Year-End Lists

The Guardian: Best Albums of 2011

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1. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
2. On A Mission
   Katy B
3. Nostalgia, Ultra
   Frank Ocean
4. 4
   Beyoncé
5. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
6. James Blake
   James Blake
7. The English Riviera
   Metronomy
8. House of Balloons
   The Weeknd
9. Glass Swords
   Rustie
10. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
11. D
    White Denim
12. Smother
    Wild Beasts
13. Diamond Mine
    King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
14. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
15. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
16. Skying
    The Horrors
17. Biophilia
    Björk
18. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
19. Take Care
    Drake
20. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
21. The Harrow & The Harvest
    Gillian Welch
22. Last Night on Earth
    Noah & The Whale
23. A Creature I Don’t Know
    Laura Marling
24. The Bad in Each Other
    Feist
25. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
26. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
27. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
28. Gentle Spirit
    Jonathan Wilson
29. 50 Words for Snow
    Kate Bush
30. We’re New Here
    Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
31. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
32. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
33. Kaputt
    Destroyer
34. Mirrorwriting
    Jamie Woon
35. Cat’s Eyes
    Cat’s Eyes
36. Hell on Heels
    Pistol Annies
37. Kanye West/Jay-Z
    Watch the Throne
38. Cinderella’s Eyes
    Nicola Roberts
39. Computers and Blues
    The Streets
40. Hotel Shampoo
    Gruff Rhys
41. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
42. Felt
    Nils Frahm
43. Unto the Locust
    Machine Head
44. Golden Xplosion
    Marius Neset
45. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
    Colin Stetson
46. The Rip Tide
    Beirut
47. As High as the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
    True Widow
48. Ashes & Fire
    Ryan Adams
49. Burst Apart
    The Antlers
50. New Brigade
    Iceage