The Top 50 Albums of 2011

50. Wye Oak – Civilian
49. Childish Gambino – Camp
48. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
47. Feist - Metals
46. Richard Buckner – Our Blood
45. Le Butcherettes – Sin Sin Sin
44. Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest
43. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
42. Calhoun – Heavy Sugar
41. Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo
40. O’Death - Outside
39. Kanye West & Jay Z – Watch the Throne
38. Iron and Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
37. The Rosebuds – Loud Planes Fly Low
36. Hunx & His Punx – Too Young to Be in Love
35. Mates of State – Mountaintops
34. Cosmo Jarvis – Is The World Strange or Am I Strange?
33. Eleanor Friedberger – Last Summer
32. Britney Spears – Femme Fatale
32. Dum Dum Girls – Only in Dreams
31. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
30. Florence + the Machine – Ceremonials
29. Crooked Fingers – Breaks in the Armor
28. The Streets – Computers and Blues
27. Gringo Star – Count Yer Lucky Stars
26. Drive-By Truckers – Go Go Boots
25. Fountains of Wayne – Sky Full of Holes
24. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
23. Bobby - Bobby
22. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
21. R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now
20. The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck
19. A Dancing Beggar – Follow the Dark As If It Were Light
18. The Antlers – Burst Apart
17. Fucked Up – David Comes to Life
16. Low – C’mon
15. Wilco – The Whole Love
14. Damion Suomi and the Minor Prophets – Go, and Sell All of Your Things
13. The Coathangers – Larceny & Old Lace
12. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
11. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
10. EMA – Past Life Martyred Saint
9. Ezra Furman & the Harpoons – Mysterious Power
8. Buck 65 – 20 Odd Years
7. The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
6. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
5. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
4. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
3. Julianna Barwich – The Magic Place
2. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
1. Josh T. Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen