FACT Magazine's 50 Best of 2011

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50.

Xander Harris - Urban Gothic
April 5, 2011
Critic Score
75
2 reviews

47.

Container - LP
September 12, 2011
Critic Score
80
1 review

46.

Damu - Unity
November 8, 2011
Critic Score
71
4 reviews

45.

Blanck Mass - Blanck Mass
June 21, 2011
Critic Score
69
12 reviews

44.

October 11, 2011
Critic Score
80
38 reviews
This record might just prove to be one of the career highlights of an artist who’s already had an astonishingly consistent career.

43.

May 9, 2011
Critic Score
81
33 reviews

42.

2562 - Fever
April 1, 2011
Critic Score
75
6 reviews

41.

Legowelt - The TEAC Life
August 1, 2011
Critic Score
80
1 review

39.

James Pants - James Pants
May 3, 2011
Critic Score
68
7 reviews

38.

Surgeon - Breaking the Frame
May 31, 2011
Critic Score
77
3 reviews

37.

August 30, 2011
Critic Score
76
12 reviews

34.

Kode9 & the Spaceape - Black Sun
April 26, 2011
Critic Score
80
9 reviews

31.

Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - Re: ECM
September 6, 2011
Critic Score
77
4 reviews

29.

September 26, 2011
Critic Score
77
4 reviews

28.

May 23, 2011
Critic Score
83
7 reviews

27.

February 8, 2011
Critic Score
75
10 reviews

26.

November 8, 2011
Critic Score
70
2 reviews

25.

August 2, 2011
Critic Score
74
12 reviews

24.

June 28, 2011
Critic Score
73
19 reviews
Despite the academic hoopla surrounding it, it’s impossible to sideline completely a record as loaded with liminal pop anthems as this one though, and doubtless some will find one of the records of the Summer in Maus’s latest exploration of the relationship between pop and philosophy.

21.

October 25, 2011
Critic Score
90
1 review

20.

May 31, 2011
Critic Score
73
4 reviews

19.

August 15, 2011
Critic Score
84
8 reviews

XXX might just represent the most polished and fully formed manifestation of street-meets-art rap so far.

18.

Patrice & Friends - Cashmere Sheets
October 10, 2011
Critic Score
80
1 review

16.

October 25, 2011
Critic Score
80
12 reviews

15.

July 12, 2011
Critic Score
78
30 reviews

14.

October 31, 2011
Critic Score
79
14 reviews

More than anything, Live Love A$AP, his first full release, seems like an attempt to prove that Rocky is more than just a pretty face, and it’s largely successful.

13.

Julia Holter - Tragedy
August 30, 2011
Critic Score
84
4 reviews

11.

June 21, 2011
Critic Score
74
5 reviews

10.

February 16, 2011
Critic Score
74
6 reviews

Nostalgia, Ultra is more a mixtape than an album, and with this comes a level of natural inconsistency – though the fact that you can imagine Def Jam pulling many of its more lasting moments certainly vindicates Ocean’s decision to self-release it.

9.

LV & Joshua Idehen - Routes
May 9, 2011
Critic Score
87
3 reviews

7.

November 15, 2011
Critic Score
76
32 reviews
It constantly toes the line between cool and cornball, between magnificent and mawkish, between sensational and schmaltzy, but it’s all pulled together by Drake’s inimitable personality and the genius of his producer.

6.

October 25, 2011
Critic Score
74
6 reviews

Containing enough irony, humour and hyperactive, intuitive compositional development to infuriate academics and bewilder many, Far Side Virtual is a modern masterpiece in both an artistic and musical sense.

3.

March 7, 2011
Critic Score
81
4 reviews
While the rest of the world spends all night EQing a kick drum to death, Clams Casino is building a legacy.

2.

October 11, 2011
Critic Score
82
19 reviews

1.

March 21, 2011
Critic Score
79
18 reviews

This is a record that’s as ice cold as it is sad; for those who find Drake too much to stomach it might be off-putting, but for fans of the Canadian, it might just mark the arrival of a brand new obsession.

Original Source: http://www.factmag.com/2011/11/30/50-best-albums-of-2011-50-41/
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