MUF’s Top 25 Albums of 2011
We know you lost sleep over the course of last month, waiting patiently, racking your brain to see what we could possibly list as our favorite albums of 2011. We lost sleep too, compulsively checking our lists twice and perhaps after a fist fight or two, we settled on 25 firm choices. After all, who listens to as much music as us? Who actually has time to listen to put together a valid top 25 list with no filler? We’re fairly certain that most other sites don’t include at least a handful of the albums listed on none other than our top lists and that is only because we really dig through the massive amounts of music we receive and give that deserved attention when due. We did not compile this list looking at what every other music blog posted.
Consider this list of the best 25 albums of 2011 your standard for music recognition for the past year. We hope you enjoy these fantastic albums as much as we did. If you feel we missed something, feel free to give us a shout in the comments below! If you missed our top 100 singles for 2011, check them out here.
25
Color Radio
Architects
24
Bell X1
Bloodless Coup
23
Tapes n’ Tapes
Outside
22
Kontakte
We Move Through Negative Spaces
21
Oh Land
Oh Land
20
Under Electric Light
Waiting For The Rain To Fall
19
Mona
Mona
18
A Lull
Confetti
17
Bon Iver
Bon Iver
16
William Fitzsimmons
Gold In The Shadow
15
Folly & The Hunter
Residents
14
Germany Germany
Adventures
13
Freedom or Death
Ego
12
Florence & The Machine
Ceremonials
11
Gold Leaves
The Ornament
10
Echoes Alike
Moon Monster
9
Bombay Bicycle Club
A Different Kind of Fix
8
Elbow
Build A Rocket Boys!
7
Handsome Furs
Sound Kapital
6
Real Estate
Days
5
Tycho
Dive
4
Chapel Club
Palace
3
Washed Out
Within and Without
2
Starfucker
Reptilians
1
Beirut
The Rip Tide
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Ah! I love these picks. Truly, well done and interesting choices. Of course my only point of contention is that Florence should be number one. I may be a bit bias, though, since I want to have like 10,000 of her babies.
Emily, you crack me up! Thanks for your feedback. Honestly, I’m pulled so strongly into certain types of electro-inspired tracks, Tycho could have my vote for #1 had those other four not gotten in the way. I think ‘Dive’ is such an understated album much like the music of Immoor is.