Just listened to NPR's "All Songs Considered: Top 25 Listener Picks For 2011." I have included the "Top 50" chosen by the All Songs Considered staff, and the list of the top 100 albums picked in their listener poll for 2011. They're both pretty eclectic lists. What do you think? Which list is more accurate? Are there any glaring omissions on either list in your opinion? What music would you have included that didn't make the lists? I would like to solicit the opinions of the those that frequent the Head-Fi Music Forum and listen to a lot of music...
"On the latest edition of All Songs Considered, we count down your top 25 albums, with songs from each. You can also read the complete list of the top 100 albums of 2011 as chosen by All Songs listeners below (or click here to download as a pdf). And while you're at it, take a look at our picks. We've made lists of our 50 favorite albums of the year and our 100 favorite songs, as well as individual staff and genre lists, plus our end-of-2011 discussion show featuring picks for surprise and discovery of the year.
Thanks for listening, for sharing your picks with us, and for being a dream audience. Now download that pdf and get listening!
NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2011
Recommended by NPR Music Staff
Adele, 21
Alexandre Tharaud, Scarlatti: Sonatas
Antlers, Burst Apart
Ashton Shepherd, Where Country Grows
Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal, Chamber Music
Beirut, The Rip Tide
Beyonce, 4
Bombino, Agadez
Bon Iver, Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Book Of Mormon, Cast Recording
Bright Eyes, The People's Key
Brooklyn Rider Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass
Captain Black Big Band, Captain Black Big Band
Civil Wars, Barton Hallow
Colin Stetson, New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges
Cormorant, Dwellings
Davila 666, Tan Bajo
Demdike Stare, Tryptych
Donnacha Dennehy, Gra Agus Bas
Ebene Quartet, Fiction
Eric Church, Chief
Frank Ocean, Nostalgia, Ultra
****ed Up, David Comes To Life
Girl In A Coma, Exits And All The Rest
Glenn Jones, The Wanting
Gretchen Parlato, The Lost And Found
James Blake, James Blake
Joseph Calleja, The Maltese Tenor (Decca)
Julianna Barwick, The Magic Place
June Tabor, Ashore
Kendrick Lamar, Section.80
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine
La Vida Boheme, Nuestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony 2 (Mahler, Jurowski)
Los Rakas, Chancletas Y Camiseta Bordada
Miguel Zenon, Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
Radiohead, King Of Limbs
Roots, undun
Shabazz Palaces, Black Up
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol 2
St. Vincent, Strange Mercy
STS, The Illustrious
Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
Tom Waits, Bad As Me
Tommy Guerrero, Lifeboats & Follies
tUnE-yArDs, w h o k i l l
Wilco, The Whole Love
Wye Oak, Civilian
ALL SONGS CONSIDERED LISTENER TOP 100
- Bon Iver, 'Bon Iver'
- Fleet Foxes, 'Helplessness Blues'
- Adele, '21'
- The Decemberists, 'The King Is Dead'
- Radiohead, 'The King Of Limbs'
- Black Keys, 'El Camino'
- Wilco, 'The Whole Love'
- Florence + The Machine, 'Ceremonials'
- Beirut, 'The Rip Tide'
- Foster The People, 'Torches'
- M83, 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'
- Feist, 'Metals'
- Iron & Wine, 'Kiss Each Other Clean'
- tUnE-yArDs, 'w h o k i l l'
- St. Vincent, 'Strange Mercy'
- The Civil Wars, 'Barton Hollow'
- Death Cab For Cutie, 'Codes And Keys'
- Tom Waits, 'Bad As Me'
- My Morning Jacket, 'Circuital'
- Bright Eyes, 'The People's Key'
- Jay-Z And Kanye West, 'Watch The Throne'
- Coldplay, 'Mylo Xyloto'
- PJ Harvey, 'Let England Shake'
- Cults, 'Cults'
- James Blake, 'James Blake'
- Gillian Welch, 'The Harrow And The Harvest'
- Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way'
- The Head And The Heart, 'The Head And The Heart'
- Lykke Li, 'Wounded Rhymes'
- Childish Gambino, 'CAMP'
- The Antlers, 'Burst Apart'
- TV On The Radio, 'Nine Types Of Light'
- Ryan Adams, 'Ashes And Fire'
- The Strokes, 'Angles'
- Wye Oak, 'Civilian'
- Girls, 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost'
- The Roots, 'undun'
- Arctic Monkeys, 'Suck It And See'
- Beastie Boys, 'Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2'
- Explosions In The Sky, 'Take Care, Take Care, Take Care'
- Paul Simon, 'So Beautiful Or So What'
- Yuck, 'Yuck'
- Bjork, 'Biophilia'
- Washed Out, 'Within And Without'
- Real Estate, 'Days'
- Kurt Vile, 'Smoke Ring For My Halo'
- The Mountain Goats, 'All Eternals Deck'
- Danger Mouse And Daniele Luppi, 'Rome'
- The Weeknd, 'House Of Balloons'
- R.E.M., 'Collapse Into Now'
- Portugal. The Man, 'In Th Mountain, In The Cloud'
- Panda Bear, 'Tomboy'
- Drake, 'Take Care'
- Kate Bush, '50 Words For Snow'
- Alison Krauss And Union Station, 'Paper Airplanes'
- Eddie Vedder, 'Ukulele Songs'
- Wild Flag, 'Wild Flag'
- Destroyer, 'Kaputt'
- Beyonce, '4'
- Cut Copy, 'Zonoscope'
- Grouplove, 'Never Trust A Happy Song'
- Lucinda Williams, 'Blessed'
- Noah & The Whale, 'Last Night On Earth'
- Little Dragon, 'Ritual Union'
- Laura Marling, 'A Creature I Don't Know'
- Dawes, 'Nothing Is Wrong'
- Youth Lagoon, 'The Year Of Hibernation'
- Sarah Jarosz, 'Follow Me Down'
- F——-d Up, 'David Comes To Life'
- Lupe Fiasco, 'Lasers'
- Okkervil River, 'I Am Very Far'
- Tyler, the Creator, 'Goblin'
- Raphael Saadiq, 'Stone Rollin"
- Atlas Sound, 'Parallax'
- The Joy Formidable, 'The Big Roar'
- James Vincent McMorrow, 'Early in the Morning'
- Smith Westerns, 'Dye It Blonde'
- Various Artists, 'Muppets: The Green Album'
- The War On Drugs, 'Slave Ambient'
- Peter Bjorn And John, 'Gimme Some'
- Toro Y Moi, 'Underneath The Pine'
- Deer Tick, 'Divine Providence'
- Tegan And Sara, 'Get Along'
- Zola Jesus, 'Conatus'
- Neon Indian, 'Era Extrana'
- Frank Ocean, 'Nostalgia, Ultra'
- Steve Earle, 'I"ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive'
- Emmylou Harris, 'Hard Bargain'
- Devotchka, '100 Lovers'
- Tori Amos, 'Night Of Hunters'
- Dodos, 'No Color'
- Mogwai, 'Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will'
- Elbow, 'Build A Rocket Boys'
- Mastodon, 'The Hunter'
- Dale Earnhart, Jr. Jr., 'It's A Corporate World'
- Drive-By Truckers, 'Go-Go Boots'
- SBTRKT, 'SBTRKT'
- Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks, 'Mirror Traffic'
- Middle Brother, 'Middle Brother'
- Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX, 'We're New Here'
Edited by DLeeWebb - 12/26/11 at 10:35am
