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This is an ordered list of Rolling Stone's highest rated albums of 2011. Check out
Rolling Stone's Year End List
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Not An Airplane - It Could Just Be This Place
November 11, 2011
Score
80
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2
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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - From Africa With Fury: Rise
April 4, 2011
Afrobeat
Score
80
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3
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Ashton Shepherd - Where Country Grows
June 12, 2011
Score
80
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4
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Matraca Berg - The Dreaming Fields
May 17, 2011
Score
80
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5
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Pistol Annies - Hell on Heels
September 6, 2011
Contemporary Country
Score
80
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Amazon
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6
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Ida Maria - Katla
June 7, 2011
Indie Rock
Score
80
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Amazon
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7
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The Decemberists - The King is Dead
January 14, 2011
Indie Folk
Score
80
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Amazon
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8
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Yuck - Yuck
February 15, 2011
Noise Pop
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Indie Rock
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Shoegaze
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
9
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The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh
February 22, 2011
Folk
Score
80
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Amazon
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10
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R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
March 8, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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11
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Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
February 25, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
80
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Amazon
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12
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Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
March 8, 2011
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
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13
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Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
March 25, 2011
Electropop
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Dance-Pop
,
Electro House
Score
80
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Amazon
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14
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The Strokes - Angles
March 18, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
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15
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Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant
April 5, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
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16
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The Weeknd - House Of Balloons
March 21, 2011
Alternative R&B
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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The Kills - Blood Pressures
April 5, 2011
Indie Rock
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
April 8, 2011
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
April 12, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Grunge
Score
80
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20
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TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
April 11, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2
May 3, 2011
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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White Denim - D
May 23, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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My Morning Jacket - Circuital
May 31, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Josh T. Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen
March 29, 2011
Alt-Country
,
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Rolling Stone awarded albums throughout 2011.
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