The Spotirama Essentials 2011 (aggregated Top 50 Albums)

2011

This is an aggregated chart based on all the 2011 Top 50 Albums lists I've published so far. The rule is simple: I assign 50 points to #1 album, 49 points to #2, 48 points to #3 and so on. I will keep this playlist updated, with the new ones coming and I'm doing something similar with songs. So... enjoy!

P.S. No countdown order, this time. It's from #1 to #50.

TRIVIA:
Albums featured in all critics' lists so far: none
Albums in all lists but one: Bon Iver (Bon Iver)
Albums in all lists but two: Smoke Ring For Halo (Kurt Vile) 
Albums in all lists but three: Let England Shake (PJ Harvey), Helplessness Blues (Fleet Foxes)
#1 Albums: four times (PJ Harvey), two times (Adele, Bon Iver), one time (Girls, Destroyer, Florence + The Machine, Fucked Up, The Black Keys, The Antlers, Mastodon)

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THE SPOTIRAMA ESSENTIAL 2011 
(aggregated Top 50 albums, based on EOY critics' lists)
Sources: lists by Amazon.com, The Guardian, Intro, Kerrang!, Les Inrockuptibles, Mojo, NME, Paste, Pitchfork, Q, Rolling Stone, Spin, Stereogum, The Fly, Uncut
Albums available on Spotify: 47/50 (94%)

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver (=)
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (=)
3. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For Halo (=)
4. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (+1)
5. James Blake - James Blake (+6)
6. Metronomy - The English Riviera (+3)
7. Radiohead - The King of Limbs (-3)
8. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (-2)
9. tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L (+1)
10. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (-3)
11. The Horrors - Skying (-3)
12. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (+4)
13. Wild Beasts - Smother (=)
14. Destroyer - Kaputt (+6)
15. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know (=)
16. The Weeknd - The House of Ballons (+18)
17. Drake - Take Care (+21)
18. Yuck - Yuck (-6)
19. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (+14)
20. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain (+5)
21. Jay Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne (+3)
22. Adele - 21 (-8) (just four songs available)
23. Feist - Metals (+3)
24. White Denim - D (+3)
25. EMA - Past-Life Martyred Saints (+6)
26. Real Estate - Days (+6)
27. Lykked Li - Wounded Rhymes (-4)
28. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient (+2)
29. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (-12)
30. Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi (-9)
31. Wild Flag - Wild Flag (-12)
32. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (-13)
33. Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit (ne)
34. Wilco - The Whole Love (-12)
35. SBTRKT - SBTRKT (ne)
36. Beyoncé - 4 (ne)
37. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life (+7)
38. Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest (+2)
39. My Morning Jacket - Circuital (-11)
40. Washed Out - Within and Without (-11)
41. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow (+4)
42. The Black Keys - El Camino (+8)
43. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (+5)
44. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra (ne)
45. Beirut - The Rip Tide (-4)
46. Gang Gand Dance - Eye Contact (ne)
47. Katy B - On A Mission (ne)
48. Cat's Eyes - Cat's Eyes (ne)
49. Cults - Cults (ne)
50. Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix (-15)

Out of the Top 50, with this update: Josh T. Pearson, Arctic Monkeys, Paul Simon, Battles, Little Dragon, The Antlers, Lady Gaga, Bjork - Biophilia

Listen to it on Spotify:
lite (3 tracks each album): HTTP, URI. (SR0779)
mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI. (SR0780)