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List Roundup: The Best Music of 2011

Posted at 11:09 AM on December 7, 2011 by The Current
Filed under: Music News


Ah, list season! Just like Christmas decorations on display during Halloween, best-of music lists have been creeping up earlier and earlier. We saw some blogs had already posted reviews in June this year. Granted, they were mid-year compilations, but a careful eye would see that many of the albums that people thought were the best by this summer ended up not making the cut by December. Publications are trying to beat each other to the punch in order to definitively predict the cream of the crop.


Probably the top 4 most comment-inspiring year-end music lists come from NPR, Stereogum, Paste, and Pitchfork (although the latter hasn't appeared on the web yet, they have posted the worst album covers of 2011 just for kicks). You can read as many lists as you want, but more often than not, you may be scratching your head and thinking, "What is that album they're talking about?"


So make your own rules. The Current's Top 89 of 2011 is live and we want you to help us compile the best albums of the year. Don't hesitate - your ballot is important. The longer you wait to cast those votes, you may just end up forgetting about it. And no one wants to hear a Top 89 countdown they didn't participate in, right?


Here's the ballot. Tell us what you think and feel free to open up a dialogue in the comments below.


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