The Top 20 of best albums 2011

What should we have been listening this year according to the music press? Metacritic has compiled all the year-end rankings with the help of more than 100 recognized sources (NME, Q,Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, etc …).

1. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
   
2. Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
   
3. Adele – 21 (R&B/Soul)
   
4. tUnE-yArDs – whokill (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
   
5. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
   
6. The Weeknd – House of Balloons (R&B)
   
7. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up (Rap) listen on Deezer
   
8. Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne (Rap) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
   
9. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
   
10. James Blake – James Blake (Electronic) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
11. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
12. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify
    
13. The Antlers – Burst Apart (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
14. Drake – Take Care (Rap/R&B) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
15. Metronomy – The English Riviera (Electronic) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
16. Fucked Up – David Comes to Life (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
17. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
18. The Horrors – Skying (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
19. Destroyer – Kaputt (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    
20. Wilco – The Whole Love (Pop/Rock) : listen on Spotify / Deezer
    

I reckon that I agree with most of them (except for Metronomy: there’s no evolution and every track is three chords based).

Actually, I would have inserted in these firt positions : El Camino (The Black Keys), Fill the Blank with Your Own Emptiness (Le Prince Miiaou), Angles (The Strokes), Yuck (Yuck), Audio, Video, Disco (Justice), Metal (Feist), Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (WU LYF)…

If you still don’t have listened to these albums … we’ve got 8 hours left to do it before they turn into « has been stuff »  !

PS :  need a last minute catching up playlist to appear « cool » and updated for the new year’s eve party ?

Get this one on Spotify and enjoy it: Best of 2011

 

Source and following rankings : Metacritic