- Mark Morford: Top 10 Most Awesome Records of 2011
- Stephen Thompson: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
- Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2011
- Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2011
- Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2011
- BBC: Top 25 Albums of 2011
- Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2011
- Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
- Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
Year-End Lists
Notable, browsable lists of the year's best music, movies, books, and TV shows. Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its authors, at the source.