50 Best Albums of 2011
50. Battles – Gloss Drop
[math rock / best tracks: “Ice Cream (feat. Matias Aguayo)”, “Wall Street”, “Rolls Bayce”]
49. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
[art pop / best tracks: “Strange Mercy”, “Year Of The Tiger”, “Cruel”]
48. Katy B – On A Mission
[dubstep / best tracks: “Easy Please Me”, “Katy On A Mission”, “Why You Always Here”]
47. Radical Face – Family Tree: The Roots
[indie folk / best tracks: “Always Gold”, “A Pound Of Flesh”, “Black Eyes”]
46. Natalia Kills – Perfectionist
[electropop / best tracks: “Free”, “Heaven”, “Mirrors”]
45. Destroyer – Kaputt
[chamber pop / best tracks: “Chinatown”, “Savage Night At The Opera”, “Poor In Love”]
44. Rustie – Glass Swords
[wonky / best tracks: “Ultra Thizz”, “City Star”, “Death Mountain”]
43. Julia Holter – Tragedy
[art pop / best tracks: “Goddess Eyes”, “Tragedy Finale”, “Try To Make Yourself A Work Of Art”]
42. Royal Headache – Royal Headache
[garage rock / best tracks: “Really In Love”, “Honey Joy”, “Wilson Street”]
41. blink-182 – Neighborhoods
[pop punk / best tracks: “Up All Night”, “Wishing Well”, “Snake Charmer”]
40. Go Radio – Lucky Street
[pop punk / best tracks: “Lucky Street”, “Why I’m Home”, “Forever My Father”]
39. Sleeping With Sirens – Let’s Cheers To This
[post-hardcore / best tracks: “If You Can’t Hang”, “Do It Now Remember It Later”, “Who Are You Now”]
38. Yellowcard – When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes
[pop punk / best tracks: “For You, And Your Denial”, “Hang You Up”, “Be The Young”]
37. Danny Brown – XXX
[hip-hop / best tracks: “Lie4”, “I Will”, “Blunt After Blunt”]
36. Friendly Fires – Pala
[indietronica / best tracks: “Hurting”, “Blue Cassette”, “Hawaiian Air”]
35. Foster The People – Torches
[indie pop / best tracks: “Pumped Up Kicks”, “Houdini”, “I Would Do Anything For You”]
34. Lady Gaga – Born This Way
[pop / best tracks: “Judas”, “Born This Way”, “Marry The Night”]
33. Set Your Goals – Burning At Both Ends
[pop punk / best tracks: “Certain”, “The Last American Virgin”, “Product Of The 80’s”]
32. Macintosh Plus – Floral Shoppe
[vaporwave / best tracks: “リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー”, “ECCOと悪寒ダイビング”, “Untitled”]
31. Jenny Hval – Viscera
[art pop / best tracks: “Blood Flight”, “Milk Of Marrow”, “Black Morning / Viscera”]
30. Breathe Carolina – Hell Is What You Make It
[electropop / best tracks: “Blackout”, “Sweat It Out”, “Waiting”]
29. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l
[freak folk / best tracks: “Gangsta”, “My Country”, “Bizness”]
28. Rihanna – Talk That Talk
[pop / best tracks: “We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)”, “Where Have You Been”, “You Da One”]
27. Sparks The Rescue – Worst Thing I’ve Been Cursed With
[pop punk / best tracks: “60 Minutes Of Fame”, “Saturday Skin”, “She’s A Bitch, And I’m A Fool”]
26. Lydia – Paint It Golden
[indie rock / best tracks: “Get It Right”, “Hailey”, “Eat Your Heart Out”]
25. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
[indie pop / best tracks: “Sadness Is A Blessing”, “Love Out Of Lust”, “I Follow Rivers”]
24. Panic! At The Disco – Vices And Virtues
[pop rock / best tracks: “The Ballad Of Mona Lisa”, “Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind)”, “Let’s Kill Tonight”]
23. Björk – Biophilia
[experimental pop / best tracks: “Sacrifice”, “Virus”, “Mutual Core”]
22. Cults – Cults
[indie pop / best tracks: “Oh My God”, “Go Outside”, “Abducted”]
21. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
[dream pop / best tracks: “Midnight City”, “Wait”, “Reunion”]
20. Adele – 21
[pop / best tracks: “Someone Like You”, “Rolling In The Deep”, “One And Only”]
19. Real Estate – Days
[jangle pop / best tracks: “Easy”, “Municipality”, “Kinder Blumen”]
18. Washed Out – Within And Without
[chillwave / best tracks: “Amor Fati”, “Before”, “A Dedication”]
17. Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
[chamber pop / best tracks: “Never Let Me Go”, “Shake It Out”, “Lover To Lover”]
16. Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra
[R&B / best tracks: “Songs For Women”, “Novacane”, “Swim Good”]
15. The Cinema – My Blood Is Full Of Airplanes
[indietronica / best tracks: “Satellites”, “The Wolf”, “Kinetic”]
14. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
[ambient / best tracks: “In The Air I”, “In The Air II”, “In The Air III”]
13. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
[indie folk / best tracks: “Blue Spotted Tail”, “The Shrine / An Argument”, “Lorelai”]
12. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
[indie folk / best tracks: “Holocene”, “Towers”, “Michicant”]
11. Beyoncé – 4
[R&B / best tracks: “Countdown”, “Love On Top”, “End Of Time”]
10. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
[ambient / best tracks: “Power Of Persuasion”, “Sleep Dealer”, “Explain”]
9. Britney Spears – Femme Fatale
[electropop / best tracks: “I Wanna Go”, “Till The World Ends”, “How I Roll”]
8. Starfucker – Reptilians
[electronic / best tracks: “The White Of Noon”, “Recess Time”, “Hungry Ghost”]
7. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
[future garage / best tracks: “Wildfire (feat. Little Dragon)”, “Right Thing To Do (feat. Jessie Ware)”, “Go Bang”]
6. Ball Park Music – Happiness And Surrounding Suburbs
[indie rock / best tracks: “It’s Nice To Be Alive”, “All I Want Is You”, “Alligator”]
5. Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind Of Fix
[indie rock / best tracks: “Shuffle”, “Lights Out, Words Gone”, “Leave It”]
4. Mayday Parade – Mayday Parade
[pop punk / best tracks: “Stay”, “When You See My Friends”, “Without The Bitter The Sweet Isn’t As Sweet”]
3. LIGHTS – Siberia
[electropop / best tracks: “Banner”, “Day One”, “Toes”]
2. Vanessa Carlton – Rabbits On The Run
[piano pop / best tracks: “London”, “Carousel”, “The Marching Line”]
1. The Wonder Years – Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing
[pop punk / best tracks: “And Now I’m Nothing”, “Local Man Ruins Everything”, “Came Out Swinging”]
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