It is always so hard to pick my top albums of the year, but here is my list of the top 10 albums from 2011. I still pick entire album releases and not just a song.
- Angels & Airwaves – Love Part Two
- Lenny Kravitz – Black and White America
- Fitz & The Tantrums – Pickin’ Up The Pieces
- Uriah Heep – Into The Wild
- George Thorogood – 2120 South Michigan Ave
- House of Lords – Big Money
- Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events
- Night Ranger – Somewhere In California
- Social Distortion – Hard Times and Nursery Ryhmes
- Electric Boys – And Them Boys Done Swang
Here is my list of top music discoveries in 2011. These are old releases I first discovered this year or new bands that got me excited in 2011.
- Edgar Winter Group – They Only Come Out At Night
- Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- 7th Heaven – band out of Chicago
- City Boy – 70′s band from the UK, similar to Electric Light Orchestra
- Neil Cribbs – saw him at a showcase performance and fell in love with his folk music
- The Silver Comet – again, saw them at a showcase performance, their show just grabbed me
Punk band Social Distortion has found a new twist on allowing their fans to control the pricing of their next album. For every 100,000 streams of songs from their album 
the price drops a dollar on the sales price when the album is released on Amazon on January 18. There’s a bit of exclusivity in the deal in that it only applies to Amazon sales in the US>
