Year-End Lists

Music Writers for the BBC: Top 25 Albums of 2011

1. PJ Harvey
   Let England Shake
2. Wild Beasts
   Smother
3. The Horrors
   Skying
4. The Antlers
   Burst Apart
5. Tom Waits
   Bad as Me
6. Metronomy
   The English Riviera
7. Beyoncé
   4
8. Josh T Pearson
   Last of the Country Gentlemen
9. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
10. Iceage
    New Brigade
11. Björk
    Biophilia
12. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
13. Katy B
    On A Mission
14. Drive-By Truckers
    Go-Go Boots
15. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
    We’re New Here
16. Anna Calvi
    Anna Calvi
17. Kate Bush
    50 Words for Snow
18. Fleet Foxes
    Helplessness Blues
19. Julianna Barwick
    The Magic Place
20. EMA
    Past Life Martyred Saints
21. The Decemberists
    The King is Dead
22. Trap Them
    Darker Handcraft
23. Cold Cave
    Cherish the Light Years
24. Laura Marling
    A Creature I Don’t Know
25. Bright Eyes
    The People’s Key