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This is an ordered list of Drowned in Sound's highest rated albums of 2011. Check out
Drowned in Sound's Year End List
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True Widow - As High As the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
March 29, 2011
Shoegaze
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100
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2
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Josh T. Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen
March 29, 2011
Alt-Country
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Americana
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Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Cervantine
February 18, 2011
Indie Folk
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Ensemble - Excerpts
January 25, 2011
Score
90
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Amazon
5
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Pete and the Pirates - One Thousand Pictures
May 23, 2011
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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David Thomas Broughton - Outbreeding
June 13, 2011
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Esben and the Witch - Violet Cries
January 31, 2011
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
November 8, 2011
Math Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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patten - GLAQJO XAACSSO
September 26, 2011
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
10
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Nils Frahm - Felt
October 11, 2011
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
November 21, 2011
Ambient Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Kuedo - Severant
October 25, 2011
Footwork
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Death Grips - Exmilitary
April 25, 2011
Industrial Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
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Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
14
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Walls - Coracle
September 27, 2011
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Active Child - You Are All I See
August 23, 2011
Dream Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Tom Waits - Bad as Me
October 25, 2011
Blues Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
September 20, 2011
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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The Field - Looping State of Mind
October 11, 2011
Minimal Techno
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Mastodon - The Hunter
September 27, 2011
Progressive Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Årabrot - Solar Anus
September 13, 2011
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen
September 13, 2011
Ambient
,
Modern Classical
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
22
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St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
September 12, 2011
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves
August 29, 2011
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
March 25, 2011
Electropop
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Dance-Pop
,
Electro House
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
June 28, 2011
Hypnagogic Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Drowned in Sound awarded albums throughout 2011.
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