Jeff Devine

When I first set out to make this list, it was surprising what a disappointing year 2011 was for albums. That being said, there were a few gems that stuck out. Using the magic of science/last.fm, these are the alubms I listed to the most in 2011:

1. James Blake
2. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
3. Bibio – Mind Bokeh
4. Wilco – The Whole Love
5. Joe Henry – Reverie
6. Washed Out – Within and Without
7. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & Harvest
8. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l
9. Tom Waits – Bad as Me
10. Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band – No Time for Dreaming

Thanks to the wonders of aggregation and Last.fm, this is my list of the top 10 records of 2010 (or at least those I listened to the most):

1. The New Pornographers – Together
2. Beach House – Teen Dream
3. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
4. Vampire Weekend – Contra
5. She & Him – Volume Two
6. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
7. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
8. Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse – Dark Night of the Soul
9. The Divine Comedy – Baing Goes the Knighthood
10. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening

The following five also made the list, but were made before 2010:

1. Passion Pit – Manners
2. Mayer Hawthorne – A Strange Arrangement
3. Theophilus London – Jam!
4. Lee Fields & The Expressions – My World
5. Menahan Street Band – Make the Road by Walking

From Themselves’ Crownsdown & Company, Odd Nosdam’s take on “Skinning The Drum” is yet more proof he is a master.