Since CK wouldn’t grant me the time off to listen to every CD released in 2011 (something about “billable hours”), this isn’t a best-of list. Rather, it’s a collection of 10 albums from the past 12 months that I happened to find compelling in one way or another. Which means, of course, that you ought to give ’em a listen.

Here they are, in no particular order:

1. Re: ECM—Ricardo Villalobos / Max Loderbauer
2. Four Thousand Holes—John Luther Adams
3. Grace for Drowning—Steven Wilson
4. A Worcester Ladymass—Trio Mediaeval
5. Bordeaux—Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd
6. Drums between the Bells—Brian Eno
7. New Blood—Peter Gabriel
8. Faithful—Marcin Wasilewski Trio
9. Welcome to My DNA—Blackfield
10. Helplessness Blues—Fleet Foxes

And an honorable mention goes to Muppets: The Green Album.

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