Due to overwhelming popular demand (not really), I've put together a YouTube and Spotify playlist for our writer compiled "albums of 2011" poll. Find the list in full below along with the aforementioned playlists at the bottom of the page. A mighty fine way to spend a couple of hours, me thinks.
For more details on each album, check out these links: 50-31 // 30-21 // 20-11 // 10-1
50) Youth Lagoon - 'The Year Of Hibernation'
49) The Weeknd - 'House Of Balloons'
48) Braids - 'Native Speaker'
47) Fight Like Apes - 'The Body Of Christ And The Legs Of Tina Turner'
46) Veronica Falls - 'Veronica Falls'
45) Nicolas Jaar - 'Space Is Only Noise'
44) Tune-Yards - 'WHOKILL'
43) Austra - 'Feel It Break'
42) Boris - 'Heavy Rocks'
41) Cults - 'Cults'
40) Touche Amore - 'Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me'
39) WU LYF - 'Go Tell Fire To The Mountain'
38) TV On The Radio - 'Nine Types Of Light'
37) Cat's Eyes - 'Cat's Eyes'
36) SBTRKT - 'SBTRKT'
35) Friendly Fires - 'Pala'
34) Smith Westerns - 'Dye It Blonde'
33) Brainoil - 'Death Of This Dry Season'
32) Beirut - 'The Rip Tide'
31) Little Comets - 'In Search Of Elusive Little Comets'
30) PJ Harvey - 'Let England Shake'
29) Kurt Vile - 'Smoke Ring For My Halo'
28) Justice - 'Audio, Video, Disco'
27) Nils Frahm - 'Felt'
26) Matthew Herbert - 'One Pig'
25) Tom Vek - 'Leisure Seizure'
24) Hauschka - 'Salon Des Amateurs'
23) Summer Camp - 'Welcome To Condale'
22) WATERS - 'Out In The Light'
21) M83 - 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'
20) White Russia - 'O Jerusalem'
19) Will Haven - 'Voir Dire'
18) The Vaccines - 'What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?'
17) Mogwai - 'Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will'
16) Kate Bush - '50 Words For Snow'
15) EMA - 'Past Life Martyred Saints'
14) Girls - 'Father, Son And The Holy Ghost'
13) Noah & The Whale - 'Last Night On Earth'
12) Big Deal - 'Lights Out'
11) Benjamin Francis Leftwich - 'Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm'
10) Jay Z & Kanye West - 'Watch The Throne'
9) Slow Club - 'Paradise'
8) Drake - 'Take Care'
7) James Blake - 'James Blake'
6) Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
5) Ghostpoet - 'Peanut Butter Blues And Melancholy Jam'
4) Fleet Foxes - 'Helplessness Blues'
3) Bon Iver - 'Bon Iver'
2) The Horrors - 'Skying'
1) Wild Beasts - 'Smother'
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST:
FREE DOWNLOAD: Veronica Falls - Bad Feeling by Bella Union
FREE DOWNLOAD: BEAT AND THE PULSE by AUSTRA
Listen to the playlist on Spotify or YouTube.