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2011 Music

musicOMH: Top 50 Albums of 2011

12 December 2011

musicOMH: Top 50 Albums of 2011

[see also 2012]

  1. Let England Shake
    PJ Harvey
  2. The English Riviera
    Metronomy
  3. Smother
    Wild Beasts
  4. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
  5. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
  6. Burst Apart
    The Antlers
  7. Skying
    The Horrors
  8. Biophilia
    Björk
  9. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
  10. Diamond Mine
    King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
  11. Welcome to Condale
    Summer Camp
  12. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
  13. Ravedeath, 1972
    Tim Hecker
  14. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
  15. Ritual Union
    Little Dragon
  16. Build a Rocket Boys!
    Elbow
  17. Paradise
    Slow Club
  18. 50 Words for Snow
    Kate Bush
  19. We’re New Here
    Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
  20. Anna Calvi
    Anna Calvi
  21. A Winged Victory for the Sullen
    A Winged Victory For The Sullen
  22. Arctic Monkeys
    Arctic Monkeys
  23. Kiss Each Other Clean
    Iron & Wine
  24. Nine Types of Light
    TV on the Radio
  25. Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
    Ghostpoet
  26. Everything’s Getting Older
    Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
  27. Hearts
    I Break Horses
  28. The Rip Tide
    Beirut
  29. James Blake
    James Blake
  30. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
    Explosions in the Sky
  31. Pala
    Friendly Fires
  32. Azari & III
    Azari & III
  33. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
  34. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
  35. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
  36. Within and Without
    Washed Out
  37. Arabian Horse
    Gus Gus
  38. Space is Only Noise
    Nicolas Jaar
  39. Cat’s Eyes
    Cat’s Eyes
  40. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
  41. Felt
    Nils Frahm
  42. Feel It Break
    Austra
  43. Belong
    Pains of Being Pure at Heart
  44. Dedication
    Zomby
  45. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
    Mogwai
  46. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
  47. The Harrow & The Harvest
    Gillian Welch
  48. Lupercalia
    Patrick Wolf
  49. The King is Dead
    The Decemberists
  50. Zonoscope
    Cut Copy

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