Top 10 Albums of 2011 for your Thanksgiving weekend enjoyment.
Below are all the albums that were listed as #1 in random order so you can see a compilation of the best of the best!
Many of these bands have performed at the station this year or have been featured on KCRW’s Music Blog– click on their names to find performances and more in the archives.
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KCRW DJs Top Ranked Albums of 2011
TV On The Radio – Nine Types of Light (Interscope)
Gretchen Parlato – The Lost and Found (Obliqsound)
Little Dragon – Ritual Union (Peacefrog)
Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi (Domino)
Hollie Cook – Hollie Cook (Mr. Bongo)
Chapel Club – Palace (Polydor)
Decemberists -The King Is Dead (Capitol)
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Vagrant)
The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh (Nonesuch)
Wild Flag – Wild Flag (Merge Records)
The Weeknd – House of Balloons (Self Release)
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne (Roc-A-Fella)
SBTRKT – SBTRKT (Young TurksXL)
Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise (Circus Company)
Lykke – Li Wounded Rhymes (LLC Recordings)
Christian McBride – Conversations With Christian (Mack Avenue)
Various Artists – Soul Clap: Social Experiment 002 (No. 19 Music)