The Best Albums of 2011
1. Destroyer – Kaputt
2. Fallujah – The Harvest Wombs
3. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
4. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
5. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
6. Autopsy – Macabre Eternal
7. Mastodon – The Hunter
8. Grouper – A I A
9. Esoteric – Paragon of Dissonance
10. Wormrot – Dirge
11. Arch/Matheos – Sympathetic Resonance
12. Opeth – Heritage
13. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
14. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
15. A Winged Victory for the Sullen – A Winged Victory for the Sullen
16. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
17. Paul Wardingham – Assimilate Regenerate
18. Josh T Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen
19. Moonsorrow – Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa
20. The Psychic Paramount – II
21. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
22. Danny Brown – XXX
23. Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
24. The Antlers – Burst Apart
25. Washed Out – Within and Without
Guest List: The Best Albums of 2011 – John Macintosh
1. Destroyer – Kaputt
2. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
3. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
4. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
5. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
6. Atlas Sound – Parallax
7. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
8. Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place
9. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
10. Panda Bear – Tomboy
11. Cass McCombs – Wit’s End
12. Clams Casino – Instrumentals
13. Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise
14. Burial – Street Halo
15. The Field – Looping State of Mind
16. ASAP Rocky – LiveLoveA$AP
17. James Blake – James Blake
18. Washed Out – Within and Without
19. Elite Gymnastics – RUIN
20. araabMUZIK – Electronic Dream
21. Real Estate – Days
22. The Weeknd – House of Balloons
23. John Maus – We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
24. Sepalcure – Sepalcure
25. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l
26. Yuck – Yuck
27. Radiohead – King Of Limbs
28. Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
29. Secret Cities – Strange Hearts
30. Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
The Best Albums of 1961
1. Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers
2. Bill Evans – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
3. Bill Evans – Waltz for Debby
4. Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth
5. John Coltrane – Olé Coltrane
6. Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
7. Patsy Cline – Showcase
8. Ornette Coleman – Free Jazz
9. Stan Getz – Focus
10. Bobby Bland – Two Steps From the Blues
11. John Coltrane – Africa/Brass
12. João Gilberto – João Gilberto
13. Eric Dolphy – At the Five Spot
14. Nina Simone – Nina Simone at Newport
15. George Russell – Ezz-thetics
16. Grant Green – Grantstand
17. Hank Mobley – Roll Call
18. Cecil Taylor – The World of Cecil Taylor
19. Lee Konitz – Motion
20. Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
21. Milt Jackson & John Coltrane – Bags & Trane
22. Ella Fitzgerald – Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
23. Miles Davis – Steamin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet
24. Ray Charles – The Genius Sings the Blues
25. Freddie Hubbard – Ready for Freddie
The Best Albums of 1960
1. Charles Mingus – Blues & Roots
2. Eric Dolphy – Out There
3. John Coltrane – Giant Steps
4. Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters at Newport 1960
5. Bill Evans – Portrait in Jazz
6. Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontakte
7. Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
8. Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden – Blues & Ballads
9. Tina Brooks – True Blue
10. Bobby Timmons – This Here is Bobby Timmons
11. Ornette Coleman – Change of the Century
12. Hank Mobley – Soul Station
13. Ella Fitzgerald – Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
14. Yusef Lateef – The Centaur and the Phoenix
15. Art Blakey – The Big Beat
16. Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain
17. Duke Ellington – Blues in Orbit
18. Ella Fitzgerald – Let No Man Write My Epitaph
19. Etta James – At Last!
20. Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
21. Joan Baez – Joan Baez
22. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger
23. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ and the Blues
24. Duke Jordan – Flight to Jordan
25. Stanley Turrentine – Look Out!
Guest List: The Best Albums of 2010 – John Macintosh
1. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
2. Beach House – Teen Dream
3. Twin Shadow – Forget
4. The National – High Violet
5. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
6. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz / All Delighted People EP
7. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
8. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
9. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
10. Girls – Broken Dreams Club
11. How To Dress Well – Love Remains
12. Matthew Dear – Black City
13. The Walkmen – Lisbon
14. No Age – Everything in Between
15. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles (II)
16. Caribou – Swim
17. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
18. The Morning Benders – Big Echo
19. Pantha du Prince – Black Noise
20. Four Tet – There Is Love in You
21. Spoon – Transference
22. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
23. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Part 2
24. Magic Man – Real Live Color
25. Liars – Sisterworld