NPR MUSIC'S 100 FAVORITE SONGS OF 2011
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/14/143580858/npr-musics-100-favorite-songs-of-2011?ps=mh_fs1
10/10 Ensemble - Fiji
Adele - Someone Like You
Alabama Shakes - Hold On
Anthony Hamilton - Mad
Azealia Banks - 212
Battles - Ice Cream (feat. Matias Aguayo)
Beyonce - Countdown
Big Freedia - Azz Everywhere
Bill McHenry - La Fuerza
Bingo Players - Cry (Just A Little) (Olav Basoski Remix)
Bjork - Virus
Blawan - Getting Me Down
Bon Iver - Calgary
Cass McCombs - County Line
Caveman - Old Friend
Chris Brown - Look At Me Now (feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne)
Chris Thile & Michael Daves - Sleep With One Eye Open
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Same Mistake
Cults - Abducted
Danny Brown - Scrap Or Die
Darkest Era - An Ancient Fire Burns
Das Racist - Michael Jackson
David Wax Museum - Born With A Broken Heart
The Decemberists - Down By The Water
Delicate Steve - Butterfly
Deniz Kurtel - The L Word
Drake - Take Care (feat. Rihanna)
E-40 - Beastin'
Eleanor Friedberger - My Mistakes
EMA - The Grey Ship
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Fokn Bois and Jumo Daddy - Lungulungu
Frank Ocean - Swim Good
Garland Jeffreys - Coney Island Winter
Gary Clark, Jr. - Bright Lights
Geko Jones - Pa'la Escuela Nene (feat. Maria Mulata)
Gem Club - Twins
Gillian Welch - Hard Times
Grouplove - Tongue-Tied
G-Side - Atmosphere (feat. PH)
Hammers of Misfortune - The Grain
I Wayne - Change Them Ways
Jacques Greene - Another Girl
James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream
James Farm - Polliwog
Jay-Z & Kanye West - That's My Bitch
JD Allen Trio - Mr. Steepy
Jean-Guihen Queyras - Cello Concerto in G minor
JEFF The Brotherhood - Bummer
Jill Scott - All Cried Out (feat. Doug E. Fresh)
Jonsi - Gathering Stories
The Joy Formidable - Whirring
Joyce DiDonato - D'amour l'ardente flame
Kate Bush - Misty
Katy B - Katy On A Mission
Kay Ara - Me Dough (feat. Lil Shaker and Yaa Pono)
Kes The Band - Wotless
Lady Gaga - Yoü & I
Lagartijeando - El Alto De La Paz
Laura Marling - The Beast
Lil B - I Seen That Light
Lil Wayne - 6 Foot 7 Foot (feat. Cory Gunz)
Lisa Hannigan - Home
Los Tigres - Jefe de Jefes
Low - Try To Sleep
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
M83 - Midnight City
Martina McBride - I'm Gonna Love You Through It
Midnite - Mongst I & I
Milagres - Halfway
Miranda Lambert - Mama's Broken Heart
The Mountain Goats - Estate Sale Sign
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Natacha Atlas - Batkallim (Bombay Dub Remix)
Nick Lowe - House For Sale
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
Nicolas Jaar - Keep Me There
Now Ensemble - Change
Panda Bear - You Can Count On Me
Paul Simon - Rewrite
Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus - Insomnio Mineral (Rondena)
Purity Ring - Ungirthed
Randy Montana - Burn These Matches
Raphael Saadiq - Heart Attack
Real Estate - It's Real
Rihanna - We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
SBTRKT - Wildfire (feat. Yukimi Nagano)
Seun Kuti - Rise
Simone Dinnerstein - Ich ruf zu dir
Smith Westerns - Weekend
St. Vincent - Cruel
Telebossa - Eu Sonhei Que Tu Estavas Tao Linda
Tinariwen - Tenere Taqqim Tossam
tUnE-yArDs - Bizness
Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers
The Weeknd - The Morning
Wilco - Art Of Almost
Wild Flag - Romance
Wye Oak - Civilian
Yuck - Rubber
NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2011
Recommended by NPR Music Staff
http://www.npr.org/series/142852713/50-favorite-albums-of-2011-from-npr-music
Adele, 21
Alexandre Tharaud, Scarlatti: Sonatas
Antlers, Burst Apart
Ashton Shepherd, Where Country Grows
Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal, Chamber Music
Beirut, The Rip Tide
Beyonce, 4
Bombino, Agadez
Bon Iver, Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Book Of Mormon, Cast Recording
Bright Eyes, The People's Key
Brooklyn Rider Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass
Captain Black Big Band, Captain Black Big Band
Civil Wars, Barton Hallow
Colin Stetson, New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges
Cormorant, Dwellings
Davila 666, Tan Bajo
Demdike Stare, Tryptych
Donnacha Dennehy, Gra Agus Bas
Ebene Quartet, Fiction
Eric Church, Chief
Frank Ocean, Nostalgia, Ultra
Fucked Up, David Comes To Life
Girl In A Coma, Exits And All The Rest
Glenn Jones, The Wanting
Gretchen Parlato, The Lost And Found
James Blake, James Blake
Joseph Calleja, The Maltese Tenor (Decca)
Julianna Barwick, The Magic Place
June Tabor, Ashore
Kendrick Lamar, Section.80
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine
La Vida Boheme, Nuestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony 2 (Mahler, Jurowski)
Los Rakas, Chancletas Y Camiseta Bordada
Miguel Zenon, Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
Radiohead, King Of Limbs
Roots, undun
Shabazz Palaces, Black Up
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol 2
St. Vincent, Strange Mercy
STS, The Illustrious
Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
Tom Waits, Bad As Me
Tommy Guerrero, Lifeboats & Follies
tUnE-yArDs, w h o k i l l
Wilco, The Whole Love
Wye Oak, Civilian