Year-End Lists

Drowned in Sound: Favourite Albums of 2011

[see also 2025 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012]

1. The Antlers
   Burst Apart
2. Tim Hecker
   Ravedeath, 1972
3. PJ Harvey
   Let England Shake
4. SBTRKT
   SBTRKT
5. Kate Bush
   50 Words for Snow
6. When Saints Go Machine
   Konkylie
7. Nils Frahm
   Felt
8. Bright Eyes
   The People’s Key
9. Beirut
   The Rip Tide
10. Metronomy
    The English Riviera
11. St. Vincent
    Strange Mercy
12. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
13. Tom Waits
    Bad as Me
14. Low
    C’mon
15. EMA
    Past Life Martyred Saints
16. A Winged Victory For The Sullen
    A Winged Victory for the Sullen
17. Wild Beasts
    Smother
18. Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells
    Everything’s Getting Older
19. The Field
    Looping State of Mind
20. Destroyer
    Kaputt
21. Colin Stetson
    New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
22. Mogwai
    Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
23. I Break Horses
    Hearts
24. Austra
    Feel It Break
25. The War on Drugs
    Slave Ambient
26. Fucked Up
    David Comes to Life
27. The Weeknd
    House of Balloons
28. The Horrors
    Skying
29. Josh T Pearson
    Last of the Country Gentlemen
30. Björk
    Biophilia
31. Frank Ocean
    Nostalgia, Ultra
32. Radiohead
    The King of Limbs
33. Tune-Yards
    Whokill
34. My Brightest Diamond
    All Things Will Unwind
35. Lykke Li
    Wounded Rhymes
36. Kurt Vile
    Smoke Ring for My Halo
37. …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
    The Tao of the Dead
38. Katy B
    On A Mission
39. WALLS
    Coracle
40. Mastodon
    The Hunter
41. James Ferraro
    Far Side Virtual
42. Jay-Z and Kanye West
    Watch the Throne
43. Marissa Nadler
    Marissa Nadler
44. Panda Bear
    Tomboy
45. New Look
    New Look
46. David Lynch
    Crazy Clown Time
47. Tori Amos
    Night of Hunters
48. Gang Gang Dance
    Eye Contact
49. Lady Gaga
    Born This Way
50. Nicolas Jaar
    Space is Only Noise
51. Friendly Fires
    Pala
52. Oneohtrix Point Never
    Replica
53. John Maus
    We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
54. Youth Lagoon
    The Year of Hibernation
55. Cut Copy
    Zonoscope
56. M83
    Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
57. Zomby
    Dedication
58. Atlas Sound
    Parallax
59. Wilco
    The Whole Love
60. Iceage
    New Brigade
61. Kate Wax
    Dust Collision
62. Rustie
    Glass Swords
63. Explosions in the Sky
    Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
64. Girls
    Father, Son, Holy Ghost
65. Emmy the Great
    Virtue
66. Moon Duo
    Mazes
67. Peaking Lights
    936
68. Nicola Roberts
    Cinderella’s Eyes
69. Mark McGuire
    A Young Person’s Guide
70. WU LYF
    Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
71. Veronica Falls
    Veronica Falls
72. The Pierces
    You & I
73. Los Campesinos
    Hello Sadness
74. James Blake
    James Blake
75. Britney Spears
    Femme Fatale