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This is an ordered list of American Songwriter's highest rated albums of 2011. Check out
American Songwriter's Year End List
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Eilen Jewell - Queen of the Minor Key
June 28, 2011
Score
90
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2
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Randy Newman - The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
May 10, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
May 3, 2011
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Miranda Lambert - Four the Record
November 1, 2011
Contemporary Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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A.A. Bondy - Believers
September 13, 2011
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Tom Waits - Bad as Me
October 25, 2011
Blues Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
September 12, 2011
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Wilco - The Whole Love
September 27, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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KORT - Invariable Heartache
April 26, 2011
Alt-Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots
February 15, 2011
Alt-Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
February 14, 2011
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Anna Ternheim - The Night Visitor
October 28, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
13
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Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle - We Still Love Our Country
February 2, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
14
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Los Lonely Boys - Rockpango
March 29, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Buddy Miller - The Majestic Silver Strings
March 1, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Merle Haggard - Working in Tennessee
October 4, 2011
Country
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Kevin Gordon - Gloryland
February 14, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Matraca Berg - The Dreaming Fields
May 17, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven
June 20, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road
October 18, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Sunny Sweeney - Concrete
August 23, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
April 8, 2011
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
May 10, 2011
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Ronnie Dunn - Ronnie Dunn
June 7, 2011
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires
November 14, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings American Songwriter awarded albums throughout 2011.
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