Favourite albums of 2011
Year in parentheses if it’s not 2011. Number of plays in square brackets.
1. Tune-Yards: Whokill [9]
2. Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1967 [6]
3. Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What [7]
4. Pistol Annies: Hell on Heels [6]
5. William Parker: I Plan to Stay a Believer (2010) [6]
6. Jens Lekman: An Argument with Myself EP [6]
7. Das Racist: Relax [5]
8. Tabu Ley Rochereau: The Voice of Lightness Vol. 2 [5]
9. Frank Ocean: Nostalgia, Ultra [6]
10. Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol. 2 [4]
11. Saigon: The Greatest Story Never Told [5]
12. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Tell My Sister [6]
13. Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya: Sotho Blue [5]
14. Withered Hand: Good News (2009) [5]
15. Tom Ze: Estudando a Bossa (2010) [5]
16. Katy B: On a Mission [5]
17. Lady Gaga: Born This Way [7]
18. Mekons: Ancient & Modern [4]
19. Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminescent Orchestrii EP [5]
20. Dessa: A Badly Broken Code (2010) [4]
21. Matt Lavelle: Goodbye New York, Hello World [4]
22. Cartagena! [4]
23. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake [5]
24. Lupe Fiasco, Lasers [4]
25. Rachid Taha: Bonjour (2010) [4]
26. Raphael Saadiq: Stone Rollin’ [4]
27. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues [5]
28. Harrison Birtwhistle: Night’s Black Bird [4]
29. Shad: TSOL (2010) [4]
30. Benjamin Herman: Hypochristmastreefuzz (2008) [4]
31. Merle Haggard: Working in Tennessee [4]
32. Wussy: Strawberry [4]
33. DJ Quik: The Book of David [4]
34. Children of the Blue Supermarket [5]
35. Bachata Roja: Amor y Amargue [3]
36. Fucked Up: David Comes to Life [4]
37. Lone, Echolocations EP [4]
38. Mates of State: Mountaintops [3]
39. The Lonely Island: Turtleneck & Chain [3]
40. Buck 65: 20 Odd Years [3]
41. Dirt Drifters: This Is My Blood [4]
42. Wild Flag [3]
43. Fefer/Revis/Taylor: Eliyahu [4]
44. Western Jazz Band: Songs of Happiness, Poison & Ululation [4]
45. Jay-Z & Kanye West: Watch the Throne [4]
46. Jimmie Dale Gilmore & the Wronglers: Heirloom Music [4]
47. Brad Paisley: This Is Country Music [4]
48. Care Bears on Fire: Girls Like It Loud EP (2010) [3]
49. Fountains of Wayne: Sky Full of Holes [4]
50. Blaqstarr: The Divine EP [4]
51. Serengeti: Family & Friends [3]
52. Harrison Bankhead Sextet: Morning Sun Harvest Moon [4]
53. St. Vincent: Strange Mercy [3]
54. Dave Alvin: Eleven Eleven [3]
55. Terakaft: Aratan N Azawad [3]
56. Shabazz Palaces: Black Up [3]
57. Diddy-Dirty Money: Last Train to Paris [3]
58. Mathias Eick: Skala [3]
59. Darius Jones Trio: Big Gurl (Smell My Dream) [3]
60. Jazmine Sullivan: Love Me Back (2010) [3]
61. The Corin Tucker Band: 1,000 Years (2010) [3]
62. Peter Stampfel: Dook of the Beatniks (2009) [3]
63. Bombino: Agadez [3]
64. Big K.R.I.T.: Return of 4Eva [3]
65. Those Darlins: Screws Get Loose [3]
66. TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light [3]
67. Kidd Jordan: On Fire [3]
68. Poly Styrene: Generation Indigo [3]
69. Todd Snider: Live: The Storyteller [4]
70. The Belle Brigade [3]
71. The Roots: Undun [3]
72. Mary Halvorson: Saturn Sings (2010) [3]
