What an exceptionally difficult list to curate. Here goes my top 25:

Listen to the full Spotify playlist here: Top 25 Albums of 2011

1. Radical Face - The Family Tree: The Roots [Spotify]

2. Youth Lagoon - The Year Of Hibernation [Spotify]

3. The Antlers - Burst Apart [Spotify]

4. Beirut - The Rip Tide [Spotify]

5. Explosions in the Sky -Take Care, Take Care, Take Care [Spotify]

6. The Dodos - No Color [Spotify]

7. Pepper Rabbit - Red Velvet Snow Ball [Spotify]

8. Azure Blue - Rule of Thirds [Spotify]

9. Death Cab for Cutie - Codes & Keys [Spotify]

10. The Crookes - Chasing After Ghosts [Spotify]

11. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing [Spotify]

12. Bon Iver - Bon Iver [Spotify]

13. I Break Horses - Hearts [Spotify]

14. Ganglians - Still Living [Spotify]

15. Cults - Cults [Spotify]

16. Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren [Spotify]

17. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming [Spotify]

18. Beat Connection - Surf Noir [Spotify]

19. Cloud Control - Bliss Release [Spotify]

20. Lanterns on the Lake - Gracious Tide, Take Me Home [Spotify]

21. Braids - Native Speaker [Spotify]

22. Korallreven - An Album By Korallreven [Spotify]

23. The Phoenix Foundation - Buffalo [Spotify]

24. EMA - Past Life, Martyred Saints [Spotify]

25. Big Deal - Lights Out [Spotify]