And here are my top 10 albums of 2011.  I checked around, and only a couple of them made any official top ten lists…but all those rankings are boo-zhee anyway and this is what you really should be listening to.  (Not really…this is just what I like…)

Numbers 50-31 here.
Numbers 30-11 here. 

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Numbers 50-31 here.

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These are mini-reviews of my favorite albums this year because I like sharing what music I’m currently digging.  I feel like a lot of End of the Year lists are too concerned with what was fresh even if it wasn’t that good (The Weeknd) and too cool to admit when an album was good in spite of the “artist” it came from (that Britney album was some quality dance music).  

So this is me, from cheesy pop to pretentious indie crap with some obvious picks and probably a few surprises.  It’s heavier on country than most lists (country is the biggest selling genre in the US…the fact that so many “cool” people ignore it is beyond me) and includes a lot of lightweight radio pop (just because the artist is manufactured doesn’t mean the producers didn’t create enjoyable music), but they’re ranked in order of greatness.  

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