Drowned in Sound: Favourite Albums of 2011
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012]
- The Antlers — Burst Apart
- Tim Hecker — Ravedeath, 1972
- PJ Harvey — Let England Shake
- SBTRKT — SBTRKT
- Kate Bush — 50 Words for Snow
- When Saints Go Machine — Konkylie
- Nils Frahm — Felt
- Bright Eyes — The People’s Key
- Beirut — The Rip Tide
- Metronomy — The English Riviera
- St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
- Bon Iver — Bon Iver
- Tom Waits — Bad as Me
- Low — C’mon
- EMA — Past Life Martyred Saints
- A Winged Victory For The Sullen — A Winged Victory for the Sullen
- Wild Beasts — Smother
- Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells — Everything’s Getting Older
- The Field — Looping State of Mind
- Destroyer — Kaputt
- Colin Stetson — New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
- Mogwai — Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
- I Break Horses — Hearts
- Austra — Feel It Break
- The War on Drugs — Slave Ambient
- Fucked Up — David Comes to Life
- The Weeknd — House of Balloons
- The Horrors — Skying
- Josh T Pearson — Last of the Country Gentlemen
- Björk — Biophilia
- Frank Ocean — Nostalgia, Ultra
- Radiohead — The King of Limbs
- Tune-Yards — Whokill
- My Brightest Diamond — All Things Will Unwind
- Lykke Li — Wounded Rhymes
- Kurt Vile — Smoke Ring for My Halo
- …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead — The Tao of the Dead
- Katy B — On A Mission
- WALLS — Coracle
- Mastodon — The Hunter
- James Ferraro — Far Side Virtual
- Jay-Z and Kanye West — Watch the Throne
- Marissa Nadler — Marissa Nadler
- Panda Bear — Tomboy
- New Look — New Look
- David Lynch — Crazy Clown Time
- Tori Amos — Night of Hunters
- Gang Gang Dance — Eye Contact
- Lady Gaga — Born This Way
- Nicolas Jaar — Space is Only Noise
- Friendly Fires — Pala
- Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica
- John Maus — We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
- Youth Lagoon — The Year of Hibernation
- Cut Copy — Zonoscope
- M83 — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
- Zomby — Dedication
- Atlas Sound — Parallax
- Wilco — The Whole Love
- Iceage — New Brigade
- Kate Wax — Dust Collision
- Rustie — Glass Swords
- Explosions in the Sky — Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
- Girls — Father, Son, Holy Ghost
- Emmy the Great — Virtue
- Moon Duo — Mazes
- Peaking Lights — 936
- Nicola Roberts — Cinderella’s Eyes
- Mark McGuire — A Young Person’s Guide
- WU LYF — Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
- Veronica Falls — Veronica Falls
- The Pierces — You & I
- Los Campesinos — Hello Sadness
- James Blake — James Blake
- Britney Spears — Femme Fatale