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Top 25 Albums of 2011

                                        1.) The Black Keys - El Camino
                                              Top Songs: Dead And Gone, Hell Of A Season

                                         2.)  Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
                                                   Top Songs: Rope, White Limo

                                         3.) Bison - Quill
                                              Top Songs: Switzerland, Setting Our Table


                                           4.) The Decemberists - The King is Dead
                                          Top Songs: Down By The Water, This Is Why We Fight


                                          5.)  Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
                                                     Top Songs: Old Pine, The Fear


                                            6.) City And Colour - Little Hell
                                          Top Songs: We Found Each Other in the Dark, O' Sister


                                           7.)  John Mark McMillan - Economy
                                               Top Songs: Daylight, Love You Swore


                                         8.)  Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
                                         Top Songs: Me And Lazarus, Monkeys Uptown


                                         9.)  Radiohead - The King of Limbs
                                                  Top Songs: Bloom, Give Up the Ghost


                                         10.) We Are Augustines - Rise Ye Sunken Ships
                                                Top Songs: Chapel Song, Strange Days


                                           11.) The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
                                             Top Songs: Poison & Wine, Barton Hollow  


                                         12.) The Roots - Undun
                                            Top Songs: The OtherSide, Lighthouse


                                          13.) The Strokes - Angles
                                       Top Songs: Machu Picchu, Two Kinds Of Happiness

                                   
                                        14.) Blind Pilot - We Are The Tide
                                                Top Songs: Keep You Right, White Apple


                                         15.) Bright Eyes - The People's Key
                                             Top Songs: Firewall, One for You, One for Me


                                             16.) Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
                                                        Top Songs: Ashes & Fire, Save Me


                                                    17.) Scattered Trees - Sympathy
                                                    Top Songs: I'm in a Panic, Four Days Straight


                                         18.) Thrice - Major/ Minor 
                                           Top Songs: Promises, Words In The Water


                                          19.) Kopek - White Collar Lies


                                         Top Songs: Love Is Dead, The Easy Way (D.B Cooper)


                                         20.) Sunparlour Players - Us Little Devils 
                                             Top Songs: Runner, Like An Animal


                                         21.) Matthew Good - Lights of Endangered Species
                                                 Top Songs: How it Goes, Set Me On Fire

 
                                         22.) The Dear and Departed - Every Waking Moment


                                          Top Songs: Better Late Then Never, Landslide


                                          23.) The Kooks - Junk the Heart 
                                           Top Songs: Taking Pictures of You, Killing Me


                                         24.) Daniel Bashta - The Sound of Daniel Bashta 
                                           Top Songs: Potter's Wheel (Reflection), Like a Lion


                                            25.) Slow Club - Paradise
                                               Top Songs: Two Cousins, Half Drunk

Other Notable Albums
1, 2,3 - New Heaven
Wye Oak - Civilian
Wilco - The Whole Love
TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light
The Veils - Troubles of the Brain
White Lies - Ritual
Trevor Hall - Everything, Everytime, Everywhere
Jay-Z and Kayne West - Watch The Throne
Tapes 'n Tapes - Outside
Taking Back Sunday - TBS
Switchfoot - Vice Verses
Staind - Staind
Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche
Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires
Seether - Holding On to the strings better left to Fray
The Rifles - Freedom Run
Rise Against - Endgame
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
The Pains Of being Pure at heart - Belong
Noah and The Whale - Last Night on Earth
Nickelback - Here and Now
Matt Nathanson - Modern Love
Mat Kearney - Young Love
Lydia - Paint it Golden
The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
Korn - The Path Of Totality
John Waller - As For Me and My House
Jack's Mannequin - People and Things
The Horrible Crowes - Elsie
Hugo - Old Tyme Religion
Incubus - If Not Now, When?
Gungor - Ghosts Upon The Earth
Foster the People - Torches
Florence And The Machine - Ceremonials
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Feist - Metals
Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs
Dredg - Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy
Death Cab For Cutie - Codes & Keys
Deas Vail - Deas Vail
David Cook - This Loud Morning
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours
Christina Perri - Lovestrong
Chris Daughtry - Break The Spell
Chevelle - Hats Off to the Bull
Carolina Liar - Wild Blessed Freedom
Cake - Showroom of Compassion
Cage The Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday
Blue October - Any Man in America
Blink 182 - Neighborhoods
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2
Bayside - Killing Time
Augustana - Augustana
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
The Antlers - Burst Apart


(This year I found it really hard to include every band I have listened to. There were so many good albums that I had a hard time picking just 20, so I decided to bump it up to 25. Even with the 5 more I still missed a lot of Albums. Also this year I added Christian Music. It took me a while to find something that actually stood up to the type of music creatively that I listen too, but I found some that surprised me a whole lot. Again as I have done the past two years I like to ask your opinion, and if you have some band that I might have missed just let me know, They won't affect my list, but I will take a listen. Thanks and I hope everyone has a great New Year's.)

Comments

Gavin said…
GREAT choice with Bison!! Thanks! A real treat and discovery
January 31, 2012 at 1:02 PM
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