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Top 89 albums of 2011

Top 89 of 2011
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The Top 89 albums of 2011, as voted on by listeners of The Current.

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  1. 1. Bon Iver — Bon Iver

  2. 2. Adele — 21

  3. 3. Fleet Foxes — Helplessness Blues

  4. 4. The Black Keys — El Camino

  5. 5. Foster The PeopleTorches

  6. 6. The Decemberists — The King Is Dead

  7. 7. Florence and the Machine — Ceremonials

  8. 8. Dawes — Nothing Is Wrong

  9. 9. My Morning Jacket — Circuital

  10. 10. Wilco — The Whole Love

  11. 11. tUnE-yArDs — w h o k i l l

  12. 12. Fitz and The TantrumsPickin' Up The Pieces

  13. 13. DessaCastor, The Twin

  14. 14. Atmosphere — The Family Sign

  15. 15. Mason JenningsMinnesota

  16. 16. Iron and Wine — Kiss Each Other Clean

  17. 17. Radiohead — The King Of Limbs

  18. 18. M83 — Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

  19. 19. Doomtree — No Kings

  20. 20. Foo Fighters — Wasting Light

  21. 21. 4ontheFloor4X4

  22. 22. Girl Talk — All Day

  23. 23. Beirut — The Rip Tide

  24. 24. Band of Horses — Infinite Arms

  25. 25. Feist — Metals

  26. 26. TV On The Radio — Nine Types Of Light

  27. 27. Tom Waits — Bad As Me

  28. 28. Ryan Adams — Ashes and Fire

  29. 29. The Head and the HeartThe Head and the Heart

  30. 30. Cults — Cults

  31. 31. St. VincentStrange Mercy

  32. 32. Coldplay — Mylo Xyloto

  33. 33. Death Cab for Cutie — Codes and Keys

  34. 34. Tapes 'n Tapes — Outside

  35. 35. Beastie Boys — Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2

  36. 36. Polica — Polica

  37. 37. Lykke Li — Wounded Rhymes

  38. 38. Eddie Vedder — Ukulele Songs

  39. 39. Low — C'mon

  40. 40. Blitzen Trapper — American Goldwing

  41. 41. Haley Bonar — Golder

  42. 42. Rogue Valley — False Floors

  43. 43. Belle and Sebastian — Write About Love

  44. 44. The Rural Alberta Advantage — Departing

  45. 45. The Wombats — This Modern Glitch

  46. 46. The Strokes — Angles

  47. 47. PhantogramNightlife EP

  48. 48. Cake — Showroom of Compassion

  49. 49. The Jayhawks — Mockingbird Time

  50. 50. Bright Eyes — The People's Key

  51. 51. Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi — Rome

  52. 52. Cage The Elephant — Thank You, Happy Birthday

  53. 53. Arctic Monkeys — Suck It and See

  54. 54. The Kills — Blood Pressures

  55. 55. James Blake — James Blake

  56. 56. Caroline Smith and the Good Night SleepsLittle Wind

  57. 57. Halloween, Alaska — All Night The Calls Came In

  58. 58. Sims — Bad Time Zoo

  59. 59. Rogue Valley — Geese in the Flyway

  60. 60. Cold War Kids — Mine Is Yours

  61. 61. Noel Gallagher — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

  62. 62. Raphael Saadiq — Stone Rollin'

  63. 63. DeVotchKa — 100 Lovers

  64. 64. Peter Wolf Crier — Garden of Arms

  65. 65. Astronautalis — This Is Our Science

  66. 66. Kings Of Leon — Come Around Sundown

  67. 67. Sharon Van EttenEpic

  68. 68. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest

  69. 69. Red Hot Chili Peppers — I'm With You

  70. 70. The Joy Formidable — The Big Roar

  71. 71. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake

  72. 72. Ben Folds and Nick Hornby — Lonely Avenue

  73. 73. Lucinda Williams — Blessed

  74. 74. Broken Bells — Meyrin Fields EP

  75. 75. Wye Oak — Civilian

  76. 76. The Decemberists — Long Live The King

  77. 77. The Roots — Undun

  78. 78. Various Artists — Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 3

  79. 79. Jessica Lea MayfieldTell Me

  80. 80. Cut Copy — Zonoscope

  81. 81. Two Door Cinema ClubTourist History

  82. 82. Washed Out — Within and Without

  83. 83. Lupe Fiasco — Lasers

  84. 84. Girls — Father, Son, Holy Ghost

  85. 85. Drive-By Truckers — Go-Go Boots

  86. 86. Pearl Jam — Twenty

  87. 87. Laura Marling — A Creature I Don't Know

  88. 88. GrouploveNever Trust a Happy Song

  89. 89. Explosions in the SkyTake Care, Take Care, Take Care

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