Year-End Lists

Fact Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2011

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. House of Balloons
   The Weeknd
2. Glass Swords
   Rustie
3. Instrumentals
   Clams Casino
4. Bermuda Drain
   Prurient
5. Electronic Dream
   AraabMuzik
6. Far Side Virtual
   James Ferraro
7. Take Care
   Drake
8. The Magic Place
   Julianna Barwick
9. Routes
   LV & Joshua Idehen
10. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
11. Hour Logic
    Laurel Halo
12. James Blake
    James Blake
13. Tragedy
    Julia Holter
14. LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
15. Dedication
    Zomby
16. Severant
    Kuedo
17. Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious
    Motion Sickness of Time Travel
18. Cashmere Sheets
    Patrice & Friends
19. XXX
    Danny Brown
20. Afro Noise Vol. 1
    Cut Hands
21. Aftertime
    Roly Porter
22. Replica
    Oneohtrix Point Never
23. We’re New Here
    Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
24. We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
    John Maus
25. Room(s)
    Machinedrum
26. SyMeta
    Byetone
27. 936
    Peaking Lights
28. Passed Me By
    Andy Stott
29. GLAQJO XAACSSO
    patten
30. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
31. Re: ECM
    Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer
32. Skying
    The Horrors
33. 808s & Dark Grapes II
    Main Attrakionz
34. Black Sun
    Kode9 and The Spaceape
35. Music For Thomas Carnacki Vol. 1
    Jon Brooks
36. The End of All Things
    Tropic of Cancer
37. Wander / Wonder
    Balam Acab
38. Breaking the Frame
    Surgeon
39. James Pants
    James Pants
40. The Haxan Cloak
    The Haxan Cloak
41. The Teac Life
    Legowelt
42. Fever
    2562
43. Smother
    Wild Beasts
44. Biophilia
    Björk
45. Blanck Mass
    Blanck Mass
46. Unity
    Damu
47. LP
    Container
48. Rubba Band Business 2
    Juicy J & Lex Luger
49. 93 Million Miles
    Africa Hitech
50. Urban Gothic
    Xander Harris