Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Top 33 Albums of 2011
Posted by Mac Abre on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:30 PM
While it's completely ridiculous, stupid and fucking nonsensical to attempt a Best "x" Tracks of 2011 (http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8726-the-top-100-tracks-of-2011/) — and furthermore, I only agreed with 45 of their horrible 100 anyway, it obviously makes total sense to patch together a list of Best Albums of 2011. And furthermore, I'm not going to simplify it to the Top 10 or overly maximize it to the Top 1000. This is all absurd, and completely based on grotesquely subjective opinions and guilty pleasures anyway. That said, here's a listing of the top albums of 2011, in no particular order, and based solely on my superior taste in music. Enjoy.
The Black Keys - El Camino
Lana Del Rey - Video Games EP
Neon Indian - Era Extrana
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Toro y Moi - Underneath The Pine
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years
Cults - S/T
Gardens & Villa - S/T
Beirut - The Rip Tide
Yacht - Shangri La
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
Washed Out - Within and Without
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Tyler, the Creator - Goblin
The Black Angels - Phosgene Nightmare
The Kills - Blood Pressures
Odd Future - Radical
Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams
PF Harvey - Let England Shake
Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
Tennis - Cape Dory
Cut Copy - Zonoscope
Peter Bjorn & John - Gimme Some
Danny Brown - XXX
Das Racist - Relax
Real Estate - Days
White Denim - D
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
The Roots - undun
LMFAO - Sorry for Party Rocking*
*I am completely and utterly serious about this last selection. These two are the grandkids of the (literal) king of Motown, and they seriously know how to put out the hits (admit it, the shit's catchy). If you're too cool or too big of a music elitist to admit that in all of its seriousness, I pity you.
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