Best Albums of 2011

« View best albums of 2010View best albums of 2012 »

Listed below are the best albums of 2011 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

2011 year summaryThe best artists of 2011 were Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, PJ Harvey, The Beach Boys, Radiohead, The Black Keys, Destroyer, Adele, M83 and Foo Fighters.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

201.

Mayday Parade

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

135

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

202.

Hello Sadness

Los Campesinos!

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

134

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

203.

War Paint

The Dangerous Summer

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

133

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

204.

Mirror Traffic

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

131

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

205.

La Polinesia Meridional

La Casa Azul

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

129

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

206.

Pressure & Time

Rival Sons

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

128

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

207.

I A Moon

North Sea Radio Orchestra

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

125

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

208.

Conditions Of My Parole

Puscifer

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

125

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

209.

Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes

Social Distortion

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

124

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

210.

Thursday

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

124

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
...
20
21
22
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 21 of 100

Best Albums of 2011 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
The Weeknd	3	0%
Kate Bush	2	0%
R.E.M.	2	0%
Frank Zappa	2	0%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	2	0%
Bill Frisell	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	483	48%
	184	18%
	56	6%
	35	4%
	25	3%
	24	2%
	22	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	957	96%
Yes	43	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	973	97%
Yes	27	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

« View best albums of 2010View best albums of 2012 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Albums of 2012
1. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar
2. Lonerism by Tame Impala
3. Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
4. Bloom by Beach House
5. The Money Store by Death Grips
6. An Awesome Wave by alt-J
7. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple
8. Born To Die by Lana Del Rey
9. The Seer by Swans
10. Visions by Grimes
11. 2 by Mac DeMarco
12. Shields by Grizzly Bear
13. Blunderbuss by Jack White
14. Attack On Memory by Cloud Nothings
15. 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
16. The 2nd Law by Muse
17. Celebration Rock by Japandroids
18. Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors
19. Light Up Gold by Parquet Courts
20. Coexist by The xx