Here it is. The Moment I’ve been waiting for. That’s right. If I missed someone or something . The top 150 tracks of 2011 starting from the bottom and moving up. If I did 151 I’m sure Adele would have made another, but I did 150 so sorry Adele. I’ll try to add links as time goes on so you can listen to the tracks and feel good about yourself. Without any further adieu, here is the list which was extremely difficult to do. Took me many hours to come up with it. It is setup as follow: “Track Name” by Artist Name – Album.
150: “This Island” by Destry – Waiting on an Island [link]
149: “Wise Man And his Words” by Wiley – 100% Publishing [link]
148: “Turning Tables” by Adele – 21 [link]
147: “Kids Hanging Out” by The Parson Red Heads – Yearling [link]
146: “Lose It” by Austra – Feel It Break [link]
145: “In Every Direction” by Junip – In Every Direction EP [link]
144: “GB City” by Bass Drum of Death – GB City [link]
143: “Pharoahs” by SBTRKT – SBTRKT [link]
142: “Civilian” by Wye Oak – Civilian [link]
141: “One Whole Year” by Bombadil – All That The Rain Promises [link]
140: “The Coming Days” by Hello Echo – Hello [link]
139: “Ritual Union” by Little Dragon – Ritual Union [link]
138: “Circuital” by My Morning Jacket – Circuital [link]
137: “Houdini” by Foster the People – Torches [link]
136: “This Is what I Said” by Cloud Control – Bliss Release [link]
135: “Simple Math” by Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math [link]
134: “Stranger In a Strange Land” by Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing [link]
133: “Model Son” by The Heavenly State – Oui Camera Oui [link]
132: “Taiga” by Lukestar – Taiga [link]
131: “Sara” by Chad VanGaalen – Diaper Island [link]
130: “Toupee” by Customs – Harlequins of Love [link]
129: “Balance” by Future Islands – On The Water [link]
128: “Give Love a Try” by Sunbears – You Will Live Forever [link]
127: “St Croix” by Family of the Year – St. Croix [link]
126: “Loosie” by Danny Brown & Black Milk – Black & Brown [explicit] [link]
125: “Jam for Jerry” by Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost! [link]
124: “Nothing But Our Love” by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – It’s a Corporate World [link]
123: “Bitter Heart” by Mason Jennings – Minnesota [link]
122: “Your Escape, My Guiltiness” by The Last Morning Soundtrack – A Distance. A Lack. [link]
121: “Shangri-La” by YACHT – Shangri-La [link]
120: “Backwards Time” by Here We Go Magic – January EP [link]
119: “Believer” by John Maus – We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves [link]
118: “Eyes the Same” by Morning Teleportation – Expanding Anyway [link]
117: “Montana” by Youth Langoon – The Year of Hibernation [link]
116: “Yours Forever” by The Generationals – Actor-Caster [link]
115: “Paradise Mountain” by Jenn Grant – Honeymoon Punch [link]
114: “Set my World On Fire” by The Feeling – Together we Were Made [link]
113: “East Harlem” by Beirut – The Rip Tide [link]
112: “Pearls” by Surrogate – Diamonds and Pearls [link]
111: “Shell Suite” by Chad Valley – Equatorial Ultravox [link]
110: “252” by Gem Club – Breaker [link]
109: “All is Well (Goodbye, Goodbye)” by Radical Face – The Bastards: Volume One [link]
108: “Shake if Off (The Beat Goes On)” by The Medics – Dance into the Dark [link]
107: “Go Alien” by Oh No! Yoko – Pau Pau [link]
106: “Corner” by Allie Moss – Late Bloomer [link]
105: “Contact High” by Architecture in Helsinki – Moment Bends [link]
104: “Repatriated” by Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital [link]
103: “Dark Sea” by Husky – Forever So [link]
102: “Little Black Submarines” by The Black Keys – El Camino [link]
101: “Lines” by Said the Whale – New Brighton EP [link]
TOP 100!!!!
100: “Perth” by Bon Iver – Bon Iver [link]
99: “Aroused” by Tom Vek – Leisure Seizure [link]
98: “Dig Down Deep” by Vandaveer – Dig Down Deep [link]
97: “Swerve the Reeping of All that is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding)” by Shabazz Palace – Black Up [link]
96: “In the Way” by Penguin Prison – Penguin Prison [link]
95: “Little By Little” by Radiohead – The King of Limbs [link]
94: “The Whistle Song” by Chiddy Bang – Peanut Butter and Swelly [link]
93: “Peter Pan” by Jinja Safari – Locked by Land [link]
92: “Black Leaf” by The Cave Singers – No Witch [link]
91: “No Light, No Light” by Florence + the Machine – Ceremonials [link]
90: “Night School” by Coastal Cities – Think Tank EP [link]
89: “Sleeping Moon” by Wes Swing – Through a Fogged Glass [link]
88: “The Only One” by Me and My Army – Thank God for Sending Demons [link]
87: “Months” by The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy [link]
86: “Berlin” by Is Tropical – Native To [link]
85: “Business Casual” by Monarchs – The Rise and Fall [link]
84: “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal [link]
83: “Decimate Everything” by Born Gold – Bodysongs [link]
82: “When the Thames Froze” by Smith and Burrows – Funny Looking Angels [link]
81: “Wait in the Dark” by Memory Tapes – Player Piano [link]
80: “Don’t Carry It All” by The Decemberists – The King is Dead [link]
79: “Come Down” by Team Me – Team Me [link]
78: “Wait and See” by Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost! [link]
77: “Corner an Owl in an Alcove” by Umpire – Now We’re Active [Explicit] [link]
76: “Tangled Up in Love” by The Rifles – Freedom Run [link]
75: “Bugs” by O’Death – Outside [link]
74: “Make Some Noise” by The Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 [link]
73: “Goshen” by Beirut – The Rip Tide [link]
72: “Ni**as In Paris” by Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne [Explicit] [link]
71: “Bloom (Objekt Remix)” by Radiohead – TKOL RMX 1234567 [link]
70: “The White of Noon” by Starfucker – Reptilians [link]
69: “Tiger Blood” by The Vaccines – Wetsuit/Tigerblood (Single) [link]
68: “An Ugly Person on a Movie Screen” by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. [link]
67: “Guide to an Escape” by Rue Royale – Guide to an Escape [link]
66: “Flying Canoes” by Lukestar – Taiga [link]
65: “The Bay” by Metronomy – The English Riviera [link]
64: “House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls” by The Weeknd – House of Balloons [link]
63: “Sunday” by The View – Cutting Corners [link]
62: “Colours” by Grouplove – Never Trust a Happy Song [link]
61: “Wonders” by The Sound of Arrows – Voyage [link]
60: “Breakers” by Gem Club – Breakers [link]
59: “Mary” by Sparkadia – The Great Impression [link]
58: “A Heart Like Yours (In a Time Like This)” by Deportees – Islands and Shores [link]
57: “Eyes Be Closed” by Washed Out – Eyes Be Closed [link]
56: “Act Yr Age” by Bluejuice – Company [link]
55: “Bicycle Theme” by Simian Ghost – Lovelorn [link]
54: “True Loves” by Hooray For Earth – True Loves [link]
53: “Ghetto Dreams (Feat. Nas)” By Common – The Dreamer The Believer [Explicit] [link]
52: “If You Wanna” by The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? [link]
51: “Full Metal Whacket” by Young Buffalo – Young Von Prettylips EP [link]
TOP 50!!!!
50: “Somebody That I Used to Know (Feat. Kimbra)” by Gotye – Making Mirrors [link]
49: “Lonely Boy” by The Black Keys – El Camino [link]
48: “Junk of the Heart (Happy)” by The Kooks – Junk of the Heart [link]
47: “So It Goes” by Akron/Family – The Cosmic Birth & Journey of Shinju TNT [link]
46: “Bizness” by tUnE-yArDs – W H O K I L L [link]
45: “Youth” by Daughter – The Wild Youth EP [link]
44: “Yonkers” by Tyler, The Creator – Goblin [Explicit] [link]
43: “Jesus Fever” by Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo [link]
42: “Do You Remember” by Ane Brun – It All Starts With One [link]
41: “By Your Hand” by Los Campesinos! – Hello Sadness [link]
40: “New Beat” by Toro Y Moi – Underneath the Pine [link]
39: “Shuffle” by Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix [link]
38: “Two Cousins” by Slow Club – Paradise [link]
37: “Climbing Walls” Strange Talk – Strange Talk EP [link]
36: “Stay Gone” by Tyler Ramsey – The Valley Wind [link]
35: “Evil Twin” by Modeselektor – Monkeytown [link]
34: “Dirty Thing” by Telekinesis – 12 Desperate Straight Lines [link]
33: “Stakes Is High” by AMerigo Gazaway – Fela Soul [link]
32: “Take Me Over” by Cut Copy – Zonoscope [link]
31: “Tongue Tied” by Grouplove – Never Trust A Happy Song [link]
30: “Albatross” by Wild Beasts – Smother [link]
29: “Riddles in Rhymes” by Treefight For Sunlight – A Collection of Vibrations for Your Skull [link]
28: “Feathers (Don’t Change on Me)” by Absofacto – Sinking Islands [link]
27: “1996” by The Wombats – This Modern Glitch [link]
26: “No Nostalgia” by AgesandAges – Alright You Restless [link]
OK HERE WE ARE AT MY TOP 25 SONGS OF 2011. CAPLOCK OFF!!!
25: “Drug” by White Denim – D [link]
24: “Up Up Up” by Givers – In Light [link]
23: “The Greeks” by Is Tropical – Native To [link]
22: “Falls” by The Cave Singers – No Witch [link]
21: “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.” by Noah & the Whale – Last Night on Earth [link]
20: “Playing House (Feat. How To Dress Well)” by Active Child – You Are All I See [link]
19: “The Second Track” by People Under the Stairs – Highlighter [link]
18: “Gold Canary” by Cloud Control – Bliss Release [link]
17: “Broken Hearts” by Summer Heart – Never Let Me Go [link]
16: “Money” by The Drums – Portamento [link]
15: “Wetsuit” by The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From the Vaccines [link]
14: “The Wilhelm Scream” by James Blake – James Blake [link]
13: “January Hymn” by The Decemberists – The King Is Dead [link]
12: “Escapee” by Architecture In Helsinki – Moment Bends [link]
11: “Swimsuit” by Oregon Bike Trails – Swimsuit (Single) [link]
OK TOP TEN RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW AND THEY ARE………..
10: “Holocene” by Bon Iver – Bon Iver [link]
9: “Gorbachev” by 41st and Home – Raised By Wolves [link]
8: “Add Ends” by When Saints Go Machine – Konkylie [link]
7: “Facing the Sun” by Treefight for Sunlight – A Collection of Vibrations for Your Skull [link]
6: “Sister Wife” by Alex Winston – Sister Wife [link]
5: “Midnight City” by M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming [link]
4: “It’s Real” by Real Estate – Days [link]
3: “Battery Kenzie” by Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues [link]
2: “Amor Fati” by Washed Out – Within and Without [link]
AND THE NUMBER ONE SONG IS…………..
1: “Hanging On” by Active Child – You Are All I See [link]
This was a hard decision because I love all these songs! Honestly in another mood I would have picked something else but this song stands out to me the most. Sorry for the lack of Hip Hop/Rap, Country and Electronic music. I am not sorry for the lack of Pop Songs! 2012 is looking awesome. I’m Excited!!