Best Albums of 2011 - Version 2.1

Best Albums of 2011

Version 2.1

(Jan-May)

List subject to extensive revision throughout the year.

LPs

1. Blue Scholars - Cinemetropolis
2. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
3. R.E.M. - Collapse into Now
4. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
5. Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys
6. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
7. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
8. Noah and the Whale - Last Night on Earth
9. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
10. The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules
11. Battles – Gloss Drop
12. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
13. Explosions in the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
14. Cold War Kids - Mine is Yours
15. The Wooden Birds – Two Matchsticks
16. Okkervil River – I am Very Far
17. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
18.  Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
19. Maritime - Human Hearts
20. Damien Jurado – Live at Landlocked
21. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
22. John Vanderslice - White Wilderness
23. David Bazan – Strange Negotiations
24. Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh
25. Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde
26. Cake - Showroom of Compassion
27. Saul Williams – Volcanic Sunlight
28. Shearwater – The Island Arc Live (Excerpts)
29. Ben Harper – Give Until It’s Gone
30. Amos Lee - Mission Bell

EPs

1. The Appleseed Cast – The Middle States
2. Matt Pond PA – Spring Fools

Singles / 7 inches / Misc

1. The National - Think You Can Wait (From the Film Win Win)
2. The National – Exile Vilify (From the Game Portal 2)
3. Radiohead – Supercollider / The Butcher
4. Pinback – Information Retrieved Pt. A
5. Blue Scholars - John Delorean
6. Okkervil River - Wake & Be Fine
7. Owen - O, Evelyn
8. Lifesavas - And The Soul Goes On (From the Best Ever Mixtape, Portland, OR)
9. Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke - Ego / Mirror
10. Okkervil River - Mermaid
11. Bright Eyes - Singularity
12. The Ataris -  All Souls' Day / The Graveyard of the Atlantic