The Wire: Top 50 Releases of 2011
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012]
- James Ferraro — Far Side Virtual
- Rustie — Glass Swords
- Eliane Radigue — Transamorem – Transmortem
- Hype Williams — One Nation
- The Beach Boys — The SMiLE Sessions
- Michael Chapman — The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock
- DJ Rashad — Just A Taste
- Laurel Halo — Hour Logic
- Lou Reed & Metallica — Lulu
- John Wall & Alex Rogers — Work 2006-2011
- Keiji Haino / Jim O’Rourke / Oren Ambarchi — In a Flash Everything Comes Together As One There Is No Need For A Subject
- Sun Araw — Ancient Romans
- Bill Orcutt — How the Thing Sings
- Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica
- Peaking Lights — 936
- Corrupted — Garten Der Unberwusstheit
- Balam Acab — Wander/Wonder
- Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer — Re: ECM
- Anti G — Presents Kentje’sz Beatsz
- Thomas Ankersmit & Valerio Tricoli — Forma II
- PJ Harvey — Let England Shake
- Cornelius Cardew — The Great Learning
- Thundercat — The Golden Age of Apocalypse
- Hecker — Speculative Solution
- Andy Stott — We Stay Together
- Ben UFO — Remix of Rinse 16
- Radiohead — The King of Limbs
- Margaret Dygas — Margaret Dygas
- Jim O’Rourke — Old News #5
- various artists — Bangs & Works Vol. 2: The Best of Chicago Footwork
- Ekoplekz — Intrusive Incidentalz Vol 1
- Tim Hecker — Ravedeath, 1972
- The Advisory Circle — As The Crow Flies
- Miles Davis — Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
- Alexander Tucker — Dorwytch
- Helm — Cryptography
- John Chantler — The Luminous Ground
- Ectoplasm Girls — TxN
- Cindytalk — Hold Everything Dear
- Frank Ocean — Nostalgia, Ultra
- Kuedo — Severant
- Structure — Toad Blinker
- The Fall — Ersatz GB
- Leyland Kirby — Intrigue & Stuff Vol. 1
- Patrice & Friends — Cashmere Sheets
- Zomby — Dedication
- various artists — Music For Merce (1952-2009)
- Peter Evans Quintet — Ghosts
- Rrose x Bob Ostertag — Motormouth Variations
- Michael Chapman — Trainsongs: Guitar Compositions 1967-2010