The Top 50 Albums of 2011

Finally, I have completed my list of The Top 50 Albums of 2011. Rather than give a big song-and-dance like I did last year, I decided to just let the albums speak for themselves. Here they are, starting with #50:

50. James Blake – James Blake

49. Mates of State – Mountaintops

48. Smith Westerns - Dye if Blonde

47. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic

46. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient

45. Deerhoof – Deerhoof vs. Evil

44. Wilco - The Whole Love

43. Atlas Sound – Parallax

42. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

41. Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread

40. Cults - Cults

39. Wire - Red Barked Tree

38. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost

37. Animals As Leaders – Weightless

36. Dawes - Nothing is Wrong

35. Eisley - The Valley

34. The Roots – Undun

33. Boy and Bear - Boy and Bear

32. Childish Gambino - Camp

31. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die but You Will

30. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints

29. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for my Halo

28. The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar

27. Jay-Z/Kanye West - Watch the Throne

26. Chris Bathgate - Salt Year

25. The Antlers - Burst Apart

24. Bon Iver - Bon Iver

23. Araab Muzik - Electronic Dream

22. Cass McCombs - Humor Risk

21. Yuck - Yuck

20. And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs

19. The Feelies - Here Before

18. Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams

17. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong

16. The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart

15. Viva Voce - The Future Will Destroy You

14. Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines

13. British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall

12. Beirut - The Rip Tide

11. The Dodos - No Color

10. Tapes ‘n Tapes - Outside

9. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

8. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

7. Real Estate - Days

6. The Decemberists – The King is Dead

5. the Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck

4. Feist – Metals

3. The Black Keys – El Camino

2. Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean

1. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

Agree? Disagree? Have any comments or questions? Feel free to leave a comment.