I’m stopping 20 miles short of calling this list a “best of” list. As the stacks upon stacks of cds in my computer room would show, there’s so much music from 2011 I didn’t hear that it’s impossible for me to gloss this list anything other than a collection of some my favorite albums from the year. Everything on the ninebullets.net Essential Listening list is worthy of your money and ears but as a blog owner I am obligated to bring you one of these lists at the end of every year so here is mine as I felt the order would be, today:
20. Ha Ha Tonka – Death Of A Decade
19. The Only Sons – American Stranger
18. Fifth On The Floor – Dark and Bloody Ground
17. Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer
16. John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Everything The Hard Way
15. James Leg – Solitary Pleasures
14. Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside – Dirty Radio
13. Michael Dean Damron – Plea From A Ghost
12. Scott H. Biram – Bad Ingredients
11. Grayson Capps – The Lost Cause Minstrels
10. Lauderdale – Moving On
09. Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones
08. Have Gun, Will Travel – Mergers & Acquisitions
07. Joe Pug – Live At Lincoln Hall
06. Jason Isbell – Here We Rest
05. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
04. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Scandalous
03. The Builders & The Butchers – Dead Reckoning
02. Chuck Ragan – Covering Ground
01. Glossary – Long Live All Of Us
There you go. Feel free to agree or disagree. You can hear mp3’s from the top 10 here.
