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Top 20 Albums of 2011

It doesn’t matter how rarely I post, I can’t help but throw out my list of favorite albums each year. What I do hate is trying to order them! I love them all equally!! Well… almost. Anyhow, here are the album’s that I’ve most enjoyed this year in some sort of loose order. If you’re on Spotify, I have a Best of 2011 list where you can listen to them all. My username is carmonium23.

#20 Phantogram – Nightlife

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#19 Alela Diane – Alela Diane and Wild Divine

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#18 WU LYF – Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

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#17 Ollabelle – Neon Blue Bird

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#16 The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient

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 #15 Braids – Native Speaker

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 #14 Neon Indian – Era Extraña

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 #13 Snowman – Absence

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 #12 EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints

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 #11 Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde

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 #10 Yuck – Yuck

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 #9 Bon Iver – Bon Iver

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 #8 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

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 #7 Washed Out –  Within and Without

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#6 – Wild Beasts – Smother

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 #5 Papercuts – Fading Parade

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 #4 Cults – Cults

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 #3 Future Islands – On the Water

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 #2 The Antlers – Burst Apart

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 #1 Forest Fire – Staring at the X


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Top Albums of 2008

Because I didn’t have this blog at the end of last year, I thought I’d post a list of my favorite albums of 2008. I would probably rearrange the order and swap some out with other albums now, but I’ll post them as I did at the end of December.

#20 Port O’BrienAll We Could Do Was Sing

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Port O'Brien

#19 Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances

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Titus Andronicus

#18 Amadou & Mariam – Welcome to Mali

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Amadou & Mariam

#17 Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna

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Gang Gang Dance

#16 Deerhunter – Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.

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Deerhunter

#15 The Muslims – The Muslims

(Recently changed their name to The Soft Pack)

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The Muslims

#14 High Places – High Places

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High Places

#13 This Will Destroy You – This Will Destroy You

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This Will Destroy You

#12 Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

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Fleet Foxes

#11 DJ Rupture – Uproot

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DJ Rupture

#10 Marnie Stern – This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That is That

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Marnie Stern

#9 The Dodos – Visiter

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Dodos - Visiter


#8 Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer

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Wolf Parade

#7 Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago

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Bon Iver

#6 Crystal Stilts – Crystal Stilts

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Crystal Stilts

#5 Portishead – Third

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Portishead

#4 The Foals – Antidotes

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The Foals

#3 Alaska in Winter – Holiday

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Alaska in Winter

#2 Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing

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Fuck Buttons

#1 Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles

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Crystal Castles