torsdag 19 Jan 2012, 23:28

These are my favorite albums of the year. I could keep tweaking it forever. I know in the next few months I'm going to find albums I missed and albums that I didn't appreciate enough, so please tell me what you think I need to check out.

Anyone who thought 2011 was disappointing for music needs to dig a bit deeper. Some major artists disappointed and complete unknowns blew up.

It's time to move on to 2012 though, so here's what I liked in 2011. If an artist had multiple, noteworthy releases I grouped them.

1. Washed Out - Within and Without
2. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
3. Deafheaven - Roads To Judah
4. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
5. And So I Watch you from Afar - Gangs
6. James Blake - James Blake/Enough Thunder
7. Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
8. Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
9. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
10. Nero - Welcome Reality
11. The Weeknd - House of Balloons/Thursday/Echoes of Silence
12. Liturgy - Aesthethica
13. Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
14. The Black Keys - El Camino
15. Destroyer - Kaputt
16. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne
17. La Dispute - Wildlife
18. Kroda - Schwarzpfad
19. Bad Meets Evil - Hell The Sequel
20. Battles - Gloss Drop
21. Childish Gambino - Camp
22. Toro Y Moi - Freaking Out/Underneath the Pine
23. Meek Is Murder - Algorithms
24. The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum the Complete Collection
25. Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
26. Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song
27. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
28. Teen Daze - A Silent Planet
29. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
30. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
31. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
32. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
33. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
34. Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
35. Daedelus - Bespoke
36. Keep Shelly In Athens - Our Own Dream
37. Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer
38. White Lies - Ritual
39. Alda - Tahoma
40. Memory Tapes - Player Piano
41. Clams Casino - Instrumentals
42. Big K.R.I.T. - ReturnOf4Eva
43. British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
44. Futurecop! - The Adventures of Starpony
45. Korallreven - An Album By Korallreven
46. Araabmuzik - Electronic Dream
47. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountains
48. DJ Shadow - The Less You Know, The Better
49. Active Child - You Are All I See
50. Rustie - Glass Swords