Urban Outfitters' Top 25 Albums of 2011

LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 80

Based on 311 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Experimental (4), Indie Pop (3), Chillwave (3), Indie Folk (2), Electronic (2), Indie Rock (2), Folk (1), Experimental Rock (1), Dubstep (1), Dance-Punk (1), Witch House (1), Electropop (1), Rock (1), Lo-Fi (1), Dream Pop (1)

1. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient

Released: Aug 16th, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 82

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2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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Released: Jun 21st, 2011
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 84

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3. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost

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Released: Sep 13th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 86

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4. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Released: Oct 18th, 2011
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 77

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5. James Blake - James Blake

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Released: Feb 8th, 2011
Genre: Dubstep

Overall Rating: 85

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6. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Released: May 3rd, 2011
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 85

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7. Atlas Sound - Parallax

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Released: Nov 8th, 2011
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 85

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

Released: Apr 19th, 2011
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 87

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9. Cults - Cults

Released: Jun 7th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 77

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10. Panda Bear - Tomboy

Released: Apr 12th, 2011
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 82

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11. Toro Y Moi - Underneath The Pine

Released: Feb 22nd, 2011
Genre: Chillwave

Overall Rating: 79

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12. Cut Copy - Zonoscope

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Released: Feb 8th, 2011
Genre: Electropop

Overall Rating: 79

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13. Real Estate - Days

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

Overall Rating: 80

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14. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation

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Released: Sep 27th, 2011
Genre: Dream Pop

Overall Rating: 79

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15. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact

Released: May 10th, 2011
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 83

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16. The Field - Looping State of Mind

Released: Oct 11th, 2011
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 85

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17. Washed Out - Within and Without

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Released: Jul 12th, 2011
Genre: Chillwave

Overall Rating: 70

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18. Neon Indian - Era Extrana

Released: Sep 13th, 2011
Genre: Chillwave

Overall Rating: 74

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19. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Released: Mar 1st, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 82

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20. A.A. Bondy - Believers

Released: Sep 13th, 2011
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 77

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21. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo

MUST HEAR

Released: Mar 8th, 2011
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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22. The Rapture - In The Grace of Your Love

Released: Sep 6th, 2011
Genre: Dance-Punk

Overall Rating: 62

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23. The Antlers - Burst Apart

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Released: May 10th, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 82

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

Released: Jun 28th, 2011
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 78

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25. Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder

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Released: Aug 30th, 2011
Genre: Witch House

Overall Rating: 78

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