The poll results are in from our Readers Poll of the Best Albums of 2011, and there’s certainly one clear winner this year.
Aussie/Kiwi/Somebody That We Used To Know Kimbra took out the top spot with Vows by a country mile, though that may have something to do with the fact that she was the only artist who publicised the comp on her Facebook page. Let this be a lesson to her foil, Gotye, who ran fifth; social media is what the cool kids do. Elsewhere hype acts SBTRKT and Girls tied in eighth place and Jigga and Yeezy’s insistence on saying ‘That shit cray’ a milli times earned them the runner-up spot.
Pedestrian Readers Top Ten Albums of 2011
1. Kimbra – Vows
2. Jay-Z/Kanye West – Watch The Throne
3. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
4. Foster The People – Torches
5. Gotye – Making Mirrors
6. Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
7. Real Estate – Days
8= SBTRKT – SBTRKT
8= Girls, Father, Son, Holy Ghost
10. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming