Year-End Lists

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011

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1. 21
   Adele
2. Watch the Throne
   Jay-Z and Kanye West
3. So Beautiful or So What
   Paul Simon
4. Helplessness Blues
   Fleet Foxes
5. The King of Limbs
   Radiohead
6. Born This Way
   Lady Gaga
7. The King is Dead
   The Decemberists
8. The Whole Love
   Wilco
9. Wild Flag
   Wild Flag
10. How To Become Clairvoyant
    Robbie Robertson
11. Circuital
    My Morning Jacket
12. El Camino
    The Black Keys
13. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
14. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
    Beastie Boys
15. Thank You, Happy Birthday
    Cage the Elephant
16. Collapse Into Now
    R.E.M.
17. Nine Types of Light
    TV on the Radio
18. Metals
    Feist
19. Chief
    Eric Church
20. Wasting Light
    Foo Fighters
21. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
22. Take Care
    Drake
23. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
24. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
25. 4
    Beyoncé
26. Strange Mercy
    St. Vincent
27. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine
28. Relax
    Das Racist
29. Hell on Heels
    Pistol Annies
30. World Wide Rebel Songs
    Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
31. Four the Record
    Miranda Lambert
32. Return of 4Eva
    Big K.R.I.T.
33. Last of the Country Gentlemen
    Josh T Pearson
34. SuperHeavy
    SuperHeavy
35. Nothing is Wrong
    Dawes
36. Mirror Traffic
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
37. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
38. The Hunter
    Mastodon
39. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
40. The Bright Lights
    Gary Clark Jr.
41. Ritual Union
    Little Dragon
42. Kaputt
    Destroyer
43. Blood Pressures
    Kills
44. Stone Rollin’
    Raphael Saadiq
45. Revelator
    Tedeschi Trucks Band
46. D
    White Denim
47. Let England Shake
    PJ Harvey
48. No Time for Dreaming
    Charles Bradley
49. Life Sux
    Wavves
50. Turtleneck & Chain
    The Lonely Island