Thanks for all of you who participated this year. I got about 70 people to participate, which is an increase from last year. Sorry that it took so long to tally the votes. For the most part, the results are almost indentical to my taste. That makes sense. There are a few new albums here and there which is always good to see.
So here we go. Here were your favorite albums of the year:
1. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 266 pts, 39 votes, 6 #1’s
2. The National – High Violet 198 pts, 10 #1’s 28 votes
3. Vampire Weekend – Contra 133 pts, 21 votes, 3 #1’s
4. Beach House: Teen Dream 128 pts, 22 votes, 4 #1’s
5. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening 116 pts, 23 votes, 2 #10s
6. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 109 pts, 15 votes, 3 #1’s
7. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz 108 pts, 13 votes, 4 #1’s
8. The Morning Benders – Big Echo – 93 pts, 13 votes, 2 #1’s
9. The Black Keys – Brothers 70 pts , 14 votes, 1 #1
10. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest 68 pts, 15 votes, 1 #1
11. Sleigh Bells – Treats – 62, 12 votes, 1 #1
12. The Walkmen: Lisbon 51 pts, 9 votes
13. Foals – Total Life Forever 48 points, 11 votes, 2 #1’s
14. Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History 46, 8 votes
15. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach 43, 9 votes
16. Yeasayer – Odd Blood 39 pts, 7 votes
17. Best Coast – Crazy For You 37 pts, 6 votes, 1 #1
18. Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record 37, 5 votes
19. Los Campesinos! – Romance is Boring 35, 5 votes
20. Jónsi – Go 30, 6 votes
21. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor – 29, 6 votes
22. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More 29, 6 votes
23. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor – 29, 5 votes
24. Band Of Horses .Infinite Arms 25, 5 votes
25. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles II 25, 4 votes
26. The Tallest Man on Earth- The Wild Hunt 24, 4 votes
27. Janelle Monae: The ArchAndroid 24, 3 votes, 2 #1’s
28. The Radio Dept. – Clinging To A Scheme 23, 3 votes
29. The Drums – The Drums 22, 6 votes
30. Girls – Broken Dreams Club (EP) 22, 3 votes
31. Broken Bells – Broken Bells 21, 5 votes
32. Surfer Blood – Astrocost 21, 4 votes
33. Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse – Dark Night of the Soul 21, 3 votes, 1 #1
34. Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks 21, 3 votes
35. Robyn – Body Talk 20, 5 votes
36. Twin Shadow – Forget 20, 3 votes
37. The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang 20, 3 votes
38. Wolf Parade- Expo 86 – 19, 4 votes
39. MGMT – Congratulations 19, 4 votes
40. Owen Pallett – Heartland 17, 3 votes
I didn’t do top songs because there were simply too many different song selections. Don’t know what I was thinking when I asked that. Thanks for sending them, though. It was awesome to see everyone’s picks.
Here is my list, if you somehow missed out.
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