50. Blood Pressures, The Kills
49. In The Mountain In The Cloud, Portugal. The Man
48. Rapprocher, Class Actress
47. Born This Way, Lady GaGa
46. Pickin' Up The Pieces, Fitz and the Tantrums
45. Anna Calvi, Anna Calvi
44. El Camino, The Black Keys
43. undun, The Roots
42. Strange Mercy, St. Vincent
41. Bon Iver, Bon Iver
40. Metals, Feist
39. The Whole Love, Wilco
38. Days, Real Estate
37. Rome, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
36. Camp, Childish Gambino
35. Wounded Rhymes, Lykke Li
34. In The Grave Of Your Love, The Rapture
33. The King Of Limbs, Radiohead
32. Biophilia, Bjork
31. Coastal Grooves, Blood Orange
30. Mirror Traffic, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
29. The Year Of Hibernation, Youth Lagoon
28. 21, Adele
27. Lights, Ellie Goulding
26. Watch The Throne, Jay-Z & Kanye West
25. Space Is Only Noise, Nicolas Jaar
24. 4, Beyoncé
23. 50 Words For Snow, Kate Bush
22. Ravedeath, 1972, Tim Hecker
21. Conatus, Zola Jesus
20. Burst Apart, The Antlers
19. Tomboy, Panda Bear
18. Circuital, My Morning Jacket
17. Smother, Wild Beasts
16. True Loves, Hooray For Earth
15. The English Riviera, Metronomy
14. Parallax, Atlas Sound
13. Take Care, Drake
12. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83
11. Live.Love.A$AP, A$AP Rocky
100 The Strokes "Machu Piccu"
99 Ganglians "Things To Know"
98 Dreamers Of The Ghetto "Connection"
97 Active Child "Hanging On"
96 Real Estate "Out Of Tune"
95 Matthew Herbert "December"
94 Frank Ocean "Novacane"
93 Unknown Mortal Orchestra "FFunny FFriends"
92 Butcher Boy "Imperial"
91 The Kills "Future Starts Slow"
90 Cults "Rave On"
89 Release The Sunbird "No Light"
88 Penguin Prison "Don't **** With My Money"
87 Forest Fire "They Pray Execution Style"
86 Waters "San Francisco"
85 Little Dragon "Ritual Union"
84 Future Islands "Balance"
83 Radiohead "Bloom"
82 Jay-Z & Kanye West "Gotta Have It"
81 Blood Orange "Sutphin Boulevard"
80 Lady GaGa "Born This Way"
79 Adele "Set Fire To The Rain"
78 Mara Carlyle "Weird Girl"
77 Nerves Junior "Swimmer's Ear"
76 The Black Keys "Little Black Submarine"
75 Atlas Sound "Flagstaff"
74 Wild Beasts "Bed Of Nails"
73 Cant "The Edge"
72 Neon Indian "Future Sick"
71 Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi featuring Norah Jones "Problem Queen"
70 M83 "Wait"
69 The Weeknd "Life Of The Party"
68 I Break Horses "Pulse"
67 High Places "Sonora"
66 Britney Spears "Till The World Ends"
65 Beyoncé featuring André 3000 "Party"
64 New Look "The Ballad"
63 Class Actress "Weekend"
62 Florence + The Machine "Shake It Out"
61 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "Tigers"
60 King Creosote & Jon Hopkins "John Taylor's Month Away"
59 St. Vincent "Surgeon"
58 Kreayshawn "Gucci Gucci"
57 Foster The People "Helena Beat"
56 The Roots featuring Big K.R.I.T. & Dice Raw "Make My"
55 Other Lives "As I Lay My Head Down"
54 Milagres "Glowing Mouth"
53 Drake featuring Stevie Wonder "Doing It Wrong"
52 Wild Beasts "Plaything"
51 A$AP Rocky featuring Schoolboy Q "Brand New Guy"
50 Sepalcure "Breezin'"
49 Widowspeak "Gun Shy"
48 Rihanna "Where Have You Been"
47 Lykke Li "I Follow Rivers"
46 Okkervil River "We Need A Myth"
45 My Brightest Diamond "Be Brave"
44 Drake "Marvin's Room"
43 Real Estate "All The Same"
42 The Antlers "No Widows"
41 The Horrors "I Can See Through You"
40 Ellie Goulding "Lights" (Bassnectar Remix)
39 Youth Lagoon "17"
38 Nicolas Jaar "Space Is Only Noise If You Can See"
37 Adele "Rolling In The Deep"
36 My Morning Jacket "Holdin On To Black Metal"
35 Feist "Graveyard"
34 Tinariwen "Tamiditin Tan Ufrawen"
33 Björk "Crystalline"
32 Kate Bush "Snowed In At Wheeler Street"
31 The War On Drugs "Brothers"
30 The Rapture "In The Grace Of Your Love"
29 Tim Hecker "In The Fog II"
28 Lady GaGa "Heavy Metal Lover"
27 Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
26 St. Vincent "Cheerleader"
25 Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi featuring Jack White "Two Against One"
24 Bobby "Tomb Bloom"
23 Zola Jesus "Seekir"
22 A$AP Rocky "Houston Old Head"
21 tUnE-yArDs "Gangsta"
20 Bon Iver "Holocene"
19 Hooray For Earth "No Love"
18 Elbow "lippy kids"
17 Drake featuring Rihanna "Take Care"
16 Radiohead "Lotus Flower"
15 Beyoncé "1+1"
14 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "No One Is (As I Are Be)"
13 PJ Harvey "All & Everyone"
12 Adele "Someone Like You"
11 Girls "Vomit"
10 Cults "Go Outside"
9 Azealia Banks featuring Lazy Jay "212"
8 Wilco "Art Of Almost"
Roxanne Clifford joins Joseph Mount on this bouncy pop tune off of Metronomy's excellent 2011 album The English Rivera. The song tells the story of an on-again-off-again couples who has finally cut the ******** and have finally fallen in love again, with Clifford singing the line "Love / I'm in love again" in the perfect monotone. It's the happiest pop music got in 2011.
6. Fleet Foxes "The Shrine / An Argument"
Helplessness Blues was already better than their self-titled debut before I got to this track, which is tucked towards the back half of the disc. Yet this song is without a doubt the best thing Fleet Foxes has ever recorded. Robin Pecknold's vocals are more aggressive, more urgent , more powerful than ever when he signs "Sun light over me no matter what I do." It's a song in three parts, building up to a rollicking middle section, only to drift toward the third section, full of beautiful instrumentations and Fleet Foxes' standard gorgeous vocal harmonies. It was hard to imagine Fleet Foxes outdoing their self-titled debut this time around, but they more than succeeded at that. Now it seems hard to imagine them outdoing this song, this album. Time will tell.
50. Blood Pressures, The Kills
49. In The Mountain In The Cloud, Portugal. The Man
48. Rapprocher, Class Actress
47. Born This Way, Lady GaGa
46. Pickin' Up The Pieces, Fitz and the Tantrums
45. Anna Calvi, Anna Calvi
44. El Camino, The Black Keys
43. undun, The Roots
42. Strange Mercy, St. Vincent
41. Bon Iver, Bon Iver
40. Metals, Feist
39. The Whole Love, Wilco
38. Days, Real Estate
37. Rome, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
36. Camp, Childish Gambino
35. Wounded Rhymes, Lykke Li
34. In The Grave Of Your Love, The Rapture
33. The King Of Limbs, Radiohead
32. Biophilia, Bjork
31. Coastal Grooves, Blood Orange
30. Mirror Traffic, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
29. The Year Of Hibernation, Youth Lagoon
28. 21, Adele
27. Lights, Ellie Goulding
26. Watch The Throne, Jay-Z & Kanye West
25. Space Is Only Noise, Nicolas Jaar
24. 4, Beyoncé
23. 50 Words For Snow, Kate Bush
22. Ravedeath, 1972, Tim Hecker
21. Conatus, Zola Jesus
20. Burst Apart, The Antlers
19. Tomboy, Panda Bear
18. Circuital, My Morning Jacket
17. Smother, Wild Beasts
16. True Loves, Hooray For Earth
15. The English Riviera, Metronomy
14. Parallax, Atlas Sound
13. Take Care, Drake
12. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83
11. Live.Love.A$AP, A$AP Rocky
10. Let England Shake, PJ Harvey
9. House Of Balloons, The Weeknd
100 The Strokes "Machu Piccu"
99 Ganglians "Things To Know"
98 Dreamers Of The Ghetto "Connection"
97 Active Child "Hanging On"
96 Real Estate "Out Of Tune"
95 Matthew Herbert "December"
94 Frank Ocean "Novacane"
93 Unknown Mortal Orchestra "FFunny FFriends"
92 Butcher Boy "Imperial"
91 The Kills "Future Starts Slow"
90 Cults "Rave On"
89 Release The Sunbird "No Light"
88 Penguin Prison "Don't **** With My Money"
87 Forest Fire "They Pray Execution Style"
86 Waters "San Francisco"
85 Little Dragon "Ritual Union"
84 Future Islands "Balance"
83 Radiohead "Bloom"
82 Jay-Z & Kanye West "Gotta Have It"
81 Blood Orange "Sutphin Boulevard"
80 Lady GaGa "Born This Way"
79 Adele "Set Fire To The Rain"
78 Mara Carlyle "Weird Girl"
77 Nerves Junior "Swimmer's Ear"
76 The Black Keys "Little Black Submarine"
75 Atlas Sound "Flagstaff"
74 Wild Beasts "Bed Of Nails"
73 Cant "The Edge"
72 Neon Indian "Future Sick"
71 Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi featuring Norah Jones "Problem Queen"
70 M83 "Wait"
69 The Weeknd "Life Of The Party"
68 I Break Horses "Pulse"
67 High Places "Sonora"
66 Britney Spears "Till The World Ends"
65 Beyoncé featuring André 3000 "Party"
64 New Look "The Ballad"
63 Class Actress "Weekend"
62 Florence + The Machine "Shake It Out"
61 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "Tigers"
60 King Creosote & Jon Hopkins "John Taylor's Month Away"
59 St. Vincent "Surgeon"
58 Kreayshawn "Gucci Gucci"
57 Foster The People "Helena Beat"
56 The Roots featuring Big K.R.I.T. & Dice Raw "Make My"
55 Other Lives "As I Lay My Head Down"
54 Milagres "Glowing Mouth"
53 Drake featuring Stevie Wonder "Doing It Wrong"
52 Wild Beasts "Plaything"
51 A$AP Rocky featuring Schoolboy Q "Brand New Guy"
50 Sepalcure "Breezin'"
49 Widowspeak "Gun Shy"
48 Rihanna "Where Have You Been"
47 Lykke Li "I Follow Rivers"
46 Okkervil River "We Need A Myth"
45 My Brightest Diamond "Be Brave"
44 Drake "Marvin's Room"
43 Real Estate "All The Same"
42 The Antlers "No Widows"
41 The Horrors "I Can See Through You"
40 Ellie Goulding "Lights" (Bassnectar Remix)
39 Youth Lagoon "17"
38 Nicolas Jaar "Space Is Only Noise If You Can See"
37 Adele "Rolling In The Deep"
36 My Morning Jacket "Holdin On To Black Metal"
35 Feist "Graveyard"
34 Tinariwen "Tamiditin Tan Ufrawen"
33 Björk "Crystalline"
32 Kate Bush "Snowed In At Wheeler Street"
31 The War On Drugs "Brothers"
30 The Rapture "In The Grace Of Your Love"
29 Tim Hecker "In The Fog II"
28 Lady GaGa "Heavy Metal Lover"
27 Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
26 St. Vincent "Cheerleader"
25 Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi featuring Jack White "Two Against One"
24 Bobby "Tomb Bloom"
23 Zola Jesus "Seekir"
22 A$AP Rocky "Houston Old Head"
21 tUnE-yArDs "Gangsta"
20 Bon Iver "Holocene"
19 Hooray For Earth "No Love"
18 Elbow "lippy kids"
17 Drake featuring Rihanna "Take Care"
16 Radiohead "Lotus Flower"
15 Beyoncé "1+1"
14 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "No One Is (As I Are Be)"
13 PJ Harvey "All & Everyone"
12 Adele "Someone Like You"
11 Girls "Vomit"
10 Cults "Go Outside"
9 Azealia Banks featuring Lazy Jay "212"
8 Wilco "Art Of Almost"
7 Metronomy "Everything Goes My Way"
6 Fleet Foxes "The Shrine / An Argument"
Kanye West has always been one of the biggest pop stars in the rap universe ever since he burst on the scene with "Through The Wire" way back in 2004. In 2011, he's teaming up with Jay-Z, and Watch The Throne was the result. No one knew really what to expect from the collaboration, yet they somehow defied expectations still. On "*****s In Paris", the fifth best song of 2011, Production is shared by Yeezy and Hit-Boy and the two bounce so many ideas off each other in the course of 3:30 that in other less capable hands it would be way overwhelming. Not the case here, as Jay and Ye cleverly sample audio from the Will Ferrell comedy Blades Of Glory, as well as an incredible dubstep inspired breakdown, where Jay-Z and Kanye West give us all a fair warning: "Don't let me get in my zone."
4. Lana Del Rey "Video Games"
Who exactly is Lana Del Rey? Is she an A&R guy's science experiment, is she the next Lady GaGa? Amy Winehouse? Adele? How about none of the above. While everyone is quick to label the next female star as a greater version of an artist in the past, it's a lot more challenging to admit when someone comes along who is totally unlike anyone else at the time. On "Video Games", LDR beautifully equates a relationship full of obstacles and complications to someone playing a video game. The old school, Nancy Sinatra-esque vocals and production add a layer of mystery to the singer, as did the homemade music video for the song. The sky is the limit for Lizzy Grant, let's just all hope she doesn't burn out getting close to the sun.
3. M83 "Midnight City"
Anthony Gonzalez is the mastermind behind M83, and "Midnight City" might just be his best song ever recorded. The song features the greatest synth hook in 2011, It's the perfect song for those late night drives, and every time you hear the song, it has that crazy way of making you feel like you are on top of the world. Spread your arms wide and soak in the city at midnight. It doesn't get much more breathtaking.
212 Azealia!!!!!!! 
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I love this song, glad to see it so high here. 