Exclaim!'s 30 Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2011

LIST SUMMARY

List Rating: 80

Based on 313 album ratings

Genre Breakdown:

Indie Pop (7), Indie Rock (5), Alternative Rock (3), Electronic (3), Indie Folk (2), Folk (2), Experimental (2), Soul (1), Garage Rock (1), Lo-Fi (1), Experimental Rock (1), Rock (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. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

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Released: Sep 13th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 88

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3. Feist - Metals

Released: Oct 4th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 81

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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. Destroyer - Kaputt

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Released: Jan 25th, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 87

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6. Braids - Native Speaker

Released: Jan 18th, 2011
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 75

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7. Austra - Feel It Break

Released: May 17th, 2011
Genre: Electronic

Overall Rating: 74

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8. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

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Released: Feb 15th, 2011
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 90

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9. Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On

Released: Apr 5th, 2011
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 71

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10. Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces

Released: Oct 18th, 2011
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 81

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11. Wild Flag - Wild Flag

Released: Sep 13th, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 82

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12. Shotgun Jimmie - Transistor Sister

Released: Mar 8th, 2011
Genre: Lo-Fi

Overall Rating: 59

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13. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong

Released: Mar 29th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 77

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14. Beirut - The Rip Tide

Released: Aug 30th, 2011
Genre: Indie Folk

Overall Rating: 79

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15. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost

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Released: Sep 13th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 86

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16. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse

Released: Apr 5th, 2011
Genre: Folk

Overall Rating: 81

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17. Yuck - Yuck

MUST HEAR

Released: Feb 15th, 2011
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 78

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18. Rich Aucoin - We're All Dying To Live

Released: Nov 1st, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 80

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19. Tom Waits - Bad as Me

Released: Oct 25th, 2011
Genre: Blues

Overall Rating: 85

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20. Battles - Gloss Drop

Released: Jun 7th, 2011
Genre: Experimental Rock

Overall Rating: 76

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21. Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread

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Released: Jun 21st, 2011
Genre: Garage Rock

Overall Rating: 77

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22. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Released: Mar 1st, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 82

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23. Adele - 21

Released: Feb 22nd, 2011
Genre: Soul

Overall Rating: 77

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24. Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital

Released: Jun 28th, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 74

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25. Cults - Cults

Released: Jun 7th, 2011
Genre: Indie Pop

Overall Rating: 77

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26. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints

MUST HEAR

Released: May 10th, 2011
Genre: Experimental

Overall Rating: 84

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27. Dog Day - Deformer

Released: Aug 2nd, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: NR

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28. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo

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Released: Mar 8th, 2011
Genre: Rock

Overall Rating: 80

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29. Wilco - The Whole Love

Released: Sep 27th, 2011
Genre: Alternative Rock

Overall Rating: 77

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30. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing

Released: Mar 1st, 2011
Genre: Indie Rock

Overall Rating: 72

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