My favorite albums of 2011
Because year-end “best of” lists are kind of stupid and arbitrary, but everyone does them and I can’t resist. These are not, by any means, the best albums of 2011. They’re just the ones I happened to really like this year, the ones I played on repeat for days and days, and the ones that got me jones’n to shell out cash-monies for the live rendition.
As such, I give you my favorite albums of 2011.
Honorable Mention:
Adele - 21
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Wilco - The Whole Love
Washed Out - Within Without
Radiohead - King of Limbs
15. Youth Lagoon - Year of Hibernation 
14. The Dodos - No Color
13. Drake - Take Care
12. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin’
11. Feist - Metals
10. The Black Keys - El Camino
9. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
8. SBTRKT - SBTRKT 
7. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
6. Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream
5. Wye Oak - Civilian
4. tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L
3. Widowspeak - Widowspeak
2. Real Estate - Days
1. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for my Halo
