2011 Faves: 110 Songs We Totally Loved
2011 was the year Spotify went big stateside, effectively taking the age-old process of making mixed tapes into the modern age.
As our contributors’ ballots came in I added their "favorite song" nominees to my first-ever Spotify playlist, appropriately titled "NadaMucho.com’s Best of 2011."
Here’s a list of the songs it includes. (Scroll down to subscribe to the list on Spotify.)
Abe Vigoda – “Throwing Shade”
Adele – “Rollin’ In The Deep”
Adele
– “Rumor Has It”
Amy
Winehouse – “Our Day Will Come”
The
Antlers – “Putting the Dog To Sleep”
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The
Antlers – “Every Night My Teeth are Falling Out”
Beastie
Boys – “Don’t Play No Game that I Can’t Win”
Beirut
– “Santa Fe”
The
Belle Brigade – “Losers”
Beth
Ditto – “I Wrote the Book”
Bibio
– “K is for Kelson”
Black
Lips – “Dumpster Dive”
Black
Lips – “Modern Art”
Black
Lips – “Spidey’s Curse”
Black
Lips – “Mr. Driver”
Boat
– “Changing of the Guard”
Bon
Iver – “Holocene”
Cant
– “BANG”
Cave
Singers – “Black Leaf”
Ceremony
– “Into the Wayside Part I/Sick”
Charles
Bradley – “I Believe in Your Love”
Charles
Bradley – “No Time for Dreaming”
Charles
Bradley – “The World (Is Going Up in Flames”
Crystal
Stilts – “Through the Floor”
Cults
– “Abducted”
Cults
– “Bumper”
Cut
Copy – “Where I’m Going”
Danger
Mouse, Daniele Luppi – “Black (feat.
Norah Jones)”
Das
Racist – “Michael Jackson”
Days
– “Drums”
DJ
Shadow/Little Dragon – “Scale It Back”
Fleet
Foxes – “Battery Kinzie”
Fleet
Foxes – “Helplessness Blues”
Foster the People – “Pumped Out Kicks”
Frank
Ocean – “Novacane”
Frank
Ocean – “Swim Good”
Fucked
Up – “One More Night”
Fucked
Up – “The Other Shoe”
Girls
– “Jamie Marie”
Girls
– “Honey Bunny”
Girls
– “Vomit”
The Glitch Mob – “We Can Make the
World Stop”
Grouplove – “Colours”
Grouplove – “Tongue Tied"
Hunx
& His Punx – “Lovers Lane”
Hunx
& His Punx – “Keep Away from Johnny”
Iron
& Wine – “Tree by the River”
James
Blake – “Limit to your Love”
Jay-Z
and Kanye West – “New Day”
Jay-Z
and Kanye West – “Niggas in Paris
Jessie J – “Price Tag”
Joy Formidable – "Buoy”
Joy Formidable – "Whirring”
Katy
B – “Katy On A Mission”
Kavinsky
– “Nightcall”
Kendrick
Lamar – “A.D.H.D. ”
Lady
Gaga – “Bloody Mary”
Lady
Gaga – “Born this Way”
Little
Dragon – “Ritual Union”
Lykke
Li – “I Follow Rivers”
Lykke
Li – “Love Out of Lust”
M83
– “Midnight City”
M83
– “Wait”
Major Lazer, The Partysquad –
“Original Don”
Milagres – "Here to
Stay"
Million
Young – “Sentimental”
My
Morning Jacket – “Wonderful (The Way I Feel)”
Nero
– “Crush on You”
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Old
97s – “White Port”
Other
Lives – “For 12”
Panda
Bear – “Tomboy”
Patrick
Wolf – “The City”
Phantogram
– “Don’t Move”
Pictureplane
– “Goth Star”
PJ
Harvey – “Let England Shake”
Purity
Ring – “Belispeak”
Radiation
City – “The Color of Industry”
Radical
Face – “Welcome Home”
Radiohead
– “Lotus Flower”
Radiohead
– “ Separator”
Real
Estate – “It’s Real”
Reptar
– “Blastoff”
Robyn
– “Call Your Girlfriend (Feed Me Remix) ”
Rubblebucket
– “Came Out of a Lady”
Russian
Circles – “Schiphol”
RZA
– “Grits”
Seapony
– “Dreaming”
Sharon
Van Etten – “Love More”
SBTRKT
– “Heatwave”
SBTRKT
ft Little Dragon – “Wildfire
Sleeping
Bag – “Slime”
St. Vincent – “Northern Lights”
Summer Camp – “I Want You”
Telekensis! – "Please Ask For
Help"
Thermals
– “I’m Gonna Change Your Life”
Thurston
Moore – “Benediction”
Tim
Hecker – “ The Piano Drop”
Trash
Talk – “Awake”
Tune-Yards – “Bizness”
Tycho
– “Dive”
The War on Drugs – “Your Love is Calling
My Name”
Washed Out – "Amor Fati"
The Weeknd – “What You Need”
White Wishes – "Happy and
Afraid"
Wilco
– “Art of Almost”
Wilco
– “Black Moon”
Wolves
in the Throne Room – “Astral Blood”
Wooden
Shjips – “Lazy Bones”
Youth
Lagoon – “Cannons”
Zomby – "Things Fall Aparty"
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More 2011 coverage:
- Our Contributor’s 25 Favorite Albums
- Brent Amaker’s Top 5 West Seattle Bands
- Wade Neal’s Top Tacoma Bands
- T Basa’s top 11 albums
- Colin Johnson’s 25 top songs