Apes on Tape’s favorite 40 albums of 2011. And check out our favorite songs of 2011 as well.

Honorable Mentions:
Dye it Blonde | Smith Westerns
Gloss Drop | Battles
Blood Pressure | The Kills
It’s a Corporate World| Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr
Zonoscope | Cut Copy

40. Conatus | Zola Jesus
39. Cults | Cults
38. Alabama Shakes EP | Alabama Shakes
37. El Camino | Black Keys
36. Ruins | Talkdemonic
35. Bright Lights EP | Gary Clark Jr.
34. Go Tell Fire on the Mountain | Wu Lyf
33. D | White Denim
32. Future Self | The Globes
31. Pascal Pinon | Pascal Pinon
30. Cape Doary | Tennis
29. Parallax | Atlas Sound
28. James Blake | James Blake
27. Wit’s End/Humor Risk | Cass McCombs
26. The King of Limbs | Radiohead
25. Smoke Rings for My Halo | Kurt Vile
24. Yuck | Yuck
23. W H O K I L L | tUnE-yArDs
22. Year of Hibernation | Youth Lagoon
21. A$APLiveLove | A$AP Rocky
20. Era Extraña | Neon Indian
19. Anika | Anika
18. Underneath the Pine | Toro y Moi
17. Helplessness Blues | Fleet Foxes
16. Slave Ambient | The War on Drugs
15. Civilian | Wye Oak
14. In Heaven | Twin Sister
13. Strange Mercy | St. Vincent
12. 936 | Peaking Lights
11. Carrion Crawler/The Dream | Thee Oh Sees 

10. Tomboy | Panda Bear
9. Expanding Anyway | Morning Teleportation
8. Days | Real Estate
7. Black Up  | Shabazz Palaces
6. Bon Iver | Bon Iver
5. Take Care | Drake
4. Reptillians | Starfucker
3. Father Son Holy Ghost | Girls
2. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming | M83
1. The Suburbs | Arcade Fire
(lol, jk, haha)

1. Burst Apart | The Antlers