/vocalist Ric Ocasek sings lead vocals on all of the songs on Move Like This, as Ocasek and Benjamin Orr split vocals duties on previous albums released by The Cars.
 
Sharp Subtle Flavor was one of the original working titles for the album, but was changed to Move Like This as a reference to the band's reputation for not moving around much onstage, according to an interview from Ric Ocasek. The name of the album is also included in the lyrics of the song "Too Late."
 
Alexander Schwartz - JPageFan71
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