I still believe that you need 2 years to fully evaluate the music of the year, but I would feel remiss if I did not at least offer my guesses at the top albums.   I am highly confident the final list will be different than this, but these 10 albums are still very good.

Here are my guesses for the top albums of 2011:

1. Damian Jurado Live at Landlocked (Secretly Canadian) – 9.824

2. Dark Mean’s Self Titled (Bandcamp) – 9.792

3. The Dodos’ No Color (Frenchkiss) – 9.695

4. P.S. Eliot’s Sadie (Salinas) – 9.474

5. Front Bottoms’ Self Titled (Bar/None) – 9.464

6. Cloud Nothings’ Self Titled (Carpark) – 9.254

7. Mixtapes’ Hope is for People (Animal Style) – 9.236

8.  The Wooden Birds’ Two Matchsticks (Barsuk) – 9.148

9. Fionn Reagan’s 100 Acres of Sycamore (Heavenly) – 8.848

10.  The Rural Alberta Advantage’s Departing (Saddle Creek) – 8.680