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2011 Contemporary Folk Album Releases
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2011
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Jun 21
Bon Iver
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
85
critic score
(41)
85
user score
(2,641)
May 3
Fleet Foxes
Helplessness Blues
83
critic score
(40)
88
user score
(2,450)
Mar 1
Giles Corey
Giles Corey
82
critic score
(3)
87
user score
(1,323)
Sep 9
Ed Sheeran
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66
critic score
(11)
56
user score
(889)
Sep 20
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Knife Man
80
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(586)
Sep 20
Of Monsters and Men
My Head Is an Animal
68
critic score
(16)
74
user score
(419)
Mar 15
Alex Turner
Submarine
74
critic score
(11)
80
user score
(399)
Jan 19
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]
檻髪 (Origami)
79
user score
(272)
May 9
Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices
The Outside Room
80
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(237)
Dec 12
Neutral Milk Hotel
Ferris Wheel on Fire
79
user score
(226)
Aug 30
Beirut
The Rip Tide
75
critic score
(28)
76
user score
(174)
Sep 6
The Front Bottoms
The Front Bottoms
74
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(170)
Jan 14
The Decemberists
The King is Dead
73
critic score
(37)
72
user score
(165)
Apr 5
Bill Callahan
Apocalypse
78
critic score
(23)
79
user score
(150)
Nov 1
Low Roar
Low Roar
60
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(116)
Jan 31
Fleet Foxes
Helplessness Blues
83
critic score
(3)
94
user score
(95)
Apr 5
Timber Timbre
Creep On Creepin' On
74
critic score
(13)
78
user score
(94)
Jun 10
Ed Sheeran
The A Team
74
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(89)
2011
Cícero
Canções de Apartamento
81
user score
(88)
Dec 26
Taylor Swift
Safe & Sound
70
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(81)
Sep 5
Bon Iver
Holocene
50
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(80)
Apr 26
Jenny Hval
Viscera
80
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(67)
Jul 8
twenty one pilots
House of Gold
68
user score
(61)
Jan 9
Ed Sheeran
No. 5 Collaborations Project
70
critic score
(1)
50
user score
(55)
Nov 15
The Dø
Both Ways Open Jaws
78
critic score
(14)
77
user score
(51)
Dec 5
Taylor Swift
Ours
74
user score
(49)
Aug 1
The Paper Kites
Woodland
75
user score
(46)
Nov 11
Ed Sheeran
Lego House
71
user score
(45)
Mar 15
The Dodos
No Color
74
critic score
(18)
76
user score
(41)
Mar 15
Noah and The Whale
Last Night on Earth
67
critic score
(27)
66
user score
(41)
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Dec 20
Of Monsters and Men
Little Talks
70
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(35)
Sep 9
Richard Dawson
The Magic Bridge
77
user score
(29)
Jul 12
The Middle East
I Want That You Are Always Happy
63
critic score
(6)
75
user score
(28)
Jun 17
Bon Iver
Perth
91
user score
(27)
Dec 12
Neutral Milk Hotel
Little Birds
90
user score
(25)
Nov 8
Cass McCombs
Humor Risk
73
critic score
(20)
72
user score
(24)
Jun 16
James Blake
Lindisfarne / Unluck
78
user score
(21)
Jun 14
Bon Iver
Calgary
70
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(20)
Mar 29
Josh T. Pearson
Last of the Country Gentlemen
82
critic score
(23)
75
user score
(16)
Jan
Natural Snow Buildings
Waves Of The Random Sea
75
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(15)
Sep 15
Rusty Cage
Blues, Gospels, And Whathaveyous
75
user score
(15)
Nov 8
Kurt Vile
So Outta Reach
72
critic score
(9)
76
user score
(15)
Nov 7
Bruno Mars
Count On Me
65
user score
(15)
Apr 16
Natural Snow Buildings
Chants of Niflheim
77
user score
(14)
Aug 2
Fruit Bats
Tripper
70
critic score
(16)
78
user score
(14)
Nov 20
Walter Mitty And His Makeshift Orchestra
Overwhelmed and Underdressed
78
user score
(14)
2011
Alex G
Salt
72
user score
(14)
Oct 4
Radical Face
The Family Tree: The Roots
74
user score
(14)
Jul 4
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm
67
critic score
(11)
72
user score
(14)
2011
Barn Owl
Lost in the Glare
80
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(13)
Sep 16
:Of The Wand And The Moon:
The Lone Descent
81
user score
(13)
Oct 18
Kimya Dawson
Thunder Thighs
58
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(12)
Nov 8
Passo Torto
Passo Torto
77
user score
(11)
Apr 7
Ed Sheeran
One Take EP
52
user score
(11)
May 30
The Pierces
You & I
67
critic score
(8)
86
user score
(11)
Apr 12
Little Scream
The Golden Record
76
critic score
(9)
73
user score
(10)
Sep 18
Ed Sheeran
Thank You
47
user score
(9)
Mar 24
Current 93
HoneySuckle Æons
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(9)
Sep 13
Glenn Jones
The Wanting
68
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(9)
Feb 28
Alexander
Alexander
64
critic score
(6)
68
user score
(8)
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