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2011 Music

A.V. Club: Best Music of 2011

06 December 2011

Civilian - Wye Oak

The A.V. Club: Best Music of 2011 [ballots]

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012]

  1. Civilian
    Wye Oak
  2. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
  3. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
  4. C’mon
    Low
  5. The Whole Love
    Wilco
  6. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
  7. Days
    Real Estate
  8. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
  9. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
  10. The King is Dead
    The Decemberists
  11. Nine Types of Light
    TV on the Radio
  12. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
  13. Take Care
    Drake
  14. So Beautiful or So What
    Paul Simon
  15. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
  16. Yuck
    Yuck
  17. Wild Flag
    Wild Flag
  18. Kaputt
    Destroyer
  19. Cloud Nothings
    Cloud Nothings
  20. 12 Desperate Straight Lines
    Telekinesis
  21. New Brigade
    Iceage
  22. The Greatest Story Never Told
    Saigon
  23. Femme Fatale
    Britney Spears
  24. Within and Without
    Washed Out
  25. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine

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