Rolling Stone's 50 Best Album of 2011

1 Adele, '21'

2 Jay-Z and Kanye West, 'Watch the Throne'

3 Paul Simon, 'So Beautiful or So What'

4 Fleet Foxes, 'Helplessness Blues'

5 Radiohead, 'The King of Limbs'

6 Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way'

7 The Decemberists, 'The King Is Dead'

8 Wilco, 'The Whole Love'

9 Wild Flag, 'Wild Flag'

10 Robbie Robertson, 'How to Become Clairvoyant'

11 My Morning Jacket, 'Circuital'

12 The Black Keys, 'El Camino'

13 Tune-Yards, 'Whokill'

14 Beastie Boys, 'Hot Sauce Committee Pt. Two'

15 Cage the Elephant, 'Thank You Happy Birthday'

16 R.E.M., 'Collapse Into Now'

17 TV on the Radio, 'Nine Types of Light'

18 Feist, 'Metals'

19 Eric Church, 'Chief'

20 Foo Fighters, 'Wasting Light'

21 Bon Iver, 'Bon Iver'

22 Drake, 'Take Care'

23 Tom Waits, 'Bad as Me'

24 Frank Ocean, 'Nostalgia, Ultra'

25 Beyonce, '4'

26 St. Vincent, 'Strange Mercy'

27 Florence and the Machine, 'Ceremonials'

28 Das Racist, 'Relax'

29 Pistol Annies, 'Hell on Heels'

30 Tom Morello, The Nightwatchman: 'World Wide Rebel Songs'

31 Miranda Lambert, 'Four the Record'

32 Big K.R.I.T., 'Return of 4eva'

33 Josh T. Pearson, 'Last of the Country Gentlemen'

34 SuperHeavy, 'SuperHeavy'

35 Dawes, 'Nothing is Wrong'

36 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, 'Mirror Traffic'

37 Panda Bear, 'Tomboy'

38 Mastodon, 'The Hunter'

39 Kurt Vile, 'Smoke Ring for My Halo'

40 Gary Clark Jr., 'The Bright Lights EP'

41 Little Dragon, 'Ritual Union'

42 Destroyer, 'Kaputt'

43 The Kills, 'Blood Pressures'

44 Raphael Saadiq, 'Stone Rollin'

45 Tedeschi Trucks Band, 'Revelator'

46 White Denim, 'D'

47 PJ Harvey, 'Let England Shake'

48 Charles Bradley, 'No Time For Dreaming'

49 Wavves, 'Life Sux EP'

50 The Lonely Island, 'Turtleneck & Chain'