Darnit, will have to remember this for next year. It looks like AllMusic did eventually release an all-conclusive list for 2011 after all... I guess you can feel at ease to ignore the all the lists above Harold, the details you really want are now listed below:

AllMusic’s Favorite Albums of 2011

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Tao of the Dead
Adele – 21
Ambrose Akinmusire – When the Heart Emerges Glistening
Gregg Allman – Low Country Blues
Marsha Ambrosius – Late Nights & Early Mornings
Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See
Katy B – On a Mission
Battles – Gloss Drop
The Black Keys – El Camino
Danny Brown – XXX
Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell – Lágrimas Mexicanas
Chino – Chino
Eric Church – Chief
Class Actress – Rapprocher
Demdike Stare – Tryptych
DJ Quik – The Book of David
EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
Fucked Up – David Comes to Life
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Hate Eternal – Phoenix Amongst the Ashes
Van Hunt – What Were You Hoping For?
Iceage – New Brigade
J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story
Krallice – Diotima
Miranda Lambert – Four the Record
Cliff Martinez – Drive
Martyn – Ghost People
Metronomy – The English Riviera
Meshell Ndegeocello – Weather
Brad Paisley – This Is Country Music
Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Roots – Undun
Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’
St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
Ashton Shepherd – Where Country Grows
Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What
Wadada Leo Smith’s Organic – Heart’s Reflections
Omar Souleyman – Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts
Andy Stott – Passed Me By/We Stay Together
Craig Taborn – Avenging Angel
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Revelator
tUnE-yArDs – W H O K I L L
Venice Dawn – Something About April
Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls
Gillian Welch – The Harrow & the Harvest
Wild Flag – Wild Flag
Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage
Zomby – Dedication