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This is an ordered list of Beats Per Minute's highest rated albums of 2011. Check out
Beats Per Minute's Year End List
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Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
Score
94
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2
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The Dø - Both Ways Open Jaws
March 9, 2011
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
93
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3
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Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
June 7, 2011
Post-Hardcore
,
Rock Opera
Score
92
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4
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Destroyer - Kaputt
January 25, 2011
Sophisti-Pop
Score
92
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5
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WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
June 21, 2011
Art Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
91
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6
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Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
June 28, 2011
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
91
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7
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The Antlers - Burst Apart
May 10, 2011
Indie Rock
Score
91
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8
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Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
November 21, 2011
Ambient Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
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9
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Beirut - The Rip Tide
August 30, 2011
Indie Folk
Score
90
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10
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Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
July 2, 2011
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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11
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Curren$y - Weekend at Burnie's
June 28, 2011
Hip Hop
Score
90
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Music
Spotify
12
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PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
February 14, 2011
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
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Music
Spotify
13
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The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
March 29, 2011
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Little Dragon - Ritual Union
July 26, 2011
Electropop
,
Art Pop
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
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15
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Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
January 18, 2011
Indie Rock
Score
89
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
November 8, 2011
Ambient
,
Plunderphonics
Score
88
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17
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Tom Waits - Bad as Me
October 25, 2011
Blues Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
88
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18
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Real Estate - Days
October 18, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
88
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19
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Björk - Biophilia
October 11, 2011
Art Pop
,
Electronic
Score
88
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20
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Evidence - Cats & Dogs
September 27, 2011
Hip Hop
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
21
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Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
May 10, 2011
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
88
Source →
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22
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Radiohead - The King of Limbs
February 18, 2011
Experimental Rock
,
Electronic
Score
88
Source →
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Spotify
23
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Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
February 14, 2011
Ambient
,
Drone
Score
88
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Spotify
24
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Papercuts - Fading Parade
March 1, 2011
Indie Pop
Score
88
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Spotify
25
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Giles Corey - Giles Corey
March 1, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
87
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Beats Per Minute awarded albums throughout 2011.
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