FTM 101 Best of 2011: 76-101

Maybe 101 albums is too many for a "Best of" list. Some may think it's indulgent or that I'm showing off how much music I listened to ....but that's not the case. I just love music so much and it needs to be seen that good music is still being put out in this day and age of disposable songs. I listened to many, many, many new albums in 2011 and passed on dozens more after previewing them. The FTM 101 includes all the albums I heard and think are most worthy of mention. Here's the first installment (higher up the chart will include write-ups).

76. Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

77. Mt. Moriah - s/t

78. Chris Young - Neon

79. The Jayhawks - Mockingbird Time

80. Mike McClure - Fifty Billion

81. 2 Steps Back - Lovers & Fighters

82. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers - Unida Cantina

83. Trombone Shorty - For True

84. Too Slim and the Taildraggers - Shiver

85. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - Soul Time!

86. Middle Brother - S/T

87. Blind Boys of Alabama - Take the High Road

88. Black Spiders - Sons of the North

89. The V-Roys - Sooner or Later

90. Rachel Brooke - Down in the Barnyard

91. A Pale Horse Named Death - And Hell Will Follow…

92. Switchfoot - Vice Verses

93. Childish Gambino - Camp

94. Deer Dick - Divine Providence

95. Hank III - Ghost to a Ghost/Guttertown

96. Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers - Starlight Hotel

97. Trent Dabbs - Southerner

98. R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now

99. The Gourds - Old Mad Joy

100. My Morning Jacket - Circuital

101. Black Stone Cherry - Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea