Year-End Lists

Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011

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1. David Comes to Life
   Fucked Up
2. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
3. Past Life Martyred Saints
   EMA
4. Smoke Ring for My Halo
   Kurt Vile
5. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
   Girls
6. XXX
   Danny Brown
7. In the Grace of Your Love
   The Rapture
8. The One…Cohesive
   G-Side
9. Wild Flag
   Wild Flag
10. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
11. Mirror Traffic
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
12. 12 Desperate Straight Lines
    Telekinesis
13. House of Balloons & Thursday
    The Weeknd
14. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
15. Leave Home
    The Men
16. Relax
    Das Racist
17. Only in Dreams
    Dum Dum Girls
18. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
19. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
20. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
21. The Year of Hibernation
    Youth Lagoon
22. Take Care
    Drake
23. New Brigade
    Iceage
24. Divine Providence
    Deer Tick
25. Wit’s End/Humor Risk
    Cass McCombs
26. Aesthethica
    Liturgy
27. Return of 4Eva
    Big K.R.I.T.
28. Ravedeath, 1972
    Tim Hecker
29. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
30. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
31. Yuck (specifically the Deluxe Edition)
    Yuck
32. KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
    Hayes Carll
33. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
34. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
35. Within and Without
    Washed Out
36. El Camino
    The Black Keys
37. Looping State of Mind
    The Field
38. Conatus
    Zola Jesus
39. 4
    Beyoncé
40. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
41. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
42. Chief
    Eric Church
43. Section.80
    Kendrick Lamar
44. Undun
    The Roots
45. Azari & III
    Azari & III
46. Wasting Light
    Foo Fighters
47. The Harrow & The Harvest
    Gillian Welch
48. Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    various artists
49. Atma
    YOB
50. Femme Fatale
    Britney Spears