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2011 Music
Drowned in Sound: Favourite Albums of 2011
15 December 2011
Drowned in Sound
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Favourite Albums of 2011
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Burst Apart
The Antlers
Ravedeath, 1972
Tim Hecker
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
SBTRKT
SBTRKT
50 Words for Snow
Kate Bush
Konkylie
When Saints Go Machine
Felt
Nils Frahm
The People’s Key
Bright Eyes
The Rip Tide
Beirut
The English Riviera
Metronomy
Strange Mercy
St. Vincent
Bon Iver
Bon Iver
Bad as Me
Tom Waits
C’mon
Low
Past Life Martyred Saints
EMA
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
A Winged Victory For The Sullen
Smother
Wild Beasts
Everything’s Getting Older
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells
Looping State of Mind
The Field
Kaputt
Destroyer
New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Colin Stetson
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Mogwai
Hearts
I Break Horses
Feel It Break
Austra
Slave Ambient
The War on Drugs
David Comes to Life
Fucked Up
House of Balloons
The Weeknd
Skying
The Horrors
Last of the Country Gentlemen
Josh T Pearson
Biophilia
Björk
Nostalgia, Ultra
Frank Ocean
The King of Limbs
Radiohead
Whokill
Tune-Yards
All Things Will Unwind
My Brightest Diamond
Wounded Rhymes
Lykke Li
Smoke Ring for My Halo
Kurt Vile
The Tao of the Dead
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
On A Mission
Katy B
Coracle
WALLS
The Hunter
Mastodon
Far Side Virtual
James Ferraro
Watch the Throne
Jay-Z and Kanye West
Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler
Tomboy
Panda Bear
New Look
New Look
Crazy Clown Time
David Lynch
Night of Hunters
Tori Amos
Eye Contact
Gang Gang Dance
Born This Way
Lady Gaga
Space is Only Noise
Nicolas Jaar
Pala
Friendly Fires
Replica
Oneohtrix Point Never
We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
John Maus
The Year of Hibernation
Youth Lagoon
Zonoscope
Cut Copy
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
M83
Dedication
Zomby
Parallax
Atlas Sound
The Whole Love
Wilco
New Brigade
Iceage
Dust Collision
Kate Wax
Glass Swords
Rustie
Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Explosions in the Sky
Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Girls
Virtue
Emmy the Great
Mazes
Moon Duo
936
Peaking Lights
Cinderella’s Eyes
Nicola Roberts
A Young Person’s Guide
Mark McGuire
Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
WU LYF
Veronica Falls
Veronica Falls
You & I
The Pierces
Hello Sadness
Los Campesinos
James Blake
James Blake
Femme Fatale
Britney Spears