2011 - The Year in Music

Below are 25 of my favorite albums of 2011.  They are purely subjective and, as always, open to discussion.

25. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

• Lotus Flower

24. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient

• Baby Missles 
• Come to the City

23. We Were Promised Jetpacks - In the Pit of the Stomach

• Medicine 
• Human Error

22. Yuck - Yuck

• Get Away
• Rubber 
• Georgia

21. Chad Vangaalen - Diaper Island

• Peace on the Rise 

20. Wild Flag - Wild Flag

• Romance
• Electric Band 

19. Atlas Sound - Parallax
18. Wilco - The Whole Love

• Born Alone

17. The Horrors - Skying

• Still Life 
• I Can See Through You

16. Obits - Moody, Standard, and Poor

• Killer 

15. Tammar - Visits

• The Last Line 

14. The Decemberists - The King is Dead

• This is Why We Fight 
• Calamity Song 

13. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
12. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia/Ultra

• Novacane 
• Swim Good 

11. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain

• New Direction 
• Modern Art 
• Go Out and Get It 

10. The Weeknd - House of Balloons

• What You Need 

9. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

• Grown Ocean 

8. Real Estate - Days

• It's Real 

7. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation

• Montana
• July 

6. Bon Iver - Bon Iver

• Holocene 
• Calgary 

5. Beirut - The Rip Tide

• Santa Fe 
• East Harlem

4. The Roots - Undun

• Make My 
• Tip the Scale 

3. The Black Keys - El Camino

• Lonely Boy 

2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

• Let England Shake 
• The Glorious Land 

1. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing

• Stamp 
• Tornado 87