I'm not that familiar with who drowned in sound are, but judging from their best of year albums they seem to lean a little left of field which is good news. They have Nils Frahm's
Felt; Winged Victory for the Sullen's self titled debut and Tim Hecker's
Ravedeath all in the top 20.
You can read the detailed view of
75-50 // 49-21 // 20-6 by following the links. Or view their
top 5 detailed view here.
Drowned in Sound's Seventy-Five Favourite Albums of 2011
75:
Britney Spears Femme Fatale |
Review74:
James Blake James Blake |
Review73:
Los Campesinos! Hello Sadness |
Review72:
The Pierces You & I71:
Veronica Falls Veronica Falls |
Review70:
Wu Lyf Go Tell Fire to The Mountain |
Review //
Interview69:
Mark McGuire A Young Person's Guide68:
Nicola Roberts Cinderella's Eyes |
Review67:
Peaking Lights 936 |
Review66:
Moon Duo Mazes |
Review65:
Emmy the Great Virtue |
Review64:
Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost |
Review63:
Explosions in the Sky Take Care, Take Care, Take Care |
Review //
Interview62:
Rustie Glass Swords |
Review61:
Kate Wax Dust Collision |
Review60:
Iceage New Brigade |
Review59:
Wilco The Whole Love |
Review //
Interview58:
Atlas Sound Parallax |
Review57:
Zomby Dedication |
Review56:
M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming |
Review //
Interview55:
Cut Copy Zonoscope |
Review //
Interview54:
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation53:
John Maus We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves |
Review52:
Oneohtrix Point Never Replica |
Review51:
Friendly Fires Pala |
Review50:
Nicolas Jaar Space is Only Noise49:
Lady Gaga Born This Way |
Review48:
Gang Gang Dance Eye Contact |
Review47:
Tori Amos Night of Hunters |
Review46:
David Lynch Crazy Clown Time |
Review45:
New Look New Look |
Review //
Interview44:
Panda Bear Tom Boy |
Review43:
Marissa Nadler Marissa Nadler |
Review42:
Kanye West and Jay-Z Watch The Throne |
Review41:
James Ferraro Far Side Virtual |
Review40:
Mastodon The Hunter |
Review39:
WALLS Coracle |
Review38:
Katy B On A Mission |
Review37:
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Tao Of The Dead |
Review //
Interview36:
Kurt Vile Smoke Rings For My Halo |
Review35:
Lykke Li Wounded Rhymes |
Review34:
My Brightest Diamond All Things Unwind |
Review //
Takeover33:
Tune-Yards W H O K I L L |
Review32:
Radiohead King of Limbs |
"Review"31:
Frank Ocean Nostalgia / Ultra30:
Björk Biophilia |
Review //
Interview29:
Josh T. Pearson Last Of The Country Gentlemen |
Review28:
The Horrors Skying |
Review27:
The Weeknd House Of Balloons |
Review26:
Fucked Up David Comes To Life |
Review25:
War on Drugs Slave Ambient |
Review24:
Austra Feel it Break |
Review23:
I Break Horses Hearts |
Review22:
Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will |
Review //
Takeover21:
Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. II: Judges20:
Destroyer Kaputt |
Review19:
The Field Looping State Of Mind |
Review18:
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells Everything's Getting Older |
Review17:
Wild Beasts Smother |
Review16:
A Winged Victory For The Sullen A Winged Victory For The Sullen |
Review15:
EMA Past Life Martyred Saints |
Review14:
Low C'mon |
Review13:
Tom Waits Bad as Me |
Review12:
Bon Iver Bon Iver |
Review11:
St. Vincent Strange Mercy |
Review10:
Metronomy The English Rivera |
Review9:
Beirut The Rip Tide |
Review8:
Bright Eyes The People's Key |
Review7:
Nils Frahm Felt |
Review6:
When Saints Go Machine Konkylie |
Review5:
Kate Bush 50 Words for Snow |
Review4:
SBTRKT sbtrkt |
Review3:
PJ Harvey Let England Shake |
Review //
Interview2:
Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 |
Review1:
Antlers Burst Apart |
Review