You’ve been waiting and here it is! The Best Albums of 2011 according to you, us, and some other people. We have posted every list we received, so please note that the winners will be contacted by email!
Coda Staff:
Colter
1. Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
2. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
3. The Cave Singers – No Witch
4. Betty Wright & The Roots – Betty Wright: The Movie
5. Atlas Losing Grip – State Of Unrest
6. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
7. Wanda Jackson – Wanda Jackson
8. Foster The People – Torches
9. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
10. Doomtree – No Kings
Chelsea
1. Lady Gaga – Born This Way
2. The Strokes – Angles
3. The Black Keys – El Camino
4. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
6. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
7. Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows – D.R.U.G.S.
8. The Kills – Blood Pressures
9. Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials
10. Adele – 21
Ryan (Kid Shine)
1. Common – Dreamer/Believer
2. Lupe Fiasco – Lasers
3. Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers
4. Travis Barker – Give The Drummer Some
5. Rapper Big Pooh – Dirty Pretty Things
6. Nujabes – Spiritual State
7. DJ Shadow – Less You Know The Better
8. Phonte – Charity Starts At Home
9. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
10. Foster The People – Torches
Maple
1. Whitehorse – Whitehorse
2. The Black Keys – El Camino
3. City & Colour – Little Hell
4. Priscilla Ahn – When You Grow Up
5. Foster The People – Torches
6. Coeur De Pirate – Blonde
7. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
8. Death Cab For Cutie – Codes & Keys
9. The Weeknd – House Of Balloons
10. Rapper Big Pooh – Dirty Pretty Things
Some Friends:
Adrian Yu (Ageless, PS Fresh)
1. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
2. J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story
3. Drake – Take Care
4. Young Jeezy – TM 103 Hustlerz Ambition
5. Mr. Oizo – Stade 2
6. Big Sean – Finally Famous
7. The Game – The R.E.D. Album
8. Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
9. Pac Div – The Div
10. Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra
Chris Habte (KidKris, Sound Society)
1. Kendrick Lamar – Section .80
2. Miles Bonny – Lumberjack Soul
3. Elzhi – Elmatic
4. A$AP Rocky – LiveLoveA$AP
5. Oddisee – Rock Creek Park
6. The Roots – Undun
7. Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown – Daily Bread
8. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
9. Pac Div – The Div
10. Big K.R.I.T. – Return Of 4Eva
Robbie Sahlu (Rubiks Music)
1. The Roots – Undun
2. The Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part 2
3. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
4. Adele – 21
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
6. Beyonce – 4
7. Feist – Metals
8. Matisyahu – Live At Stubb’s Volume 2
9. Teck N9ne – Welcome To Strangeland
10. Drake – Take Care
Matty O’Connell (Prop Planes)
1. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
2. Life In Your Way – Kingdoms
3. Thrice – Major/Minor
4. Polar Bear Club – Clash Battle Guilt Pride
5. Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows – D.R.U.G.S.
6. Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
7. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
8. The Roots – Undun
9. Foxwarren – Has Been Defeated
10. Atlas Losing Grip – State Of Unrest
You:
Jon Herriot
1. Foster The People – Torches
2. Arkells – Michigan Left
3. Adele – 21
4. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
6. TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light
7. Childish Gambino – Camp
8. Noah & The Whale – Last Night On Earth
9. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
10. The Black Keys – El Camino
Kyla Dean
1. Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials
2. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
3. The Black Keys – El Camino
4. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
5. Foster The People – Torches
6. The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
7. The Kills – Blood Pressures
8. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
9. Adele – 21
10. Grouplove – Never Trust A Happy Song
Jay Nauta
1. The Horrible Crowes – Elsie
2. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
3. We Are Augustines – Rise Ye Sunken Ships
4. The Barr Brothers – The Barr Brothers
5. The Roots – Undun
6. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
7. AA Bondy – Believers
8. Seasick Steve – You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
9. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
10. Yukon Blonde – Fire/Water
Dan Nicholls
1. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
2. The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
3. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
4. Cults – Cults
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
6. Tennis – Cape Dory
7. Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
8. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
9. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – It’s A Corporate World
Jared Schlechte
1. Mother Mother – Eureka
2. The Black Keys – El Camino
3. Austra – Feel It Break
4. Lights – Siberia
5. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
6. The Coppertone – Hymns For The Hollow
7. Oh No! Yoko – PAU PAU
8. Library Voices – Summer Of Lust
9. Dinosaur Bones – My Divider
10. City & Colour – Little Hell
Shelby Engele
1. City & Colour – Little Hell
2. Mother Mother – Eureka
3. Lights – Siberia
4. Adele – 21
5. Feist – Metals
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m With You
7. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
8. Childish Gambino – Camp
9. Dan Mangan – Oh Fortune
10. The Black Keys – El Camino
Justin Schumacher
1. The Weeknd – House Of Balloons
2. A$AP Rocky – LiveLoveA$AP
3. Kendrick Lamar – Section .80
4. Araabmuzik – Electronic Dream
5. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
6. Doomtree – No Kings
7. Pusha T – Fear Of God II: Let Us Pray
8. XV – Zero Heroes
9. The Roots – Undun
10. Das Racist – Relax
Katie Sveinson
1. Blink 182 – Neighborhoods
2. Sammy Bananas – Good Call
3. Rihanna – Talk That Talk
4. Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers
5. Beyonce – 4
6. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
7. Foster The People – Torches
8. Cold War Kids – Mine Is Yours
9. Travis Barker – Give The Drummer Some
10. Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain
Greg Duck
1. Scale The Summit – Collective
2. Graveyard – Hisingen Blues
3. Barn Burner – Bangers II: Scum Of The Earth
4. Black Cobra – Invernal
5. Animals As Leaders – Weightless
6. Between The Buried & Me – The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
7. Red Fang – Murder The Mountains
8. Opeth – Heritage
9. The Black Keys – El Camino
10. Mastodon – The Hunter
Luke Sitter
1. Lonely Forest – Arrows
2. Cuff The Duke – Morning Comes
3. Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
4. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
5. Banner Pilot – Heart Beats Pacific
6. Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones
7. Rural Alberta Advantage – Departing
8. Library Voices – Summer Of Lust
9. Grouplove – Never Trust A Happy Song
10. Death Cab For Cutie – Codes & Keys