The Best Albums of 2011

Our favorite album of the year: Bon Iver’s Bon Iver

50 Panda Bear – Tomboy (Paw Tracks) [buy the album]

49 Nicole Atkins – Mondo Amore (Razor & Tie) [buy the album]

48 GIVERS – In Light (Glassnote) [buy the album]

47 Admiral Fallow – Boots Met My Face (Lo-Five) [buy the album]

46 The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow (Sensibility Music) [buy the album]

45 Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne (Def Jam) [buy the album]

44 Grouplove – Never Trust A Happy Song (Atlantic) [buy the album]

43 Other Lives – Tamer Animals (TBD) [buy the album]

42 Feist – Metals (Cherrytree/Interscope) [buy the album]

41 Neon Indian – Era Extraña (Mom & Pop) [buy the album]

40 M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute) [buy the album]

39 The Barr Brothers – The Barr Brothers (Secret City) [buy the album]

38 Girls – Father Son Holy Ghost (True Panther) [buy the album]

37 Shabazz Palaces – Black Up (Sub Pop) [buy the album]

36 Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) (Lost Highway) [buy the album]

35 Wye Oak – Civilian (Merge) [buy the album]

34 Fucked Up – David Comes to Life (Matador) [buy the album]

33 Foster the People – Torches (Columbia) [buy the album]

32 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – It’s a Corporate World (Warner Bros.) [buy the album]

31 Real Estate – Days (Domino) [buy the album]

30 Matthew Ryan – I Recall Standing As Though Nothing Could Fall (Dear Future Collection) [buy the album]

29 Jill Andrews – The Mirror (Thirty Tigers) [buy the album]

28 Toro y Moi – Underneath the Pine (Carpark) [buy the album]

27 The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian) [buy the album]

26 The Drums – Portamento (Frenchkiss) [buy the album]

25 The Decemberists – The King is Dead (Capitol) [buy the album]

24 My Morning Jacket – Circuital (ATO/RED) [buy the album]

23 James Blake – James Blake (Universal Republic) [buy the album]

22 WATERS – Out in the Light (TBD) [buy the album]

21 Lucinda Williams – Blessed (Lost Highway) [buy the album]

20 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo (Matador) [buy the album]

19 WU LYF – Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (LYF Recordings) [buy the album]

18 Blind Pilot – We Are the Tide (Expunged) [buy the album]

17 Ha Ha Tonka – Death of a Decade (Bloodshot) [buy the album]

16 Generationals – Actor-Caster (Park the Van) [buy the album]

15 The Antlers – Burst Apart (Frenchkiss) [buy the album]

14 Destroyer – Kaputt (Merge) [buy the album]

13 Adele – 21 (Columbia) [buy the album]

12 Wilco – The Whole Love (dBpm/ANTI-) [buy the album]

11 tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l (4AD) [buy the album]

10 Washed Out – Within and Without (Sub Pop) [buy the album]

9 The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart (Sub Pop) [buy the album]

8 Yuck – Yuck (Fat Possum) [buy the album]

7 Cults – Cults (Columbia) [buy the album]

6 Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum) [buy the album]

5 Active Child – You Are All I See (Vagrant) [buy the album]

4 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop) [buy the album]

3 Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire (Pax-Am/Capitol) [buy the album]

2 Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum) [buy the album]

1 Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar) [buy the album]

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