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Top 30 Albums of 2011
During this special two-hour show we counted down the Top 30 Albums released in 2011 showcasing the best tracks.
Originally broadcast on the 27th December 2011
Top 30 Albums of 2011 Tracklisting
Number 30
Hannah Lou & Trevor Moss Quality First, Last & Forever!
(Heavenly Recordings)
Track played – Making It Count
Number 29
The Drive by Truckers – Go Go Boots (PIAS Recordings)
Track played – I Do Believe
Number 28
Alessis Ark – Time Travel (V2)
Track played – On The Plains
Number 27
East River Pipe – We Live In Rented Rooms (Merge)
Track played – Payback Time
Number 26
The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh (Bella Union)
Track played – Hey, All You Hippies
Number 25
Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest (WB)
Track played – Dark Turn Of Mind
Number 24
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Bella Union)
Track played – Battery Kinzie
Number 23
Josh T Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen (Mute)
Track played – Drive Her Out
Number 22
My Morning Jacket – Circuital (V2)
Track played – You Wanna Freak Out
Number 21
Feist – Metals (Polydor)
Track played – Cicadas and Gulls
Number 20
Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit (Bella Union)
Track played – The Way I Feel
Number 19
Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo – Almanac (Everyone Sang)
Track played – Pause
Number 18
The Decemberists – The King is Dead (Rough Trade)
Track played – Down by the River
Number 17
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Here We Rest (Lightning Rod Records)
Track played – Daisy Mae
Number 16
Wooden Shjips – West (Thrill Jockey)
Track played – Home
Number 15
Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)
Track played – Dawned On Me
Number 14
Singing Adams – Everybody Friends Now (Records Records Records)
Track played – Bird On The Wing
Number 13
Beriut – The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
Track played – The Rip Tide
Number 12
Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean (4AD)
Track played – Tree by the River
Number 11
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire (Columbia)
Track played Ashes & Fire
Number 10
Alela Diane – Alela Diane & The Wild Divine (Rough Trade)
Track played – Desire
Number 9
Bon Iver – Bon Iver (4AD)
Track played – Towers
Number 8
Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing (Sub Pop)
Track played – My Home Town
Number 7
White Denim – D (Downtown / Cooperative)
Track played – It’s Him
Number 6
Vetiver – The Errant Charm (Sub Pop)
Track played – Wonder Why
Number 5
Lucy Wainwright Roche – Lucy
Track played – Mercury News (Strike Back)
Number 4
Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong (Loose)
Track played – How Far We Have Come
Number 3
Tyler Ramsey – 1000 Black Birds (Fat Possum)
Album – The Valley Wind
Number 2
The Bandana Splits – Mister Sam Presents the Bandana Splits
(Boy Scout Recordings)
Track played – Sometimes
Number 1
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter – Marble Son (Fargo)
Track played – Your Own Kind