Year-End Lists

Drowned in Sound: Favourite Albums of 2011

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012]

1. Burst Apart
   The Antlers
2. Ravedeath, 1972
   Tim Hecker
3. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
4. SBTRKT
   SBTRKT
5. 50 Words for Snow
   Kate Bush
6. Konkylie
   When Saints Go Machine
7. Felt
   Nils Frahm
8. The People’s Key
   Bright Eyes
9. The Rip Tide
   Beirut
10. The English Riviera
    Metronomy
11. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
12. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
13. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
14. C’mon
    Low
15. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
16. A Winged Victory for the Sullen
    A Winged Victory For The Sullen
17. Smother
    Wild Beasts
18. Everything’s Getting Older
    Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells
19. Looping State of Mind
    The Field
20. Kaputt
    Destroyer
21. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
    Colin Stetson
22. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
    Mogwai
23. Hearts
    I Break Horses
24. Feel It Break
    Austra
25. Slave Ambient
    The War on Drugs
26. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
27. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
28. Skying
    The Horrors
29. Last of the Country Gentlemen
    Josh T Pearson
30. Biophilia
    Björk
31. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
32. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
33. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
34. All Things Will Unwind
    My Brightest Diamond
35. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
36. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
37. The Tao of the Dead
    …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
38. On A Mission
    Katy B
39. Coracle
    WALLS
40. The Hunter
    Mastodon
41. Far Side Virtual
    James Ferraro
42. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
43. Marissa Nadler
    Marissa Nadler
44. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
45. New Look
    New Look
46. Crazy Clown Time
    David Lynch
47. Night of Hunters
    Tori Amos
48. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
49. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
50. Space is Only Noise
    Nicolas Jaar
51. Pala
    Friendly Fires
52. Replica
    Oneohtrix Point Never
53. We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
    John Maus
54. The Year of Hibernation
    Youth Lagoon
55. Zonoscope
    Cut Copy
56. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
57. Dedication
    Zomby
58. Parallax
    Atlas Sound
59. The Whole Love
    Wilco
60. New Brigade
    Iceage
61. Dust Collision
    Kate Wax
62. Glass Swords
    Rustie
63. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
    Explosions in the Sky
64. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
65. Virtue
    Emmy the Great
66. Mazes
    Moon Duo
67. 936
    Peaking Lights
68. Cinderella’s Eyes
    Nicola Roberts
69. A Young Person’s Guide
    Mark McGuire
70. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
    WU LYF
71. Veronica Falls
    Veronica Falls
72. You & I
    The Pierces
73. Hello Sadness
    Los Campesinos
74. James Blake
    James Blake
75. Femme Fatale
    Britney Spears