Favorite Albums of 2011

I listened to more music than ever this year because of Spotify. Here are my favorite albums—not necessarily the best albums of the year, but rather the ones I found myself listening to over and over. (By the way, you can find many of these mp3 albums for $5 or less right now at Amazon-see links)

My Favorite

Civilian, Wye Oak

By far my favorite album of the year. I didn’t listen to anything nearly as much as this album. I also loved listening to earlier Wye Oak albums for the first time—great, great stuff.

The Rest

Burst Apart, The Antlers

Cults, Cults

Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Girls

Hurry Up We’re Dreaming, M83

The King of Limbs, Radiohead

The Long Surrender, Over the Rhine

Nine Types of Light, TV on the Radio

Rome, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

Strange Negotiations, David Bazan

Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, Explosions in the Sky