Auditiest – Best of 2011 – The Results

There were 742 entries in this year’s poll, and 445 albums.
Top Ten

1	Fountains Of Wayne // Sky Full Of Holes
2	Mike Viola // Electro de Perfecto
3	Sloan // The Double Cross
4	The Decemberists // The King Is dead
5	Wilco // The Whole Love
6	The Nines // Polarities
7	The Red Button // As Far As Yesterday Goes
8	Tommy Keene // Behind The Parade
9	Pugwash // The Olympus Sound
10	The Wellingtons // In Transit

Best of the rest

11	Wiretree // Make Up
12	The Smithereens // 2011
13	Ryan Adams // Ashes & Fire
14	Glen Campbell // Ghost On The Canvas
15	Army Navy // The Last Place
15	Ron Sexsmith // Long Player Late Bloomer
17	David Mead // Dudes
18	Buffalo Tom // Skins
19	The Jayhawks // Mockingbird Time
20	Matthew Sweet // Modern Art
21	Fleet Foxes // Helplessness Blues
22	Foo Fighters // Wasting Light
23	Cut Copy // Zonoscope
24	Tally Hall // Good & Evil
25	Kurt Baker // Rockin’ For A Living
25	Lindsey Buckingham // Seeds We Sow
27	Feist // Metals
28	Butch Walker And The Black Widows // The Spade
28	The Bangles // Sweetheart Of The Sun
30	Able Archer // The Way Machines See Us
30	Meyerman // Who Do You Think You Are?
32	Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit // Here We Rest
32	Gillian Welch // The Harrow & The Harvest
32	Cirrone // Uplands Park Road
35	Dark Ocean Colors // Dark Ocean Colors
35	Telekinesis // 12 Desperate Straight Lines
37	Brandon Wilde // Hearts in Stereo
38	Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds // Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
38	Schuyler Fisk // Blue Ribbon Winner
38	Urge Overkill // Rock ‘n’ Roll Submarine
41	Tom Waits // Bad As Me
41	Secret Powers // What Every Rose Grower Should Know
41	Skeleton Staff // Pyschomorphism
41	Peter Baldrachi // Tomorrow Never Knows
45	Jonny // Jonny
45	The Breakdowns // The Kids Don’t Wanna Bop Any More
47	Bye Bye Blackbirds // Fixed Hearts
47	Dave Alvin // Eleven Eleven
49	Hans Roternberry and Brad Jones // Mountain Jack
49	Robert Pollard // Space City Kicks
49	Timothy Nelson & The Infidels // I Know This Now
52	8 x 8 // The Anatomy Of An Apricot
53	Bats // Free All The Monsters
53	Genuine Fakes // Genuine Fakes
53	Pains Of Being Pure At Heart // Belong
53	The Ditchflowers // Bird’s Eye
57	The Wandas // The Wandas
57	Brandon Schott // 13 Satellites
59	Black Keys // El Camino
59	Allen Clapp & His Orchestra // Mixed Greens
59	Destroyer // Kaputt
59	Nick Lowe // The Old Magic
59	Rachel Yamagata // Chesapeake
59	Teddy Thompson // Bella
65	Tennis // Cape Dory
65	The Damnwells // No One Listens to the Band Anymore
65	Treefight For Sunlight // Treefight For Sunlight
65	Wild Bores // Welldone & Charred
65	Peter Bruntnell // Black Mountain UFO
65	Leadfinger // We Make The Music
65	Dwight Twilley // Soundtrack
65	Feedbacks // Give A Tree Your Name
65	Frank Turner // England Keep My Bones
65	Friendly Fires // Pala
65	Charles Bradley – No Time for Dreaming
76	Amanda Shires – Carrying Lightning
76	Beady Eye // Different Gear, Still Speeding
76	Balto // October’s Road
76	Garland Jeffreys // The King Of In Between
76	Low // C’mon
76	Henning Ohlenbusch // Henning Goes to the Movies
76	Raphael Saadiq // Stone Rollin’
76	Real Estate // Days
76	Red Barked Tree // Wire
76	Orwell // Continental
76	William Cleere & The Marvellous Fellas // William Cleere & The Marvellous Fellas
76	Tim Christensen & The Dark Crystals // Tim Christensen & The Dark Crystals
76	The Joy Formidable // The Big Roar
76	The Leisure Society // Into The Murky Water
76	The Rainmakers // 25 On
76	The Secret Powers // What Every Rose Grower Should Know
76	The Cordovas // The Cordovas
76	The Get Up Kids // There Are Rules
76	Yuck // Yuck
95	The Features // Wilderness
95	The Refreshments // Riding Along With The Refreshments
95	The Kooks // Junk of the Heart
95	Dutch Uncles // Cadenza
95	Farewell Continental // Hey, Hey Pioneers!
95	David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights // Left By Soft
95	Anton Barbeau // Three Minute Tease
95	British Sea Power // Vahalla Dancehall
103	Bruce Cockburn // Small Source Of Comfort
103	Boston Spaceships // Let It Beard
103	Bic Runga // Belle
103	Girls // Father, Son, Holy Ghost
103	Michael Oliver & The Sacred Band // Yin & Yanxiety
103	Gruff Rhyss // Hotel Shampoo
103	John Wesley Harding // The Sound Of His Own Voice
103	Tommy Stinson // One Man Mutiny
103	Tori Amos // Night Of Hunters
103	Vegas With Randolph // Above The Blue
103	The Barreracudas // Nocturnal Missions
103	The Apricot // A Forestful of Trees
103	Smoking Popes // This Is Only A Test
103	Sondre Lerche // Sondre Lerche
117	Skeleton Staff // Psychomorphism
117	Scott Gagner // Rhapsode in Blonde
117	The Associates // Spells
117	The Greatest Liar // The Girl With The Chestnut Eyes
117	Little Murders // Dig For Plenty
117	Groovy Uncle // Play Something We Know!
117	Ivy // All Hours
117	John Moremen // John Moremen’s Flotation Device
117	Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight The Days // That Shaped Me
117	Mastodon // The Hunter
117	Ryan Allen And His Extra Arms // Ryan Allen And His Extra Arms
117	Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs // God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise
117	Fun w/Atoms // Smart
117	Centro-Matic // Candidate Waltz
117	Civil Wars // Barton Hollow
117	Blitzen Trapper // Goldwing // Sub Pop
117	Childish Gambino // Camp
134	Peter Astor // Songbox
134	Matt Pond PA // Spring Fools (EP)
134	Okkervil River // I Am Very Far
134	In Blank // Title Tracks
134	Kate Bush // 50 Words For Snow
134	The Cry // The Cry
134	Terry Anderson and the Olympic AKT // More Smooth Jazz and Sweet Sweet Jam
134	The Postelles // s/t
134	Wire // Red Barked Tree
143	The James Carter Organ Trio // At The Crossroads
143	The Riffbrokers // Every Pilot’s Blinded By The Sun
143	The Real Numbers // Welcome To The Numberhood
143	The Wrong Words // The Wrong Words
143	Maxi Dunn // The Neglected Gambit
143	Paul Simon // So Beautiful Or So What
143	Rod Picott – Welding Burns
143	Barnstar! (featuring Mark Erelli) // C’mon!
143	An American Underdog // Always On The Run
143	Allen Stone // Allen Stone
143	East River Pipe // We Live In Rented Rooms
143	Death Cab For Cutie // Codes And Keys
155	Graham Colton // Pacific Coast Eyes
155	Cake // Showroom Of Compassion
155	Moonlight Towers // Day Is The New Night
155	Jonathan Coulton // Artificial Heart
155	M83 // Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
155	Lindi Ortega // Little Red Boots
155	Trolley // Things That Shine And Glow
155	What If // Mr. Big
155	The Story UK // Joyride On Memory Lane
155	The Golden Seals // Increase The Sweetness
155	The Grand Slambovians (a/k/a Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams) // The Grand Slambovians
155	The Feedbacks // Give A Tree Your Name
167	The Baseball Project // Volume 2: High and Inside
167	Malajube // La Caverne
167	Imelda May // Mayhem
167	Salyu x Salyu // S(o)un(d)beams
167	Reigning Sound // Abdication
167	Quinn Scharber // Every Other
167	Buffalo Killers // 3
167	Alto Verde // Paper Clips
167	Dropkick // Time Cuts The Ties
176	Girls Guns and Glory – Sweet Nothings
176	Giorgio Tuma // In The Morning We’ll Meet
176	Queen Electric // Queen Electric
176	Matt Nathanson // Modern Love
176	Ocean Grove // Little Record (EP)
176	Joel Crawford // 11 Golden Greats
176	Iron And Wine // Kiss Each Other Clean
176	Israel Nash Gripka // Barn Doors and Concrete Floors
176	Howling Diablos // Ultra Sonic Gas Can
176	Long Play 33 1/3 // Being Nowhere
176	Leatherbag // Yellow Television
176	The Cars // Move Like This
176	The Sick Rose // No Need For Speed
176	The Handcuffs // Waiting For The Robot
176	The Midwest Beat // Gone Not Lost
176	Twerps // Twerps
192	Tony Cox // On The Way
192	Tim Butler // All The Rest
192	The Dark Rags // The Dark Rags
192	Kanye West/Jay Z // Watch The Throne
192	Jack’s Mannequin // People And Things
192	Ocean Grove // Another Place To Stay (EP)
192	Gary Ritchie // Hum, Sing…Repeat!
192	Cut Off Your Hands // Hollow
192	Amy Lavere // Stranger Me
192	Blind Pilot // We Are The Tide
192	Brent Cash // How Strange It Seems
203	Beirut // The Rip Tide13.  Lindsey Buckingham // Seeds We Sow
203	Daryl Hall // Laughing Down Crying
203	Duran Duran // All You Need Is Now
203	Grace Weber // Hope & Heart
203	Greg Trooper – Upside-Down Town
203	Redondo Beat // Meet Redondo Beat
203	The Antlers // Burst Apart
203	Saves The Day // Daybreak
203	They Might Be Giants // Join Us
203	Tristen // Charlatans At The Garden Gate
203	The Hazey Janes // The Winter That Was
214	Unthanks // Last
214	Shake Some Action // White Lies And Bloodshot Eyes
214	Teenage Rasputin // Sorry ‘Bout The Moon
214	Steve Earle // I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
214	Robyn Hitchcock // Tromso, Kaptein
214	Lovers Electric // Impossible Dreams
214	Pajama Club // Pajama Club
214	Mayer Hawthorne // How Do You Do
214	Michael Carpenter // S.O.O.P. #3
214	Luke Temple // Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care
214	Feelies // Here Before
214	Bill Schulz // Bill Schulz
214	Arctic Monkeys // Suck It And See
227	Benjamin Francis Leftwich // Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm
227	Agesandages // Alright You Restless
227	Gorillaz // The Fall
227	Dum Dum Girls // Only In Dreams
227	Christoffer Lundquist // Through The Window
227	Hotel Lights // Girl Graffiti
227	Michael Carpenter // S.O.O.P. #4
227	Richard X Heyman // Tiers and Other Stories
227	Sam Roberts Band // Collider
227	PJ Harvey // Let England Shake
227	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings // Soul Time!
227	She Wants Revenge // Valleyheart
227	The Galileo 7 // Are We Having Fun Yet?
240	The Rosebuds // Loud Planes Fly Low
240	The Tree Ring // Generous Shadows
240	PopFilter // Pop This!
240	I Fight Dragons // Kaboom!
240	John Hiatt // Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
240	Jodee Purkeypile // October House
240	Eleanor Friedberger // Last Summer
240	Gabriel Kahane // Where Are The Arms
240	Alexander Ebert // Alexander
240	Augustana // S/T
250	Bart Davenport // Bart Davenport
250	Bodeans // Indigo Dreams
250	Bon Iver // Bon Iver
250	Carlet Tanager // American Songbird
250	Fitz & the Tantrums // Pickin’ Up The Pieces
250	Greg Pope- Monster Suit
250	Jesse Sykes & The Hereafter // Marble Boy
250	Male Bonding // Endless Now
250	William Elliott Whitmore – Field Songs
250	Serious Clark // Things To Say After Hello
250	Steve Cropper // Dedicated
261	Stratocruiser // The Spark
261	The Demos // Lovely
261	The Whiskey Saints // 24 Hours
261	Jay Clifford // Silver Tomb for the Kingfiser
261	Indigo Girls // Beauty Queen Sister
261	Hot Tuna // Steady As She Goes
261	Ringo Deathstarr // Colour Trip
261	Foster and Lloyd // It’s Already Tomorrow
261	Derby // Madeline (EP)
261	Celebrated Workingman // Content Content
261	Barenaked Ladies // All In Good Time
272	Andreas Mattson // Kick Death’s Ass
272	Drive-By Truckers // Go-Go Boots
272	Rival Sons // Pressure And Time
272	Sallie Ford // Dirty Radio
272	Pyewacket // 1967
272	P.J. O’Connell // Join the Crowd
272	James McCartney // Close at Hand
272	Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations // S/T
272	The Vinyl Skyway // Return Of The Dead Surfer
281	Thea Gilmore // Don’t Stop Singing
281	The Beagle Ranch // A Moment Away
281	Suzy & Los Quattro // Hank
281	Nicole Atkins // Mondo Amore
281	R.E.M. // Collapse Into Now
281	Phil Angotti // People And Places
281	Dreaming In Stereo // 2
281	Deerhoof // Deerhoof Vs. Evil
281	Curtains For You // After Nights Without Sleep
281	Great Aunt Ida // Nuclearize Me
281	Amor de Dias // Street O The Love Of Days
281	Adele // Live at the Royal Abert Hall
281	Chickenfoot // Iii
281	Black Lips // Arabia Mountain
281	Blackie & the Rodeo Kings // Kings and Queens
296	Bowling For Soup // Fishing For Woos
296	Brilliant Colors // Again And Again
296	Brazzaville // Jetlag Poetry
296	Bryan Estepa // Vessels
296	Bubble Gum Orchestra // Out Of This World
296	China Syndrome // Nothing’s Not Worth Knowing
296	Captain Wilberforce // Ghost Written Confessions
296	Cass McCombs // Humor Risk
296	Cass McCombs // Wits End
296	Catherine MacLellan // Silhouette
296	Caitlin Rose // Own Side Now
296	1860 // Sagan
296	54321 // What We Did With Our Days
296	Alela Divine // Wild Divine
296	Anna Spackman // Her Voice
296	Amanda Palmer // Goes Down Under
296	Apex Manor // The Year Of Magical Drinking
296	Arborea // Red Planet
296	Beauty Queen Sister // Indigo Girls
296	Bevis Frond // The Leaving Of London
296	Green Pajamas // Green Pajamas Country
296	Greg Pope // Blue Ocean Sky
296	Giuda // Racey Roller
296	Fortune 500 // Flavor Of The Year
296	Freddy Monday // Everything Anyhow
296	Fingers Of The Sun // Fingers Of The Sun
296	Finn Silver // Crossing the Rubicon
296	Fleshtones // Brooklyn Sound Solution
296	David Bazan // Strange Negotiations
296	Cynics // Spinning Wheel Motel
296	Dan Mangan // Oh Fortune
296	Daniel Wylie // Fake Your Own Death
296	Cuff the Duke // Morning Comes
296	Cults // Cults
296	Deleted Waverform Gatherings // Pretty Escape
296	Dawes // Nothing Is Wrong
296	Donal Hinely // The Famous Rocket Cage
296	Emot // Make You Electric
296	Piney Gir // Geronimo!
296	Poplord // Poplord Vs The Universe
296	Pepper Rabbit // Red Velvet Snowball
296	Peter Berry & The Shake Set // Berry Go Round
296	Peter Bjorn & John // Gimme Some
296	Sara Lowes // Back To Creation
296	Sarabeth Tucek // Get Well Soon
296	Richard Snow & The In Laws // Am I Really That Boring?
296	Nik Freitas // Saturday Night Underwater
296	Nikki Lane // Walk of Shame
296	Panic! At The Disco // Vices and Virtues
296	Papercuts // Fading Parade
296	Michael Carpenter and the Cuban Heels // By Request Vol. 1
296	Michael Carpenter and the Cuban Heels // By Request Vol. 2
296	Mumble // Happy Living
296	Nick Jaina // The Beanstalks That Have Brought Us Here Are Gone
296	Meg Baird // Seasons on Earth
296	Megafaun // Megafaun
296	Matt Wertz // Weights and Wings
296	Kate Walsh // The Real Thing
296	Kathryn Calder // Bright and Vivid
296	Katie Herzig // The Waking Sleep
296	Katy Stephan // Lacemaking
296	Kelly’s Heels // Playing Into Your Hands
296	Kings Of Last Call // From Memory
296	Les Breastfeeders // Dans La Gueule Des Jours
296	Les Sans Culottes // ‘pataphysical Graffiti
296	La Casa Azul // La Polinesia Meridional
296	Ladybug Transistor // Clutching Stems
296	Laura Marling // A Creature I Don’t Know
296	Laurie Biagini // A Go Go Girl In A Modern World
296	Lay Low // Brostinn Strengur
296	Marian Call // Something Fierce
296	Lykke Li // Wounded Rhymes
296	Little Roy // Battle For Seattle
296	Lisa Hannigan // Passenger
296	Longplayer // Longplayer
296	Lotte Kestner // Stolen
296	Louise Burns // Mellow Drama
296	James Walbourne // The Hill
296	Janey And The Ravemen // Stay Away From Boys
296	Jenna Nicholls // The Blooming Hour
296	Jennie Lowe Stearns // Blurry Edges
296	Joan As Police Woman // The Deep Field
296	John Cale // Extra Playful
296	High Llamas // Talahomi Way
296	HoneyHoney // Billy Jack
296	Haroula Rose // These Open Roads
296	Ian Axel // This Is The New Year
296	I’m From Barcelona // Forever Today
296	Tan Sleeve // Too Big To Fail
296	Supraluxe // The Super Sounds Of Supraluxe
296	Suzie Brown // Heartstrings
296	Stevie Jackson // (I Can’t Get No) Stevie Jackson
296	Terra Naomi // To Know I’m Okay
296	The Anydays // Move!
296	The Absolutes // Everybody’s Feeling Alright
296	Sexy Heroes // InterroBang
296	Shirley Lee // Winter Autumn Summer Spring
296	Simon Felton // Surrender Dorothy!
296	Siri Nilsen // Alle Snakker Sant
296	Sea Lions // Everything You Wanted To Know
296	Seapony // Go With Me
296	The Belle Brigade // The Belle Brigade
296	The Bo-Keys – Got to Get Back!
296	The Bony King of Nowhere // Eleonore
296	The Booze // Maximum Volume
296	The Civil Wars // Barton Hollow
296	The Cleaners From Venus // In Chimp World
296	The Cleaners From Venus // The Stopping Train
296	The Color Bars // Prosopopoeia
296	The Bad Examples // Smash Record
296	The Bandana Splits // Mr. Sam presents The Bandana Splits
296	The Davenports // Why The Great Gallop?
296	The Dahlmanns // All Dahled Up
296	The Brights // A Trivial Pursuit
296	The Bye Bye Blackbirds // Fixed Hearts
296	The Feeling // Together We Were Made: Double Album Edition
296	The Fire Apes // A Life In Letters
296	The Folk Survival Club // I Believe In Rock’n'Roll
296	The Foxes // Last Of Many
296	The Grip Weeds // Under The Influence Of Christmas
296	This Side of the River // Points of Light and Constellation
296	The Wind // Hear, Em Skear’em
296	The Zombies // Breathe Out, Breathe In
296	Title Tracks // In Blank
296	Tommy Flake // Second Skin
296	William Shatnet // Seeking Major Tom
296	Whitehorse // Whitehorse
296	Whitton // Rare Bird
296	Ulysses // Ulysses
296	Veronica Falls // Veronica Falls
296	Warm Digits // Keep Warm… with the Warm Digits
296	Wax Idols // No Future
296	The Wags // The Wags
296	The Turnback // Drawn In Chalk
296	The Sugar Stems // Sweet Sounds Of The Sugar Stems
296	The Stepkids // The Stepkids
296	The Skywalkers // Year One
296	The Real People // Think Positive
296	The Red Plastic Buddha // All Out Revolution
296	The Jigsaw Seen // Winterland
296	The High Llamas // Talahomi Way
296	The Higher State // Freakout At The Gallery
296	The Pains of Being Pure At Heart // Belong
296	The Pepper Pots // Train To Your Lover
296	The Latebirds // Last Of The Good Old Days
296	The Liarbirds // Allegedly
296	Your Gracious Host // Sleepers Awaken
296	Yvonne Lyon // More than Mine
296	Zaza Fournier // Regarde-moi
296	Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers // Starlight Hotel