DIY's Top 50 Albums of 2011

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Published: January 09, 2024 15:22 Source

# 1

Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam by Ghostpoet

Album • Feb 07 / 2011 UK Hip Hop

# 2

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Album • Feb 15 / 2011 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 3

The English Riviera by Metronomy

Album • Apr 11 / 2011 Indie Pop Indietronica

# 4

Smother by Wild Beasts

Album • May 09 / 2011 Indie Pop Art Pop

# 5

Burst Apart by The Antlers

Album • May 10 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 6

Father, Son, Holy Ghost by Girls

Album • Sep 13 / 2011 Indie Rock Indie Pop Indie Surf

# 7

Strange Mercy by St. Vincent

Album • Sep 12 / 2011 Art Pop Indie Pop Art Rock

# 8

Eye Contact by Gang Gang Dance

Album • May 09 / 2011 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 9

House of Balloons (Original) by The Weeknd

Album • Mar 21 / 2011

# 10

21 by Adele

Album • Jan 24 / 2011 Pop Soul Adult Contemporary

# 11

Bon Iver by Bon Iver

Album • Jun 21 / 2011

# 12

Skying by The Horrors

Album • Aug 09 / 2011 Neo-Psychedelia

# 13

Suck It and See by Arctic Monkeys

Album • Jun 07 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 14

Smoke Ring For My Halo by Kurt Vile

Album • Mar 07 / 2011 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 15

We're New Here by Gil Scott-Heron + Jamie xx

Album • Feb 21 / 2011 UK Bass Future Garage

# 16

Wounded Rhymes by Lykke Li

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Indie Pop Art Pop

# 17

Wild Flag by WILD FLAG

Album • Sep 13 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 18

Hello Sadness by Los Campesinos!

Album • Nov 15 / 2011 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 19

Paradise by Slow Club

Album • Sep 11 / 2011 Indie Pop Folk Pop

# 20

Yuck (Deluxe Version) by Yuck

Album • Oct 11 / 2011

# 21

Welcome to Condale by Summer Camp

Album • Oct 30 / 2011 Indie Pop

# 22

Last Summer by Eleanor Friedberger

Album • Jul 12 / 2011 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 23

Route One or Die by Three Trapped Tigers

Album • May 16 / 2011 Math Rock Post-Rock

# 24

Lenses Alien by Cymbals Eat Guitars

Album • Aug 30 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 25

Kaputt by Destroyer

Album • Jan 25 / 2011 Sophisti-Pop Art Pop

# 26

James Blake by James Blake

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Art Pop Alternative R&B Electronic

# 27

W H O K I L L by Tune-Yards

Album • Apr 18 / 2011

# 28

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

Album • May 03 / 2011 Indie Folk Chamber Folk

# 29

Hotel Shampoo by Gruff Rhys

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Indie Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 30

Banjo Or Freakout by Banjo Or Freakout

Album • Feb 28 / 2011 Psychedelic Pop Dream Pop

# 31

Endless Now by Male Bonding

Album • Aug 30 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 32

Slave Ambient by The War on Drugs

Album • Aug 16 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 33

GLAQJO XAACSSO by patten

Album • Sep 26 / 2011 IDM Outsider House

# 34

The People's Key by Bright Eyes

Album • Feb 15 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 35

Goblin by Tyler, The Creator

Album • May 09 / 2011 Hardcore Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 36

Days by Real Estate

Album • Oct 18 / 2011 Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 37

Biophilia by Björk

Album • Oct 11 / 2011 Art Pop Electronic

# 38

Belong by The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

Album • Mar 29 / 2011 Indie Pop Alternative Rock

# 39

Gloss Drop by Battles

Album • Jun 20 / 2011 Math Rock Neo-Psychedelia Experimental Rock Math Pop

# 40

Past Life Martyred Saints by EMA

Album • Jun 03 / 2011 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 41

Within and Without by Washed Out

Album • Jul 12 / 2011 Chillwave

# 42

A Creature I Dont Know by Laura Marling

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Contemporary Folk

# 43

Valhalla Dancehall by Sea Power

Album • Jan 10 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 44

Veronica Falls by Veronica Falls

Album • Sep 20 / 2011 Twee Pop Indie Pop

# 45

New Brigade by Iceage

Album • Jun 21 / 2011 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 46

An Album By Korallreven by Korallreven

Album • Nov 15 / 2011 Chillwave Dream Pop

# 47

Mirror Traffic by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Album • Aug 23 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 48

Tamer Animals by Other Lives

Album • May 10 / 2011 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 49

Acrobats by Peggy Sue

Album • Nov 01 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 50

Every Kingdom by Ben Howard

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk