American Songwriter’s Top 50 Songs Of 2011
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1. Hayes Carll: “Another Like You”
2. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: “Codeine”
3. Iron & Wine: “Tree By the River”
4. Gillian Welch: “The Way It Goes”
5. Amanda Shires: “When You Need a Train It Never Comes”
6. Wilco: “I Might”
7. Adele: “Someone Like You”
8. Dawes: “If I Wanted Someone”
9. Tom Waits: “Chicago”
10. Drive-By Truckers: “Used to Be a Cop”
11. Jessica Lea Mayfield: “Trouble”
12. Fleet Foxes: “Grown Ocean”
13. Bon Iver: “Perth”
14. Decemberists: “Calamity Song”
15. Feist: “The Circle Married the Line”
16. Paul Simon: “Getting Ready for Christmas Day”
17. Radiohead: “Lotus Flower”
18. Bright Eyes: “Haile Selassie”
19. PJ Harvey: “The Words That Maketh Murder”
20. Lucinda Williams: “Sweet Love”
21. Miranda Lambert: “Fine Tune”
22. Abigail Washburn: “Burn Thru”
23. Robert Ellis: “Friends Like Those”
24. Bill Callahan: “Riding for the Feeling”
25. A.A. Bondy: “Surfer King”
26. Pieta Brown: “Mercury
27. The Felice Brothers: “River Jordan”
28. War on Drugs: “Baby Missiles”
29. Lana del Ray: “Video Games”
30. My Morning Jacket: “Victory Dance”
31. Laura Marling: “The Beast”
32. Steel Magnolia: “Bulletproof”
33. Lykke Li: “I Follow Rivers”
34. tUnE-yArDs: “My Country”
35. Matraca Berg: “You and Tequila”
36. Eleanor Friedberger: “My Mistakes”
37. Marissa Nadler: “Baby, I Will Leave You in the Morning”
38. Those Darlins: “Waste Away”
39. Destroyer: “Savage Night at the Opera”
40. Real Estate: “It’s Real”
41. Pistol Annies: “Trailer for Rent”
42. Florence + the Machine: “Shake It Out”
43. Cass McCombs: “County Line”
44. J Mascis: “Circle”
45. Jens Lekman: “Waiting for Kirsten”
46. Mekons: “I Fall Asleep”
47. Amy Lavere: “Damn Love Song”
48. The Ettes: “Excuse”
49. Anna Calvi: “Suzanne & I”
50. Smith Westerns: “All Die Young”

Albums :
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1. Wilco – The Whole Love
2. Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest
3. Adele – 21
4. Drive-By Truckers- Go-Go Boots
5. Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
6. Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO
7. Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
8. Pistol Annies – Hell on Heels
9. The Black Keys- El Camino
10. Feist – Metals
11. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
12. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Here We Rest
13. Lucinda Williams – Blessed
14. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
15. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
16. Miranda Lambert – Four The Record
17. Jessica Lea Mayfield – Tell Me
18. Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire
19. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
20. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
21. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
22. Bright Eyes – The People’s Key
23. The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
24. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
25. Sarah Jarosz – Follow Me Down
26. Pieta Brown – Mercury
27. Deer Tick – Divine Providence
28. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
29. AA Bondy – Believers
30. Felice Brothers – Celebration, Florida
31. Robert Ellis – Photographs
32. Decemberists - The King Is Dead
33. Honeyhoney – Billy Jack
34. Joe Henry – Reverie
35. KORT -Invariable Heartache
36. Old 97?s – The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2
37. Steve Earle – I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
38. Real Estate – Days
39. Those Darlins – Screws Get Loose
40. The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy
41. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
42. Noel Gallagher – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
43. Jonny Corndawg – Down On The Bikini Line
44. Tristen – Charlatans At The Garden Gate
45. JEFF The Brotherhood – We Are The Champions
46. Loney Dear – Hall Music
47. Caitlin Rose – Own Side Now
48. Abigail Washburn – City of Refuge
49. Beirut – The Rip Tide
50. Centro-matic – Candidate Waltz

Honorable Mentions
1. Middle Brother – Middle Brother
2. Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer
3. Smoke Fairies – Through Low Light And Trees
4. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
5. Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit
6. Eric Church- Chief
7. Vetiver – The Errant Charm
8. Chris Young – Neon
9. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
10. Okkervil River – I Am Very Far
11. Travis Meadows – Killin’ Uncle Buzzy
12. Lisa Hannigan- Passenger
13. Cass Mccombs – Wit’s End
14. Sarah Siskind – Novel
15. The Milk Carton Kids – Prologue
16. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
17. Warren Haynes – Man in Motion
18. Wild Flag – Wild Flag
19. Ben Sollee – Inclusions
20. Tyler Ramsey – Valley Wind