Year-End Lists

Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011

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1. Strange Mercy
   St. Vincent
2. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
   M83
3. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
4. Helplessness Blues
   Fleet Foxes
5. Skying
   The Horrors
6. Past Life Martyred Saints
   EMA
7. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
8. Yuck
   Yuck
9. Within and Without
   Washed Out
10. Anna Calvi
    Anna Calvi
11. Slave Ambient
    The War on Drugs
12. Hearts
    I Break Horses
13. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine
14. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
15. Codes and Keys
    Death Cab for Cutie
16. Build a Rocket Boys!
    Elbow
17. The Year of Hibernation
    Youth Lagoon
18. Cat’s Eyes
    Cat’s Eyes
19. Underneath the Pine
    Toro y Moi
20. The Rip Tide
    Beirut
21. We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
    John Maus
22. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
23. Wild Flag
    Wild Flag
24. Kaputt
    Destroyer
25. Paradise
    Slow Club
26. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
27. Smother
    Wild Beasts
28. Zonoscope
    Cut Copy
29. Days
    Real Estate
30. Nine Types of Light
    TV on the Radio
31. True Loves
    Hooray for Earth
32. Parallax
    Atlas Sound
33. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
34. James Blake
    James Blake
35. 12 Desperate Straight Lines
    Telekinesis
36. The English Riviera
    Metronomy
37. Welcome to Condale
    Summer Camp
38. Pala
    Friendly Fires
39. David Comes to Life
    Fucked Up
40. Only in Dreams
    Dum Dum Girls
41. The Whole Love
    Wilco
42. Dye It Blonde
    Smith Westerns
43. Belong
    Pains of Being Pure at Heart
44. Again Into Eyes
    S.C.U.M
45. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
46. The Stepkids
    The Stepkids
47. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
    WU LYF
48. Valhalla Dancehall
    British Sea Power
49. Collapse Into Now
    R.E.M.
50. Era Extraña
    Neon Indian
51. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    Girls
52. Kiss Each Other Clean
    Iron & Wine
53. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
54. New Brigade
    Iceage
55. I Am Very Far
    Okkervil River
56. Hotel Shampoo
    Gruff Rhys
57. A Creature I Don’t Know
    Laura Marling
58. Player Piano
    Memory Tapes
59. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
60. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
61. Loud Planes Fly Low
    The Rosebuds
62. The King is Dead
    The Decemberists
63. Gloss Drop
    Battles
64. No Color
    The Dodos
65. BBDLP1
    Big Black Delta
66. C’mon
    Low
67. The Magic Place
    Julianna Barwick
68. Last Summer
    Eleanor Friedberger
69. Gracious Tide, Take Me Home
    Lanterns on the Lake
70. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
71. Creatures of an Hour
    Still Corners
72. Burst Apart
    The Antlers
73. On the Water
    Future Islands
74. Degeneration Street
    The Dears
75. Wolfroy Goes to Town
    Bonnie “Prince” Billy
76. Apocalypse
    Bill Callahan
77. Mirror Traffic
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
78. Music Sounds Better with You
    Acid House Kings
79. Bliss Release
    Cloud Control
80. The Devil’s Walk
    Apparat