Top Albums of 2011

After much internal struggle and debate, here are the 25 top albums of 2011.  What a year it was. 

1 Bon Iver- Bon Iver

2 James Blake- James Blake

3 Holy Other- With U

4 Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues

5 Clams Casino- Instrumentals Mixtape

6 The Caretaker- An Empty Bliss Beyond this World

7 The Weeknd- House of Balloons

8 Kurt Vile- Smoke Ring for my Halo

9  Radiohead- The King of Limbs

10 Terius Nash- 1977

11 Panda Bear- Tomboy

12 Cut Copy- Zonoscope

13 Gauntlet Hair- Gauntlet Hair

14 The War on Drugs- Slave Ambient

15 Cults- Cults

16 Beat Connection- Surf Noir

17 Youth Lagoon- The Year of Hibernation

18 WU LYF- Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

19 Holy Ghost- Holy Ghost

20 Ford & Lopatin- Channel Pressure

21 Atlas Sound- Parrallax

22 St. Vincent- Strange Mercy

23 Justice- Audio, Video, Disco

24 Shabazz Palaces- Black Up

25 Com Truise- Galactic Melt