The best albums of 2011 (update november, 1)

The ratings come from a formula I invented myself that includes a) average of ratings from different sources and b) numbers of magazines that rated the album. The Formula: Album’s average score + ((number of reviews for this album - the number of reviews mediating between the top 100):2)

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; Nojesguiden; Plattentests
SPA: Playgrounmag; Mondosonoro; Jenesaispop”

“I’ve been takin account of record ratings from 22 magazines for a while just for my own interest. That’s why I weighted the ratings of three Spanish web-magazines that I usually consult, MondoSonoro, JeNeSaisPop and PlaygroundMag. Since Stefan left Magcritic I decided to post what I’ve got but I know that it could be better to replace one or two of the Spanish magazines for another prestigious European magazine that publish at least 400 record reviews per year. I told this on a previous thread but I got no answer. Any suggestions about that?”

Thanks to Honorio for translation


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 22)
New entry

Out:
Tyler, the Creator: Goblin

Explosions In the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

Battles: Gloss Drop

Okkervil River: I Am Very Far

Beirut: The Rip Tide


50 (44) - My Morning Jacket: Circuital - 77,2 (21)

49 (43) - Saigon: The Greatest Story Never Told - 77,2 (7)

48 (23) - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong - 77,4 (22)

47 (42) - Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise - 77,4 (11)

46 (41) - Radiohead: The King of Limbs - 77,5 (21)

45 (40) - Elbow: Build A Rocket Boys! - 77,7 (14)

44 (48) - Wild Flag: Wild Flag - 77,8 (15)

43 (39) - Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place - 77,9 (13)

42 (38) - Yuck: Yuck - 78,0 (19)

41 (37) - Arctic Monkeys: Suck It and See - 78,1 (20)

40 (36) - Earth: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1 - 78,2 (9)

39 (35) - Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What - 78,2 (11)

38 (34) - Iceage: New Brigade - 78,2 (14)

37 (33) - Big K.R.I.T.: Return of 4Eva - 78,3 (7)

36 (32) - Katy B: On a Mission - 78,4 (17)

35 (31) - The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck - 78,4 (17)

34 (30) - Gillian Welch: The Harrow And The Harvest - 78,5 (9)

33 (NE) - Feist: Metals - 78,8 (20)


32 (NE) - Björk: Biophilia - 79,0 (21)


31 (28) - TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light - 79,1 (21)

30 (27) - The Antlers: Burst Apart - 79,2 (18)

29 (NE) - Mastodon: The Hunter - 79,3 (16)


28 (29) - Wilco: The Whole Love - 79,4 (22)

27 (26) - Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo - 79,4 (20)

26 (25) - Panda Bear: Tomboy - 79,4 (21)

25 (24) - Zomby: Dedication - 79,5 (17)

24 (22) - Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean - 79,9 (22)

23 (21) - Bill Callahan: Apocalypse - 80,4 (17)

22 (20) - The Horrors: Skying - 80,4 (18)

21 (19) - Low: C'mon - 80,4 (17)

20 (18) - EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints - 80,6 (15)

19 (17) - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Mirror Traffic - 80,7 (22)

18 (NE) - The Field: Looping State Of Mind - 81,6 (15)


17 (14) - Fucked Up: David Comes to Life - 81,8 (21)

16 (13) - Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 - 81,9 (13)

15 (16) - Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost - 82,1 (19)


14 (15) - Wild Beasts: Smother - 82,1 (19)


13 (12) - Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes - 82,2 (22)


12 (11) - The Weeknd: House of Balloons - 82,3 (13)


11 (10) - Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde - 82,5 (21)


10 (09) - Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact - 82,5 (21)


09 (08) - Shabazz Palaces: Black Up - 82,6 (16)


08 (07) - tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l - 82,9 (22)


07 (06) - Bon Iver: Bon Iver - 82,9 (22)


6 (NE) - Tom Waits: Bad As Me - 83,9 (17)


05 (05) - St. Vincent: Strange Mercy - 84,0 (19)


04 (04) - Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues - 84,1 (22)


03 (03) - Destroyer: Kaputt - 84,5 (19)


02 (02) - James Blake: James Blake - 84,8 (22)


01 (01) - PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - 88,6 (22)

Go Tom! And thanks again Otis.

Oh, and I have no idea which European magazines could be used.

Now I know I'm probably in the minority on this, but I for one am sorely disappointed in the absence of Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto in this list. I admit that I'm not surprised, because all of the reviews I've seen so far have been lukewarm at best. I was dissapointed myself on the first listen, but it has grown on me each time I've played it since, and I now think it's on the same level of Parachutes and AROBTTH, at least. I encourage everyone to give it a chance if you haven't already (even you Moonbeam, it has synths! ).

I see a lot of albums that are worse than The King of Limbs getting higher marks. Sad...