Top Albums of 2011: #10-1

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And here’s the top 10! They’re probably not what you expected, but we’re happy.

#50-41 can be found here, #40-31 here, #30-21 here, and #20-11 here!

10 The Antlers - Burst Apart

The Antlers - French Exit

9 Empress Hotel - Empress Hotel - EP

Empress Hotel - Search Lights

8 The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Tornado ‘87

7 Bibio - Mind Bokeh

Bibio - Pretentiousness 

6 Twin Sister - In Heaven

Twin Sister - Kimmi in a Rice Field

5 Rubik - Solar

Rubik - Storm in a Glass of Water

4 Childish Gambino - EP

Childish Gambino - Not Going Back

3 Apparat - The Devil’s Walk

Apparat - Candil de le Calle

2 CANT - Dreams Come True

CANT - Rises Silent

1 The Jezabels - Prisoner

The Jezabels - Prisoner


And now the inevitable Honorable Mentions category, containing the so-sos or the good yet neglected. In no particular order:

Memory Tapes - Player Piano

Acrylics - Lives and Treasures

Monogold - The Softest Glow

Peter Bjorn & John - Gimme Some

Tune-Yards - W H O K I L L

Sin Fang - Summer Echoes

Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Alex Winston - Sister Wife - EP

Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials

Telltale - Telltale - EP

Junior Boys - It’s All True

Ad Astra Arkestra - S/T

Continents - Spiriting - EP

Korallreven - An Album by Korallreven

Coolrunnings - Dracula Is Only the Beginning

Diagrams - S/T - EP

Snakadaktal - S/T

Home Video - A Quiet Place - EP

Penguin Prison - S/T

Color Radio - Architects

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