Year-End Lists

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2011 Music

BBC: Top 25 Albums of 2011

02 December 2011

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Music Writers for the BBC: Top 25 Albums of 2011

  1. Let England Shake
    PJ Harvey
  2. Smother
    Wild Beasts
  3. Skying
    The Horrors
  4. Burst Apart
    The Antlers
  5. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
  6. The English Riviera
    Metronomy
  7. 4
    Beyoncé
  8. Last of the Country Gentlemen
    Josh T Pearson
  9. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
  10. New Brigade
    Iceage
  11. Biophilia
    Björk
  12. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
  13. On A Mission
    Katy B
  14. Go-Go Boots
    Drive-By Truckers
  15. We’re New Here
    Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
  16. Anna Calvi
    Anna Calvi
  17. 50 Words for Snow
    Kate Bush
  18. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
  19. The Magic Place
    Julianna Barwick
  20. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
  21. The King is Dead
    The Decemberists
  22. Darker Handcraft
    Trap Them
  23. Cherish the Light Years
    Cold Cave
  24. A Creature I Don’t Know
    Laura Marling
  25. The People’s Key
    Bright Eyes

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