Best of 2011: Albums

Ry Cooder

Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down

(Nonesuch)

F-ed Up

David Comes to Life

(Matador)

Girls

Father, Son, Holy Ghost

(True Panther Sounds)

Jay-Z and Kanye West

Watch the Throne

(Roc-A-Fella)

The Roots

undun

(Def Jam)

Tune-Yards

w h o k i l l

(4AD)

Van Hunt

What Were You Hoping For?

(Godless Hotspot)

The War on Drugs

Slave Ambient

(Secretly Canadian)

Wilco

The Whole Love

(dBpm/Anti-)

Wild Flag

Wild Flag

(Merge)