MOJO's Top 50 Albums of 2011

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50.

October 11, 2011
Critic Score
73
8 reviews

49.

February 16, 2011
Critic Score
74
6 reviews

48.

Wire - Red Barked Tree
January 11, 2011
Critic Score
77
20 reviews

47.

February 18, 2011
Critic Score
75
41 reviews
They've delivered their biggest surprise to date. A record that falls short for its constituent parts.

46.

November 8, 2011
Critic Score
68
34 reviews
Here, for the first time in years, the primetime Gallagher swagger is back, in a more mature form.

45.

April 19, 2011
Critic Score
85
33 reviews
Genre-hopping in style with one-woman band Merrill Garbus.

44.

Glen Campbell - Ghost on the Canvas
August 29, 2011
Critic Score
74
15 reviews

43.

Gwilym Simcock - Good Days at Schloss Elmau
January 11, 2011
Critic Score
80
2 reviews

42.

Booker T. Jones - The Road From Memphis
May 10, 2011
Critic Score
72
8 reviews

41.

January 25, 2011
Critic Score
85
30 reviews
Dan Bejar's surprising mix of slinky '80s soft rock and sophisticated disco.

40.

January 25, 2011
Critic Score
73
10 reviews

38.

The Sand Band - All Through the Night
January 18, 2011
Critic Score
70
1 review

37.

Duane Eddy - Road Trip
June 28, 2011
Critic Score
72
5 reviews

36.

June 28, 2011
Critic Score
84
30 reviews
In the category of great rap reinventions, file it next to Daniel Dumile's post-KMD rebirth as MF Doom and Ultramagnetic's MC Kool Keith re-training as Dr. Octagon.

35.

August 30, 2011
Critic Score
76
13 reviews

34.

June 28, 2011
Critic Score
86
25 reviews
Sparely and intuitively performed, it's simply excellent.

33.

September 13, 2011
Critic Score
68
5 reviews

32.

October 11, 2011
Critic Score
80
38 reviews
Even when she blinds her audience wit science, though, Bjork's vision remains remarkable.

31.

Nick Lowe - The Old Magic
September 13, 2011
Critic Score
76
10 reviews

30.

September 13, 2011
Critic Score
79
31 reviews
The deadbeat look befits an album that travels from slacker pop to a kind of desolate, beautiful blues in a series of quite astonishing songs.

29.

September 27, 2011
Critic Score
81
37 reviews
An entire LP of these earthy yet cerebral pop constructs would have been no hardship whatsoever.

28.

February 25, 2011
Critic Score
80
34 reviews
Swedish chanteuse returns with guns blazing.

27.

February 15, 2011
Critic Score
66
8 reviews

26.

February 15, 2011
Critic Score
72
21 reviews

25.

September 27, 2011
Critic Score
71
8 reviews

22.

August 30, 2011
Critic Score
75
28 reviews

21.

August 16, 2011
Critic Score
78
31 reviews
A striking mix of rock and electronics on Philadelphia group's second record.

19.

February 4, 2011
Critic Score
82
37 reviews
London singer-songwriter attempts to annex the middle ground between Benga and Anthony Hegarty.

16.

June 21, 2011
Critic Score
85
41 reviews
Bon Iver's musical palette is a far broader, full blown band affair.

15.

April 8, 2011
Critic Score
81
20 reviews

So Beautiful Or So What is a deeply spiritual record, its more reflective moments offset by playful fare.

13.

May 17, 2011
Critic Score
75
11 reviews

12.

March 8, 2011
Critic Score
78
27 reviews
Vile's no relic-treasuring throwback, finding a unique, laconic voice of his own among the tangle.

10.

May 9, 2011
Critic Score
81
33 reviews

Smother sees this singular and intriguing group still on the ascendant--limiting notions of normal music notwithstanding.

9.

October 25, 2011
Critic Score
87
42 reviews

Bad As Me is alive with some of his greatest yet.

7.

March 29, 2011
Critic Score
82
23 reviews
This long-rumoured debut is a thing of stark intimacy, rendered by just Pearson's rustic voice and roughly picked guitar, with an occasional smear of wintry violin or doleful piano.

6.

May 23, 2011
Critic Score
75
19 reviews

5.

November 21, 2011
Critic Score
86
38 reviews
Sounds miraculously unburdened by its conceptual weight.

4.

September 13, 2011
Critic Score
70
8 reviews

3.

May 3, 2011
Critic Score
83
40 reviews
This album is destined to redraw the parameters, thanks to its sheer scale and detail, its recurring themes and imagery, and its creators' refusal to settle for less than they could achieve.

1.

February 14, 2011
Critic Score
89
44 reviews

Of all her many guises ... this may be her most powerful.

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