Best Albums of 2011 - version 1.0

Best Albums of 2011

Version 1.0

(Jan-April)

List subject to extensive revision throughout the year.

LPs

1. R.E.M. - Collapse into Now
2. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
3. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
4. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
5. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
6. Noah and the Whale - Last Night on Earth
7. The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules
8. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
9. Cold War Kids - Mine is Yours
10. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
11. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
12. Maritime - Human Hearts
13. John Vanderslice - White Wilderness
14. Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh
15. Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde
16. Cake - Showroom of Compassion
17. Amos Lee - Mission Bell

EPs

• none yet

Singles / 7"s / Misc Releases

1. The National - Think You Can Wait (From the Film Win Win)
2. Okkervil River - Wake & Be Fine
3. Owen - O, Evelyn
4. Lifesavas - And The Soul Goes On (From the Best Ever Mixtape, Portland, OR)
5. Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke - Ego / Mirror
6. Okkervil River - Mermaid
7. Bright Eyes - Singularity