Lists
- Billboard: 10 Best Albums of 2011
- Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
- Minneapolis Star Tribune: Jon Bream: Top 10 Albums of 2011
- Time: Claire Suddath: Top 10 Albums of 2011
- Entertainment Weekly: 20 Best Albums of 2011
- SFGate: 10 Best Albums of 2011
- Boston Globe: Sarah Rodman: Top Albums of 2011
- Refinery29: The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s
- American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Q: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Austin Chronicle: Margaret Moser: Top 10 Albums of 2011
- Los Angeles Times: Randall Roberts: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
- KCRW: Jason Bentley: Top 10 Albums of 2011
- Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2011
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
- Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2011
- Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- DIY: Albums of 2011
- Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
- PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2011
- Sonic: Best Albums of 2011
- Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
- Exclaim: 30 Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2011
- Epitonic: Top 40 Albums of 2011
- Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Gigwise: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s