The Users’ Best of 2011 list has been posted in its entirety. Feel free to skim through it and lament the omission of your favorite albums.

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 31, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

The 2 Bears – Be Strong (DFA)
Alcest – Les Voyages de L’Ame (Prophecy Productions) — Kyle Ward
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Out Of Frequency (B.A.R. Music)
Astral Doors – Jerusalem (Metalville)
Black Bananas – Rad Times Xpress IV (Piccadilly Records)
Bleeding Through – The Great Fire (Rise Records)
Cirith Ungol – Servants of Chaos [Re-Issue] (Metal Blade)
Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas (Columbia)
The Doozer – Keep It Together (Woodsist)
Candy Dulfer – Crazy (Razor & Tie)
Lana del Rey- Born to Die (Interscope) — Adam Downer
Matt Flinner – Winter Harvest (Compass Records)
Ruthie Foster – Let It Burn (Blue Corn Music)
Aretha Franklin – Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998 (Sony Legacy)
Jacques Greene – Concealer (Self Released) — Deviant
Gotye – Making Mirrors (Universal Republic)
Grimes – Visions (4AD) — Conrad Tao
Hit The Lights – Invicta (Razor & Tie) — DaveyBoy
Imperial Teen – Feel The Sound (Merge Records)
The Internet – Purple Naked Ladies [Physical Version] (Odd Future) — Deviant
The Jealous Sound – A Gentle Reminder (Subjective)
Eyvind Kang – The Narrow Garden (Ipecac Recordings)
My Ticket Home – To Create A Cure (Rise Records)
Gretchen Peters – Hello Cruel World (101 DISTRIBUTION)
Prinzhorn Dance School – Clay Class (DFA)
The Sacrificed – III (Roxx Records)
Ringo Starr – Ringo 2012 (Roccabella, Inc)
Swallow The Sun – Emerald Forest And The Blackbird {EU} (Spinefarm Records) — Kyle Ward

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Album Streams:

Astral Doors – Jerusalem

Bleeding Through – The Great Fire

Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

Aretha Franklin – Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998

Hit The Lights – Invicta

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SputnikMusic’s Most Played Artists of the Week (according to Last.FM):

Staff:

01) M83
02) ASAP Rocky
03) Deftones
04) Loma Prieta
05) Brand New
06) The Weeknd
07) Drake
08) Wu-Tang Clan
09) Grimes
10) Wilco

Contributors:

01) Loincloth
02) Gorillaz
03) St. Vincent
04) Alcest
05) Brian Eno
06) Discafric Band
07) The Almost
08) Katy Perry
09) The Microphones
10) cLOUDDEAD

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