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This is an ordered list of Paste's highest rated albums of 2011. Check out
Paste's Year End List
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1
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Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
January 25, 2011
Indie Folk
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Over the Rhine - The Long Surrender
February 8, 2011
Folk
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
3
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Childish Gambino - Camp
November 15, 2011
Pop Rap
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Rise Again
May 10, 2011
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Paper Airplane
April 12, 2011
Bluegrass
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Peter Gabriel - New Blood
October 11, 2011
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
September 13, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Jill Scott - The Light of the Sun
June 21, 2011
Contemporary R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
June 28, 2011
Folk
,
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
10
.
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Indie Folk
,
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Marissa Nadler - Marissa Nadler
June 14, 2011
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Lucinda Williams - Blessed
March 1, 2011
Alt-Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
January 25, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Noise Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Amy LaVere - Stranger Me
July 4, 2011
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Future Islands - On The Water
October 11, 2011
Synthpop
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Yuck - Yuck
February 15, 2011
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Shoegaze
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Rubblebucket - Omega La La
June 11, 2011
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO (& other American stories)
February 15, 2011
Alt-Country
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
20
.
Mastodon - The Hunter
September 27, 2011
Progressive Metal
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
May 10, 2011
Indie Rock
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Thao & Mirah - Thao & Mirah
April 26, 2011
Indie Rock
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Tennis - Cape Dory
January 18, 2011
Indie Pop
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down
May 17, 2011
Folk
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Abigail Washburn - City of Refuge
January 11, 2011
Folk
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2011.
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