And that was 2011...

Not many classics this year but lots I loved - here, off the top of my head, are some... for the sake of wanting to have an album of the year I'll give it to...

Wye Oak - Civilian

Although any one of these three could also have been in that slot...

• The Unthanks - Last
• Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
• The Feelies - Here Before

And these also got plenty of plays...

• Bjork - Biophilia
• Trembling Bells - The Constant Pageant
• Damon & Naomi - False Beats and True Hearts
• Lanterns on the Lake - Gracious Tide Take Me Home
• The Unthanks - Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons (although specifically the Robert Wyatt side)
• Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
• Amor de Días - Street of the Love of Days

There were lots more

Last.fm reckons different:
Top 10 artists:

1. Luna
2. Galaxie 500
3. The Unthanks
4. The Feelies
5. Damon & Naomi
6. Throwing Muses
7. Stereolab
8. Motörhead
9. The Beatles
10. Big Star

Top 11 tracks

1. The Unthanks - Gan To The Kye
2. The Unthanks - Starless
3. The Unthanks - The Gallowgate Lad
4. Galaxie 500 - Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste
5. The Unthanks - Queen of Hearts
6. The Unthanks - Last
7. Luna - Slide
8. Galaxie 500 - Ceremony
9. Lower Dens - Two Cocks
10. Damon & Naomi - How Do I Say Goodbye
11. The Feelies - Should Be Gone

Top 10 albums

1. The Unthanks - Last
2. Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip
3. The Feelies - Here Before
4. Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement
5. Wye Oak - Civilian
6. Damon & Naomi - False Beats and True Hearts
7. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
8. Gordon McIntyre - Midsummer: A Play With Songs
9. Big Star - #1 Record / Radio City
10. Nancy Sinatra - Lightning's Girl: Greatest Hits 1965-1971

And the rather puny list of this years gigs...

• Damon & Naomi, Woodpecker Wooliams and Birdengine
• The Unthanks
• Stevie Jackson
• St. Vincent, Cate Le Bon
• Throwing Muses, Spectrals and Special Benny
• Anna Calvi and Halloween, Alaska
• Truck Festival 2011
• Electrelane, Halo Halo
• Ozzy Osbourne, Revoker
• Damon & Naomi, Richard Youngs and Michio Kurihara
• Damon & Naomi
• Transmitters
• Dean Wareham, Haight Ashbury
• The Unthanks, Trembling Bells
• Piano Magic, Ringo Deathstarr and SPC ECO
• Dean Wareham, Ringo Deathstarr and Echo Lake
• Kristin Hersh