Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011

1. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
2. Destroyer
   Kaputt
3. M83
   Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
4. PJ Harvey
   Let England Shake
5. Girls
   Father, Son, Holy Ghost
6. Oneohtrix Point Never
   Replica
7. Tune-Yards
   Whokill
8. Drake
   Take Care
9. Real Estate
   Days
10. The Weeknd
    House of Balloons
11. St. Vincent
    Strange Mercy
12. James Blake
    James Blake
13. EMA
    Past Life Martyred Saints
14. Shabazz Palaces
    Black Up
15. Fleet Foxes
    Helplessness Blues
16. Kurt Vile
    Smoke Ring for My Halo
17. Clams Casino
    Instrumentals
18. Atlas Sound
    Parallax
19. Danny Brown
    XXX
20. Nicolas Jaar
    Space is Only Noise
21. Jay-Z and Kanye West
    Watch the Throne
22. The Caretaker
    An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
23. Bill Callahan
    Apocalypse
24. Julianna Barwick
    The Magic Place
25. Gang Gang Dance
    Eye Contact
26. The Field
    Looping State of Mind
27. Beyoncé
    4
28. Cut Copy
    Zonoscope
29. DJ Quik
    The Book of David
30. Tim Hecker
    Ravedeath, 1972
31. Ty Segall
    Goodbye Bread
32. Panda Bear
    Tomboy
33. Fucked Up
    David Comes to Life
34. Katy B
    On A Mission
35. Frank Ocean
    Nostalgia, Ultra
36. Kate Bush
    50 Words for Snow
37. Iceage
    New Brigade
38. Sandro Perri
    Impossible Spaces
39. The War on Drugs
    Slave Ambient
40. AraabMuzik
    Electronic Dream
41. Liturgy
    Aesthethica
42. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
43. Lykke Li
    Wounded Rhymes
44. Colin Stetson
    New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
45. Kendrick Lamar
    Section.80
46. Cults
    Cults
47. Sepalcure
    Sepalcure
48. Toro y Moi
    Underneath the Pine
49. Wild Flag
    Wild Flag
50. Youth Lagoon
    The Year of Hibernation