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2011 Music

Prefix: Top Albums of 2011

12 December 2011

Black Up - Shabazz Palaces

Prefix Magazine: Top Albums of 2011

  1. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
  2. Kaputt
    Destroyer
  3. XXX
    Danny Brown
  4. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
  5. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
  6. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
  7. Days
    Real Estate
  8. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
  9. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
  10. Take Care
    Drake
  11. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
    M83
  12. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
  13. Slave Ambient
    The War on Drugs
  14. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
  15. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
    Colin Stetson
  16. James Blake
    James Blake
  17. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
  18. Relax
    Das Racist
  19. House of Balloons & Thursday
    The Weeknd
  20. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
  21. Ravedeath, 1972
    Tim Hecker
  22. Yuck
    Yuck
  23. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
  24. Return of 4Eva
    Big K.R.I.T.
  25. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  26. Apocalypse
    Bill Callahan
  27. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
  28. Last of the Country Gentlemen
    Josh T Pearson
  29. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
  30. The Rip Tide
    Beirut
  31. Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
    Ghostpoet
  32. Feel It Break
    Austra
  33. WIT’S END
    Cass McCombs
  34. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
  35. Parallax
    Atlas Sound
  36. The Year of Hibernation
    Youth Lagoon
  37. Badlands
    Dirty Beaches
  38. Cloud Nothings
    Cloud Nothings
  39. Within and Without
    Washed Out
  40. Wild Flag
    Wild Flag
  41. Let England Shake
    PJ Harvey
  42. Deep Politics
    Grails
  43. COIN COIN Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
    Matana Roberts
  44. 936
    Peaking Lights
  45. Instrumental Mixtape
    Clams Casino
  46. Replica
    Oneohtrix Point Never
  47. In and Out of Youth and Lightness
    Young Widows
  48. 4
    Beyoncé
  49. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
    Mogwai
  50. The Errant Charm
    Vetiver

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