(This is a cross-post from Palm Springs Beats)

Okay, here we go. I’ve kept it simple this year — no albums, no videos, just my favorite tracks, which I’ve been logging in a spreadsheet all year. I’ve taken this more seriously than a lot of things I probably should have in 2011, but I don’t live with regrets. You’ll probably notice that I only spent about 10 minutes going through and adding pretty much stream-of-consciousness commentary on some of the pertinent tracks, but that’s also okay. No regrets, bitch.

You can download all of the MP3s here. Mirror here. You can listen to (most of) this ish on Spotify here. I didn’t spend any time cleaning up the ID3 tags, adding album art, or even organizing them in sequential order, sosumi.

An aside: I had a lot of anxiety about which tracks should go in my top-25. I almost got a script for Xanax to deal with the weight of all of these multivariate decisions and the endless loop of what-if’s and tit-for-tat swaps. And then I realized we only have 91 Facebook fans.

Without further ado, here are my top 50 60 tracks of 2011:

1. The Rapture - How Deep Is Your Love
2. TV on the Radio - Will Do
3. Burial - Street Halo
4. The Weeknd - House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls
5. Light Asylum - Dark Allies
6. Gang Gang Dance - Adult Goth
7. SBTRKT - Wildfire
8. Holy Ghost - Wait and See
9. Purity Ring - Belispeak
10. Mogwai - San Pedro
11. Modestep - Sunlight
12. Rihanna - We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
13. The Streets - Outside Inside
14. Digitalism - Miami Showdown
15. Ellie Goulding - Lights (Bassnectar Remix)
16. Future of the Left - I Am The Least Of Your Problems (Demo)
17. Fucked Up - Queen of Hearts
18. Foster the People - Helena Beat
19. Bosse-de-Nage - The Death Posture
20. Araabmuzik - Streetz Tonight
21. Cut Copy - Need You Now
22. Explosions in the Sky - Trembling Hands
23. Architecture in Helsinki - Contact High
24. Cults - You Know What I Mean
25. Lil Wayne - She Will
26. Bon Iver - Holocene
27. Britney Spears - Til the World Ends
28. Denzal Park vs Wizard Sleeve - I’m a Drum Machine (Cyantific Remix)
29. Efdemin - There Will Be Singing (DJ Koze Remix)
30. Kanye and Jay-Z - H.A.M.
31. Wu Lyf - Dirt
32. Washed Out - You and I
33. Swedish House Mafia - Save the World (Futurebound Remix)
34. Deadbeat - Third Quarter (The Vampire of Mumbai)
35. Flux Pavilion - Bass Cannon
36. Nero - Innocence
37. Rustie - After Light
38. M83 - Midnight City
39. Liturgy - Generation
40. Jane’s Addiction - Irresistible Force
41. Battles - Futura
42. Primitive Weapons - Politics and Oblivion
43. Chris Brown w/ Benny Benassi - Beautiful People
44. James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream
45. Chase and Status w/ Cee-lo - Brixton Briefcase
46. Gold Panda - Back Home
47. Penguin Prison - Don’t Fuck With My Money
48. Brothertiger  - Evening Glow (Keep Shelley In Athens Remix)
49. Active Child - Hanging On
50. Crystal Antlers - By the Sawkill
51. Muscles - I’ll Follow You
52. Red Fang - Hank Is Dead
53. Cold Cave - The Great Pan Is Dead
54. Iceage - Broken Bones
55. xxxy - Ordinary Things
56. Clams Casino - Numb
57. Mastodon - Black Tongue
58. Tennis - Marathon
59. Tom Vek - A Chore
60. Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci