Favorite Track: ‘Monster.'” “This album is packed with great songs,” Degraw says. “I’ve had the opportunity to be in the writing room with Charles and Dave and it was one of the most ...

With that in mind, we’ve assembled a crew of Ampersand contributors to list their favourite albums of 2011 thus far, and which albums from the year’s second half they’re looking forward to most.

These four albums were deeply loved by fans, but critics were pretty wordy with how much they hated them when they were first ...