The best albums of 2011: 50-11

50 Iceage – New Brigade
49 The Antlers – Burst Apart
48 Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire
47 True Widow – As High as the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
46 Beirut – Rip Tide
45 Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges
44 Marius Neset – Golden Xplosion
43 Machine Head – Unto the Locust
42 Nils Frahm – Felt
41 Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
40 Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo
39 The Streets – Computers and Blues
38 Nicola Roberts – Cinderella’s Eyes
37 Kanye West/Jay-Z – Watch the Throne
36 Pistol Annies – Hell on Heels
35 Cats Eyes – Cats Eyes
34 Jamie Woon – Mirrorwriting
33 Destroyer – Kaputt
32 Lykke Li – Wounded Rymes
31 Lady Gaga – Born This Way
30 Gil Scott-Heron/Jamie XX – We’re New Here
29 Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
28 Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit
27 Radiohead – The King of Limbs
26 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
25 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
24 Feist – Metals
23 Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
22 Noah and the Whale – Last Night on Earth
21 Gillian Welch – The Harrow & the Harvest
20 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
19 Drake – Take Care
18 St Vincent – Strange Mercy
17 Björk – Biophilia
16 The Horrors – Skying
15 SBTRKT – SBTRKT
14 Tom Waits – Bad as Me
13 King Creosote and John Hopkins – Diamond Mine
12 Wild Beasts – Smother
11 White Denim – D