Year-End Lists

Sonic Magazine: Best Albums of 2011 [staff lists]

[see also 2012]

1. PJ Harvey
   Let England Shake
2. Gillian Welch
   The Harrow & The Harvest
3. My Morning Jacket
   Circuital
4. Paul Simon
   So Beautiful or So What
5. Lykke Li
   Wounded Rhymes
6. James Blake
   James Blake
7. Fleet Foxes
   Helplessness Blues
8. Ryan Adams
   Ashes & Fire
9. Tinariwen
   Tassili
10. Feist
    Metals
11. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
12. The Weeknd
    House of Balloons
13. Shabazz Palaces
    Black Up
14. Wilco
    The Whole Love
15. Frank Ocean
    Nostalgia, Ultra
16. A.A. Bondy
    Believers
17. Kurt Vile
    Smoke Ring for My Halo
18. Adele
    21
19. Tim Hecker
    Ravedeath, 1972
20. Tyler, The Creator
    Goblin
21. Deportees
    Islands & Shores
22. Zomby
    Dedication
23. Ison & Fille
    För evigt
24. Holy Ghost!
    Holy Ghost!
25. Jonathan Johansson
    Klagomuren