2011 Review: 25 Great "Rock" Releases (The Honorable Mention)

This year had so many great albums that a singular top 10 was just not quite enough; too many other albums deserved at least a mention. There was the Top 10 hiphop/R&B list posted earlier this week and this here is essentially an extended honorable mention for the other rock albums this year. An overall top 10 is coming later this month with proper write ups and in an effort to preserve the suspense, none of those albums will be included. In the meantime, enjoy this list and give a listen to some of these excellent albums if you haven't already.

A.A. Bondy - Believers



The Antlers - Burst Apart



Atlas Sound - Parallax



Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder



Beirut - The Rip Tide



Bright Eyes - The People's Key



Cults - Cults



Cut Copy - Zonoscope



Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - It's A Corporate World



The Decemberists - The King Is Dead



Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - Mysterious Power



Fruit Bats - Tripper



Givers - In Light



Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital



Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean



Okkervil River - I Am Very Far



The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong



Seryn - This is Where We Are



The Shivers - More



Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde



Surfer Blood - Tarot Classics [EP]



tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L



The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient



Wilco - The Whole Love



Yuck - Yuck