Year-End Lists

Q Magazine: Top 50 Albums of 2011

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012]

1. Ceremonials
   Florence + The Machine
2. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
3. 21
   Adele
4. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
5. Mylo Xyloto
   Coldplay
6. Watch the Throne
   Jay-Z and Kanye West
7. Suck It and See
   Arctic Monkeys
8. Strange Mercy
   St. Vincent
9. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
   WU LYF
10. Build a Rocket Boys!
    Elbow
11. Skying
    The Horrors
12. A Creature I Don’t Know
    Laura Marling
13. A Different Kind of Fix
    Bombay Bicycle Club
14. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
15. Happy Soup
    Baxter Dury
16. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
17. The English Riviera
    Metronomy
18. Anna Calvi
    Anna Calvi
19. WIT’S END
    Cass McCombs
20. Thursday
    The Weeknd
21. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
    Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
22. Ritual
    White Lies
23. Biophilia
    Björk
24. Days
    Real Estate
25. Smother
    Wild Beasts
26. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
27. +
    Ed Sheeran
28. The Harrow & The Harvest
    Gillian Welch
29. Velociraptor!
    Kasabian
30. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
31. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
    Beastie Boys
32. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
33. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
34. Hotel Shampoo
    Gruff Rhys
35. Humor Risk
    Cass McCombs
36. On A Mission
    Katy B
37. Within and Without
    Washed Out
38. Metals
    Feist
39. James Blake
    James Blake
40. Rome
    Danger Mouse & Daniel Luppi
41. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
42. Last of the Country Gentlemen
    Josh T Pearson
43. Diamond Mine
    King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
44. Trans-Love Energies
    Death In Vegas
45. Colour of the Trap
    Miles Kane
46. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
47. The Hunter
    Mastodon
48. Last Night on Earth
    Noah & The Whale
49. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
50. Audio,Video,Disco
    Justice