Top Albums of 2011
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
11
994
 Shabazz Palaces Black Up Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Death Grips Exmilitary Abstract Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop
J Mascis Several Shades of Why Acoustic Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Drive-By Truckers Go-Go Boots Alt-Country
My Morning Jacket Circuital Alt-Country, Indie Rock
Ryan Adams Ashes & Fire Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
The Rapture In the Grace of Your Love Alternative Dance
Foster the People Torches Alternative Dance, Dance-Pop, Indie Pop
Friendly Fires Pala Alternative Dance, Indietronica
10
887
 The Weeknd House of Balloons/Trilogy Alternative R&B
27
2003
 Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra Alternative R&B
3
438
 James Blake James Blake Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Electronic
Jamie Woon Mirrorwriting Alternative R&B, Future Garage
R.E.M. Collapse Into Now Alternative Rock
30
2235
 Foo Fighters Wasting Light Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
Amplifier The Octopus Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock
1
214
 PJ Harvey Let England Shake Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Anna Calvi Anna Calvi Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Art Rock
38
2567
 EMA Past Life Martyred Saints Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock
Grouper A I A: Alien Observer Ambient
Julianna Barwick The Magic Place Ambient, Ambient Pop, Dream Pop
21
1762
 Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 Ambient, Drone
Cliff Martinez Drive [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Ambient, Film Score, Synthwave
A Winged Victory for the Sullen A Winged Victory for the Sullen Ambient, Modern Classical
Nils Frahm Felt Ambient, Modern Classical
26
1975
 The Caretaker An Empty Bliss Beyond This World Ambient, Turntable Music
Kate Bush 50 Words for Snow Ambient Pop, Art Pop
Gillian Welch The Harrow and the Harvest Americana, Contemporary Folk
Ry Cooder Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down Americana, Contemporary Folk
33
2339
 Bill Callahan Apocalypse Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Josh T. Pearson Last of the Country Gentlemen Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
37
2511
 Florence + The Machine Ceremonials Art Pop
Gotye Making Mirrors Art Pop
My Brightest Diamond All Things Will Unwind Art Pop, Baroque Pop
Zola Jesus Conatus Art Pop, Darkwave
Björk Biophilia Art Pop, Electronic, Progressive Pop
Little Dragon Ritual Union Art Pop, Electropop
2
281
 Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver Art Pop, Indie Folk
4
564
 St. Vincent Strange Mercy Art Pop, Indie Pop
13
1081
 tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l Art Pop, Indie Pop
28
2016
 Wild Beasts Smother Art Pop, Indie Pop
Patrick Wolf Lupercalia Art Pop, Indie Pop
39
2575
 Feist Metals Art Pop, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Iron & Wine Kiss Each Other Clean Art Pop, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
6
592
 Destroyer Kaputt Art Pop, Sophisti-Pop
Iceage New Brigade Art Punk, Post-Punk
31
2327
 WU LYF Go Tell Fire to the Mountain Art Rock, Indie Rock
TV on the Radio Nine Types of Light Art Rock, Indie Rock
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage Atmospheric Black Metal
Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur Libres Avant-Garde Jazz
The Beach Boys The SMiLE Sessions Baroque Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation Bedroom Pop, Dream Pop
Chad VanGaalen Diaper Island Bedroom Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Liturgy Aesthetica Black Metal
18
1579
 The Black Keys El Camino Blues Rock, Garage Rock
Noel Gallager's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Britpop
Other Lives Tamer Animals Chamber Folk, Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
12
1067
 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Chamber Folk, Indie Folk
Cass McCombs Wit's End Chamber Folk, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Jonathan Wilson Gentle Spirit Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat Everything's Getting Older Chamber Jazz, Singer/Songwriter, Spoken Word
Azari & III Azari & III Chicago House, Nu-Disco
Balam Acab Wander/Wonder Chillstep, Downtempo
Washed Out Within and Without Chillwave
A$AP Rocky LiveLoveA$AP Cloud Rap
Clams Casino Instrumentals Cloud Rap, Instrumental Hip Hop
The Roots Undun Conscious Hip Hop
Kendrick Lamar Section.80 Conscious Hip Hop
Big K.R.I.T. ReturnOf4Eva Conscious Hip Hop, Dirty South, Southern Hip Hop
Pistol Annies Hell on Heels Contemporary Country
Eric Church Chief Contemporary Country
Timber Timbre Creep On Creepin' On Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Mirel Wagner Mirel Wagner Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Beyonc� 4 Contemporary R&B, Pop
5
566
 Drake Take Care Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap
The Decemberists The King Is Dead Country Rock, Indie Folk
Trap Them Darker Handcraft Crust Punk
34
2358
 Lady Gaga Born This Way Dance-Pop, Electropop
Britney Spears Femme Fatale Dance-Pop, Electropop
Holy Ghost! Holy Ghost! Dance-Pop, Electropop
Katy B On a Mission Dance-Pop, UK Funky
Charles Bradley No Time for Dreaming Deep Soul
Cat's Eyes Cat's Eyes Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
I Break Horses Hearts Dream Pop, Shoegaze
8
764
 M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Dream Pop, Synthpop
Andy Stott Passed Me By Dub Techno
Pinch & Shackleton Pinch & Shackleton Dubstep
Zomby Dedication Dubstep, Future Garage
Justice Audio, Video, Disco Electro House
29
2106
 Radiohead The King of Limbs Electronic, Experimental Rock
Austra Feel It Break Electropop
�lex Anwandter Rebeldes Electropop, Singer/Songwriter, Synthpop
Chelsea Wolfe Apokalypsis Ethereal Wave
Colin Stetson New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges Experimental, Post-Minimalism
Dirty Beaches Badlands Experimental Rock, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
25
1918
 Tom Waits Bad As Me Experimental Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Christina Rosenvinge La joven Dolores Folk Pop, Indie Pop
Slow Club Paradise Folk Pop, Indie Pop
Paul Simon So Beautiful or So What Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
19
1596
 Kurt Vile Smoke Ring for My Halo Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Kuedo Severant Footwork, Progressive Electronic
Machinedrum Room(s) Footwork, UK Bass
41
2795
 SBTRKT SBTRKT Future Garage
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx We're New Here Future Garage, UK Bass
Sepalcure Sepalcure Future Garage, UK Funky
Thee Oh Sees Carrion Crawler / The Dream EP Garage Punk, Psychedelic Rock
Black Lips Arabia Mountain Garage Rock
Thee Oh Sees Castlemania Garage Rock
Ty Segall Goodbye Bread Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Hanni El Khatib Will the Guns Come Out Garage Rock Revival
The Kills Blood Pressures Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
Machine Head Unto the Locust Groove Metal
Graveyard Hisingen Blues Hard Rock
16
1520
 Danny Brown XXX Hardcore Hip Hop
Tyler, the Creator Goblin Hardcore Hip Hop
14
1119
 Jay Z & Kanye West Watch the Throne Hip Hop
Casper XOXO Hip Hop
Beastie Boys Hot Sauce Committee Part Two Hip Hop
DJ Quik The Book of David Hip Hop
Peaking Lights 936 Hypnagogic Pop
40
2727
 John Maus We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves Hypnagogic Pop, Synthpop
Modeselektor Monkeytown IDM, UK Bass
Beirut The Rip Tide Indie Folk
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine Indie Folk
Laura Marling A Creature I Don't Know Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
The Mountain Goats All Eternals Deck Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
23
1860
 Lykke Li Wounded Rhymes Indie Pop
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Belong Indie Pop
Of Monsters and Men My Head is an Animal Indie Pop
The Drums Portamento Indie Pop
15
1416
 Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost Indie Pop, Indie Rock
24
1898
 Real Estate Days Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Wye Oak Civilian Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Bombay Bicycle Club A Different Kind of Fix Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Dum Dum Girls Only in Dreams Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Noise Pop
22
1825
 Metronomy The English Riviera Indie Pop, Indietronica
Toro y Moi Underneath the Pine Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Braids Native Speaker Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Gruff Rhys Hotel Shampoo Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Singer/Songwriter
Russian Red Fuerteventura Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Eleanor Friedberger Last Summer Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Cut Copy Zonoscope Indie Pop, Synthpop
35
2462
 Wilco The Whole Love Indie Rock
Ja, Panik DMD KIU LIDT Indie Rock
The War on Drugs Slave Ambient Indie Rock
Wild Flag Wild Flag Indie Rock
Arctic Monkeys Suck It and See Indie Rock
The Antlers Burst Apart Indie Rock
Elbow Build a Rocket Boys! Indie Rock
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks Mirror Traffic Indie Rock
The Strokes Angles Indie Rock
Smith Westerns Dye It Blonde Indie Rock
El Columpio Asesino Diamantes Indie Rock
Baxter Dury Happy Soup Indie Rock
White Denim D Indie Rock
Bright Eyes The People's Key Indie Rock
Okkervil River I Am Very Far Indie Rock
Miles Kane Colour of the Trap Indie Rock, Mod Revival
Kasabian Velociraptor! Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Yuck Yuck Indie Rock, Noise Pop
The Joy Formidable The Big Roar Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Shoegaze
Future Islands On the Water Indietronica, Synthpop
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Unknown Mortal Orchestra Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Psychedelic Pop
Battles Gloss Drop Math Rock
17
1553
 Nicolas Jaar Space Is Only Noise Microhouse
The Field Looping State of Mind Minimal Techno
36
2499
 The Horrors Skying Neo-Psychedelia
Gang Gang Dance Eye Contact Neo-Psychedelia
Wooden Shjips West Neo-Psychedelia
Atlas Sound Parallax Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Connan Mockasin Forever Dolphin Love Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
9
871
 Oneohtrix Point Never Replica Plunderphonics
Coldplay Mylo Xyloto Pop Rock
7
645
 Adele 21 Pop Soul
Lisab� Animalia lotsatuen putzua Post-Hardcore
La Dispute Wildlife Post-Hardcore
20
1720
 Fucked Up David Comes to Life Post-Hardcore, Rock Opera
Cold Cave Cherish the Light Years Post-Punk, Synthpop
The Vaccines What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? Post-Punk Revival
Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Post-Rock
Explosions in the Sky Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Post-Rock
Mastodon The Hunter Progressive Metal
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Rome Progressive Pop
Opeth Heritage Progressive Rock
32
2329
 Panda Bear Tomboy Psychedelic Pop
Crystal Stilts In Love with Oblivion Psychedelic Rock
42
2930
 Rustie Glass Swords Purple Sound, Wonky
Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin' Rhythm & Blues, Soul
James Ferraro Far Side Virtual Sequencer & Tracker, Vaporwave
Fernando Alfaro La vida es extra�a y rara Singer/Songwriter
Low C'mon Slowcore
G-Side The One�Cohesive Southern Hip Hop
Tinariwen Tassili Tishoumaren
Veronica Falls Veronica Falls Twee Pop
Cults Cults Twee Pop
Ghostpoet Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam UK Hip Hop