Best Albums of 2011

Listed below are the best albums of 2011 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
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2011 year summaryThe best artists of 2011 were Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, PJ Harvey, The Beach Boys, Radiohead, The Black Keys, Destroyer, M83, Adele and Foo Fighters.
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"There are so many lazy, cliched lyrics and "la las" on this album, an album that sees Avril lose some punk edge (on what was basically pop), maybe looking to present a more grown up image. Not that her earlier works were great albums, but she (and her other writers) don't seem to be trying."  Reply
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"Every time I listen to this album, I can't help but feel completely overwhelmed by the quality of the musicianship. As an upright bassist myself, I just can't believe how good Edgar Meyer is. And you can say the same thing about any of these 4 masters of their instruments. I'm still having a hard..."  [+]  Reply
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"Despite always enjoying the noise that Sonic Youth (and Thurston Moore by himself) produced, this is probably the man's best solo album. He shows off his gentler guitar skills more readily here, and the string arrangements are wonderful. He injects a bit of vim and vigour at times, but for the mo..."  [+]  Reply
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"This might be his best album. Taking solo material, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden and Audioslave songs and performing them with just his voice and acoustic guitar. The stripped live performances really help some of his solo songs. One of the great voices in rock."  Reply
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