Year-End Lists

The Guardian: Best Albums of 2011

1. PJ Harvey
   Let England Shake
2. Katy B
   On A Mission
3. Frank Ocean
   Nostalgia, Ultra
4. Beyoncé
   4
5. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
6. James Blake
   James Blake
7. Metronomy
   The English Riviera
8. The Weeknd
   House of Balloons
9. Rustie
   Glass Swords
10. Tune-Yards
    Whokill
11. White Denim
    D
12. Wild Beasts
    Smother
13. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
    Diamond Mine
14. Tom Waits
    Bad as Me
15. SBTRKT
    SBTRKT
16. The Horrors
    Skying
17. Björk
    Biophilia
18. St. Vincent
    Strange Mercy
19. Drake
    Take Care
20. Fleet Foxes
    Helplessness Blues
21. Gillian Welch
    The Harrow & The Harvest
22. Noah & The Whale
    Last Night on Earth
23. Laura Marling
    A Creature I Don’t Know
24. Feist
    The Bad in Each Other
25. Kurt Vile
    Smoke Ring for My Halo
26. Gang Gang Dance
    Eye Contact
27. Radiohead
    The King of Limbs
28. Jonathan Wilson
    Gentle Spirit
29. Kate Bush
    50 Words for Snow
30. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
    We’re New Here
31. Lady Gaga
    Born This Way
32. Lykke Li
    Wounded Rhymes
33. Destroyer
    Kaputt
34. Jamie Woon
    Mirrorwriting
35. Cat’s Eyes
    Cat’s Eyes
36. Pistol Annies
    Hell on Heels
37. Watch the Throne
    Kanye West/Jay-Z
38. Nicola Roberts
    Cinderella’s Eyes
39. The Streets
    Computers and Blues
40. Gruff Rhys
    Hotel Shampoo
41. Shabazz Palaces
    Black Up
42. Nils Frahm
    Felt
43. Machine Head
    Unto the Locust
44. Marius Neset
    Golden Xplosion
45. Colin Stetson
    New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
46. Beirut
    The Rip Tide
47. True Widow
    As High as the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
48. Ryan Adams
    Ashes & Fire
49. The Antlers
    Burst Apart
50. Iceage
    New Brigade