Kev’s Top 11 for ’11

These are my picks for top albums of the year. I’d be happy to hear yours.

1.) Ryan Adams: “Ashes & Fire”
2. ) Adele: “21″
3.) Tony Bennett: “Duets II”
4.) Blitzen Trapper: “American Goldwing”
4.) Yo-Yo Ma: “The Goat Rodeo Sessions”
5.) Anthony Hamilton: “Back to Love”
6.) Radiohead: “The King of Limbs”
7.) Foo Fighters: “Wasting Light”
8.) Bon Iver: “Bon Iver, Bon Iver”
9.) Steve Earle: “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”
10. The Black Keys: “El Camino”
11.) REM: “Collapse into Now”

Special mention goes to the Beach Boys’ “Smile Sessions.” Great, but not really new, so it doesn’t make the regular list.

About Kevin Featherly

Kevin Featherly is freelance writer and editor in Bloomington, Minn. He is a former managing editor with Washington Post Newsweek Interactive and a founding editor at Channel 4000, the news Web site of WCCO-TV in Minneapolis. Kevin has published thousands of news stories, features and commentaries that emphasize technology, public policy and the law.
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