Album of The Year Readers' Top 25 Albums of 2011

LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 82

Based on 297 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Folk (3), Alternative Rock (3), Indie Rock (2), Experimental (2), Indie Folk (2), Indie Pop (2), Electronic (2), Hip Hop (1), Chillwave (1), Rock (1), Experimental Rock (1), R&B (1), Electropop (1), Dubstep (1), Lo-Fi (1), Blues (1)

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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Released: Jun 21st, 2011
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 84

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2. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost

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Released: Sep 13th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 86

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3. James Blake - James Blake

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Released: Feb 8th, 2011
Genre: Dubstep

Overall Rating: 85

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4. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Released: May 3rd, 2011
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 85

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5. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo

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Released: Mar 8th, 2011
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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6. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Released: Oct 18th, 2011
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 77

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7. Destroyer - Kaputt

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Released: Jan 25th, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 87

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8. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

Released: Jun 28th, 2011
Genre: Hip Hop

Overall Rating: 89

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9. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Released: Jun 28th, 2011
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 78

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10. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

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Released: Feb 15th, 2011
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 90

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11. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

Released: Feb 19th, 2011
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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12. Real Estate - Days

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Released: Oct 18th, 2011
Genre: Lo-Fi

Overall Rating: 80

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13. The Antlers - Burst Apart

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Released: May 10th, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 82

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14. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

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Released: Sep 13th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 88

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15. The Horrors - Skying

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Released: Jul 26th, 2011
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 81

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16. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise

Released: Jan 31st, 2011
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 82

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17. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

Released: Apr 19th, 2011
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 87

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18. Yuck - Yuck

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Released: Feb 15th, 2011
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 78

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19. The Weeknd - House of Balloons

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Released: Mar 21st, 2011
Genre: R&B

Overall Rating: 84

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20. Washed Out - Within and Without

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Released: Jul 12th, 2011
Genre: Chillwave

Overall Rating: 70

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21. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse

Released: Apr 5th, 2011
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 81

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21. Cut Copy - Zonoscope

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Released: Feb 8th, 2011
Genre: Electropop

Overall Rating: 79

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23. Amanda Shires - Carrying Lightning

Released: May 3rd, 2011
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 70

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24. Tom Waits - Bad as Me

Released: Oct 25th, 2011
Genre: Blues

Overall Rating: 85

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25. Cass McCombs - WIT'S END

Released: Apr 26th, 2011
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 77

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