Top Albums of 2011





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
1
214
PJ Harvey Let England Shake Alternative Singer/Songwriter
2
281
Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver Art Pop, Indie Folk
3
438
James Blake James Blake Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Electronic
4
564
St. Vincent Strange Mercy Art Pop, Indie Pop
5
566
Drake Take Care Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap
6
592
Destroyer Kaputt Art Pop, Sophisti-Pop
7
645
Adele 21 Pop Soul
8
764
M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Dream Pop, Synthpop
9
871
Oneohtrix Point Never Replica Plunderphonics
10
887
The Weeknd House of Balloons/Trilogy Alternative R&B
11
994
Shabazz Palaces Black Up Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
12
1067
Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Chamber Folk, Indie Folk
13
1081
tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l Art Pop, Indie Pop
14
1119
Jay Z & Kanye West Watch the Throne Hip Hop
15
1416
Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost Indie Pop, Indie Rock
16
1520
Danny Brown XXX Hardcore Hip Hop
17
1553
Nicolas Jaar Space Is Only Noise Microhouse
18
1579
The Black Keys El Camino Blues Rock, Garage Rock
19
1596
Kurt Vile Smoke Ring for My Halo Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
20
1720
Fucked Up David Comes to Life Post-Hardcore, Rock Opera
21
1762
Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 Ambient, Drone
22
1825
Metronomy The English Riviera Indie Pop, Indietronica
23
1860
Lykke Li Wounded Rhymes Indie Pop
24
1898
Real Estate Days Indie Pop, Indie Rock
25
1918
Tom Waits Bad As Me Experimental Rock, Singer/Songwriter
26
1975
The Caretaker An Empty Bliss Beyond This World Ambient, Turntable Music
27
2003
Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra Alternative R&B
28
2016
Wild Beasts Smother Art Pop, Indie Pop
29
2106
Radiohead The King of Limbs Electronic, Experimental Rock
30
2235
Foo Fighters Wasting Light Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
31
2327
WU LYF Go Tell Fire to the Mountain Art Rock, Indie Rock
32
2329
Panda Bear Tomboy Psychedelic Pop
33
2339
Bill Callahan Apocalypse Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
34
2358
Lady Gaga Born This Way Dance-Pop, Electropop
35
2462
Wilco The Whole Love Indie Rock
36
2499
The Horrors Skying Neo-Psychedelia
37
2511
Florence + The Machine Ceremonials Art Pop
38
2567
EMA Past Life Martyred Saints Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock
39
2575
Feist Metals Art Pop, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
40
2727
John Maus We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves Hypnagogic Pop, Synthpop
41
2795
SBTRKT SBTRKT Future Garage
42
2930
Rustie Glass Swords Purple Sound, Wonky

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Pistol Annies Hell on Heels Contemporary Country
Beyoncé 4 Contemporary R&B, Pop
Colin Stetson New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges Experimental, Post-Minimalism
Kate Bush 50 Words for Snow Ambient Pop, Art Pop
Clams Casino Instrumentals Cloud Rap, Instrumental Hip Hop
Ja, Panik DMD KIU LIDT Indie Rock
Julianna Barwick The Magic Place Ambient, Ambient Pop, Dream Pop
The Decemberists The King Is Dead Country Rock, Indie Folk
Mastodon The Hunter Progressive Metal
The War on Drugs Slave Ambient Indie Rock
A$AP Rocky LiveLoveA$AP Cloud Rap
Wild Flag Wild Flag Indie Rock
Yuck Yuck Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Gang Gang Dance Eye Contact Neo-Psychedelia
Arctic Monkeys Suck It and See Indie Rock
Anna Calvi Anna Calvi Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Art Rock
Washed Out Within and Without Chillwave
Grouper A I A: Alien Observer Ambient
Battles Gloss Drop Math Rock
The Antlers Burst Apart Indie Rock
Gillian Welch The Harrow and the Harvest Americana, Contemporary Folk
Paul Simon So Beautiful or So What Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Elbow Build a Rocket Boys! Indie Rock
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx We're New Here Future Garage, UK Bass
Katy B On a Mission Dance-Pop, UK Funky
The Roots Undun Conscious Hip Hop
Atlas Sound Parallax Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Tyler, the Creator Goblin Hardcore Hip Hop
TV on the Radio Nine Types of Light Art Rock, Indie Rock
The Field Looping State of Mind Minimal Techno
Laura Marling A Creature I Don't Know Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
James Ferraro Far Side Virtual Sequencer & Tracker, Vaporwave
Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur Libres Avant-Garde Jazz
Zomby Dedication Dubstep, Future Garage
Iceage New Brigade Art Punk, Post-Punk
Peaking Lights 936 Hypnagogic Pop
Lisabö Animalia lotsatuen putzua Post-Hardcore
Beirut The Rip Tide Indie Folk
Björk Biophilia Art Pop, Electronic, Progressive Pop
The Vaccines What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? Post-Punk Revival
The Beach Boys The SMiLE Sessions Baroque Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Connan Mockasin Forever Dolphin Love Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Kendrick Lamar Section.80 Conscious Hip Hop
Casper XOXO Hip Hop
Álex Anwandter Rebeldes Electropop, Singer/Songwriter, Synthpop
Beastie Boys Hot Sauce Committee Part Two Hip Hop
Wye Oak Civilian Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Kuedo Severant Footwork, Progressive Electronic
Austra Feel It Break Electropop
Noel Gallager's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Britpop
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks Mirror Traffic Indie Rock
Miles Kane Colour of the Trap Indie Rock, Mod Revival
Low C'mon Slowcore
The Strokes Angles Indie Rock
Josh T. Pearson Last of the Country Gentlemen Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
My Morning Jacket Circuital Alt-Country, Indie Rock
Zola Jesus Conatus Art Pop, Darkwave
Little Dragon Ritual Union Art Pop, Electropop
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Unknown Mortal Orchestra Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Psychedelic Pop
Eric Church Chief Contemporary Country
Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Post-Rock
Smith Westerns Dye It Blonde Indie Rock
Black Lips Arabia Mountain Garage Rock
Dirty Beaches Badlands Experimental Rock, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Veronica Falls Veronica Falls Twee Pop
Ghostpoet Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam UK Hip Hop
Toro y Moi Underneath the Pine Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage Atmospheric Black Metal
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation Bedroom Pop, Dream Pop
Liturgy Aesthetica Black Metal
La Dispute Wildlife Post-Hardcore
Cults Cults Twee Pop
Graveyard Hisingen Blues Hard Rock
Andy Stott Passed Me By Dub Techno
Gotye Making Mirrors Art Pop
Cut Copy Zonoscope Indie Pop, Synthpop
Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin' Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Machinedrum Room(s) Footwork, UK Bass
El Columpio Asesino Diamantes Indie Rock
Baxter Dury Happy Soup Indie Rock
Fernando Alfaro La vida es extraña y rara Singer/Songwriter
Cass McCombs Wit's End Chamber Folk, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Pinch & Shackleton Pinch & Shackleton Dubstep
The Rapture In the Grace of Your Love Alternative Dance
The Kills Blood Pressures Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
Ry Cooder Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down Americana, Contemporary Folk
Iron & Wine Kiss Each Other Clean Art Pop, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
White Denim D Indie Rock
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine Indie Folk
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Belong Indie Pop
Ryan Adams Ashes & Fire Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
Thee Oh Sees Carrion Crawler / The Dream EP Garage Punk, Psychedelic Rock
Balam Acab Wander/Wonder Chillstep, Downtempo
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Rome Progressive Pop
Tinariwen Tassili Tishoumaren
Jonathan Wilson Gentle Spirit Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Kasabian Velociraptor! Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Big K.R.I.T. ReturnOf4Eva Conscious Hip Hop, Dirty South, Southern Hip Hop
Charles Bradley No Time for Dreaming Deep Soul
Gruff Rhys Hotel Shampoo Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Singer/Songwriter
Sepalcure Sepalcure Future Garage, UK Funky
Chelsea Wolfe Apokalypsis Ethereal Wave
Russian Red Fuerteventura Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Foster the People Torches Alternative Dance, Dance-Pop, Indie Pop
Machine Head Unto the Locust Groove Metal
A Winged Victory for the Sullen A Winged Victory for the Sullen Ambient, Modern Classical
Thee Oh Sees Castlemania Garage Rock
Britney Spears Femme Fatale Dance-Pop, Electropop
Friendly Fires Pala Alternative Dance, Indietronica
Modeselektor Monkeytown IDM, UK Bass
Coldplay Mylo Xyloto Pop Rock
Nils Frahm Felt Ambient, Modern Classical
G-Side The One…Cohesive Southern Hip Hop
Future Islands On the Water Indietronica, Synthpop
Holy Ghost! Holy Ghost! Dance-Pop, Electropop
The Joy Formidable The Big Roar Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Shoegaze
Other Lives Tamer Animals Chamber Folk, Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
Jamie Woon Mirrorwriting Alternative R&B, Future Garage
Dum Dum Girls Only in Dreams Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Bright Eyes The People's Key Indie Rock
Azari & III Azari & III Chicago House, Nu-Disco
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat Everything's Getting Older Chamber Jazz, Singer/Songwriter, Spoken Word
Eleanor Friedberger Last Summer Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Opeth Heritage Progressive Rock
Cat's Eyes Cat's Eyes Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
DJ Quik The Book of David Hip Hop
Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Crystal Stilts In Love with Oblivion Psychedelic Rock
Timber Timbre Creep On Creepin' On Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Christina Rosenvinge La joven Dolores Folk Pop, Indie Pop
Ty Segall Goodbye Bread Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Death Grips Exmilitary Abstract Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop
Braids Native Speaker Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Slow Club Paradise Folk Pop, Indie Pop
Of Monsters and Men My Head is an Animal Indie Pop
Patrick Wolf Lupercalia Art Pop, Indie Pop
Drive-By Truckers Go-Go Boots Alt-Country
Chad VanGaalen Diaper Island Bedroom Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
The Mountain Goats All Eternals Deck Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Bombay Bicycle Club A Different Kind of Fix Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Mirel Wagner Mirel Wagner Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
R.E.M. Collapse Into Now Alternative Rock
I Break Horses Hearts Dream Pop, Shoegaze
My Brightest Diamond All Things Will Unwind Art Pop, Baroque Pop
Okkervil River I Am Very Far Indie Rock
Explosions in the Sky Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Post-Rock
Hanni El Khatib Will the Guns Come Out Garage Rock Revival
Justice Audio, Video, Disco Electro House
Wooden Shjips West Neo-Psychedelia
J Mascis Several Shades of Why Acoustic Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Trap Them Darker Handcraft Crust Punk
The Drums Portamento Indie Pop
Amplifier The Octopus Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock
Cold Cave Cherish the Light Years Post-Punk, Synthpop
Cliff Martinez Drive [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Ambient, Film Score, Synthwave