Year-End Lists

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011 (an annual poll of critics, published by The Village Voice)

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. Whokill
   Tune-Yards
2. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
3. Watch the Throne
   Jay-Z and Kanye West
4. Wild Flag
   Wild Flag
5. Bad as Me
   Tom Waits
6. 21
   Adele
7. Kaputt
   Destroyer
8. Take Care
   Drake
9. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
10. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
11. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
12. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
13. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
14. So Beautiful or So What
    Paul Simon
15. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
16. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
17. Undun
    The Roots
18. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
19. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
20. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
21. El Camino
    The Black Keys
22. The Whole Love
    Wilco
23. Hell on Heels
    Pistol Annies
24. Yuck
    Yuck
25. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
26. 4
    Beyoncé
27. The Harrow & The Harvest
    Gillian Welch
28. XXX
    Danny Brown
29. The King is Dead
    The Decemberists
30. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
31. Apocalypse
    Bill Callahan
32. Days
    Real Estate
33. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
34. James Blake
    James Blake
35. Replica
    Oneohtrix Point Never
36. Ravedeath, 1972
    Tim Hecker
37. 50 Words for Snow
    Kate Bush
38. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
39. Stone Rollin’
    Raphael Saadiq
40. Civilian
    Wye Oak
41. Ashes & Fire
    Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
42. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
    Colin Stetson
43. Nine Types of Light
    TV on the Radio
44. Section.80
    Kendrick Lamar
45. The SMiLE Sessions
    The Beach Boys
46. Mirror Traffic
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
47. The Hunter
    Mastodon
48. Relax
    Das Racist
49. Slave Ambient
    The War on Drugs
50. No Time for Dreaming
    Charles Bradley
51. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
52. On A Mission
    Katy B
53. Femme Fatale
    Britney Spears
54. Wasting Light
    Foo Fighters
55. Only in Dreams
    Dum Dum Girls
56. New Brigade
    Iceage
57. Leave Home
    The Men
58. The Big Roar
    Joy Formidable
59. Metals
    Feist
60. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine
61. Instrumental Mixtape
    Clams Casino
61. Parallax
    Atlas Sound
63. Sky Full of Holes
    Fountains of Wayne
64. Circuital
    My Morning Jacket
65. All Eternals Deck
    The Mountain Goats
66. Space is Only Noise
    Nicolas Jaar
67. Return of 4Eva
    Big KRIT
68. Burst Apart
    The Antlers
69. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
70. Tassili
    Tinariwen
71. Blood Pressures
    Kills
72. C’mon
    Low
73. Collapse Into Now
    R.E.M.
74. Tryptych
    Demdike Stare
74. The Old Magic
    Nick Lowe
76. KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
    Hayes Carll
77. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
    Beastie Boys
78. COIN COIN Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
    Matana Roberts
79. Conatus
    Zola Jesus
80. Skying
    The Horrors
81. D
    White Denim
82. Within and Without
    Washed Out
83. Belong
    Pains of Being Pure at Heart
84. An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
    The Caretaker
85. Feel It Break
    Austra
86. The Magic Place
    Julianna Barwick
87. Four the Record
    Miranda Lambert
88. Aesthethica
    Liturgy
89. Build a Rocket Boys!
    Elbow
89. A Creature I Don’t Know
    Laura Marling
91. Cults
    Cults
92. The Book of David
    DJ Quik
93. LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
94. Lulu
    Lou Reed & Metallica
95. Here Before
    The Feelies
96. A I A
    Grouper
97. Chief
    Eric Church
98. Goblin
    Tyler, The Creator
99. Native Speaker
    Braids
100. Goodbye Bread
     Ty Segall