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