Best Albums of 2011

Best Albums of 2011

To see the previous versions of the list as they came out throughout the year, click here:

 Version 1.0 (January - April)

Version 2.1 (January - May)

Version 3.0 (January - August)

LPs

1. Blue Scholars - Cinemetropolis
2. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
3. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
4. Battles – Gloss Drop
5. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
6. Wilco - The Whole Love
7. The Head and the Heart - The Head and the Heart
8. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
9. Noah and the Whale - Last Night on Earth 
10. Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys
11. Saves the Day - Daybreak
12. The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules
13. Owen - Ghost Town
14. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
15. A. A. Bondy - Believers
16. Maritime - Human Hearts
17. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
18. Explosions in the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
19. Cold War Kids - Mine is Yours
20. R.E.M. - Collapse into Now
21. Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
22. Mike Doughty - Yes and Also Yes
23. The Wooden Birds – Two Matchsticks
24. Prometheus Brown and Bambu - Walk into a Bar
25. Lateef the Truthspeaker -  FireWire
26. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
27. Sigur Ros - Inni
28. Okkervil River – I am Very Far
29. Fruit Bats - Tripper
30. David Bazan – Strange Negotiations
31. R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage
32. Ben Folds - Best Imitation of Myself: a Retrospective
33. Rob Crow - He Thinks He's People
34. General Elekriks - Parker Street
35. Cake - Showroom of Compassion
36. Collections of Colonies of Bees - Giving
37. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
38. Damien Jurado – Live at Landlocked
39. Strange Fruit Project - A Dreamer's Journey
40. They Might be Giants - Join Us 
41. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
42. Mates of State - Mountaintops
43. John Vanderslice - White Wilderness
44. Lateef the Truthspeaker - Truth at Sea Mixtape
45. Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh
46. Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin - Tape Club
47. Saul Williams – Volcanic Sunlight
48. Shearwater – The Island Arc Live (Excerpts)
49. Ben Harper – Give Until It’s Gone
50. Amos Lee - Mission Bell
51. Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde
52. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for my Halo

EPs

1. Grand Archives - Villains Demos I and Villains Demos II 
2. The Appleseed Cast – The Middle States
3. Okkervil River - Golden Opportunities Mixtape II
4. The Decemberists - Long Live the King
5. Pinback – Information Retrieved Pt. A
6. Pinback - Information Retrieved Pt. B
7. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Go Down Under
8. Matt Pond PA – Spring Fools

Singles / 7 inches / Misc

1. Black Star - Fix Up / You Already Knew
2. The National - Think You Can Wait (From the Film Win Win)
3. Bon Iver - Calgary / I Can't Make you Love Me
4. The National – Exile Vilify (From the Game Portal 2)
5. Radiohead – Supercollider / The Butcher
6. Battles - My Machines / AM Gestalt
7. Dent May - Fun / Wedding Day 
8. Battles - My Machines / A.M. Gestalt
9. Owen - O, Evelyn
10. Lifesavas - And The Soul Goes On (From the Best Ever Mixtape, Portland, OR)
11. RA Scion - Under the Gun
12. Blue Scholars - John Delorean
13. Okkervil River - Wake & Be Fine
14. Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke - Ego / Mirror
15. Okkervil River - Mermaid
16. Bright Eyes - Singularity
17. The Ataris -  All Souls' Day / The Graveyard of the Atlantic