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2011 has been good to us. Here are what we consider the best songs of 2011. The first 80 are ordered alphabetically, The Top 20 are ranked accordingly. We threw up MP3s on as many songs we could. Enjoy – and if you didn’t, post your list up on the comments.
100 Best Songs of 2011
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Azealia Banks 212 YouTube |
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Kendrick Lamar A.D.H.D Section.80 |
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Youth Lagoon Afternoon The Year of Hibernation |
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Smith Westerns All Die Young Dye it Blonde |
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Washed Out Amor Fati Within and Without |
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Jens Lekman An Argument With Myself An Argument With Myself EP |
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Feist The Bad In Each Other Metals |
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Future Islands Balance On The Water |
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ASAP Rocky Bass LiveLoveA$AP |
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John Maus Believer We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves |
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The-Dream Body Work / Fuck My Brains Out - |
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Iceage Broken Bone New Brigade |
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Dirty Gold California Sunrise Hidden Treasures EP |
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My Morning Jacket Circuital Circuital |
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Mazzy Star Common Burn Common Burn / Lay Myself Down 7″ |
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St. Vincent Cruel Strange Mercy |
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Björk Crystalline Biophilia |
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Penguin Prison Don’t Fuck With My Money Penguin Prison |
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Bill Callahan Drover Apocalypse |
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Beirut East Harlem The Rip Tide |
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Shabazz Palaces An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum Black Up |
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Lady Gaga The Edge of Glory Born This Way |
| Siriusmo Einmal in der Woche schreien Mosaik |
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Dom Family of Love Family of Love EP |
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Jamie xx Far Nearer Far Nearer / Beat For 12″ |
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Niki & The Dove The Fox The Fox |
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M.I.A. GEN N.E.Y Vicki Leekx |
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Gang Gang Dance Glass Jar Eye Contact |
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Ty Segall Goodbye Bread Goodbye Bread |
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Cold Cave The Great Pan is Dead Cherish the Light Years |
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EMA Grey Ship Past Life Martyred Saints |
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Active Child Hanging On You Are All I See |
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Korallreven Honey Mine An Album by Korallreven |
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The Rapture How Deep is Your Love? In the Grace of Your Love |
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Lykke Li I Follow Rivers Wounded Rhymes |
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Nicolas Jaar I Got a Woman Space is Only Noise |
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Wavves I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl Life Sux |
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Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx I’ll Take Care of U We’re New Here |
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Clams Casino I’m God - |
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The Vaccines If You Wanna What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? |
Read on for the next 40 songs on our list →
