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PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
February 14, 2011
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
89
44
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
August 29, 2011
Folk
,
Americana
Critic Score
88
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Randy Newman - The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
May 10, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Tom Waits - Bad as Me
October 25, 2011
Blues Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather
November 8, 2011
Soul
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
June 28, 2011
Folk
,
Americana
Critic Score
86
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
7
.
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
November 21, 2011
Ambient Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
86
38
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
September 12, 2011
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
86
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening
April 5, 2011
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Indie Folk
,
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
41
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Tune-Yards - w h o k i l l
April 19, 2011
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Destroyer - Kaputt
January 25, 2011
Sophisti-Pop
Critic Score
85
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Machine Head - Unto the Locust
September 27, 2011
Thrash Metal
,
Groove Metal
Critic Score
85
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Nils Frahm - Felt
October 11, 2011
Ambient
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
December 5, 2011
Heavy Psych
,
Doom Metal
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
March 29, 2011
Melodic Death Metal
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
June 28, 2011
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen
September 13, 2011
Ambient
,
Modern Classical
Critic Score
84
9
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
19
.
Danny Brown - XXX
August 15, 2011
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
February 14, 2011
Ambient
,
Drone
Critic Score
84
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Tristen - Charlatans at the Garden Gate
February 15, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
83
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libre
May 10, 2011
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Spiritual Jazz
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
23
.
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
83
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
September 13, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
83
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Roots - undun
December 6, 2011
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
82
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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