CMJ (US) EOY 2011-2013

[Marlon]

CMJ BEST ALBUMS OF 2011 (individual lists):

http://www.cmj.com/feature/best-of-2011-staff-picks/

Kristen Bayusik (Data Manager):
FEIST - Metals
FOO FIGHTERS - Wasting Light
KVELERTAK - Kvelertak
MASTODON - The Fighter
PORTUGAL. THE MAN - In The Mountain, In The Cloud

Amy Hintz (Marketing Director):
BOY & BEAR - Moonfire
GOTYE - Making Mirrors
LAURA MARLING - A Creature I Don't Know
LYKKE LI - Wounded Rhymes
WASHED OUT - Within And Without

Lisa Hresko (Editor-In-Chief):
CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT - 2011: A Space Odyssey
DESTROYER - Kaputt
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
NICOLAS JAAR - Space Is Only Noise
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Bollywood Bloodbath


CMJ TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2012:

http://www.cmj.com/feature/top-30-albums-of-2012

1. KILLER MIKE - R.A.P. Music
2. SWANS - The Seer
3. FRANK OCEAN - Channel Orange
4. KENDRICK LAMAR - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
5. CLOUD NOTHINGS - Attack On Memory
6. METZ - Metz
7. BARONESS - Yellow & Green
8. GRIMES - Visions
9. ITAL - Hive Mind
10. JULIA HOLTER - Ekstasis
11. SPIRITUALIZED - Sweet Heart Sweet Light
12. DEATH GRIPS - The Money Store
13. JAPANDROIDS - Celebration Rock
14. GROUNDISLAVA - Feel Me
15. ALT-J - An Awesome Wave
16. SCHOOLBOY Q - Habits And Contradictions
17. ACTION BRONSON - Blue Chips
18. FUTURE - Pluto
19. NAS - Life Is Good
20. THE MEN - Open Your Heart
21. R. KELLY - Write Me Back
22. PERFUME GENIUS - Put Your Back N 2 It
23. GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW - Seeds
24. FATHER JOHN MISTY - Fear Fun
25. TWIN SHADOW - Confess
26. TAYLOR SWIFT - Red
27. MATTHEW E. WHITE - Big Inner
28. PEAKING LIGHTS - Lucifer
29. TANLINES - Mixed Emotions
30. FIONA APPLE - The Idler Wheel


CMJ TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2013:

http://www.cmj.com/feature/top-30-albums-2013/

1. PHOSPHORESCENT - Muchacho
2. CHANCE THE RAPPER - Acid Rap
3. DISCLOSURE - Settle
4. NICK CAVE - Push The Sky Away
5. MAJICAL CLOUDZ - Impersonator
6. VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Modern Vampires Of The City
7. DAFT PUNK - Random Access Memories
8. SAMPHA - Dual EP
9. DANNY BROWN - Old
10. BLOOD ORANGE - Cupid Deluxe
11. RUN THE JEWELS - Run The Jewels
12. JULIANNA BARWICK - Nepenthe
13. KELELA - Cut 4 Me
14. FKA TWIGS - EP2
15. CHARLIE XCX - True Romance
16. RHYE - Woman
17. SPEEDY ORTIZ - Major Arcana
18. JOANNA GRUESOME - Weird Sister
19. COURTNEY BARNETT - The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas
20. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER - R Plus Seven
21. ARCADE FIRE - Reflektor
22. CHASTITY BELT - No Regrets
23. KURT VILE - Walkin' On A Pretty Daze
24. SHY GIRLS - Timeshare EP
25. CHARLES BRADLEY - Victim Of Love
26. MY BLOODY VALENTINE - m b v
27. WAXAHATCHEE - Cerulean Salt
28. BOARDS OF CANADA - Tomorrow's Harvest
29. SAVAGES - Silence Yourself
30. YUCK - Glow & Behold