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2011 Music

Gigwise: Top 50 Albums of 2011

12 December 2011

The English Riviera - Metronomy

Gigwise: Top 50 Albums of 2011

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2012]

  1. The English Riviera
    Metronomy
  2. Skying
    The Horrors
  3. Let England Shake
    PJ Harvey
  4. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
    Beastie Boys
  5. Angles
    The Strokes
  6. Velociraptor!
    Kasabian
  7. Suck It and See
    Arctic Monkeys
  8. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine
  9. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
  10. Pala
    Friendly Fires
  11. Wasting Light
    Foo Fighters
  12. Smother
    Wild Beasts
  13. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
  14. Burst Apart
    The Antlers
  15. Mylo Xyloto
    Coldplay
  16. What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
    The Vaccines
  17. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
  18. Kiss Each Other Clean
    Iron & Wine
  19. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
    Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
  20. Mirrorwriting
    Jamie Woon
  21. A Different Kind of Fix
    Bombay Bicycle Club
  22. Biophilia
    Björk
  23. Arabia Mountain
    Black Lips
  24. Coastal Grooves
    Blood Orange
  25. Computers and Blues
    The Streets
  26. The People’s Key
    Bright Eyes
  27. Cults
    Cults
  28. Build a Rocket Boys!
    Elbow
  29. Violet Cries
    Esben and the Witch
  30. We’re New Here
    Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
  31. Hunger
    Frankie and the Heartstrings
  32. Veronica Falls
    Veronica Falls
  33. James Blake
    James Blake
  34. The Big Roar
    Joy Formidable
  35. On A Mission
    Katy B
  36. A Creature I Don’t Know
    Laura Marling
  37. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
    Mogwai
  38. Nine Types of Light
    TV on the Radio
  39. Last Night on Earth
    Noah & The Whale
  40. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  41. Yuck
    Yuck
  42. 21
    Adele
  43. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
  44. Rome
    Danger Mouse & Daniel Luppi
  45. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
  46. Carrier
    Sully
  47. Glass Swords
    Rustie
  48. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
  49. Leisure Seizure
    Tom Vek
  50. Sinners Never Sleep
    You Me At Six

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