It was truly a great year for music. There were a lot of great albums that came out that I have enjoyed and dozens that I really didn't care for. There were albums that I'm sure other major music blogs and publications will highly rate and base their lists on popularity or sales. There were albums that I liked but could only get online in the form of mixtapes. There were albums that came out only as imports and were not available in the USA, and then there were two albums and an EP that came out this year that I was personally involved with. Those albums did not make my Top 20 list of 2011. This list is based on my personal favorites of the year. Here they are:
1) The Horrors - Skying
2) Class Actress - Rapproacher
3) Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip
4) Belong - Common Era
5) Still Corners - Creatures Of An Hour
6) Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
7) Cults - Cults
8) I Break Horses - Hearts
9) The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions
10) The Raveonettes - Raven In The Grave
11) Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
12) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Self-titled
13) Neon Indian - Era Extraña
14) Clams Casino - Rain Forest EP
15) The Drums - Portamento
16) Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams
17) Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
18) Washed Out - Within and Without
19) Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Self-Titled
20) Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Did I not mention your favorite albums? What were your favorite albums of 2011? Happy New Year!
- Mike
