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The Best Rock Albums of 2011

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Ratings: 10=best rock album ever; 9=masterpiece; 8=buy it now; 7=buy it eventually; 6=buy it if you are a fan
Best of Rock
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    8/10
  1. Julia Holter: Tragedy (Leaving)
    7.5/10
  2. Peste Noire: L'Ordure A L'Etat Pur (Rosenkrantz)
  3. Dirty Knobs: Field Recordings from the Edge of Hell (self)
  4. Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place (Asthmatic Kitty)
  5. Demdike Stare: Tryptych (Modern Love)
  6. Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise (Circus Company)
  7. The Men: Leave Home (Sacred Bones)
    7/10
  8. Death Grips: Exmilitary (Third Worlds)
  9. James Blake: James Blake (Universal Republic)
  10. Lumerians: Transmalinnia (Knitting Factory)
  11. Dan Joseph: Tonalization for the Afterlife (Mutable)
  12. Gum Takes Tooth: Silent Cenotaph (Tigertrap)
  13. Fucked Up: David Comes to Life (Matador)
  14. tUnE-YaRDs: Whokill (4AD)
  15. Braids: Native Speaker (Flemish Eye)
  16. Dead Skeletons: Dead Magick (A)
  17. Sun Araw: Ancient Romans (Sun Ark)
  18. Danny Brown: XXX (Fool's Gold)
  19. Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 (Kranky)
  20. War On Drugs: Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
  21. Veronica Falls: Veronica Falls (Slumberland)
EPs and minis:
  1. Yamantaka Sonic Titan: YT // ST (Psychic Handshake) 7.5
  2. Grouper: Dream Loss (Kranky), 7.5/10 (mini)
  3. Thee Oh Sees: Carrion Crawler/The Dream (In the Red) (EP) 7.5/10
  4. Deathspell Omega: Diabolus Absconditus (Norma Evangelium Diaboli) 7.5
  5. Laurel Halo: Hour Logic (Hippos In Tanks) (EP) 7/10
  6. Grouper: Alien Observer (Kranky), 7/10 (mini)
Playlist
  1. Thee Oh Sees: Contraption/Soul Desert
  2. Grouper: Moon Is Sharp
  3. Ulterior: Sister Speed
  4. St Vincent: Northern Lights
  5. Fucked Up: Queen Of Hearts
  6. Grails: All The Colors Of The Dark
  7. Julianna Barwick: White Flag
  8. Lumerians: Catalini Rises
  9. The Men: ()
  10. Lumerians: Burning Mirrors
  11. Mogwai: Mexican Grand Prix
  12. Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise If You Can See
  13. Bob Drake: Everybody Wants to Meet My Raccoon
  14. Battles: Futura
  15. Radiohead: Little By Little
  16. M83: New Map
  17. Kurt Vile: Ghost Town
  18. Kanye West: Gotta Have It
  19. St Vincent: Cruel
  20. Fucked Up: Ship Of Fools
  21. Atlas Sound: Mona Lisa
  22. Girls: Vomit
  23. Dead Reptile Shrine: Summer Forest's Magic
  24. Dead Skeletons: Yama
  25. TV On The Radio: Second Song
  26. Tom Waits: Talking At The Same Time
  27. Death Grips: Culture Shock
  28. Likke Li: Get Some
  29. Iron & Wine: Rabbit Will Run
  30. Go Team: Ready to Go Steady
  31. Moon Duo: Seer
  32. Patrick Wolf: Armistice
  33. Steve Earle: Waitin' on the Sky
  34. Burial: Stolen Dog
  35. Pseudo Japan: Jebubu And The Whale

Extended tracks
  1. Julia Holter: Tragedy Finale
  2. Yamantaka Sonic Titan: A Star Over Pureland
  3. Dirty Knobs: The Monks' Infinite Machine
  4. Julia Holter: The Falling Age
  5. Dan Joseph : Tonalization for the Afterlife
  6. Nate Wooley: The Almond (Pogues)
  7. Peste Noire: Casse Peches Fractures Et Traditions
  8. Grouper: Vapor Trails
  9. Thee Oh Sees: The Dream
  10. Natural Snow Buildings: Drift The Water Soul
  11. Bill Orcutt: A Line From Ol' Man River
  12. Gang Gang Dance: Glass Jar
  13. Alexander Turnquist: Waiting At The Departure Gate
  14. Grails: I Led Three Lives
  15. Sun Araw: At Delphi
  16. Dirty Knobs: A Lament Crosses the Horizon
  17. Braids: Glass Deers
  18. Entropic Advance: Burning
  19. Necks: Daylights
  20. Wolves in the Throne Room: Prayer of Transformation
  21. Alog: Last Day at the Assembly Line
  22. Barn Owl: The Darkest Night Since 1683
  23. Glenn Jones: The Orca Grande Cement Factory at Victorville
  24. Sun Araw: Crete
  25. Laurel Halo: Head
  26. Dirty Knobs: The Locust Eaters
Jazz
  1. Fred Ho: The Sweet Science Suite (Big Red Media)
  2. Fred Ho: Big Red (Big Red Media)
  3. Matana Roberts COIN COIN Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres (Constellation)
  4. Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel (ECM)
  5. Ambrose Akinmusire: When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
  6. Satoko Fujii and KAZE: Rafale
  7. Harriet Tubman: Ascension
  8. Darius Jones: Cosmic Lieder

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