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. MoonsorrowVarjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa


20. The Psychic Paramount – II


21. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two


22. Danny BrownXXX


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 NeverReplica

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 RockyLiveLoveA$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 JohnsonKing of the Delta Blues Singers


2. Bill EvansSunday at the Village Vanguard


3. Bill EvansWaltz for Debby


4. Oliver NelsonThe Blues and the Abstract Truth


5. John ColtraneOlΓ© Coltrane


6. Max RoachWe Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite


7. Patsy ClineShowcase


8. Ornette ColemanFree Jazz


9. Stan GetzFocus


10. Bobby BlandTwo Steps From the Blues


11. John ColtraneAfrica/Brass


12. JoΓ£o GilbertoJoΓ£o Gilberto


13. Eric DolphyAt the Five Spot


14. Nina SimoneNina Simone at Newport


15. George RussellEzz-thetics


16. Grant GreenGrantstand


17. Hank MobleyRoll Call


18. Cecil TaylorThe World of Cecil Taylor


19. Lee KonitzMotion


20. Charles MingusPresents Charles Mingus


21. Milt Jackson & John ColtraneBags & Trane


22. Ella FitzgeraldClap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!


23. Miles DavisSteamin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet


24. Ray CharlesThe Genius Sings the Blues


25. Freddie HubbardReady for Freddie

The Best Albums of 1960


1. Charles MingusBlues & Roots


2. Eric DolphyOut There


3. John ColtraneGiant Steps


4. Muddy WatersMuddy Waters at Newport 1960


5. Bill EvansPortrait in Jazz


6. Karlheinz StockhausenKontakte


7. Thelonious MonkThelonious Alone in San Francisco


8. Lonnie Johnson & Elmer SnowdenBlues & Ballads


9. Tina BrooksTrue Blue


10. Bobby TimmonsThis Here is Bobby Timmons


11. Ornette ColemanChange of the Century


12. Hank MobleySoul Station


13. Ella FitzgeraldElla in Berlin: Mack the Knife


14. Yusef LateefThe Centaur and the Phoenix


15. Art BlakeyThe Big Beat


16. Miles DavisSketches of Spain


17. Duke EllingtonBlues in Orbit


18. Ella FitzgeraldLet No Man Write My Epitaph


19. Etta JamesAt Last!


20. Wes MontgomeryThe Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery


21. Joan BaezJoan Baez


22. Bo DiddleyBo Diddley is a Gunslinger


23. Lightnin’ HopkinsLightnin’ and the Blues


24. Duke JordanFlight to Jordan


25. Stanley TurrentineLook 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 WalkmenLisbon

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. SpoonTransference

22. Janelle MonΓ‘eThe ArchAndroid

23. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Part 2

24. Magic Man – Real Live Color

25. LiarsSisterworld