The best albums of 2011 (update december, 1)

“The ratings come from a formula that includes a) average of ratings from different sources and b) numbers of magazines that rated the album.

The magazines I used for the ratings were:
USA: All Music Guide; AV Club; Cokemachineglow; One Thirty BPM;Pitchforkmedia, Popmatters, Rolling I Stone, Slant, Spin, Tinymixtapes
UK: Drowned In Sound, The Guardian, Music OMH, NME, No Ripcord
EUR: Gaffa; Humo; Nojesguiden; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; Stroria Della Musica
SPA: Playgrounmag; Mondosonoro; Jenesaispop”




The current position is followed by last month´s position in brackets.
The final numbers is the average rating and number of reviews in brackets (over 25)
New entry or Re entry

Out:
Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place

Drake: Take Care


50 (49) - Beastie Boys: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two – 76,9 (23)

49 (NE) – Russian Circles: Empros - 77,0 (9)


48 (48) - Iceage: New Brigade - 77,1 (15)

47 (47) - Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know - 77,1 (19)

46 (46) - Big K.R.I.T.: Return of 4Eva - 77,1 (7)

45 (45) - Beirut: The Rip Tide - 77,2 (25)

44 (44) - Radiohead: The King of Limbs - 77,2 (24)

43 (43) - Elbow: Build A Rocket Boys! - 77,4 (17)

42 (42) - The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck - 77,4 (19)

41 (41) - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong - 77,5 (25)

40 (40) - Gillian Welch: The Harrow And The Harvest - 77,6 (10)

39 (39) - Katy B: On a Mission - 77,79 (20)

38 (38) - Björk: Biophilia - 78,2 (24)

37 (31) - Mastodon: The Hunter - 78,5 (18)

36 (37) - Arctic Monkeys: Suck It and See - 78,6 (23)

35 (36) - Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo – 78,8 (23)

34 (35) - A Winged Victory for the Sullen: A Winged Victory for the Sullen – 78,7 (7)

33 (34) - TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light – 78,9 (24)

32 (33) - Feist: Metals – 78,9 (22)

31 (30) - The Antlers: Burst Apart - 79,1 (21)

30 (29) - Panda Bear: Tomboy - 79,2 (24)

29 (27) - Wilco: The Whole Love - 79,6 (25)

28 (26) - Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean - 79,7 (25)

27 (25) - Zomby: Dedication – 79,9 (20)

26 (28) - Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica – 80,1 (17)

25 (24) - Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost - 80,1 (21)

24 (23) - The Field: Looping State Of Mind - 80,3 (18)

23 (22) - The Horrors: Skying - 80,4 (21)

22 (21) - EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints - 80,5 (17)

21 (20) - Low: C'mon - 80,7 (20)

20 (19) - Fucked Up: David Comes to Life – 80,9 (22)

19 (18) - Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde – 80,9 (22)

18 (17) - Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes – 80,9 (23)

17 (16) - Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 - 81,0 (15)

16 (15) - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Mirror Traffic - 81,0 (25)

15 (14) - Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact - 81,1 (22)


14 (12) - Bill Callahan: Apocalypse - 81,2 (20)


13 (11) - The Weeknd: House of Balloons - 81,3 (14)


12 (10) - Wild Beasts: Smother - 81,8 (21)


11 (09) - Shabazz Palaces: Black Up - 82,1 (18)


10 (13) - Atlas Sound: Parallax – 83,1 (20)


09 (08) - tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l - 83,3 (24)


08 (06) - St. Vincent: Strange Mercy - 83,4 (23)


07 (05) - Bon Iver: Bon Iver - 83,6 (25)


06 (07) - Tom Waits: Bad As Me - 83,6 (24)


05 (04) - Destroyer: Kaputt – 83,8 (21)


04 (NE) – Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow – 84,3 (209)


03 (03) - Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues - 84,5 (25)


02 (02) - James Blake: James Blake - 86,1 (25)


01 (01) - PJ Harvey: Let England Shake – 88,8 (25)

I still haven't heard that Altas Sound album. (It's on my list!)

The first song on the Kate Bush album is heavenly but I'm not sure about its consistency.

I felt the same way at first, but it just keeps growing. Now Mist overtook Snowflakes as my favorites and new things keep being unveiled.

Looks like I need to give Kate Bush a chance. Haven't listened to any of her albums before, is there a chance I'd like the new stuff if I haven't heard the old?

Her new one is very different from what she did in the 80's.
I'm not quite sure it deserves such a high placement, but Kate B is a critic's favorite and such a huge influence on nowaday's indie music that it doesn't surprise me much
The album is pretty good but a bit tiresome

Where's ADELE?

This chart tracks and aggregates critics' original reviews of albums over the course of the year, and 21 never quite made the cut based on its time-of-release reviews. As critics look back over the year and re-evaluate everything, the EOY list frequently ends up looking very different from the monthly year-so-far updates.