This year was a great year and even though it wasn’t better than past ones, it sure had lots of bands that exuded uniqueness, rhythm and soul.  We got to know folk, psychedelic, rock, chill-wave, electronic pop bands that made 2011 a very peculiar and amazing year. All albums on the list are pretty good, some are far better than others, but I have to say that most of them are almost equally good apart from differentiating from one another based only on the genre.

I never thought that listing albums in order of greatness, without my subjective point of view getting in the way, was going to be so damn hard, and so, I tried to focus on some factors so that I could decide which album was better than the other … mmm no, never mind, I’ll just arrange them in the order I think is best. I’ll just take into account how good the tracks made me feel and which albums had more enjoyable and brilliant songs.

CHEERS.

 

 

30.   Feist – Metals

 

29.   Atlas Sound – Parallax

 

28.   PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

 

27.   Cass McCombs – Wit’s End

 

26.   Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost

 

 

25.   Neon Indian – Era Extraña

 

24.   The Strokes – Angels

 

23.   Toro y Moi – Underneath the Pine

 

22.   The Horrors – Skying

 

21.   Wild Beasts – Smother

 

20.   Florence and The Machine – Ceremonials

 

 

19.   TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light

 

18.   Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation

 

17.   The Decemberists – The King is Dead

 

16.   St. Vincent – Strange Mercy

 

 

15.   Cults – Cults

 

14.   Metronomy – The English Riviera

 

13.   My Morning Jacket – Circuital

 

12.   Destroyer – Kaputt

 

11.   Real Estate – Days

 

10.   The Black Keys – El Camino

 

9.   Panda Bear – Tomboy

 

8.   Washed Out – Within and Without

 

7.   Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo

 

6.   M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

 

5.   Tune -Yards – WHOKILL

 

4.   James Blake – James Blake

 

3.   Bon Iver – Bon Iver

 

2.   Radiohead – The King of Limbs

 

1.   Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues