Monday, December 5, 2011

Best Albums of 2011: 2nd Draft.

Best of 2011:


  1. El Camino - The Black Keys
  2. 21 - Adele
  3. Circuital - My Morning Jacket
  4. Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
  5. Inclusions - Ben Sollee
  6. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - M83
  7. Kiss Each Other Clean - Iron & Wine
  8. Ceremonials - Florence and the Machine
  9. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
  10. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two - Beastie Boys
  11. Burst Apart - The Antlers
  12. 50 Words for Snow - Kate Bush
  13. The Whole Love - Wilco
  14. Kaputt - Destroyer
  15. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will - Mogwai
  16. All Eternals Deck - The Mountain Goats
  17. Undun - The Roots
  18. Codes and Keys - Death Cab for Cutie
  19. Native Speaker - Braids
  20. Odd Soul - Mutemath
  21. The Road from Memphis - Booker T. Jones
  22. So Beautiful or So What - Paul Simon
  23. Watch the Throne - Jay Z and Kanye West
  24. The Year of Hibernation - Youth Lagoon
  25. American Legacies - Del McCoury Band and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  26. Gimme Some - Peter, Bjorn, and John
  27. Showroom of Compassion - Cake
  28. Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
  29. Rome - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
  30. Stone Rollin' - Raphael Saadiq
  31. Blue Slide Park - Mac Miller
  32. The King of Limbs - Radiohead
  33. The Big Roar - The Joy Formidable
  34. The King is Dead - The Decemberists
  35. James Blake - James Blake
  36. In The Cool of the Day - Daniel Martin Moore
  37. No DevoluciĆ³n - Thursday
  38. Rare Bird Alert - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
  39. Ukelele Songs - Eddie Vedder
  40. Zonoscope - Cut Copy
  41. Strange Mercy - St. Vincent
  42. Degeneration Street - The Dears
  43. Belong - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
  44. Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
  45. Dye It Blonde - Smith Westerns
  46. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care - Explosions in the Sky
  47. Smart Flesh - The Low Anthem
  48. Born This Way - Lady Gaga
  49. Rolling Papers - Wiz Khalifa
  50. The Long Goodbye (Bootleg) - LCD Soundsystem
Listen along on Spotify at Best of 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Best Albums of 2011: 1st Draft.

  1. Best of 2011:


    1. El Camino - The Black Keys
    2. 21 - Adele
    3. Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
    4. Circuital - My Morning Jacket
    5. Inclusions - Ben Sollee
    6. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - M83
    7. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two - Beastie Boys
    8. Ceremonials - Florence and the Machine
    9. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
    10. Burst Apart - The Antlers
    11. Kiss Each Other Clean - Iron & Wine
    12. The Whole Love - Wilco
    13. Kaputt - Destroyer
    14. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will - Mogwai
    15. All Eternals Deck - The Mountain Goats
    16. Undun - The Roots
    17. Codes and Keys - Death Cab for Cutie
    18. Native Speaker - Braids
    19. Odd Soul - Mutemath
    20. The Road from Memphis - Booker T. Jones
    21. So Beautiful or So What - Paul Simon
    22. Watch the Throne - Jay Z and Kanye West
    23. The Year of Hibernation - Youth Lagoon
    24. American Legacies - Del McCoury Band and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    25. Gimme Some - Peter, Bjorn, and John
    26. Showroom of Compassion - Cake
    27. Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
    28. Rome - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
    29. Stone Rollin' - Raphael Saadiq
    30. Blue Slide Park - Mac Miller
    31. The King of Limbs - Radiohead
    32. The Big Roar - The Joy Formidable
    33. The King is Dead - The Decemberists
    34. James Blake - James Blake
    35. In The Cool of the Day - Daniel Martin Moore
    36. No DevoluciĆ³n - Thursday
    37. Rare Bird Alert - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
    38. Ukelele Songs - Eddie Vedder
    39. Zonoscope - Cut Copy
    40. Strange Mercy - St. Vincent
    41. Degeneration Street - The Dears
    42. Belong - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
    43. Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
    44. Dye It Blonde - Smith Westerns
    45. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care - Explosions in the Sky
    46. Smart Flesh - The Low Anthem
    47. Born This Way - Lady Gaga
    48. Rolling Papers - Wiz Khalifa
    49. The Long Goodbye (Bootleg) - LCD Soundsystem
    50. Tron Legacy Reconfigured