Year-End Lists

Fact Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2011

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. The Weeknd
   House of Balloons
2. Rustie
   Glass Swords
3. Clams Casino
   Instrumentals
4. Prurient
   Bermuda Drain
5. AraabMuzik
   Electronic Dream
6. James Ferraro
   Far Side Virtual
7. Drake
   Take Care
8. Julianna Barwick
   The Magic Place
9. LV & Joshua Idehen
   Routes
10. Frank Ocean
    Nostalgia, Ultra
11. Laurel Halo
    Hour Logic
12. James Blake
    James Blake
13. Julia Holter
    Tragedy
14. A$AP Rocky
    LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
15. Zomby
    Dedication
16. Kuedo
    Severant
17. Motion Sickness of Time Travel
    Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious
18. Patrice & Friends
    Cashmere Sheets
19. Danny Brown
    XXX
20. Cut Hands
    Afro Noise Vol. 1
21. Roly Porter
    Aftertime
22. Oneohtrix Point Never
    Replica
23. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
    We’re New Here
24. John Maus
    We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
25. Machinedrum
    Room(s)
26. Byetone
    SyMeta
27. Peaking Lights
    936
28. Andy Stott
    Passed Me By
29. patten
    GLAQJO XAACSSO
30. Gang Gang Dance
    Eye Contact
31. Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer
    Re: ECM
32. The Horrors
    Skying
33. Main Attrakionz
    808s & Dark Grapes II
34. Kode9 and The Spaceape
    Black Sun
35. Jon Brooks
    Music For Thomas Carnacki Vol. 1
36. Tropic of Cancer
    The End of All Things
37. Balam Acab
    Wander / Wonder
38. Surgeon
    Breaking the Frame
39. James Pants
    James Pants
40. The Haxan Cloak
    The Haxan Cloak
41. Legowelt
    The Teac Life
42. 2562
    Fever
43. Wild Beasts
    Smother
44. Björk
    Biophilia
45. Blanck Mass
    Blanck Mass
46. Damu
    Unity
47. Container
    LP
48. Juicy J & Lex Luger
    Rubba Band Business 2
49. Africa Hitech
    93 Million Miles
50. Xander Harris
    Urban Gothic