Here are my favorite albums from the past year. Favorite doesn’t always necessarily mean “best” or most well-written based on the opinions of music critics. These are just the ones I particularly liked the most in 2011. These are the albums that will always remind me of this year and where I was and who I was with during it.
1. Fireworks - Gospel
2. I Am the Avalanche - Avalanche United
3. Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain In the Cloud
4. Saves the Day - Daybreak
5. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?
6. Funeral Party - Golden Age of Knowhere
7. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
8. New Found Glory - Radiosurgery
9. The Horrible Crowes - Elsie
10. Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song
It was a good year for music, but I have a feeling 2011 is going to be even better. Either way, here are my top 10 favorite albums of 2010.
1. AM Taxi - We Don’t Stand a Chance
2. The Young Veins - Take a Vacation!
3. Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You?
4. A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex?
5. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life
6. Four Year Strong - Enemy of the World
7. You, Me, and Everyone We Know - Some Things Don’t Wash Out
8. Valencia - Dancing With a Ghost
9. Foxy Shazam - Foxy Shazam
10. Weezer - Hurley
