Today I asked my Twitter followers to name a great album of 2011 that they thought they would still be listening in years to come. There was a lot of diversity - a few popular choices - but mostly just lots of lone single votes. Evidence of people being clever? Or just evidence of the depth of music that reaches people these days? I’ve listed the artists below. To save me typing it all out assume we are talking about their 2011 album. In no particular order, here’s the long tail for your Christmas list …

Bon Iver

Girls

Jonathan Wilson

Mark E

Nils Frahm

Papercuts

Wye Oak

Gruff Rhys

Ghostpoet

The Joy Formidable

Julianna Barwick

Tim Hecker

Jon Hopkins & King Creosote

James Blake

M83

Dakota Suite

Cliff Martinez

Metronomy

Josh T Pearson

Half Man Half Biscuit

Flowers and Sea Creatures

Dum Dum Girls

Kid Loco

Emika

Wildcookie

David Lynch

Ryan Adams

Wild Beasts

Wilco

Anna Calvi

Adele

SBTRKT

PJ Harvey

John Tejada

KD Lang & Siss Boom Bang

Van Morrison

Tom Waits

Gillian Welch

Makossa & Megablast

Elbow

Moomin

Booker T

Lykke Li

Magnus Öström

The Decemberists

The Unthanks

Noel Gallagher

Iron and Wine

Jamie Woon

John Maus

Oh Land

Gus Gus

Little Dragon

Tuneyards

(Pretty sure these were all out in 2011. Might be a couple out of place. And if I missed a couple from all your Tweets, sorry, there were loads …)

Ben x