.Top 25 Albums of 2011

1. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l (4AD)
2. Death Grips – Ex-Military (Third Worlds)
3. EMA – Past Life Modern Saints (Souterrain Transmissions)
4. Jamie XX – We’re New Here [Instrumentals] (XL)
5. Givers – In Light (Glassnote)
6. The Weeknd – House of Balloons (Self-Released)
7. Clams Casino – Instrumentals (Type)
8. Odd Bird – Smith (PCL)
9. Kreng – Grimoire (Miasmah)
10. Amon Tobin – Isam (Ninja Tune)
11. That Ghost – Songs Out Here (TwoSyllable)
12. Hudson Mohawke – The Pleasure Principle (Warp)
13. Grouper – Alien Observer / Dream Loss (Yellow Electric)
14. Beyoncé – 4 (C0lumbia/Sony)
15. Tom Waits – Bad as Me (Anti-)
16. Terius Nash – 1977 (Self-Released)
17. Pete Swanson – Man With Potential (Type)
18. Liturgy – Aesthetica (Thrill Jockey)
19. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)
20. Greg Brown – Freak Flag (Yep Roc)
21. Crooked Fingers – Breaks in the Armor (Merge)
22. Chelsea Wolfe – Ἀποκάλυψις (Pendu Sound)
23. Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott – Ninety Miles (Concord)
24. James Blake – S/T (Atlas/Universal)
25. Gretchen Parlato – The Lost and Found (Obliqsound)
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