Rumer and The War On Drugs – best of 2011

Here, for those of you of a trainspottery persuasion, are my 40 favourite albums of 2011. Plus, as a bonus, one of two tracks from an underpublicised limited edition Christmas single by Rumer. This is a Gilbert O’Sullivan song, which always sounded rather mawkish in his version, but she respects the innocence of the lyric and adds some romance. Rather special. Oh, and a track from The War On Drugs, who would have made it onto my best of year comp, only I didn’t get the album until December 23rd. Fantastic stuff.

Rumer – We Will

The War On Drugs – Brothers

1. PAUL SIMON – So Beautiful Or So What
2. THE ARCTIC MONKEYS – Suck It And See
3. THE WAR ON DRUGS – Slave Ambient
4. GILLIAN WELCH – The Harrow & The Harvest
5. PJ HARVEY – Let England Shake
6. FOSTER THE PEOPLE – Torches
7. WILCO – THE WHOLE LOVE
8. FLEET FOXES – Helplessness Blues
9. BON IVER
10. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE – Sky Full Of Holes
11. TINARIWEN – Tassili
12. BJORK – Biophilia
13. DRIVE BY TRUCKERS – Go Go Boots
14. LAURA MARLING – A Creature I Don’t Know
15. CORNERSHOP – Cornershop & The Double ‘o’ Groove Of
16. GLEN CAMPBELL – Ghost On The Canvas
17. TOM WAITS – Bad As Me
18. J MASCIS – Several Shades Of Why
19. RYAN ADAMS – Ashes & Fire
20. JACKIE LEVEN – Wayside Shrines
21. JAMES BLAKE
22. R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now
23. THE PIERCES – You And I
24. ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER – Last Summer
25. ANNA CALVI
26. RY COODER – Pull Up Some Dirt & Sit Down
27. BONNY PRINCE BILLY – Wolfroy Goes To Town
28. BEIRUT – The Rip Tide
29. JONATHAN WILSON – Gentle Spirit
30. JAY-Z & KANYE WEST – Watch The Throne
31. PANDA BEAR – Tomboy
32. LUKE HAINES – Nine and a Half Psychedelic Meditations etc
33. JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN – The Deep Field
34. THEA GILMORE & SANDY DENNY – Don’t Stop Singing
35. BRIAN ENO – Drums Between The Bells
36. KD LANG & The Siss Boom Band – Sing It Loud
37. KURT VILE – Smoke Ring For My Halo
38. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER – Replica
39. GRUFF RHYS – Hotel Shampoo
40. SHELBY LYNNE- Revelation Road