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2011 Rock Album Releases
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Feb 18
Radiohead
The King of Limbs
75
critic score
(39)
71
user score
(4,503)
May 23
Lady Gaga
Born This Way
70
critic score
(28)
76
user score
(2,049)
Jun 7
Arctic Monkeys
Suck It and See
75
critic score
(37)
67
user score
(2,028)
Mar 18
The Strokes
Angles
70
critic score
(44)
73
user score
(1,881)
Sep 12
St. Vincent
Strange Mercy
86
critic score
(37)
84
user score
(1,508)
Nov 2
Car Seat Headrest
Twin Fantasy (Mirror to Mirror)
80
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(1,292)
Oct 24
Coldplay
Mylo Xyloto
67
critic score
(39)
62
user score
(1,259)
Feb 14
PJ Harvey
Let England Shake
89
critic score
(43)
84
user score
(1,106)
Mar 22
Panic! at the Disco
Vices & Virtues
61
critic score
(15)
67
user score
(889)
Dec 6
The Black Keys
El Camino
79
critic score
(37)
77
user score
(866)
Apr 12
Foo Fighters
Wasting Light
73
critic score
(37)
79
user score
(811)
Sep 20
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Knife Man
80
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(586)
Mar 26
Car Seat Headrest
My Back Is Killing Me Baby
74
user score
(583)
Aug 30
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I'm With You
65
critic score
(29)
60
user score
(501)
May 18
wowaka
アンハッピーリフレイン [Unhappy Refrain]
88
user score
(482)
Jun 21
Tally Hall
Good & Evil
43
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(466)
Mar 2
Avril Lavigne
Goodbye Lullaby
57
critic score
(8)
64
user score
(462)
Apr 8
Metronomy
The English Riviera
78
critic score
(23)
79
user score
(433)
Sep 27
blink-182
Neighborhoods
65
critic score
(15)
66
user score
(421)
Jan 11
Cage the Elephant
Thank You Happy Birthday
70
critic score
(24)
68
user score
(408)
Jun 6
Battles
Gloss Drop
78
critic score
(33)
79
user score
(398)
Sep 13
The Drums
Portamento
63
critic score
(25)
74
user score
(364)
Oct 21
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Willoughby's Beach
70
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(361)
Sep 13
Girls
Father, Son, Holy Ghost
79
critic score
(31)
81
user score
(356)
May 10
The Antlers
Burst Apart
80
critic score
(29)
78
user score
(310)
Mar 11
The Vaccines
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
67
critic score
(25)
73
user score
(306)
Mar 8
Kurt Vile
Smoke Ring for My Halo
78
critic score
(27)
80
user score
(275)
Aug 23
Chelsea Wolfe
Ἀποκάλυψις [Apokalypsis]
67
critic score
(7)
78
user score
(258)
Oct 25
Tom Waits
Bad as Me
87
critic score
(42)
76
user score
(241)
Aug 16
The War on Drugs
Slave Ambient
78
critic score
(31)
75
user score
(237)
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Nov 8
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
68
critic score
(34)
75
user score
(230)
Sep 27
Wilco
The Whole Love
81
critic score
(37)
76
user score
(218)
Sep 27
Kasabian
Velociraptor!
73
critic score
(26)
72
user score
(208)
Apr 11
TV on the Radio
Nine Types of Light
79
critic score
(34)
76
user score
(205)
Sep 20
Opeth
Heritage
71
critic score
(11)
65
user score
(194)
Feb 14
Mogwai
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
76
critic score
(26)
78
user score
(188)
May 31
Death Cab for Cutie
Codes and Keys
67
critic score
(24)
67
user score
(188)
Feb 15
Yuck
Yuck
75
critic score
(34)
78
user score
(183)
Jun 21
WU LYF
Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
71
critic score
(19)
80
user score
(177)
Oct 7
Evanescence
Evanescence
57
critic score
(10)
64
user score
(177)
Sep 13
GROUPLOVE
Never Trust a Happy Song
59
critic score
(13)
65
user score
(174)
Sep 6
The Front Bottoms
The Front Bottoms
74
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(170)
Aug 29
Bombay Bicycle Club
A Different Kind of Fix
75
critic score
(17)
76
user score
(160)
Nov 15
Thee Oh Sees
Carrion Crawler / The Dream
77
critic score
(12)
78
user score
(150)
Mar 8
R.E.M.
Collapse Into Now
70
critic score
(33)
68
user score
(147)
Mar 15
AWOLNATION
Megalithic Symphony
63
critic score
(3)
61
user score
(144)
Apr 12
Low
C'mon
81
critic score
(31)
78
user score
(139)
Feb 15
Bright Eyes
The People's Key
68
critic score
(37)
67
user score
(136)
Jul 19
Portugal. The Man
In the Mountain in the Cloud
70
critic score
(13)
78
user score
(132)
Sep 20
fun.
We Are Young
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(129)
May 24
Boris
Heavy Rocks
70
critic score
(18)
69
user score
(128)
Apr 18
Explosions In The Sky
Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
75
critic score
(32)
71
user score
(126)
May 10
Sleeping with Sirens
Let's Cheers to This
70
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(126)
Jul 26
Bomb The Music Industry!
Vacation
86
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(122)
Sep 26
Steven Wilson
Grace for Drowning
74
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(121)
Mar 16
Boris
New Album
77
critic score
(10)
68
user score
(119)
Dec 19
Radiohead
The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement
84
user score
(115)
Apr 5
The Kills
Blood Pressures
75
critic score
(26)
74
user score
(115)
Jan 18
Smith Westerns
Dye It Blonde
78
critic score
(32)
78
user score
(112)
Jun 21
Ty Segall
Goodbye Bread
75
critic score
(13)
74
user score
(108)
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