Treble's Top 50 Albums of 2011

Published: December 11, 2011 00:00 Source

# 1

Strange Mercy by St. Vincent

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

# 2

Black Up by Shabazz Palaces

Album • Jun 28 / 2011 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 3

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Dream Pop Synthpop

# 4

Parallax by Atlas Sound

Album • Nov 07 / 2011 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 5

The King Of Limbs by Radiohead

Album • Feb 18 / 2011 Electronic Experimental Rock

# 6

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

Album • Feb 15 / 2011 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 7

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

Album • May 03 / 2011 Indie Folk Chamber Folk

# 8

Zonoscope by Cut Copy

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Synthpop Indie Pop

# 9

Burst Apart by The Antlers

Album • May 10 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 10

Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Nov 08 / 2011 Plunderphonics Ambient Electronic

# 11

Bon Iver by Bon Iver

Album • Jun 21 / 2011

# 12

Kaputt by Destroyer

Album • Jan 25 / 2011 Sophisti-Pop Art Pop

# 13

Tomboy by Panda Bear

Album • Apr 11 / 2011 Psychedelic Pop Ambient Pop

# 14

James Blake by James Blake

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

# 15

We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves by John Maus

Album • Jun 28 / 2011 Synthpop Hypnagogic Pop

# 16

W H O K I L L by Tune-Yards

Album • Apr 18 / 2011

# 17

Civilian by Wye Oak

Album • Mar 08 / 2011 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 18

Days by Real Estate

Album • Oct 18 / 2011 Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 19

Ravedeath, 1972 by Tim Hecker

Album • Feb 14 / 2011 Ambient Drone

# 20

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

Album • Feb 21 / 2011 UK Bass Future Garage

# 21

Underneath The Pine by Toro y Moi

Album • Feb 25 / 2011 Indie Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 22

House of Balloons (Original) by The Weeknd

Album • Mar 21 / 2011

# 23

The Hunter by Mastodon

Album • Sep 27 / 2011 Progressive Metal

# 24

David Comes To Life by Fucked Up

Album • Jun 06 / 2011 Post-Hardcore Rock Opera

# 25

Smoke Ring For My Halo by Kurt Vile

Album • Mar 07 / 2011 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 26

New Brigade by Iceage

Album • Jun 21 / 2011 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 27

Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits

Album • Oct 21 / 2011

# 28

Badlands by Dirty Beaches

Album • Mar 28 / 2011 Hypnagogic Pop Slacker Rock Experimental Rock

# 29

50 Words for Snow by Kate Bush

Album • Nov 21 / 2011 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 30

Father, Son, Holy Ghost by Girls

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

# 31

Watch The Throne by JAY-Z + Kanye West

Album • Aug 08 / 2011 Hip Hop Pop Rap

# 32

Ceremonials by Florence + the Machine

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Art Pop

# 33

Take Care (Deluxe Version) by Drake

Album • Nov 15 / 2011

# 34

Wounded Rhymes by Lykke Li

Album • Jan 01 / 2011 Indie Pop Art Pop

# 35

Slave Ambient by The War on Drugs

Album • Aug 16 / 2011 Indie Rock

# 36

Aesthethica by Liturgy

Album • May 10 / 2011 Black Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 37

Ritual Union by Little Dragon

Album • Jul 25 / 2011 Electropop Art Pop

# 38

The Whole Love (Deluxe Version) by Wilco

Album • Feb 03 / 2011

# 39

Skying by The Horrors

Album • Aug 09 / 2011 Neo-Psychedelia

# 40

SBTRKT by SBTRKT

Album • Jun 27 / 2011 Future Garage

# 41

Within and Without by Washed Out

Album • Jul 12 / 2011 Chillwave

# 42

Belong by The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

Album • Mar 29 / 2011 Indie Pop Alternative Rock

# 43

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will by Mogwai

Album • Feb 15 / 2011 Post-Rock

# 44

Apokalypsis by Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Aug 23 / 2011 Gothic Rock Ethereal Wave

# 45

Conatus by Zola Jesus

Album • Oct 04 / 2011 Art Pop Darkwave

# 46

Cherish The Light Years by Cold Cave

Album • Apr 04 / 2011 Synthpop Post-Punk

# 47

West by Wooden Shjips

Album • Sep 13 / 2011 Neo-Psychedelia Space Rock Revival

# 48

Eye Contact by Gang Gang Dance

Album • May 09 / 2011 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 49

Feel It Break by Austra

Album • May 17 / 2011 Electropop

# 50

Cults by Cults

Album • Jun 07 / 2011 Indie Pop Twee Pop