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DiS Users' Albums of the Year 2011: results.
This year a massive 387 of you voted for an even more astonishing 446 albums. Unlike last year, the top spot of 2011 has been neck-and-neck for weeks, and despite there being a 112 point difference between the number 2 album and the number 3 one, there is a mere 6 points difference between numbers 1 and 2. And you say that your vote won't make a difference!
Anyway, as voted by you, here are the Drowned in Sound users' favourite albums of 2011:
=50 Okkervil River – I Am Very Far
=50. The Drums - Portamento
49. Tom Waits – Bad as Me
48. Austra – Feel it Break
47. Björk - Biophilia
=45. Zomby - Dedication
=45. King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
44. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
=41. Youth Lagoon – Year of Hibernation
=41. A Winged Victory for the Sullen – A Winged Victory for the Sullen
=41. Death Grips – Ex-Military
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40. Atlas Sound - Parallax
39. Low – C’mon
=37. Beirut – The Rip Tide
=37. And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
36. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
=34. Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls
=34. Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
=32. The Weeknd – House of Balloons
=32. Johnny Foreigner – vs. Everything
31. Slow Club - Paradise
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30. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
29. Nicolas Jaar – Space is Only Noise
28. Yuck - Yuck
27. John Maus – We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
26. Battles – Gloss Drop
25. Bright Eyes – The People’s Key
=23. Josh T. Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen
=23. Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat – Everything’s Getting Older
22. Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
21. James Blake – James Blake
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20. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
=18. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for my Halo
=18. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k I l l
17. The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
16. SBTRKT - SBTRKT
15. Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
14. EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
13. Metronomy – The English Riviera
12. The Field – Looping State of Mind
11. Los Campesinos! – Hello Sadness
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10. The Horrors - Skying
9. Radiohead – The King of Limbs
=7. Tim Hecker – Ravendeath, 1972
=7. Fucked Up – David Comes to Life
6. St Vincent – Strange Mercy
5. Destroyer – Kaputt
4. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
3. Wild Beasts – Smother
2. The Antlers – Burst Apart
1. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake