Favourite Music of 2011

Top 10 Albums for 2011

Doc Walker – 16&1
Eric Church – Chief
Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What
The Answer – Revival
Clare Maguire – Light after Dark
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Rival Sons – Pressure & Time
Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues
The View – Bread and Circuses
Chickenfoot – III

The next Top 30 favourites from 2011 (in alphabetical order)

Adele – 21
Agnes Obel – Philharmonics
Asa – Beautiful Imperfection
Barenaked Ladies – Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before
Beady Eyes – Different Gear, Still Speeding
Beth Ditto – Beth Ditto EP
Bryan Adams – Bare Bones
Brad Paisley – This is Country Music
Christa Hughes & The Honky Tonk Shonks – Shonky
Elixir – First Seed Ripening
Ely Young Band – Life at Best
Gotye – Making Mirrors
James Blundell – Woolshed Creek
James Morrison – The Awakening
Jehro – Cantina Paradise
JJ Cale – The Silvertone Years
Jessie J – Who You Are
Katy B – On A Mission
Lenka – 2
Matt Dusk – Good News
Neil Diamond – The Bang Years
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Self-titled
Rumer – Seasons of My Soul

Shane Nicholson – Bad Machines
Songs of Anarchy – Soundtrack to Sons of Anarchy
The Cars – Move Like This
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – How I Go
The Unthanks – Last
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues – Live from the Lincoln Jazz Centre
ZZ Top – A Tribute From Friends

Old friends fondly rediscovered:

King Swamp – King Swamp (1989)

October Project – October Project (1993)

The Rolling Stones – Some Girls (remastered, 1978)