The 75 Best Albums of 2011

Based on charts published by: the BBC, Consequence of Sound, Exclaim!, The Guardian, Mojo, NME, Paste, Pitchfork, Q, Rolling Stone, Spin, Stereogum & Uncut

Rank High Artist Album Score Lists Single
1 1 Bon Iver Bon Iver 523 13 Holocene
2 1 PJ Harvey Let England Shake 491 12 The Words That Maketh Murder
3 1 St. Vincent Strange Mercy 360 11 Cruel
4 4 Kurt Vile Smoke Ring For My Halo 342 12 Jesus Fever
5 2 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues 318 10 Grown Ocean
6 4 tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l 309 11 Bizness
7 2 The Horrors Skying 302 7 I Can See Through You
8 5 radiohead The King of Limbs 264 9 Lotus Flower
9 5 Tom Waits Bad As Me 259 8 Satisified
10 1 James Blake James Blake 255 9 The Wilhelm Scream
11 2 Wild Beasts Smother 244 6 Lion's Share
12 1 Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost 243 1 Holy Ghost!
13 5 The Weeknd House of Balloons 242 6 The Morning
14 3 M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 241 6 Midnight City
15 9 Wild Flag Wild Flag 229 8 Romance
16 2 Drake Take Care 216 7 Marvin's Room
17 2 Metronomy The English Riveria 215 5 Everything Goes My Way
18 3 EMA Past Life Martyred Saints 212 7 California
19 2 Kanye West & Jay-Z Watch the Throne 203 8 Ni**as in Paris
20 1 Adele 21 192 6 Rolling In The Deep
21 4 Beyoncé 4 189 7 Countdown
22 11 Laura Marling A Creature I Don't Know 183 6 The Beast
23 2 Destroyer Kaputt 180 9 Chinatown
23 13 Yuck Yuck 180 6 Get Away
25 2 Katy B On A Mission 174 6 Broken Record
  1. Real Estate – Days
  2. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
  3. Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
  4. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
  5. Feist – Metals
  6. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
  7. Josh T. Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen
  8. Wilco – The Whole Love
  9. Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
  10. White Denim – D
  11. Björk – Biophilla
  12. The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
  13. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
  14. Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
  15. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
  16. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
  17. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
  18. Frank Ocean – Nostalga, Ultra.
  19. Iceage – New Brigade
  20. Fucked Up – David Comes to Life
  21. The Decemberists – The King is Dead
  22. Danny Brown – XXX
  23. Lady Gaga – Born This Way
  24. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
  25. Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What
  1. Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit
  2. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
  3. Beirut – The Rip Tide
  4. Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
  5. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
  6. Cat's Eyes – Cat's Eyes
  7. The Field – Looping State of Mind
  8. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
  9. The Antlers – Burst Apart
  10. The Black Keys – El Camino
  11. Rustie – Glass Swords
  12. Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots
  13. The Men – Leave Home
  14. Austra – Feel It Break
  15. TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light
  16. Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix
  17. Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise
  18. Battles – Gloss Drop
  19. Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
  20. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
  21. Das Racist – Relax
  22. Washed Out – Within and Without
  23. Atlas Sound – Parallax
  24. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
  25. Clams Casino – Instrumental Mixtape