AsheAve’s Top 10 Albums of 2011

Another year gone by, another diverse list of favorite albums from the Ashe Avenue team. From Mason Jennings to black metal to Beyonce, there’s likely something below that suits your musical taste. Take a peek and let us know how much (or how little) you agree with our choices.

It should also be noted that Loutallica released the obvious #1 album of the year (decade? century??), but we left it off our lists to make things fair for all of the other musicians out there. God bless you, Lulu.

Emily

1. James Blake – Self-Titled
2. Beyonce – 4
3. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
4. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
5. Pulp – Different Class
6. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
7. Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets
8. David Bowie – Lodger
9. Scott Walker – 4
10. Tom Petty – Highway Companion

Heath

1. Com Truise – Galactic Melt
2. Starfucker – Reptilians
3. YACHT – Shangri-la
4. Grails – Deep Politics
5. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Extra Flavor
6. Atlas Sound – Parallax
7. Washed Out – Within and Without
8. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
9. la ZEBRA – After School Special
10. Justice – Audio, Video, Disco

John

1. Deafheaven – Roads to Judah
2. The Body + Braveyoung – Nothing Passes
3. Rotten Sound
4. Grails – Deep Politics
5. Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever
6. This Will Destroy You – Tunnel Blanket
7. Maritime – Human Hearts
8. Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage
9. Ed Gein – Bad Luck
10. Hull – Beyond the Lightless Sky

Locke

1. Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage
2. Deafheaven – Roads to Judah
3. Junius/Rosetta – Split
4. The Weeknd – House of Balloons
5. Yob – Atma
6. SubRosa – No Help for the Mighty Ones
7. Blut Aus Nord – 777 Sect(s)
8. The Atlas Moth – An Ache for the Distance
9. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
10. Brand New – Your Favorite Weapon (Deluxe Edition Reissue)

Matt

1. KEN Mode – Venerable
2. Junius – Reports from the Threshold of Death
3. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
4. The Weeknd – House of Balloons
5. Exhumed – All Guts, No Glory
6. City of Ships – Minor World
7. WU LYF – Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
8. Real Estate – Days
9. Washed Out – Within and Without
10. Heartsounds – Drifter

Nik

1. Joe Hisaishi – Encore
2. I Am Robot and Proud – Grace Days
3. Magnet – The Tourniquet
4. Prefuse 73 – Reads the Books
5. Final Fantasy X: Piano Collections
6. Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys
7. Deadmau5 – 4×4=12
8. The Appleseed Cast – Two Conversations
9. The White Octave – Style No. 6312
10. Wintersleep – New Inheritors

Rob

1. Mason Jennings – Birds Flying Away
2. Ian Thomas – A Young Man’s Blues
3. Mason Jennings – The Flood
4. RJD2 – Deadringer
5. Blind Pilot – 3 Rounds and a Sound
6. Langhorne Slim – Langhorne Slim
7. Mason Jennings – Use Your Voice
8. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
9. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
10. The Dodos – Visiter

Todd

1. Decapitated – Carnival is Forever
2. Destruction – Day of Reckoning
3. Abysmal Dawn – Leveling the Plane of Existence
4. Animals as Leaders – Weightless
5. Deicide – To Hell with God
6. Iced Earth – Dystopia
7. Symphony X – Iconoclast
8. Spearhead – Theomachia
9. Technical Itch – Digitally Ascended vol 2
10. Sasha – Never Say Never