Bob Boilen of NPR: 11 Favorite Albums of 2011
- King Creosote & Jon Hopkins — Diamond Mine
- Wilco — The Whole Love
- Gem Club — Breakers
- Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal — Chamber Music
- Tune-Yards — Whokill
- Bright Eyes — The People’s Key
- The Antlers — Burst Apart
- Apparat — The Devil’s Walk
- James Blake — James Blake
- Balam Acab — Wander / Wonder
- Lisa Hannigan — Passenger