50 Iceage – New Brigade
49 The Antlers – Burst Apart
48 Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire
47 True Widow – As High as the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
46 Beirut – Rip Tide
45 Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges
44 Marius Neset – Golden Xplosion
43 Machine Head – Unto the Locust
42 Nils Frahm – Felt
41 Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
40 Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo
39 The Streets – Computers and Blues
38 Nicola Roberts – Cinderella's Eyes
37 Kanye West/Jay-Z – Watch the Throne
36 Pistol Annies – Hell on Heels
35 Cats Eyes – Cats Eyes
34 Jamie Woon – Mirrorwriting
33 Destroyer – Kaputt
32 Lykke Li – Wounded Rymes
31 Lady Gaga – Born This Way
30 Gil Scott-Heron/Jamie XX – We're New Here
29 Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
28 Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit
27 Radiohead – The King of Limbs
26 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
25 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
24 Feist – Metals
23 Laura Marling – A Creature I Don't Know
22 Noah and the Whale – Last Night on Earth
21 Gillian Welch – The Harrow & the Harvest
20 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
19 Drake – Take Care
18 St Vincent – Strange Mercy
17 Björk – Biophilia
16 The Horrors – Skying
15 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
14 Tom Waits – Bad as Me
13 King Creosote and John Hopkins – Diamond Mine
12 Wild Beasts – Smother
11 White Denim – D
Actually, 10-1 will be unveiled one album a day beginning on Monday, ending on Friday the 16th, according to the Guardian website. Not sure what the point of these gradual rollouts is, especially one as drawn-out as this (especially since most of the top 10 picks are probably pretty obvious at this point).
If I post another update over the weekend (again, as opposed to The Weeknd), it's going to include #'s 6-50 from this list, because for them to stretch out the reveal like this is ridiculous and the top 5 is unlikely to contain any surprises.
The best songs of 2011 - Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/dec/19/best-songs-2011
1 Lana Del Rey – Video Games
2 Azealia Banks – 212
3 Tyler, the Creator – Yonkers
4 Joe Goddard – Gabriel ft Valentina
5 Frank Ocean – Swim Good
6 Nicki Minaj – Super Bass
7 Beyoncé – Countdown
8 Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx Remix)
9 Rihanna – We Found Love
10 A$AP Rocky – Peso
11 Tune-Yards – Bizness
12 PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
13 St Vincent – Surgeon
14 Nicola Roberts – Dance to the Beat of My Drum
15 Battles – Ice Cream
16 Gang Gang Dance – Glass Jar
17 Michael Kiwanuka – I'm Getting Ready
18 Lady Gaga – Born This Way
19 Anna Calvi – Blackout
20 Cults – Go Outside
21 Wilco – One Sunday Morning
22 Junior Boys – Banana Ripple
23 Lykke Li – Sadness Is a Blessing
24 Drake ft Rihanna – Take Care
25 Metronomy – The Look
26 Willy Moon – I Wanna Be Your Man
27 Rustie – Ultra Thizz
28 James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
29 The Horrors – Still Life
30 Beyoncé – 1+1
31 Jamie xx and Gil Scott Heron – I'm New Here
32 lll Blu – Meltdown
33 Cloud Nothings – Heartbeat
34 Maria Minerva – A Little Lonely
35 Machine Head – Darkness Within
36 Diddy Dirty Money – Coming Home
37 June Tabor & Oysterband – Fountains Flowing
38 Radiohead – Morning Mr Magpie
39 Canibus – Brainwash Reversal Remix
40 King Krule – Bleak Bake