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