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. № 10 St. Vincent • Strange Mercy

   

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   From Dallas TX, USA View 40 list mentions Listen

2. № 9 James Blake • James Blake

   

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   From London, England, UK View 41 list mentions Listen

3. № 8 Decemberists • King Is Dead

   

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   From Portland OR, USA View 40 list mentions Listen

4. № 7 Girls • Father, Son, Holy Ghost

   

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   From San Francisco CA, USA View 42 list mentions Listen

5. № 6 Adele • 21

   

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   From London, England, UK View 44 list mentions Listen

6. № 5 tUnE-yArDs • W H O K I L L

   

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   From New England, USA View 54 list mentions Listen

7. № 4 PJ Harvey • Let England Shake

   

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   From London, England, UK View 49 list mentions Listen

8. № 3 M83 • Hurry Up We're Dreaming

   

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   From Antibes, France View 62 list mentions Listen

9. № 2 Fleet Foxes • Helplessness Blues

   

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   From Seattle WA, USA View 71 list mentions Listen

10. № 1 Bon Iver • Bon Iver

    

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    From Eau Claire WI, USA View 109 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.