Rough Trade Shops Unveil LPs Of 2011

Josh T Pearson tops list

Rough Trade Shops have revealed their top ten albums of the year over on twitter . Texan folk singer Josh T. Pearson has

nabbed the top spot with his album Last of the Country Gentlemen . In fact the entire list is generously sprinkled with folk, though Zomby, Nicolas Jaar, and John Maus add some plugs & power.

Each of Rough Trade’s top ten albums will have exclusive bonus material, but only available when purchased from a Rough Trade shop. Rough Trade haven’t revealed the exact nature of all the bonus material, but a rather enticing 27 minute Julian Cope mixed bonus track is slated to appear with White Hills’ H-p1. Perhaps it’ll make an ideal Christmas present for your gran?

Rough Trade’s top ten albums of the year are as follows:

  1. Josh T. Pearson, Last of the Country Gentlemen
  1. Nicolas Jaar, Space Is Only Noise
  1. Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring For My Halo
  1. Gillian Welch, The Harrow & The Harvest
  1. PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
  1. Veronica Falls, Bad Feeling
  1. Zomby, Dedication
  1. John Maus, We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
  1. The Head And The Heart, Self-Titled
  1. White Hills, H-p1

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