Year-End Lists

Notable, browsable lists of the year's best music, movies, books, and TV shows. Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its authors, at the source.
2011 Albums

Bob Boilen: 11 Favorite Albums of 2011

09 December 2011

Bob Boilen of NPR: 11 Favorite Albums of 2011

[see also 2018, 2017]

  1. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins — Diamond Mine
  2. Wilco — The Whole Love
  3. Gem Club — Breakers
  4. Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal — Chamber Music
  5. Tune-Yards — Whokill
  6. Bright Eyes — The People’s Key
  7. The Antlers — Burst Apart
  8. Apparat — The Devil’s Walk
  9. James Blake — James Blake
  10. Balam Acab — Wander / Wonder
  11. Lisa Hannigan — Passenger

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