On their “Best Albums of 2011″ list, they named David Nail’s The Sound of A Million Dreams number nine, Stoney LaRue’s Velvet number eight, Miranda Lambert’s Four The Record number four and Pistol Annies Hell On Heels number one.  All four albums were co-produced by Frank Liddell and 3 out of 4 feature Carnival songs.

The following Carnival songs also made their “Top 100 Songs of 2011″ list:

93  Stoney LaRue – “Dresses” (LaRue, Mando Saenz)

72  David Nail – “Half Mile Hill” (Tia Sillers, Mark Selby, Rick Brantley)

65  Eli Young Band – “My Old Man’s Son” (Mike Eli, Blu Sanders)

44  David Nail – “Sound Of A Million Dreams” (Phil Vassar, Scooter Carusoe)

36  Miranda Lambert – “All Kinds Of Kinds” (Don Henry, Phillip Coleman)

28  David Nail – “Songs For Sale” (Billy Montana, Carusoe)

4  Stoney LaRue – “Velvet” (LaRue, Saenz)

Complete lists can be found at That Nashville Sound‘s website.