Slant Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2011
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012]
- PJ Harvey — Let England Shake
- Lykke Li — Wounded Rhymes
- Lady Gaga — Born This Way
- Shabazz Palaces — Black Up
- St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
- Tune-Yards — Whokill
- Bon Iver — Bon Iver
- Katy B — On A Mission
- Wild Beasts — Smother
- The Weeknd — House of Balloons
- Das Racist — Relax
- TV on the Radio — Nine Types of Light
- Meshell Ndegeocello — Weather
- Drake — Take Care
- Patrick Wolf — Lupercalia
- James Blake — James Blake
- Jay-Z and Kanye West — Watch the Throne
- Destroyer — Kaputt
- Gang Gang Dance — Eye Contact
- Hank 3 — Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town
- Young Galaxy — Shapeshifting
- Florence + The Machine — Ceremonials
- Ben Sollee — Inclusions
- Fred Falke — Part IV
- Yuck — Yuck