30 - Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
29 - Adams, Ryan - Ashes & Fire
28 - TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
27 - Wilco - The Whole Love
26 - Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some
25 - Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
24 - Destroyer - Kaputt
23 - Li, Lykke - Wounded Rhymes
22 - Wild Flag - Wild Flag
21 - Antlers, The - Burst Apart
20 - Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
19 - Waits, Tom - Bad as Me
18 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band - American Legacies
17 - Saadiq, Raphael - Stone Rollin'
16 - Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
15 - Yuck - Yuck
14 - Blake, James - James Blake
13 - Decemberists, The - The King is Dead
12 - Adele - 21
11 - Vile, Kurt - Smoke Ring for My Halo
10 - Radiohead - The King of Limbs
9 - Welch, Gillian - The Harrow and the Harvest
8 - Harvey, PJ - Let England Shake
7 - St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
6 - Weeknd, The - House of Balloons
5 - M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
4 - tUnE-yArDs - WhoKill
3 - Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
2 - Bon Iver - Bon Iver
1 - Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

The Worst Albums Of 2011

20 - She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas
19 - The Human League - Credo
18 - Cage the Elephant - Thank You, Happy Birthday
17 - Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
16 - Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers
15 - Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death - Some of Us Are in This Together
14 - Tori Amos - Night of Hunters
13 - Foreigner - Feels Like the First Time
12 - Spank Rock - Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar
11 - Nickelback - Here and Now
10 - Owl City - All Things Bright and Beautiful
9 - LMFAO - Sorry for Party Rocking
8 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - I’m with You
7 - Lady Gaga - Born This Way
6 - Morbid Angel - Ilud Divinum Insanus
5 - Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
4 - Tyler, The Creator - Goblin
3 - Lupe Fiasco - Lasers
2 - Chris Brown - F.A.M.E.
1 - Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu

9 of these 20 are on the EOY spreadsheet. Yes, even Lulu.

It's fascinating to me that all year long - unless I just wasn't reading the right things - whenever the Odd Future collective was discussed and debated, Tyler and Goblin were the focal point. It was one of the most talked-about albums of the year, and I figured that it would show up on a lot of EOY lists. It's been on a few, but as it turns out it's fellow OF member Frank Ocean who's been killing it. I actually had never heard a thing about Nostalgia, Ultra until it started popping up on all these lists; I downloaded it over the weekend, and it's quite fantastic (even though one of its signature tracks, "American Wedding," doesn't -sample- "Hotel California," it just has Ocean singing new words over the entire original track, guitar solos and all, which is a little weird).