Best 20 Albums

1. Foster The People – Torches
2. Mae – (e)vening
3. Owl City – All Things Bright and Beautiful
4. Rise Against – Endgame
5. Least of These – More Than Conquerors EP
6. Blank Pages – Blank Pages EP
7. Awake! Awake! – Live Acoustic Covers (Free on Bandcamp)
8. Hyland – Weights and Measures
9. Peter Furler – On Fire
10. The Hawk in Paris – His + Hers EP
11. White Lies – Rituals
12. Warr Acres – Warr Acres
13. Yellowcard – When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes
14. Hawk Nelson – Crazy Love
15. Everfound – Dawn in Our Eyes
16. Family Force 5 – III
17. Divided by Friday – Prove It EP
18. Since Forever – Love EP
19. Red – Until We Have Faces
20. Swimming With Dolphins – Water Colours

Best 20 Songs

1. Mae – “I Just Needed You To Know”
2. Owl City – “Deer In The Headlights”
3. Anberlin – “Closer”
4. Foster The People – “I Would Do Anything For You”
5. Rise Against – “Satellite”
6. Everfound – “She Said”
7. FM Static – “My Brain Says Stop, But My Heart Says Go”
8. Ghosts of August – “Disease”
9. Awake! Awake! – “Fader” (The Temper Trap cover)
10. Yellowcard – “With You Around”
11. Taylor Swift – “Sparks Fly”
12. The Afters – “Lift Me Up”
13. Switchfoot – “Dark Horses”
14. Jason Aldean – “Dirt Road Anthem”
15. Hyland – “Jumping The Gun”
16. Peter Furler – “Matter Of Faith”
17. White Lies – “Bigger Than Us”
18. Abandon Kansas – “Heaven Come My Way”
19. Least of These – “Filthy Man”
20. Anthem Lights – “Can’t Shut Up”

Best 10 Independent/Unsigned Releases

1. Least of These – More Than Conquerors EP
2. Blank Pages – Blank Pages EP
3. Divided By Friday – Prove It EP
4. Kiros – Outlaws And Prodigals EP
5. Since Forever – Love EP
6. Mae – (e)vening
7. Sleep For Sleepers – Conditions
8. The Stolen Season – Lost In Colorways
9. Awake! Awake! – Live Acoustic Covers (Free on Bandcamp)
10. The Hawk in Paris – His + Hers EP

• Best of 2011 lists:
• Brandon Jones
• Rob Jensen
• Shawn Harvey
• Joshua Hedlund
• Chris Alexander
• Cimarron Hatch
• Brian Mercer
• Mitch Emerick
• Jessica Cooper
• Brody B
• Chris Works