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.