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2011 Music

Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2011

01 December 2011

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming - M83

Filter Magazine: Top 20 Albums of 2011

[see also 2012]

  1. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
  2. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
  3. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
  4. How Do You Do?
    Mayer Hawthorne
  5. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
  6. 21
    Adele
  7. Build a Rocket Boys!
    Elbow
  8. Arabia Mountain
    Black Lips
  9. Within and Without
    Washed Out
  10. LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky

Honorable Mentions (in order)

  1. James Blake
    James Blake
  2. Ashes & Fire
    Ryan Adams
  3. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
  4. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
    Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
  5. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
  6. Ritual Union
    Little Dragon
  7. Wasting Light
    Foo Fighters
  8. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
  9. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
  10. Audio,Video,Disco
    Justice

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