Romantic & Square’s 15 Best Albums of 2011

A long long time ago, I used to manage a music site called AekiTuesday.com. The site focused on local music news, reviews and views. Every year I would painstakingly work on my best of music list. I figured I should start this tradition on this lonely tumblr site. Perhaps it will give me the nudge I need to get back into the music blogging world (maybe). I am modestly starting with a top 15 list of 2011.

ROMANTIC & SQUARE - 15 Best Albums of 2011 
1. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
2. Adele - 21
3. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don’t Know
4. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
5. Feist - Metals
6. Real Estate - Days
7. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
8. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
9. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
10. Washed Out - Within and Without
11. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
12. Wilco - The Whole Love
13. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
14. The Decemberists -The King Is Dead
15. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

Notable Mentions:
* Radiohead - The King of Limbs
* Wild Flag - Wild Flag
* Destroyer - Kaputt
* Jay-Z & Kanye West — Watch the Throne
* Tom Waits - Bad As Me
* Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
* Florence & the Machine - Ceremonials
* Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant
* The Weeknd - House of Balloons
* The Horrors - Skying

Here is a Spotify playlist of the albums I’ve enjoyed this year: [TUMBLR] Romantic & Square - Best of 2011

I had an emo sort of week. Lady Gaga snuck up in there though.
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I had an emo sort of week. Lady Gaga snuck up in there though.