Year-End Lists

Piccadilly Records: Albums of 2011

[see also 2012]

1. 936
   Peaking Lights
2. Smoke Ring for My Halo
   Kurt Vile
3. Buffalo
   The Phoenix Foundation
4. Cabaret Cixous
   Maria Minerva
5. The English Riviera
   Metronomy
6. West
   Wooden Shjips
7. Tamer Animals
   Other Lives
8. Blood Pressures
   Kills
9. Arabia Mountain
   Black Lips
10. Widowspeak
    Widowspeak
11. Violent Hearts
    Shimmering Stars
12. Only in Dreams
    Dum Dum Girls
13. Pleasure
    Pure X
14. Gentle Spirit
    Jonathan Wilson
15. Let England Shake
    PJ Harvey
16. Locussolus
    Harvey Presents Locussolus
17. The Errant Charm
    Vetiver
18. Several Shades of Why
    J Mascis
19. Days
    Real Estate
20. Within and Without
    Washed Out
21. Ancient Romans
    Sun Araw
22. Soft Metals
    Soft Metals
23. Smoking In Heaven
    Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
24. In Love With Oblivion
    Crystal Stilts
25. The Rip Tide
    Beirut
26. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
27. We’re New Here
    Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
28. Badlands
    Dirty Beaches
29. Mazes
    Moon Duo
30. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
31. Gracious Tide, Take Me Home
    Lanterns on the Lake
32. Happy Soup
    Baxter Dury
33. Diamond Mine
    King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
34. A Creature I Don’t Know
    Laura Marling
35. Castlemania
    Thee Oh Sees
36. With U
    Holy Other
37. James Blake
    James Blake
38. Creatures of an Hour
    Still Corners
39. Zeus and Apollo
    Hatchback
40. John Stammers
    John Stammers
41. A Winged Victory for the Sullen
    A Winged Victory For The Sullen
42. Arthur’s Landing
    Arthur’s Landing
43. To the Death of Fun
    Cashier No. 9
44. Demolished Thoughts
    Thurston Moore
45. Bad as Me
    Tom Waits
46. Live Music
    Strange Boys
47. Cadenza
    Dutch Uncles
48. One Night in the Borough
    6th Borough Project
49. Slave Ambient
    The War on Drugs
50. Coracle
    Walls
51. Biophilia
    Björk
52. New Moon
    Almunia
53. The Golden Age of Apocalypse
    Thundercat
54. The Harrow & The Harvest
    Gillian Welch
55. Kaputt
    Destroyer
56. Space is Only Noise
    Nicolas Jaar
57. Idle Labor
    Craft Spells
58. On Air
    James Ferraro
59. Beyond the 4th Door
    Eternal Tapestry
60. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
    Beastie Boys
61. Looping State of Mind
    The Field
62. Get Well Soon
    Sarabeth Tucek
63. Parodia Flare
    Tropics
64. Mirror Traffic
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
65. Blue Songs
    Hercules and Love Affair
66. The Dissolve
    Boxcutter
67. Hotel Shampoo
    Gruff Rhys
68. When We On
    Crazy P
69. Cults
    Cults
70. We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
    John Maus
71. H-p1
    White Hills
72. Vision Quest One: Spaceships Over Topanga Canyon
    Seahawks
73. Sun and Shade
    Woods
74. KWJAZ
    KWJAZ
75. Mind Bokeh
    Bibio
76. Hearts
    I Break Horses
77. Romantic Comedy
    Big Troubles
78. Country Ways
    Carlton Melton
79. Parabolas
    John Tejada
80. Azari & III
    Azari & III
81. Sepalcure
    Sepalcure
82. Harbored Mantras
    Water Borders
83. Still Living
    Ganglians
84. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
85. Ritual Union
    Little Dragon
86. Ashes & Fire
    Ryan Adams
87. Wander / Wonder
    Balam Acab
88. Streetwise
    LA Vampires Goes Ital
89. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
90. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
91. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
    WU LYF
92. The King of Limbs
    Radiohead
93. Smother
    Wild Beasts
94. The Stepkids
    The Stepkids
95. Goodbye Bread
    Ty Segall
96. Freaking Out
    Toro y Moi
97. Rome
    Danger Mouse & Daniel Luppi
98. Conatus
    Zola Jesus
99. Tassili
    Tinariwen
100. Last of the Country Gentlemen
     Josh T Pearson