Year-End Lists

Q Magazine: Top 50 Albums of 2011

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