Built for Speed: Nick’s best albums of 2011
These are Nick’s selection for the 20 best albums of 2011.
| Band | Album | |
| 1 | Royal Headache | ROYAL HEADACHE |
| 2 | Belles will ring | CRYSTAL THEATRE |
| 3 | The Vaccines | WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES? |
| 4 | Fleet Foxes | HELPLESSNESS BLUES |
| 5 | Anna Calvi | ANNA CALVI |
| 6 | Wilco | THE WHOLE LOVE |
| 7 | Arctic Monkeys | SUCK IT AND SEE |
| 8 | Eagle and the worm | GOOD TIMES |
| 9 | The Kills | BLOOD PRESSURES |
| 10 | Laura Marling | A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
| 11 | Gillian Welch | THE HARROW AND THE HARVEST |
| 12 | The Strokes | ANGLES |
| 13 | Crystal stilts | IN LOVE WITH OBLIVION |
| 14 | REM | COLLAPSE INTO NOW |
| 15 | The Black Keys | EL CAMINO |
| 16 | Caves | NEVER ENDLESS |
| 17 | Peter, Bjorn and John | GIMME SOME |
| 18 | The Dears | DEGENERATION STREET |
| 19 | The Duke and the King | LONG LIVE THE DUKE AND THE KING |
| 20 | Juliana Barwick | THE MAGIC PLACE |