Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 2011

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 2011

Listing for 253 records from 2011 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A	Blaqstar: *The Divine EP* [N.E.E.T./Interscope/J.B. Starr Productions EP] Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminiscent Orchestrii: *Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminiscent Orchestrii* [Nonesuch EP] Das Racist: *Relax* [Greedhead] Jens Lekman: *An Argument With Myself* [Secretly Canadian EP] Kate & Anna McGarrigle: *Tell My Sister* [Nonesuch] Frank Ocean: *Nostalgia, Ultra* [free download] Pistol Annies: *Hell on Heels* [Columbia] Paul Simon: *So Beautiful or So What* [Hear Music] Teddybears: *Devil's Music* [Big Beat/Atlantic] tUnE-yArDs: *w h o k i l l* [4AD] Wussy: *Funeral Dress II* [Shake It] Wussy: *Strawberry* [Shake It] *Wall of Sound: The Very Best of Phil Spector 1961-1966* [Phil Spector/Legacy]
A−	Dave Alvin: *Eleven Eleven* [Yep Roc] Sorry Bamba: *Volume One 1970-1979* [Thrill Jockey] The Baseball Project: *Volume 2: High and Inside* [Yep Roc] Battles: *Gloss Drop* [Warp] The Beastie Boys: *Hot Sauce Committee Part Two* [Capitol] B-52's: *With the Wild Crowd!* [Eagle] Robert Sarazin Blake With Jefferson Hamer and the Powderkegs: *Put It All Down in a Letter* [Same Room] Bombino: *Agadez* [Cumbancha] Danny Brown: *XXX* [Fool's Gold] Buck 65: *20 Odd Years* [WEA] Childish Gambino: *Camp* [Glassnote] Childish Gambino: *Culdesac* [free download] Eric Church: *Chief* [EMI] Clams Casino: *Instrumental Mixtape* [free download] Ry Cooder: *Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down* [Nonesuch] Steve Cropper: *Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales* [429] Deer Tick: *Divine Providence* [Partisan] Drive-By Truckers: *Go-Go Boots* [ATO] Emperor X: *Western Teleport* [Bar/None] Fountains of Wayne: *Sky Full of Holes* [Yep Roc] The Front Bottoms: *The Front Bottoms* [Bar/None] Fruit Bats: *Tripper* [Sub Pop] Big Baby Gandhi: *Big Fucking Baby* [free download] Gang of Four: *Content* [Yep Roc] Gorillaz: *The Singles Collection 2001-2011* [Virgin] Greenberger Greenberg Cebar: *Tell Me That Before* [Pel Pel] Group Doueh: *Zayna Jumma* [Sublime Frequencies] Merle Haggard: *Working in Tennessee* [Vanguard] Mayer Hawthorne: *How Do You Do* [Universal Republic] Etta James: *The Dreamer* [Verve Forecast] Etta James: *The Essential Modern Records Collection* [Virgin] Jay Z Kanye West: *Watch the Throne* [Roc-A-Fella] Garland Jeffreys: *The King of In Between* [Luna Park] Ravid Kahalani: *Yemen Blues* [Global Lev] The Klezmatics: *Live at Town Hall* [Klezmatics Disc] Lady Gaga: *Born This Way* [Streamline/Interscope/KonLive] Miranda Lambert: *Four the Record* [RCA] Let's Wrestle: *Nursing Home* [Merge] Jeffrey Lewis: *A Turn in the Dream-Songs* [Rough Trade] Lykke Li: *Wounded Rhymes* [Atlantic] The Lonely Island: *Turtleneck & Chain* [Universal Republic] Low Cut Connie: *Get Out the Lotion* [lowcutconnie.com] Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton: *Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues: Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center* [Reprise Jazz] Mates of State: *Mountaintops* [Barsuk] Lori McKenna: *Lorraine* [self-released] The Mekons: *Ancient & Modern: 1911-2011* [Sin] Stephin Merritt: *Obscurities* [Merge] Middle Brother: *Middle Brother* [Partisan] Scott Miller: *Christmas Gift* [FAW] Nils Petter Molvaer: *Baboon Moon* [Thirsty Ear] Pietra Montecorvino: *Napoli Mediterranea* [Taranta Power/Rai Trade] Thurston Moore: *Demolished Thoughts* [Matador] Gurf Morlix: *Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream* [Rootball] Nine 11 Thesaurus: *Ground Zero Generals* [The Social Registry] Oneohtrix Point Never: *Replica* [Software] Kassa Overall: *Stargate Mixtape* [Greedhead download] Brad Paisley: *This Is Country Music* [Arista Nashville] Bud Powell: *Eight Classic Albums* [Real Gone Jazz] P.S. Eliot: *Sadie* [Salinas] Rainbow Arabia: *Boys and Diamonds* [Kompakt] Rihanna: *Talk That Talk (Deluxe Edition)* [Def Jam] The Rolling Stones: *Some Girls: Deluxe Edition* [Universal Republic] Raphael Saadiq: *Stone Rollin'* [Columbia] Saigon: *The Greatest Story Never Told* [Suburban Noize] Jill Scott: *The Light of the Sun* [Blues Babe/Warner Bros.] Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx: *We're New Here* [XL] SebastiAn: *Total* [Big Beat/Atlantic/Ed Banger] Serengeti: *Family & Friends* [Anticon] Shabazz Palaces: *Black Up* [Sub Pop] Todd Snider: *Live: The Storyteller* [Thirty Tigers/Aimless] Omar Souleyman: *Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts* [Hydra Head] Peter Stampfel and Jeffrey Lewis: *Come on Board* [no label] Poly Styrene: *Generation Indigo* [Future Noise Music] Pusha T: *Fear of God II--Let Us Pray* [GOOD/Decon/Re-Up Gang] Tamikrest: *Toumastin* [Glitterbeat] Terakaft: *Aratan N Azawad* [World Village] Tha Grimm Teachaz: *There's a Situation on the Homefront* [Breakfast] Those Darlins: *Screws Get Loose* [Oh Wow Dang] Tinariwen: *Tassili* [Anti-] Vieux Farka Touré: *The Secret* [Six Degrees] Lobi Traoré: *Bwati Kono "In the Club"* [Kanaga System Krush] TV on the Radio: *Nine Types of Light* [Interscope] Tom Waits: *Bad as Me* [Anti-] Wild Flag: *Wild Flag* [Merge] Withered Hand: *Good News* [Absolutely Kosher] Neil Young: *International Harvesters: A Treasure* [Reprise] Yuck: *Yuck* [Fat Possum] *Afro Latin Via Dakar* [Syllart Productions/Discograph] *Afro Latin Via Kinshasa* [Syllart Productions/Discograph] *Bachata Roja: Amor y Amargue* [iASO] *BLNRB: Welcome to the Madhouse* [Out Here] *Generation Bass Presents: Transnational Dubstep* [Six Degrees] *Nigeria 70: Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju From 1970s Lagos* [Strut] *19 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920's: Vol. 9* [Blues Images] *Note of Hope* [429] *The Original Sound of Cumbia* [Soundway] *Rave On Buddy Holly* [Fantasy] *Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque* [Strut] *Wan Fambul: One Family Many Voices . . .* [Catalyst for Peace]
B+	An Horse: *Walls* [Mom + Pop] Big K.R.I.T.: *Return of 4Eva* [free download] Action Bronson: *Dr. Lecter* [Fine Fabric Delegates] Hayes Carll: *KMAG YOYO* [Lost Highway] James Carter Organ Trio: *At the Crossroads* [EmArcy] Childish Gambino: EP [free download EP] J Cole: *Cole World: The Sideline Story* [Roc Nation/Columbia] Miles Davis: *Bitches Brew Live* [Columbia] Kimya Dawson: *Thunder Thighs* [Great Crap Factory] Destroyer: *Kaputt* [Merge] Fatoumata Diawara: *Fatou* [World Circuit] The Dirt Drifters: *This Is My Blood* [Warner Bros.] EMA: *Past Life Martyred Saints* [Souterrain Transmissions] Blaze Foley: *Duct Tape Messiah* [Lost Art] David Guetta: *Nothing but the Beat* [Glassnote] PJ Harvey: *Let England Shake* [Vagrant] Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks: *Crazy for Christmas* [Surfdog] Mamani Keita: *Gagner l'Argent Français* [No Format] Kendrick Lamar: *Section.80* [Top Dawg download] The Lijadu Sisters: *Afro-Beat Soul Sisters* [Soul Jazz] New York Gypsy All Stars: *Romantech* [Traditional Crossroads] Owiny Sigoma Band: *Owiny Sigoma Band* [Brownwood] The Roots: *Undun* [Def Jam] Seefeel: *Seefeel* [Warp] Skrillex: *Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites* [Big Beat/Atlantic EP] Britney Spears: *Femme Fatale (Deluxe Edition)* [Jive] The Sway Machinery: *The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. 1: Featuring Khaira Arby* [JDub] Vijana Jazz Band: *The Koka Koka Sex Battalion: Rumba, Koka Koka & Kamata Sukuma: Music From Tanzania 1975-1980* [Sterns] Lucinda Williams: *Blessed* [Lost Highway] *Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York* [Strut] *The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams* [Egyptian/CMF/Columbia] *Our Dreams Are Our Weapons: From the Kasbah/Tunis to Tahrir Square/Cairo and Back* [Network]
★★★	Afuche: *Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match* [Cuneiform] Kiran Ahluwalia: *Aam Zamen: Common Ground* [Avokado Artists] Atmosphere: *The Family Sign* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Katy B: *On a Mission* [Columbia] The Bachata Legends: *The Bachata Legends* [iASO] Action Bronson: *The Program* [free download EP] Danny Brown: *The Hybrid (Deluxe Edition)* [Hybrid Music] Danny Brown: *XXX* [Fool's Gold] Clams Casino: *Clams Casino* [Tri Angle] Bootsy Collins: *Tha Funk Capital of the World* [Mascot] Common: *The Dreamer/The Believer* [Think Common/Warner Bros.] Jonny Corndawg: *Down on the Bikini Line* [Nasty Memories] The D.A.: *You Kids!* [self-released] Death Grips: *Exmilitary* [Third Worlds download] Del the Funky Homosapien: *Golden Era* [The Council] Jason Derulo: *Future History* [Warner Bros.] Dum Dum Girls: *Only in Dreams* [Sub Pop] Ezra Furman & the Harpoons: *Mysterious Power* [Minty Fresh] Ruth Gerson: *Deceived* [Wrong] Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs: *No Help Coming* [Transdreamer] Guelewar: *Halleli N'Dakarou* [Teranga Beat] The Kills: *Blood Pressures* [Domino] Amy LaVere: *Stranger Me* [Archer] Lyrics Born: *As U Were* [Decon] Moby: *Destroyed* [Mute] The Mountain Goats: *All Eternals Deck* [Merge] Terius Nash: *1977* [N.E.E.T./Interscope/J.B. Starr Productions download] The Obits: *"Moody, Standard and Poor"* [Sub Pop] Lee "Scratch" Perry: *Rise Again* [MOD Technologies] The Rapture: *In the Grace of Your Love* [DFA] St. Vincent: *Strange Mercy* [4AD] Sao Paulo Underground: *Três Cabeças Loucuras* [Cuneiform] Scroobius Pip: *Distraction Pieces* [Strange Famous] Shonen Knife: *Osaka Ramones: A Tribute to the Ramones* [Damnably] Colin Stetson: *New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges* [Constellation] Wavves: *Life Sux* [Ghost Ramp EP] The Weeknd: *House of Balloons* [NG/Artemis download] Wilco: *The Whole Love* [Anti-] Ahmad Zahir: *Hip 70s Afghan Beats!* [Guerssen] *Blow Your Head Vol. 2: Dave Nada Presents Moombahton* [Downtown/Mad Decent] *The Rough Guide to African Guitar Legends* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Bellydance* [World Music Network] *This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark* [Icehouse]
★★	Adele: 21 [XL/Columbia] Gregg Allman: *Low Country Blues* [Rounder] Art Brut: *Brilliant! Tragic!* [The End/Cooking Vinyl] Stephen David Austin: *A Bakersfield Dozen* [Rocket Science Ventures] Awol One & Factor: *The Landmark* [Fake Four] Cloud Nothings: *Cloud Nothings* [Carpark] The Coathangers: *Larceny & Old Lace* [Suicide Squeeze] Comet Gain: *Howl of the Lonely Crowd* [What's Your Rupture?] William Michael Dillon: *Black Robes and Lawyers* [Flying Free] Drake: *Take Care* [Cash Money/Universal Republic] Dum Dum Girls: *He Gets Me High* [Sub Pop EP] E-40: *Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift* [Heavy on the Grind/EMI] Enoch Assembly: *King Elvis Dead* [self-released] Joe Fahey: *Bushnell's Turtle* [Rough Fish] Faust: *Something Dirty* [Bureau B] Mary Flower: *Misery Loves Company* [Yellow Dog] Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside: *Dirty Radio* [Partisan] Girls: *Record 3: Father, Son, Holy Ghost* [True Panther/Fantasy Trashcan] John Hiatt: *Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns* [New West] Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: *Here We Rest* [Lightning Rod] Wanda Jackson: *The Party Ain't Over* [Nonesuch/Third Man] Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80: *From Africa With Fury: Rise* [Knitting Factory] Nikki Lane: *Walk of Shame* [IAmSound] L'Orange: *Old Soul* [self-released] Spoek Mathambo: *Nombolo One* [Motel11 download] Murs: *Love and Rockets Vol 1: The Transformation* [DD172/Bluroc] Willie Nelson: *Remember Me, Vol. 1* [R&J] Frank Ocean: *The Lonny Breaux Collection* [free download] Rod Picott: *Welding Burns* [Welding Rod] Roxanne Potvin: *Play* [Black Hen] Radiohead: *The King of Limbs* [XL/TBD] SBTRKT: *SBTRKT* [Young Turks] Blake Shelton: *Red River Blue* [Warner Bros.] Ashton Shepherd: *Where Country Grows* [MCA Nashville] Surfer Blood: *Tarot Classics* [Kanine EP] They Might Be Giants: *Album Raises New and Troubling Questions* [Idlewild] They Might Be Giants: *Join Us* [Idlewild/Rounder] Boubacar Traoré: *Mali Denhou* [Lusafrica] The Wax Museums: *Eye Times* [Trouble in Mind] Wiley: *100% Publishing* [Big Dada] Wire: *Red Barked Tree* [Pinkflag] Betty Wright & the Roots: *Betty Wright: The Movie* [Ms. B/S-Curve] Wye Oak: *Civilian* [Merge] Young Thug: *I Came From Nothing* [self-released download]
★	The Black Keys: *El Camino* [Thrill Jockey] Buck 65: *20 Odd Years Volume 4: Ostranenie* [Warner Music Canada] Marshall Chapman: *Big Lonesome* [Tall Girl] Dengue Fever: *Cannibal Courtship* [Fantasy] DRC Music: *Kinshasa One Two* [Warp] Steve Earle: *I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive* [New West] Lupe Fiasco: *Lasers* [Atlantic] Fleet Foxes: *Helplessness Blues* [Sub Pop] Toby Keith: *Clancy's Tavern* [Show Dog/Universal] Femi Kuti: *Africa for Africa* [Knitting Factory] Martina McBride: *Eleven* [Republic Nashville] New York Dolls: *Dancing Backwards in High Heels* [429] Old 97's: *The Grand Theatre: Volume Two* [New West] The Original 7ven: *Condensate* [SRR] Pharoahe Monch: *W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)* [W.A.R. Media/Duck Down Music Inc.] Sibiri Samaké: *Dambe Foli: Bamana Hunters Music* [Kanaga System Krush] Sunny Sweeney: *Concrete* [Republic Nashville] Tinie Tempah: *Disc-Overy* [Capitol] Sidi Touré & Friends: *Sahel Folk* [Thrill Jockey] Jimmie Vaughan: *Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites* [Shout! Factory] Young Thug: *I Came From Nothing 2* [self-released download] *I Have My Liberty!: Gospel Sounds From Accra, Ghana* [Dust-to-Digital]

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