Best albums of 2011 - the Velvet Edition

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It's that time of the year! The very best time!
No, not Christmas or Hanukkah! Not even my birthday earlier this month! The time for best of in music lists!

I used this handy little embed from Hype Machine for my top 3 albums this year:




That's Adele, St. Vincent and Fleet Foxes for those that really want to know.

Honorable mentions:
- Bon Iver - Bon Iver
- Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
- The Decemberists - The King is Dead
- Radiohead - The King of Limbs
- Elbow - Build a Rocket Boy

Old favorites to check out some more:
- Bright Eyes - The People's Key
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
- Tom Waits - Bad as Me
- Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
- The Black Keys - El Camino
- Feist - Metals
- M83s - Hurry up, We're Dreaming

And then a couple of pre-2011 albums I got into this year:
- The National - High Violet
- Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill