WARNING: Top heavy list is top heavy.
However, despite the dramatic drop off* after the midway point, 2011’s Tops provided a cornicopious amount of cohesive albums, sticky from start to finish. Look out below!
Also, not sure how else to go about this, but if you’re friends with me on Facebook/Spotify, I’ve posted a public Playlist that features 100+ of the year’s best tracks.
30. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
29. Dale Earnhart, Jr. Jr. - It’s A Corporate World
28. Caveman - Coco Beware
27. The Naked and Famous - Passive Me Aggressive You
26. Cage The Elephant - Thank You, Happy Birthday
25. Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials
24. Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming
23. Beyonce - 4
22. Yuck - Yuck
21. Thrice - Major/Minor
20. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX - We’re New Here
19. Young The Giant - Young The Giant
18. Adele - 21
17. The Antlers - Burst Apart
16. *Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch The Throne
15. Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
14. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
13. Little Dragon - Ritual Union
12. The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
11. Real Estate - Days
10. Feist - Metals
9. The Strokes - Angles
8. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
7. The Roots - Undun
6. J Cole: Cole Word The Sideline Story
5. James Blake - James Blake
4. Phantogram - Nightlife EP
3. Drake - Take Care
2. Future Islands - On The Water
1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
** The list will most likely experience a couple of slight changes once I’m able to give proper attention to two very late releases: The Black Keys’ El Camino and Common’s The Dreamer/The Believer.
Other Honorables:
M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Eddie Vedder - Ukelele Songs
Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
The Head And The Heart - The Head And The Heart
Moby - Destroyed
Wye Oak - Civilian
The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
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