Stereogum's Top 50 Albums of 2011

2011 was the year music learned to float. Actually, that’s not true at all; music has been reaching for feelings of tidal drift since the first Gregorian monks figured out how to chant, or maybe since the first caveman licked a frog and figured out that his grunts got extra-spacey. But surveying our 2011 top […]

Published: December 05, 2011 16:42 Source

# 1
Album • Sep 13 / 2011 Indie Rock Indie Pop Indie Surf
# 2
Album • Nov 15 / 2011
# 3
Album • Jun 21 / 2011
# 4
Album • Jun 06 / 2011 Post-Hardcore Rock Opera
# 5
Album • Mar 21 / 2011
# 6
Album • May 09 / 2011 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop
# 7
Album • Jun 03 / 2011 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 8
Album • Feb 15 / 2011 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock
# 9
Album • Oct 31 / 2011 Cloud Rap East Coast Hip Hop
# 10
Album • Aug 08 / 2011 Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 11
Album • Nov 21 / 2011 Art Pop Ambient Pop
# 12
Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Dream Pop Synthpop
# 13
Album • Oct 11 / 2011
# 14
Album • May 17 / 2011 Electropop
# 15
Album • Oct 04 / 2011 Art Pop Darkwave
# 16
Album • Sep 13 / 2011 Chillwave Synthpop
# 17
Album • Nov 08 / 2011 Plunderphonics Ambient Electronic
# 18
4 by Beyoncé
Album • Jun 24 / 2011 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 19
Album • Jun 21 / 2011 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 20
Album • Oct 18 / 2011 Indie Pop Jangle Pop
# 21
Album • Mar 07 / 2011 Instrumental Hip Hop Cloud Rap
# 22
Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter
# 23
Album • Sep 13 / 2011 Indie Rock
# 25
Album • Apr 04 / 2011 Synthpop Post-Punk
# 26
Album • Mar 29 / 2011 Indie Pop Alternative Rock
# 27
Album • Jan 25 / 2011 Sophisti-Pop Art Pop
# 28
Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Indietronica Electroclash
# 29
Album • Jul 12 / 2011 Chillwave
# 30
Album • Feb 18 / 2011 Electronic Experimental Rock
# 31
Album • May 03 / 2011 Indie Folk Chamber Folk
# 32
Album • Sep 12 / 2011 Art Pop Indie Pop Art Rock
# 33
Album • Jun 27 / 2011 Future Garage
# 34
Album • Mar 07 / 2011 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 35
Album • Nov 07 / 2011 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 36
Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Synthpop Indie Pop
# 37
Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Indie Rock Indie Surf
# 38
Album • May 10 / 2011 Indie Rock
# 39
Album • Jan 31 / 2011 Downtempo Electronic
# 40
Album • Jul 02 / 2011 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 41
Album • Sep 13 / 2011 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 42
Album • Jun 21 / 2011 Psychedelic Pop Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
# 43
Album • Sep 27 / 2011 Dream Pop Indie Pop Bedroom Pop
# 44
Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Art Pop Alternative R&B Electronic
# 45
21 by Adele
Album • Jan 24 / 2011 Pop Soul Adult Contemporary
# 46
Album • Apr 18 / 2011
# 47
Album • Feb 03 / 2011
# 48
Album • Sep 06 / 2011 Instrumental Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 49
Album • Feb 25 / 2011 Indie Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 50
Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Dream Pop Bedroom Pop