The Fly's The Top 50 Albums of 2011

I know what you're thinking: it's november 9th, is it not a little too early for an end-of-the-year list? Yeah, I think it is. But last year was (almost) the same: the first list I found and spotified, by Rough Trade, was out november 16th. That's life. November is gray. People need to rush and magazines want to be the first. So let's start the big end-of-the-year madness with the top 50 albums of 2011 according to the writers of UK magazine The Fly. You can read a digital version of the full magazine (chart included) here, while you can vote your favourite album (and maybe win some cds) here. About the chart, I think it's a good start and it made me realize how many albums I missed this year. e.g. The Antlers. The greatest thing, though, something that really gave me a positive look towards the future lists, is the percentage of albums available on Spotify. 98%. Just one missing: that strangely named creature by Coldplay. Enjoy!

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THE FLY's THE TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2011
Source: The Fly
Albums available on Spotify: 49/50 (98%)

50. The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
49. The Naked and the Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You
48. British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
47. Slow Club - Paradise
46. The Strokes - Angles
45. Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
44. Cerebral Ballzy - Cerebral Ballzy
43. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
42. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
41. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
40. SBTRKT - SBTRKT
39. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Mirror Traffic
38. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
37. EMA - Past-Life Martyred Saints
36. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
35. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
34. Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo
33. Noah & The Whale - Last Night On Earth
32. Dutch Uncles - Cadenza
31. Mazes - A Thousand Heys
30. Gardens & Villa - Gardens & Villa
29. Braids - Native Speaker
28. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
27. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
26. Baxter Dury - Happy Soup
25. White Denim - D
24. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
23. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
22. Real Estate - Days
21. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
20. Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials
19. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
18. James Blake - James Blake
17. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
16. Washed Out - Within and Without
15. Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
14. Friendly Fires - Pala
13. Yuck - Yuck
12. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
11. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
10. Battles - Gloss Drop
09. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
08. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
07. Wild Beasts - Smother
06. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
05. Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
04. Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
03. The Horrors - Skying
02. Metronomy - The English Riviera
01. The Antlers - Burst Apart

Listen to it on Spotify:
Mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI. (SR0749)
Lite (3 tracks each album): HTTP, URI. (SR0750)

Previously on Spotirama:
End of the Year 2010 charts