Posts tagged music

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
2. Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend
3. Adele - Rolling in the Deep
4. The Head and the Heart - Down in the Valley
5. Manchester Orchestra - Virgin
6. BONUS: Bon Iver - Holocene

At first I was kind of shocked at my how mainstream my favorite songs of this year have been. But then I realized that the top 3 aren’t really songs that I even listened to that much. I found myself falling in love with the songs through the covers done by other artists and their interpretations that really showcased just how great the songs were. Case in point: Army of 3 (Ingrid Michaelson) - Somebody That I Used To Know, Erato - Call Your Girlfriend, Vasquez Sounds - Rolling In The Deep

The rest of the list (plus a bonus 6th track) is really just a lopsided showcase of the amazing folk music that I really came to love this year. Most of the pop-punk I listened to was just lacking a standout track. The albums as a whole were great, but I couldn’t choose a solid single from those albums as I really loved the albums as a whole.

I think I’ve finally got the list in order. I’m a little disappointed in this year’s list, as I only had about 17 albums to choose from. And my top 3 were fairly obvious. But c’est la vie. So without further adieu:

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2. Drew Barefoot - Forrest Creatures*
3. Dangerous Summer - War Paint
4. New Found Glory - Radiosurgery
5. Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You?
6. K.Flay - I Stopped Caring in ‘96
7. The Head and The Heart - The Head and The Heart
8. Owen - Ghost Town
9. Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
10. Childish Gambino - Camp

* This album didn’t come out in 2011, but there was no way for me to discover it then and I’m making the exception just this once.