Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011

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1. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
2. Kaputt
   Destroyer
3. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
   M83
4. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
5. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
   Girls
6. Replica
   Oneohtrix Point Never
7. Whokill
   Tune-Yards
8. Take Care
   Drake
9. Days
   Real Estate
10. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
11. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
12. James Blake
    James Blake
13. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
14. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
15. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
16. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
17. Instrumentals
    Clams Casino
18. Parallax
    Atlas Sound
19. XXX
    Danny Brown
20. Space is Only Noise
    Nicolas Jaar
21. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
22. An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
    The Caretaker
23. Apocalypse
    Bill Callahan
24. The Magic Place
    Julianna Barwick
25. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
26. Looping State of Mind
    The Field
27. 4
    Beyoncé
28. Zonoscope
    Cut Copy
29. The Book of David
    DJ Quik
30. Ravedeath, 1972
    Tim Hecker
31. Goodbye Bread
    Ty Segall
32. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
33. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
34. On A Mission
    Katy B
35. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
36. 50 Words for Snow
    Kate Bush
37. New Brigade
    Iceage
38. Impossible Spaces
    Sandro Perri
39. Slave Ambient
    The War on Drugs
40. Electronic Dream
    AraabMuzik
41. Aesthethica
    Liturgy
42. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
43. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
44. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
    Colin Stetson
45. Section.80
    Kendrick Lamar
46. Cults
    Cults
47. Sepalcure
    Sepalcure
48. Underneath the Pine
    Toro y Moi
49. Wild Flag
    Wild Flag
50. The Year of Hibernation
    Youth Lagoon