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2011: A Year In Review

January 2, 2012

2011: A Year In Review
2011: A Year In Review

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So you know the best records, but what about everything else? For the eight year in a row, we examine the best EPs, genres, cassettes, painful moments, and tons more. Read on, or use the handy dropdown picker to jump to specific features. Be sure to let us know how it was for you too by commenting on what you'll remember 2011 for.

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— words by the SPB team • January 2, 2012

2011: A Year In Review
2011: A Year In Review

Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. The top seven albums we were promised (and didn't get) in 2011
  3. The top five albums from classic rock musicians who have no business releasing more music in 2011
  4. Five awesome 2011 reissues
  5. Ten great (legally) free albums from 2011
  6. Top 5 releases of 2011 that don't really count
  7. The top EPs released in 2011
  8. The top five debut releases of 2011
  9. The top five honourable mentions of 2011
  10. The top five London live shows of 2011
  11. The 20 best hip-hop records of 2011
  12. The top ten progressive albums of 2011
  13. The top five Fest sets we caught and missed in 2011
  14. The top record labels of 2011
  15. The top ten post-rock albums of 2011
  16. Five 2011 records I've slept on so far
  17. Top 10 Splits & Collaborations of 2011
  18. Top 10 Cassettes Releases of 2011
  19. Top 10 Musical Obsessions from 2011
  20. The five most painful musical moments of 2011

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