Favorite Albums of 2011

Here are my top 20 favorite albums of 2011. Again, not necessarily the best, but the ones I tended to go back to more than some other ones. Thought this was a pretty great year too! I had a tough time keeping the list at twenty. If anyone would like to take a listen to 60 of my favorite songs of 2011, I made a Spotify playlist you can listen to HERE. A song from most of the albums listed below (not every album is on Spotify just yet) is on there.

1. The Big Rour – Joy Formidable
2. Yuck (Self-titled)
3. Hurry Up We’re Dreaming – M83
4. Bon Iver (Self-titled)
5. The King is Dead - The Decemberists
6. No Witch - The Cave Singers
7. The Cold Still – The Boxer Rebellion
8. Passive Me, Aggressive You – Naked and Famous
9. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Self-titled)
10. The Year of Hibernation – Youth Lagoon
11. Ceremonials – Florence + the Machine
12. King of Limbs – Radiohead
13. 21 – Adele
14. Walls – An Horse
15. Hysterical – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
16. The Walking Sleep - Katie Herzig
17. En t’attendant - Melanie Laurent
18. Young Love – Kye Kye
19. Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay
20. Burst Apart – The Antlers

An honorable mention to Birdy’s self-titled debut- the only reason being that I didn’t include it is because it’s primarily a collection of covers. But an incredible collection of covers sung by one of the most powerful fifteen-year-old voices I’ve ever heard.

Some of my most anticipated albums of 2012 come out this month! The new (and sadly last) David Crowder*Band album, new Ingrid Michaelson, and (FINALLY) Lana Del Rey‘s new full-length.