episode 334

greenberg’s top 10 albums of 2011

it’s christmas time – sun ra

10. whokill – tune-yards
gangsta – tume-yards
powa – tune-yards

9. hard times and nursery rhymes – social distortion
machine gun blues – social distortion
california (hustle and flow) – social distortion

8. stone rollin’ – raphael saadiq
go to hell – raphael saadiq
stone rollin’ – raphael saadiq

7. bad as me – tom waits
kiss me – tom waits
bad as me – tom waits

6. the whole love – wilco
dawned on me – wilco
i might – wilco

5. rome – danger mouse & daniele luppi
black – danger mouse & daniele luppi w/ norah jones
two against one – danger mouse & daniele luppi w/ jack white

4. believers – a.a. bondy
the heart is willing – a.a. bondy
the twist – a.a. bondy

3. the road from memphis – booker t. jones
the hive – booker t. jones
representing memphis – booker t. jones w/ matt berninger & sharon jones
progress – booker t. jones w/ jim james

2. kiss each other clean- iron & wine
walking far from home – iron & wine
tree by the river – iron & wine
glad man singing – iron & wine

1. the king is dead – the decemberists
don’t carry it all – the decemberists
rox in the box – the decemberists
down by the water – the decemberists