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This time of year is perfect to catch up and reflect on the music that has released throughout the past 11 and a half months. We started our annual year-end summary of favorites earlier this month with our 100 favorite songs of 2011. We took a look at our favorite long-form releases with our 5 Favorite Mixtapes and 5 Favorite EPs of 2011 lists, and then our 30 Honorable Mentions of the Year. We wrap up our year-end retrospective with our 40 favorite albums of 2011. After this, we can officially look to 2012 – and we’re already excited about several of the albums lined up. *Note: Links lead to Spotify streams.
See also:
Our 30 Honorable Mentions
Our Favorite Mixtapes & EPs of 2011
BEST ALBUMS of 2011
40 Wild Beasts – Smother
39 Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde
38 Austra – Feel It Break
37 The Horrors – Skying
36 Nicolas Jaar – Space is Only Noise
35 Iceage – New Brigade
34 Beyoncé – 4
33 Feist – Metals
32 The Roots – undun
31 EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
30 The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
29 Twin Sister – In Heaven
28 Active Child – You Are All I See
27 Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – We’re New Here
26 Wilco – The Whole Love
25 Black Lips – Arabia Mountain
24 Atlas Sound – Parallax
23 Zola Jesus – Conatus
22 Korallreven – An Album By Korallreven
21 Destroyer – Kaputt
