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Highest Rated Albums of 2011
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1.
Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven
December 5, 2011
Soul
Score
100
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2.
Baloji - Kinshasa Succursale
December 5, 2011
Score
100
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3.
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
November 21, 2011
Art Pop
Score
100
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4.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
November 8, 2011
Britpop
Score
100
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5.
Tom Waits - Bad as Me
October 25, 2011
Blues
Score
100
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6.
John Prine - The Singing Mailman Delivers
October 25, 2011
Score
100
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7.
Björk - Biophilia
October 11, 2011
Art Pop
Score
100
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8.
Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
October 11, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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9.
The Waterboys - An Appointment With Mr. Yeats
September 19, 2011
Score
100
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10.
Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
September 13, 2011
Folk
Score
100
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11.
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
September 13, 2011
Art Pop
Score
100
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12.
Tom Russell - Mesabi
September 6, 2011
Score
100
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13.
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
August 29, 2011
Folk
Score
100
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14.
Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves
August 29, 2011
Indie Pop
Score
100
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15.
Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch the Throne
August 8, 2011
Hip Hop
Score
100
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16.
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
July 26, 2011
Electropop
Score
100
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17.
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
June 28, 2011
Folk
Score
100
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18.
Marius Neset - Golden Xplosion
May 17, 2011
Jazz
Score
100
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19.
Randy Newman - The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
May 10, 2011
Score
100
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20.
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
April 12, 2011
Folk
Score
100
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21.
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
April 12, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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22.
Adele - 21
February 22, 2011
Soul
Score
100
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23.
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
February 15, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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24.
Gang of Four - Content
January 25, 2011
Post-Punk
Score
100
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25.
Martin Simpson - Purpose & Grace
October 18, 2011
Score
90
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Telegraph awarded albums throughout 2011.
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