Year-End Lists

Prefix Magazine: Top Albums of 2011

1. Shabazz Palaces
   Black Up
2. Destroyer
   Kaputt
3. Danny Brown
   XXX
4. Fucked Up
   David Comes to Life
5. Jay-Z and Kanye West
   Watch the Throne
6. Tune-Yards
   Whokill
7. Real Estate
   Days
8. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
9. Kurt Vile
   Smoke Ring for My Halo
10. Drake
    Take Care
11. M83
    Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
12. EMA
    Past Life Martyred Saints
13. The War on Drugs
    Slave Ambient
14. St. Vincent
    Strange Mercy
15. Colin Stetson
    New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
16. James Blake
    James Blake
17. Panda Bear
    Tomboy
18. Das Racist
    Relax
19. The Weeknd
    House of Balloons & Thursday
20. Fleet Foxes
    Helplessness Blues
21. Tim Hecker
    Ravedeath, 1972
22. Yuck
    Yuck
23. Radiohead
    The King of Limbs
24. Big K.R.I.T.
    Return of 4Eva
25. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
26. Bill Callahan
    Apocalypse
27. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
28. Josh T Pearson
    Last of the Country Gentlemen
29. Girls
    Father, Son, Holy Ghost
30. Beirut
    The Rip Tide
31. Ghostpoet
    Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
32. Austra
    Feel It Break
33. Cass McCombs
    WIT’S END
34. Gang Gang Dance
    Eye Contact
35. Atlas Sound
    Parallax
36. Youth Lagoon
    The Year of Hibernation
37. Dirty Beaches
    Badlands
38. Cloud Nothings
    Cloud Nothings
39. Washed Out
    Within and Without
40. Wild Flag
    Wild Flag
41. PJ Harvey
    Let England Shake
42. Grails
    Deep Politics
43. Matana Roberts
    COIN COIN Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
44. Peaking Lights
    936
45. Clams Casino
    Instrumental Mixtape
46. Oneohtrix Point Never
    Replica
47. Young Widows
    In and Out of Youth and Lightness
48. Beyoncé
    4
49. Mogwai
    Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
50. Vetiver
    The Errant Charm