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, The Beach Boys, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Black Keys, Destroyer, Adele, M83 and Foo Fighters.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 483) (filtered)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from United States. (Remove this filter)

Sort by

39.

Bad As Me

Tom Waits

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

963

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

286

Overall Rank:

1,766

Average Rating:

75 (246 votes)

Comments:

40.

Smoke Ring For My Halo

Kurt Vile

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

944

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

290

Overall Rank:

1,784

Average Rating:

77 (265 votes)

Comments:

41.

Black Up

Shabazz Palaces

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

186 charts

Rank Score:

932

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

297

Overall Rank:

1,807

Average Rating:

76 (197 votes)

Comments:

42.

Born This Way

Lady Gaga

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

137 charts

Rank Score:

905

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

304

Overall Rank:

1,858

Average Rating:

58 (340 votes)

Comments:

44.

A I A : Alien Observer

Grouper

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

856

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

319

Overall Rank:

1,946

Average Rating:

80 (112 votes)

Comments:

46.

The Whole Love

Wilco

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

794

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

338

Overall Rank:

2,082

Average Rating:

76 (285 votes)

Comments:

50.

Giles Corey

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

704

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

377

Overall Rank:

2,289

Average Rating:

78 (104 votes)

Comments:

52.

Knife Man

Andrew Jackson Jihad

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

675

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

390

Overall Rank:

2,375

Average Rating:

78 (139 votes)

Comments:

54.

Nostalgia, Ultra.

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

637

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

405

Overall Rank:

2,477

Average Rating:

77 (214 votes)

Comments:

55.

Dive

Tycho

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

630

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

412

Overall Rank:

2,503

Average Rating:

76 (131 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
48
49
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 483. Page 3 of 49

Best Albums of 2011 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
The Weeknd	3	0%
Grouper	2	0%
R.E.M.	2	0%
Car Seat Headrest	2	0%
Frank Zappa	2	0%
Andy Stott	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	483	48%
	183	18%
	56	6%
	35	4%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	20	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 Artists of 1969
1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. King Crimson
4. The Rolling Stones
5. The Velvet Underground
6. Nick Drake
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Frank Zappa
9. Neil Young
10. Neil Young & Crazy Horse
11. Miles Davis
12. The Who
13. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
14. The Band
15. The Kinks
16. Crosby, Stills & Nash
17. The Stooges
18. Fairport Convention
19. Sly & The Family Stone
20. Scott Walker