The Top 50 Albums of 2011 sourced from 403 bloggers' personal Top 10 lists weighted according to their ranking. Click on album cover to stream in its entirety from Rdio.

1. № 50 Tim Hecker • Ravedeath 1972

   

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   From Vancouver BC, Canada View 11 list mentions Listen

2. № 49 Gillian Welch • The Harrow & The Harvest

   

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   From Nashville TN, USA View 10 list mentions Listen

3. № 48 Smith Westerns • Dye It Blonde

   

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   From Chicago IL, USA View 14 list mentions Listen

4. № 47 Cults • Cults

   

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   From New York NY, USA View 14 list mentions Listen

5. № 46 Pains of Being Pure at Heart • Belong

   

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   From New York NY, USA View 16 list mentions Listen

6. № 45 Wild Beasts • Smother

   

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   From Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom View 14 list mentions Listen

7. № 44 Frank Ocean • Nostalgia, Ultra

   

   From Los Angeles CA, USA View 14 list mentions Listen

8. № 43 Wu Lyf • Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

   

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   From Manchester, United Kingdom View 15 list mentions Listen

9. № 42 Wye Oak • Civilian

   

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   From Baltimore MD, USA View 15 list mentions Listen

10. № 41 Beyonce • 4

    

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    From Houston TX, USA View 15 list mentions Listen

The Music Blog Zeitgeist data is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. It was compiled from 403 lists. Raw data will be available for download once the Zeitgeist is fully released.