Ventvox’s Top 50 Albums of 2011
Now that 2011 is winding down, I feel the need to quantify my favorite album releases into one easy to read list. I don’t think I’m missing anything other than reissues, as those will appear in a separate posting. For the first time in the existence of this site, the albums included in this list have been ranked accordingly. If you feel that my list is out of whack chronologically or if I’m just misguided let me know.
50. Widowspeak – S/T
49. Lumerians – Transmalinnia
48. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
47. The Stepkids – S/T
46. Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage
45. William Elliott Whitmore – Field Songs
44. Pulseprogramming – Charade is Gold
43. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
42. Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
41. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
40. James Blake – S/T
39. Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light
38. Bobby – S/T
37. Pure X – Pleasure
36. Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation
35. Electric Wizard – Black Masses
34. Woods – Sun and Shade
33. The Black Keys – El Camino
32. Okkervil River – I Am Very Far
31. Brown Recluse – Evening Tapestry
30. Craft Spells – Idle Labor
29. Blanck Mass – S/T
28. Radiohead – The King of Limbs
27. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Belong
26. The Horrors – Skying
25. Mastodon – The Hunter
24. EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
23. Chelsea Wolfe – Apocalypsis
22. Bon Iver – S/T
21. Toro Y Moi – Underneath the Pine
20. Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts
19. True Widow – As High As The Highest Heavens and From The Center to the Circumference of the Earth
18. Boris – Heavy Rocks, Attention Please, New Album
17. Adele – 21
16. M83 – Hurry Up We’re Dreaming
15. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
14. Stephen Malkmus – Mirror Traffic
13. Yuck – S/T
12. Gary Clark Jr. – The Bright Lights EP
11. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
10. Washed Out – Within and Without
9. John Maus – We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
8. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
7. Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread
6. Wye Oak – Civilian
5. The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
4. Other Lives – Tamer Animals
3. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
2. Panda Bear – Tomboy
1. Real Estate – Days
