Top Albums of 2011: 20-1

Better late than never, right? Well, at least that’s what we like to tell ourselves. Albeit quite a few weeks into 2012, here is the final countdown of BRM‘s list for the top albums of 2011… the top twenty.


20 – Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring for My Halo (Matador)19 – I-Wayne, Life Teachings (VP)

18 – Bjork, Biophilia (Nonesuch)

17 – Das Racist, Relax (Greedhead)

16 – Destroyer, Kaputt (Merge)

15 – Hasan Salaam, Music is My Weapon (self-released)

14 – Wild Flag, Wild Flag (Merge)

13 – Donny Goines, Success Served Cold (self-released)

12 – Sepalcure, Sepalcure (Hot Flush)

11 – tUnE-yArDs, w h o k I l l (4AD)

10 – DJ Shadow, The Less You Know, the Better (Verve)

9 – Pharoahe Monch, W.A.R. (Duck Down)

8 – Radiohead, The King of Limbs (TBD)

7 – Maya Azucena, Cry Love (Azucena Songs / Half Note)

6 – PJ Harvey, Let England Shake (Vagrant)

5 – Kendrick Lamar, Section.80 (Top Dawg)

4 – Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood, In Case The World Changes Its Mind (Indirecto)

3 – M83, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

2 – Betty Wright and The Roots, Betty Wright: The Movie (S-Curve)

1 – Braids, Native Speaker (Kanine)

Thank you, and goodnight!

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