The KEXP DJs hear thousands of albums every year, but in 2011, which ten really stood out for them? Find out as KEXP looks at each DJ’s list through the month of December, leading up to our 2011 Top 90.3 Countdown, as voted on by YOU, the KEXP listener! Voting ends on Monday, December 19th, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 30th to hear which albums made the list!
M83 at Neumos on 11/13/2011 // photo credit: Dave Lichterman (more photos)
John Richards’ 2011 Top Ten Albums
| rank | album | artist | label |
| 10 | The Head and the Heart | The Head and the Heart | Sub Pop |
| 9 | Glowing Mouth | Milagres | Kill Rock Stars |
| 8 | Skying | The Horrors | XL |
| 7 | My Head Is an Animal | Of Monsters and Men | Record Records |
| 6 | Go Tell Fire to the Mountain | WU LYF | LYF |
| 5 | The Big Roar | The Joy Formidable | Canvasback/ Atlantic |
| 4 | The King of Limbs | Radiohead | tbd |
| 3 | Build a Rocket Boys! | Elbow | Fiction/Downtown |
| 2 | Rise Ye Sunken Ships | We Are Augustines | Turnout/Oxcart |
| 1 | Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming | M83 | Mute |
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4 Comments
What, no P.J. Harvey? :)
Glad to see Elbow, The Joy Formidable and The Horrors on here. I don’t think King Of Limbs is all that great though.
Nice distribution of record label releases... ten out of ten are different. Wink. wink. Nod. nod.
record records. hehehe.