Year-End Lists

PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011

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1. Helplessness Blues
   Fleet Foxes
2. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
3. David Comes to Life
   Fucked Up
4. Whokill
   Tune-Yards
5. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
   M83
6. House of Balloons
   The Weeknd
7. Strange Mercy
   St. Vincent
8. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
9. The Harrow & The Harvest
   Gillian Welch
10. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
11. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
12. 21
    Adele
13. The King is Dead
    The Decemberists
14. James Blake
    James Blake
15. Yuck
    Yuck
16. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
17. Stone Rollin’
    Raphael Saadiq
18. American Legacies
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band
19. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
20. Build a Rocket Boys!
    Elbow
21. Burst Apart
    The Antlers
22. Wild Flag
    Wild Flag
23. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
24. Kaputt
    Destroyer
25. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine
26. Gimme Some
    Peter Bjorn and John
27. The Whole Love
    Wilco
28. Nine Types of Light
    TV on the Radio
29. Ashes & Fire
    Ryan Adams
30. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
31. All Eternals Deck
    The Mountain Goats
32. Within and Without
    Washed Out
33. So Beautiful or So What
    Paul Simon
34. Return of 4Eva
    Big K.R.I.T.
35. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
36. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
37. Cults
    Cults
38. The Book of David
    DJ Quik
39. I Am Very Far
    Okkervil River
40. Slave Ambient
    The War on Drugs
41. Wasting Light
    Foo Fighters
42. Skying
    The Horrors
43. When the Heart Emerges Glistening
    Ambrose Akinmusire
44. Last Summer
    Eleanor Friedberger
45. No Time for Dreaming
    Charles Bradley
46. 17th Street
    Hammers of Misfortune
47. Go-Go Boots
    Drive-By Truckers
48. Ravedeath, 1972
    Tim Hecker
49. The Inside Room
    Watt Sun
50. Civilian
    Wye Oak
51. Dye It Blonde
    Smith Westerns
52. Arabia Mountain
    Black Lips
53. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
    Colin Stetson
54. Circuital
    My Morning Jacket
55. Join Us
    They Might Be Giants
56. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
57. Gloss Drop
    Battles
58. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
    Mogwai
59. The People’s Key
    Bright Eyes
60. Metals
    Feist
61. The Hunter
    Mastodon
62. Feel It Break
    Austra
63. The Big Roar
    Joy Formidable
64. Nothing is Wrong
    Dawes
65. How Do You Do?
    Mayer Hawthorne
66. Parallax
    Atlas Sound
67. All at Once
    The Airborne Toxic Event
68. Paradise
    Slow Club
69. Blessed
    Lucinda Williams
70. Looping State of Mind
    The Field
71. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
72. What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
    The Vaccines
73. Conatus
    Zola Jesus
74. ISAM
    Amon Tobin
75. All Things Will Unwind
    My Brightest Diamond