Last year I published my Top 30 Albums of 2010. I quite enjoyed that project and decided to do the same thing again this year and to make it a bit of a tradition each year.

For me 2011 was a fantastic year for music. Tons of new artists and some great new albums showing the old dogs can still learn a few new tricks.

Note these are in alphabetical order. I could never rank these absolutely — it would change daily.

• 21 by Adele
• Parallax by Atlas Sound
• El Camino by The Black Keys
• Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
• The People’s Key by Bright Eyes

• Wit’s End by Cass McCombs
• Little Hell by City and Colour
• Instrumental Mixtape by Clams Casino
• Cults by Cults
• Zonoscope by Cut Copy

• The King Is Dead by The Decemberists
• Kaputt by Destroyer
• Build A Rocket Boys! by Elbow
• Metals by Feist
• Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

• Torches by Foster The People
• Nostalgia, ULTRA by Frank Ocean
• The Harrow & The Harvest by Gillian Welch
• Kiss Each Other Clean by Iron & Wine
• James Blake by James Blake

• Diamond Mine by King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
• Wounded Rhymes by Lykke Li
• Hurry Up, We’re Drowning by M83
• Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
• The King Of Limbs by Radiohead

• Days by Real Estate
• Ashes & Fire by Ryan Adams
• Bella by Teddy Thompson
• Bad As Me by Tom Waits
• House of Balloons by The Weeknd

And as I did with my Top 3o Albums of 2010 Mixtape, I’ve done a Top 30 Albums of 2011 Mixtape featuring on favourite track from each of these thirty albums.

I’d love to know what albums we have in common and which ones you think should have made my list but didn’t. Use the comments people, don’t be shy!