The Best Albums of 2011
It's the moment all music fans wait for…the end! Without further ado: The Best Albums of 2011.
Best Albums of 2011
Greg Kot’s Top Ten of 2011
- Wild Flag, Wild Flag (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review, listen to Wild Flag on Sound Opinions)
- The Roots, Undun
- tUnE-yArDs, WHOKILL (Listen to tUnE-yArDs on Sound Opinions)
- Van Hunt, What Were You Hoping For? (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review)
- Fucked Up, David Comes to Life
- The Feelies, Here Before (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review, listen to The Feelies on Sound Opinions)
- Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review)
- Bewitched Hands, Birds and Drums
- Das Racist, Relax (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review)
- Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review)
View Greg's complete list
Jim DeRogatis’ Top Ten of 2011
- Le Butcherettes, Sin Sin Sin
- Wild Flag, Wild Flag (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review, listen to Wild Flag on Sound Opinions)
- Das Racist, Relax (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review)
- The Feelies, Here Before (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review, listen to The Feelies on Sound Opinions)
- Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, Rome (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review)
- Fucked Up, David Comes to Life
- Bewitched Hands, Birds and Drums
- tUnE-yArDs, WHOKILL (Listen to tUnE-yArDs on Sound Opinions)
- The Decemberists, The King is Dead (Listen to Jim and Greg’s review, listen to The Decemberists on Sound Opinions)
- The Go! Team, Rolling Blackouts
View Jim's complete list
Listeners
And some more #1s from the listeners!
-Jeremy, from New York NY: Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues
-Rose from Naperville, IL: Mute Math, Odd Soul
-Derk from Chicago, IL: SBTRKT, SBTRKT
Featured Songs
- The Bewitched Hands, "Hard to Cry," Birds & Drums, Jive, 2011
- Fucked Up, "Queen of Hearts," David Comes to Life, Matador, 2011
- Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, "The Gambling Priest," Rome, Capitol, 2011
- Van Hunt, "A Time Machine is My New Girlfriend," What Were You Hoping For, Godless Hotspot, 2011
- Raphael Saadiq, "Stone Rollin'," (0:40) Stone Rollin', Columbia, 2011
- Fleet Foxes, "Lorelai," Helplessness Blues, Sub Pop, 2011
- Mutemath, "Prytania," Odd Soul, Teleprompt, 2011
- SBTRKT, "Something Goes Right," SBTRKT, Young Turks, 2011
- The Feelies, "When You Know," Here Before, Bar/None, 2011
- tUnE-yArDs, "Gangsta," w h o k i l l, 4AD, 2011
- Das Racist, "Relax," Relax, Greedhead, 2011
- The Decemberists, "Don't Carry It All," The King is Dead, Capitol, 2011
- The Roots, "The Other Side," Undun, Def Jam, 2011
- Le Butcherettes, "Tonight," Sin, Sin, Sin, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, 2011
- Wild Flag, "Romance," Wild Flag, Merge, 2011
- Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz, "The Telephone Song," Stan Getz meets Jo~ao & Astrud Gilberto: New York 1964, Giants of Jazz, 1990
- Trombone Shorty, "Dumaine St.," For True, Verve, 2011
- Lou Reed and Metallica, "Pumping Blood," Lulu, Warner Bros., 2011
- The Velvet Underground, "The Black Angel's Death Song," The Velvet Underground & Nico, Verve, 1967
- Super Furry Animals, "Night Vision," Guerrilla, Creation, 1999
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