Sunday 25 December 2011

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2011

Again, the volume of great new things released this year is astounding. Music shows no sign failing to excite.


A couple here are a wee bit cheeky as they were released in 2010: Imandra Lake and Mari Kalkun . But I only heard them this year – and there was no way I could have been aware of them last year. So there, they’re in here.


As for the order, it could change tomorrow. But there had to be one, and one at the top.



  1. Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes (Atlantic)
  2. L: Initiale (tôt Ou tard)
  3. Rayographs: Rayographs (Desire Records)
  4. Papercuts: Fading Parade (Sub Pop)
  5. Imandra Lake: Seesamseesam (Seksound)
  6. Jenny Hval: Viscera (Rune Grammofon)
  7. Huntsville: For Flowers, Cars and Merry Wars (Hubro)
  8. Daphné: Bleu Venise (V2/Universal)
  9. Mari Kalkun: Vihmakõnõ (Õunaviks)
  10. I Break Horses: Hearts (Bella Union)
  11. Susanne Sundfør: A Night At Salle Pleyel (EMI)
  12. Ane Brun: It All Starts With One (Balloon Ranger)
  13. Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues (Bella Union)
  14. The War on Drugs: Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
  15. Freja Loeb: Odyssey (EMI)
  16. Camille: Ilo Veyou (EMI)
  17. Alina Orlova: Mutabor (Kartel Kreative)
  18. Neon Indian: Era Extraña (Transgressive)
  19. Paper Dollhouse: A Box Painted Black (Bird)
  20. Spotlight Kid: Disaster Tourist (Tri-Tone/Pias)
  21. Keren Ann: 101 (EMI)
  22. Mara Carlyle: Floreat (Ancient & Modern)
  23. Thurston Moore: Demolished Thoughts (Matador)
  24. The Go! Team: Rolling Blackouts (Memphis Industries)
  25. Toro Y Moi: Underneath the Pine (carpark)
  26. Moddi: Floriography (Propeller Recordings)
  27. Tiger Baby: Open Windows Open Hills (Gunhero Music)
  28. Gyratory System: New Harmony (Angular Recording Corporation)
  29. Various: Bécaud Et Maintenant (WEA)
  30. A Winged Victory for the Sullen: A Winged Victory for the Sullen (Erased Tapes)

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