List of 2011 albums

Last updated July 27, 2024

The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2011. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.

First quarter

January

List of albums released in January 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
January 7	Jenn Grant	Honeymoon Punch		Six Shooter	^[1]
January 9	Ed Sheeran	No. 5 Collaborations Project	Acoustic, folk, pop rap		^[2]
January 10	British Sea Power	Valhalla Dancehall	Alternative, rock	Rough Trade
	Emma's Imagination	Stand Still	Indie pop	Future, Polydor	^[3]
	MBLAQ	BLAQ Style	Dance, R&B	J. Tune
January 11	Cage the Elephant	Thank You, Happy Birthday	Alternative rock, punk blues, indie rock	Jive
	Cake	Showroom of Compassion	Alternative rock	Upbeat
	Edie Brickell	Edie Brickell	Folk rock	RacecarLOTTA Records
	Lecrae	Rehab: The Overdose	Christian hip hop	Reach
	Schoolboy Q	Setbacks	West Coast hip hop, hip hop	Top Dawg
	Steel Magnolia	Steel Magnolia	Country	Big Machine
	Tapes 'n Tapes	Outside	Indie rock	Ibid Records
January 12	Stratovarius	Elysium	Power metal, progressive metal, neoclassical metal	Victor
January 14	The Decemberists	The King Is Dead	Indie folk, indie rock, folk rock	Capitol, Rough Trade
January 17	Covenant	Modern Ruin	Synth-pop, futurepop, industrial	Metropolis
	Pearl Jam	Live on Ten Legs	Alternative rock, grunge, hard rock	Monkeywrench
	White Lies	Ritual	Indie rock, post-punk revival	Fiction
January 18	The Aquabats	Hi-Five Soup!	Rock, new wave, synth-pop	Fearless
	Cowboy Junkies	Demons	Alternative country	Latent, Zoë
	Eulogies	Tear the Fences Down		Dangerbird	^[4]
	Social Distortion	Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes	Punk rock, cowpunk, punk blues	Epitaph
	Times of Grace	The Hymn of a Broken Man	Metalcore, heavy metal, post-rock	Roadrunner
January 19	Architects	The Here and Now	Metalcore, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore	Century Media
January 20	Seungri	V.V.I.P	R&B, dance-pop, pop	YG
January 21	Amanda Palmer	Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under	Alternative rock, dark cabaret
	John Waite	Rough & Tumble		Frontiers	^[5]
	Sirenia	The Enigma of Life	Symphonic metal	Nuclear Blast
January 24	Adele	21	Soul, pop, R&B	XL, Columbia
January 24	Gang of Four	Content	Alternative rock, post-punk	Grönland, Yep Roc
January 25	Amos Lee	Mission Bell	Folk, neo soul	Blue Note
	Cold War Kids	Mine Is Yours	Indie rock	Downtown, Interscope, V2
	Deerhoof	Deerhoof vs. Evil	Indie rock, experimental rock	Polyvinyl
	Destroyer	Kaputt	Soft rock, smooth jazz, pop	Merge, Dead Oceans
	The Gaddabouts	The Gaddabouts	Folk rock	RacecarLOTTA Records
	The Get Up Kids	There Are Rules	Indie rock, new wave, post-punk	Quality Hill
	Iron & Wine	Kiss Each Other Clean	Indie folk, indie pop, blues	Warner Bros., 4AD
	Lori McKenna	Lorraine	Folk	Signature Sounds
	Roger Miret and the Disasters	Gotta Get Up Now	Street punk	Century Media	^[6]
	Talib Kweli	Gutter Rainbows	Alternative hip hop	Blacksmith Music, Javotti Media
	Ulcerate	The Destroyers of All	Death metal	Willowtip Records
January 26	Battlelore	Doombound	Symphonic metal, gothic metal	Napalm
January 28	Chase & Status	No More Idols	Drum and bass, breakbeat, grime	Vertigo, Mercury, RAM
January 28	Hercules and Love Affair	Blue Songs	Nu-disco, house	Moshi Moshi
January 31	The Go! Team	Rolling Blackouts	Indie pop, alternative dance, alternative hip hop	Memphis Industries
	Ricky Martin	Música + Alma + Sexo	Pop, pop rock, reggae	Columbia, Sony Music Latin
	Seefeel	Seefeel	Post-rock, electronica	Warp

February

List of albums released in February 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
February 1	Abysmal Dawn	Leveling the Plane of Existence	Death metal	Relapse	^[7]
	Christine Fellows	Femmes de chez nous		Six Shooter	^[8]
	The Civil Wars	Barton Hollow	Folk rock, alternative country, indie folk	sensibility
	Lazarus A.D.	Black Rivers Flow	Thrash metal	Metal Blade	^[9]
	Matisyahu	Live at Stubb's, Vol. 2	Reggae	MRI Associated Labels	^[10]
	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes	Go Down Under		Fat Wreck Chords	^[11]
	Red	Until We Have Faces	Christian rock, alternative rock, post-grunge	Essential, Sony Music
February 4	...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	Tao of the Dead	Alternative rock, post-hardcore, progressive rock	Richter Scale, Superball Music, Century Media
February 4	Cut Copy	Zonoscope	Synth-pop, indie electronic, dance-rock	Modular
February 7	The Boxer Rebellion	The Cold Still	Indie rock	Absentee Recordings
February 7	Teddy Thompson	Bella	Pop, folk	Decca, Verve Forecast
February 8	Crowbar	Sever the Wicked Hand	Sludge metal	E1 Music, Housecore, Century Media
	Hawk Nelson	Crazy Love	Hard rock, pop-punk, punk rock	BEC, Tooth & Nail	^[12]
	Nicole Atkins	Mondo Amore	Indie rock	Razor & Tie
	Yanni	Truth of Touch	Easy listening, new-age	Yanni Wake Entertainment
February 11	Roxette	Charm School	Jangle pop, power pop	EMI
February 14	Gay for Johnny Depp	What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You	Hardcore	Captains of Industry	^[13]
	Mogwai	Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will	Post-rock	Rock Action
	PJ Harvey	Let England Shake	Folk rock	Island, Vagrant
	The Twilight Singers	Dynamite Steps	Indie rock	Sub Pop
	You Love Her Coz She's Dead	You Love Her Coz She's Dead		Kitsuné Musique	^[14]
February 15	Bright Eyes	The People's Key	Indie rock, indie pop	Saddle Creek
	The Dears	Degeneration Street	Indie rock	Dangerbird, Pheromone Recordings
	Deicide	To Hell with God	Death metal	Century Media
	Emmure	Speaker of the Dead	Metalcore	Victory
	Five O'Clock Heroes	Different Times		Glaze Records	^[15]
	Rev Theory	Justice	Hard rock, heavy metal	Interscope
	Runner Runner	Runner Runner	Pop rock, power pop	Worldwide Pants, Capitol, Merovingian Music
	A Skylit Drive	Identity on Fire	Post-hardcore, screamo, metalcore	Fearless, Hassle
	Yuck	Yuck	Indie rock, noise rock, shoegazing	Fat Possum, Mercury
February 18	Radiohead	The King of Limbs	Experimental rock, electronic
February 21	Stateless	Matilda	Electronica, alternative rock, trip hop	Ninja Tune
February 21	Thirteen Senses	Crystal Sounds			^[16]
February 22	The Aggrolites	Rugged Road	Reggae	Young Cub Records	^[17]
	Bayside	Killing Time	Punk rock, melodic hardcore, alternative rock	Wind-up
	DevilDriver	Beast	Groove metal, melodic death metal	Roadrunner
	I See Stars	The End of the World Party	Pop-punk, post-hardcore, pop rock	Sumerian
	Patrick Stump	Truant Wave	R&B, synth-pop, alternative rock	Nervous Breakdance Media
February 25	Alexis Jordan	Alexis Jordan	Dance-pop, pop, R&B	Roc Nation, StarRoc, Columbia
	In Extremo	Sterneneisen			^[18]
	Jessie J	Who You Are	Pop, hip hop, R&B	Lava, Island, Universal Republic
	Lykke Li	Wounded Rhymes	Indie pop, electropop	Atlantic
February 28	Beady Eye	Different Gear, Still Speeding	Britpop	Beady Eye Records
	Clare Maguire	Light After Dark	Pop, electropop, soul	Polydor
	DeVotchKa	100 Lovers	Indie folk, gypsy punk	Anti-
	Schandmaul	Traumtänzer	Medieval folk rock, folk rock, folk metal	Fame Recordings

March

List of albums released in March 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
March 1	Dropkick Murphys	Going Out in Style	Celtic punk, folk punk	Born & Bred Records
	Dum Dum Girls	He Gets Me High		Sub Pop
	Eisley	The Valley	Indie pop	Equal Vision
	Go Radio	Lucky Street	Pop rock, pop-punk	Fearless
	Melanie Doane	The Emerald City	Pop, pop rock, folk rock	Prairie Ocean
	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Departing	Indie rock	Saddle Creek, Paper Bag
March 2	Avril Lavigne	Goodbye Lullaby	Pop rock	RCA
March 4	Agnostic Front	My Life My Way	Hardcore punk, crossover thrash	Nuclear Blast
	Elbow	Build a Rocket Boys!	Alternative rock, indie rock	Fiction, Polydor
	Noah and the Whale	Last Night on Earth	Indie pop	Mercury
March 7	Blancmange	Blanc Burn	New wave, synth-pop	Proper
	Erland and the Carnival	Nightingale	Neofolk	Full Time Hobby
	Lupe Fiasco	Lasers	Hip hop, pop-rap	1st & 15th, Atlantic
	Raekwon	Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang	hip hop	Ice H2O, EMI
	R.E.M.	Collapse into Now	Alternative rock	Warner Bros.
March 8	Childish Gambino	EP	Hip hop
	Children of Bodom	Relentless Reckless Forever	Melodic death metal, thrash metal	Spinefarm, Fearless, Nuclear Blast
	The Color Morale	My Devil in Your Eyes	Metalcore, post-hardcore	Rise
	Dance Gavin Dance	Downtown Battle Mountain II	Post-hardcore, experimental rock	Rise
	Starfucker	Reptilians	Indie rock, electronic, synth-pop	Polyvinyls
	Wye Oak	Civilian	Indie rock, indie folk	Merge, City Slang
March 9	Whitesnake	Forevermore	Hard rock, blues rock	Frontiers, WEA
March 11	Sylosis	Edge of the Earth	Thrash metal, progressive metal	Nuclear Blast
March 11	The Vaccines	What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?	Indie rock, garage rock, post-punk revival	Columbia
March 14	Funeral for a Friend	Welcome Home Armageddon	Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore	Distiller Records, Good Fight Music
	Oh Land	Oh Land	Club, dance, electropop	Fake Diamond, Epic, A:larm Music
	Tennant/Lowe	The Most Incredible Thing	Electronic, classical	Parlophone
March 15	AWOLNATION	Megalithic Symphony	Indie rock, industrial rock, alternative rock	Red Bull
	The Dodos	No Color	Indie folk, alternative	Frenchkiss
	Rise Against	Endgame	Punk rock, melodic hardcore	DGC, Interscope
	Travis Barker	Give the Drummer Some	Rap rock	Interscope
March 16	Protest the Hero	Scurrilous	Progressive metal	Underground Operations, Vagrant
March 17	Underworld	Frankenstein: Music from the Play
March 18	Chris Brown	F.A.M.E.	R&B, pop, hip hop	Jive
	Edita Abdieski	One	Pop	Sony Music
	Kesha	I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album	Dance-pop, electronic	RCA, Kemosabe
	Nicole Scherzinger	Killer Love	Pop, dance-pop, R&B	Interscope
	The Strokes	Angles	Rock	RCA
March 19	The Dead Milkmen	The King in Yellow	Punk rock, alternative rock
March 21	CNBLUE	First Step	Rock	FNC
	The Human League	Credo	Synth-pop	Wall of Sound
	Kassidy	Hope St.	Alternative rock	Mercury
	Roddy Woomble	The Impossible Song & Other Songs	Folk	Greenvoe Records
March 22	Art of Dying	Vices and Virtues	Hard rock	Reprise	^[19]
	Green Day	Awesome as Fuck	Punk rock, alternative rock	Reprise
	Jennifer Hudson	I Remember Me	R&B, soul	Arista, J
	Kirk Franklin	Hello Fear	Urban contemporary gospel	Verity
	The Lonely Forest	Arrows	Alternative rock, indie rock, emo	Trans Records
	Panic! at the Disco	Vices & Virtues	Alternative rock, pop rock, emo pop	Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen
	Soundgarden	Live on I-5	Alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock	A&M
	Tommy Shaw	The Great Divide	Bluegrass	Pazzo Music
	Yellowcard	When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes	Pop-punk, alternative rock	Hopeless
March 25	Britney Spears	Femme Fatale	Dance-pop, electropop	Jive
	Gevolt	AlefBase	Folk, industrial
	Raphael Saadiq	Stone Rollin'	Rhythm and blues, rock, soul	Columbia
	Within Temptation	The Unforgiving	Symphonic metal, heavy metal	Dragnet, Sony Music, Roadrunner
March 28	Big K.R.I.T.	Return of 4Eva	Southern hip hop	Cinematic	^[20]
March 28	Blackfield	Welcome to My DNA	Art rock	Kscope
March 29	Cavalera Conspiracy	Blunt Force Trauma	Groove metal, thrash metal, death metal	Roadrunner
	Emery	We Do What We Want	Post-hardcore, Christian rock, hard rock	Tooth & Nail, Solid State
	Snoop Dogg	Doggumentary	West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
	The Sounds	Something to Die For	New wave, post-punk revival, indie rock	SideOneDummy
	Sum 41	Screaming Bloody Murder	Melodic hardcore, alternative metal, punk rock	Island
	Wiz Khalifa	Rolling Papers	Hip hop	Rostrum, Atlantic

Second quarter

April

List of albums released in April 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
April 1	Katy B	On a Mission	Dance, UK garage	Columbia
April 1	Natalia Kills	Perfectionist	Dance-pop, synth-pop	will.i.am, Cherrytree, KonLive
April 4	The Blackout	Hope	Post-hardcore, alternative metal	Cooking Vinyl
	Hollywood Undead	American Tragedy	Rap rock, alternative rock, rapcore	A&M Octone
	The Pigeon Detectives	Up, Guards and at 'Em!	Indie rock	Dance to the Radio
April 5	Asking Alexandria	Reckless & Relentless	Metalcore	Sumerian
	Jim Jones	Capo	Hip hop	E1 Music, Epic
	Timber Timbre	Creep on Creepin' On	Blues, folk	Arts & Crafts
April 8	Architecture in Helsinki	Moment Bends	Indie pop	Modular
	Paul Simon	So Beautiful or So What	Folk rock	Hear Music
	Rainbow	So Girls	K-pop, dance-pop	DSP
April 11	TV on the Radio	Nine Types of Light	Art rock, indie rock, funk	Interscope
April 11	Vivian Girls	Share the Joy	Indie rock, noise pop	Polyvinyl
April 12	Alison Krauss and Union Station	Paper Airplane	Bluegrass	Rounder
	Atmosphere	The Family Sign	Hip hop	Rhymesayers
	Between the Buried and Me	The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues	Progressive metal, technical death metal, avant-garde metal	Metal Blade
	Brett Dennen	Loverboy	Folk, pop	Dualtone
	The Feelies	Here Before	Post-punk, jangle pop, college rock	Bar/None
	Foo Fighters	Wasting Light	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock	Roswell, RCA
	Maná	Drama y Luz	Latin rock, pop rock	Warner Music Latina
	Panda Bear	Tomboy	Psychedelia, electronic	Paw Tracks
	Uriah Heep	Into the Wild	Hard rock	Frontiers
April 13	Mýa	K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)	R&B, J-pop, dance-pop	Manhattan, Planet 9
April 15	Marius Neset	Golden Xplosion	Free jazz	Edition
April 17	The King Blues	Punk & Poetry	Ska punk, alternative rock, ska	Transmission
April 18	Apink	Seven Springs of Apink	K-pop	Cube
	Explosions in the Sky	Take Care, Take Care, Take Care	Post-rock	Temporary Residence Limited
	Gorillaz	The Fall	Electronic	Parlophone, Virgin
	Hugh Laurie	Let Them Talk	Blues	Warner Bros.
	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Make a Scene	Dance-pop, house, nu-disco	EBGB's
April 19	Loaded	The Taking	Hard rock, punk rock	Eagle Rock
April 19	Tune-Yards	Whokill	Experimental pop, noise pop	4AD
April 20	f(x)	Pinocchio	K-pop, dance-pop, electronica	SM
April 22	Leaves' Eyes	Meredead	Symphonic metal, folk metal	Napalm
April 22	The Wombats	This Modern Glitch	Indie pop, alternative dance, new wave	14th Floor, Bright Antenna
April 25	Girls Names	Dead to Me	Alternative rock, post-punk, surf rock	Tough Love Records, Slumberland
	Skindred	Union Black	Nu metal, reggae rock, electronic rock	BMG
	Ulver	Wars of the Roses	Art rock, dark ambient	Kscope
April 26	Augustana	Augustana	Rock, pop rock, roots rock	Epic
	Bowling for Soup	Fishin' for Woos	Pop-punk	Que-so Records, Brando Records
	Krallice	Diotima	Black metal, experimental metal	Profound Lore
April 27	Jay Park	Take a Deeper Look	R&B, hip hop	SidusHQ
April 27	Beastie Boys	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two	Hip hop, electro	Capitol
April 29	Jennifer Lopez	Love?	Dance-pop, hip hop, R&B	Island

May

List of albums released in May 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
May 3	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues	Folk	Sub Pop
	Sixx:A.M.	This Is Gonna Hurt	Hard rock, alternative metal	Eleven Seven Music
	Stevie Nicks	In Your Dreams	Rock	Reprise
May 9	Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto	Summvs	Electronic	Raster-Noton
	Manchester Orchestra	Simple Math	Indie rock, post-hardcore, symphonic rock	Favorite Gentlemen
	Young Legionnaire	Crisis Works	Post-hardcore	Wichita
May 10	The Antlers	Burst Apart	Indie rock, chamber pop	Frenchkiss, Transgressive
	The Cars	Move Like This	Art rock, garage rock, power pop	Hear Music, Concord Bicycle
	The Lonely Island	Turtleneck & Chain	Comedy hip hop, hip hop, electro	Universal Republic
	Lou Canon	Lou Canon		Hardwood, Universal	^[21]
	Okkervil River	I Am Very Far	Indie rock, folk rock	Jagjaguwar
	Roseanna Vitro	The Music of Randy Newman	Vocal jazz	Motéma Music
	Sleeping with Sirens	Let's Cheers to This	Post-hardcore	Rise
	Tyler, the Creator	Goblin	Alternative hip hop	XL
May 11	Krista Muir	Between Atoms			^[22]
May 11	Moving Mountains	Waves	Indie rock, post-rock, post-hardcore	Triple Crown
May 13	Moby	Destroyed	Electronic	Little Idiot, Mute
May 13	Austra	Feel It Break	Synth-pop, new wave	Domino
May 16	Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi	Rome	Indie rock, folk rock	Parlophone, EMI, Lex
May 17	Beast	Fiction and Fact	K-pop, dance-pop, electropop	Cube
	New Boyz	Too Cool to Care	Pop-rap	Shotty, Asylum, Warner Bros.
	Seether	Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray	Post-grunge, alternative metal, hard rock	Wind-up
May 23	Foster the People	Torches	Indie pop, alternative dance, neo-psychedelia	Startime, Columbia
	Lady Gaga	Born This Way	Dance-pop	Streamline, KonLive, Interscope
	Neal Morse	Testimony 2	Progressive rock	Metal Blade, Radiant Records
	Planningtorock	W	Electronic, synth-pop
May 24	Boris	Attention Please	Noise pop, alternative rock, shoegazing	Sargent House
	Boris	Heavy Rocks	Heavy metal, stoner rock	Sargent House
	Journey	Eclipse	Hard rock, arena rock, heavy metal	Nomota, Frontiers, Universal
	Stephen Marley	Revelation Pt. 1 – The Root of Life	Reggae	Universal, Tuff Gong
	Thurston Moore	Demolished Thoughts	Acoustic rock	Matador
	White Denim	D	Indie rock, garage rock, progressive rock	Downtown
May 27	Papa vs Pretty	United in Isolation	Rock, indie rock, alternative rock	Peace & Riot, EMI
May 27	Status Quo	Quid Pro Quo	Hard rock, blues rock	Eagle Rock
May 30	Blondie	Panic of Girls	Alternative rock, new wave, post-punk revival	Five Seven Music, EMI
	Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins	A Scarcity of Miracles	Ambient, progressive rock, jazz fusion	Discipline Global Mobile
	SebastiAn	Total	House, electro house, experimental	Because Music, Ed Banger
May 31	Death Cab for Cutie	Codes and Keys	Indie pop, alternative rock, indie rock	Atlantic, Barsuk
	Eddie Vedder	Ukulele Songs	Folk rock	Monkeywrench
	Flogging Molly	Speed of Darkness	Celtic punk, punk rock	Borstal Beat
	Matthew Good	Lights of Endangered Species	Alternative rock	Universal Music Canada
	My Morning Jacket	Circuital	Indie rock	ATO

June

List of albums released in June 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
June 3	Alestorm	Back Through Time	Power metal, folk metal	Napalm
	Def Leppard	Mirror Ball – Live & More	Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal	Bludgeon Riffola
	Falconer	Armod	Folk metal	Metal Blade
	Kaiser Chiefs	The Future Is Medieval	Indie rock	Fiction, B-Unique, Universal
	Saxon	Call to Arms	Heavy metal	Militia Guard Music, UDR, EMI
	The Vines	Future Primitive	Alternative rock, garage rock, neo-psychedelia	Sony Music
June 5	Anna Nalick	Broken Doll & Odds & Ends	Pop rock, acoustic	Nyctograph Records
June 6	All Time Low	Dirty Work	Pop, pop rock	Interscope
	Arctic Monkeys	Suck It and See	Indie rock, psychedelic rock, desert rock	Domino
	Battles	Gloss Drop	Experimental rock, math rock	Warp
	Frank Turner	England Keep My Bones	Folk rock	Xtra Mile
	Martin Solveig	Smash	House	Mixture Stereophonic, Mercury
June 7	Adelitas Way	Home School Valedictorian	Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge	Virgin
	Benny Benassi	Electroman	Progressive house, electro house, dance-pop	Ultra Music
	City and Colour	Little Hell	Indie rock, alternative rock, acoustic	Dine Alone, Vagrant
	Cults	Cults	Indie pop, noise pop	In the Name Of, Columbia
	Ford & Lopatin	Channel Pressure	Synth-funk	Software Recording Co.
	Tech N9ne	All 6's and 7's	Hip hop	Strange Music
	Touché Amoré	Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me	Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, screamo	Deathwish
June 11	Burgerkill	Venomous	Groove metal, death metal	Xenophobic, Revolt!
June 14	Bad Meets Evil	Hell: The Sequel	Hip hop	Shady, Interscope
	Black Veil Brides	Set the World on Fire	Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal	Lava, Universal Republic
	Dananananaykroyd	There Is a Way	Indie pop, pop-punk	Pizza College
	The Dear Hunter	The Color Spectrum	Progressive rock, experimental rock, indie rock	Triple Crown
	Michael Franks	Time Together	Jazz, vocal jazz, smooth jazz	Shanachie
	Owl City	All Things Bright and Beautiful	Synth-pop, pop rock	Universal Republic
	Various artists	Cars 2 soundtrack		Walt Disney
	Ziggy Marley	Wild and Free	Reggae	Tuff Gong Worldwide
June 15	In Flames	Sounds of a Playground Fading	Alternative metal, heavy metal	Century Media
June 15	Versailles	Holy Grail	Neo-classical metal, symphonic power metal	Warner Music Japan
June 17	The Black Dahlia Murder	Ritual	Melodic death metal	Metal Blade
	Bon Iver	Bon Iver	Indie rock, folk, baroque pop	Jagjaguwar, 4AD
	LMFAO	Sorry for Party Rocking	EDM, pop-rap	Interscope
	Pitbull	Planet Pit	Dance-pop, hip hop, hip house	Polo Grounds Music, J, Sony Music
	Rhapsody of Fire	From Chaos to Eternity	Symphonic power metal, neoclassical metal	Nuclear Blast
	Symphony X	Iconoclast	Progressive metal, neoclassical metal, power metal	Nuclear Blast
June 20	2PM	Hands Up	Electronic, R&B, hip hop	JYP	^[23]
	Devin Townsend Project	Deconstruction	Progressive metal, symphonic metal, industrial metal	HevyDevy, Inside Out
	Devin Townsend Project	Ghost	New-age, progressive rock, experimental rock	HevyDevy, Inside Out
	Patrick Wolf	Lupercalia	Indie pop	Mercury
June 21	August Burns Red	Leveler	Melodic metalcore	Solid State
	Jill Scott	The Light of the Sun	Neo soul	Blue Babe Records, Warner Bros.
	Matt Nathanson	Modern Love	Pop rock	Vangaurd
	Selena Gomez & the Scene	When the Sun Goes Down	Electropop, dance-pop	Hollywood
	Simple Plan	Get Your Heart On!	Pop-punk, power pop, pop rock	Atlantic
	The Story So Far	Under Soil and Dirt	Pop-punk	Pure Noise
	Tally Hall	Good & Evil	Alternative rock	Quack! Media
June 22	Yes	Fly from Here	Progressive rock	Frontiers, Avalon
June 23	Draconian	A Rose for the Apocalypse	Gothic metal, doom metal, death-doom	Napalm
June 24	Beyoncé	4	R&B	Parkwood, Columbia
June 24	Sepultura	Kairos	Groove metal, thrash metal, death metal	Nuclear Blast
June 28	Big Sean	Finally Famous	Hip hop	GOOD Music, Def Jam
	David Cook	This Loud Morning	Rock, alternative rock, pop rock	RCA, 19
	Falling Up	Your Sparkling Death Cometh	Experimental rock, Christian rock, ambient pop
	Handsome Furs	Sound Kapital	Electropunk	Sub Pop
	Limp Bizkit	Gold Cobra	Nu metal, rap metal	Flip, Interscope
	Taking Back Sunday	Taking Back Sunday	Rock	Sire, Warner Bros.
	There for Tomorrow	The Verge	Alternative rock, emo	Hopeless

Third quarter

July

List of albums released in July 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
July 2	Kendrick Lamar	Section.80	Conscious hip hop	Top Dawg
July 4	Earth Crisis	Neutralize the Threat	Hardcore punk	Century Media	^[24]
July 5	Hyuna	Bubble Pop!	K-pop	Cube
July 5	Unearth	Darkness in the Light	Metalcore	Metal Blade
July 8	Alex Clare	The Lateness of the Hour	Drum and bass, electronica, electronic rock	Island
July 11	Fair to Midland	Arrows and Anchors	Alternative metal, progressive rock	E1 Music
	Gazelle Twin	The Entire City	Electronic	Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records
	The Horrors	Skying	Psychedelic rock, shoegazing, post-punk revival	XL
	Prurient	Bermuda Drain	Electro-industrial, darkwave	Hydra Head
	Zomby	Dedication	Electronic	4AD
July 12	Blake Shelton	Red River Blue	Country	Warner Bros. Nashville
	Breathe Carolina	Hell Is What You Make It	Electronicore, electropop, trance	Fearless
	Chris Young	Neon	Country	RCA Nashville
	Incubus	If Not Now, When?	Soft rock, alternative rock	Epic, Immortal
	Suicide Silence	The Black Crown	Deathcore	Century Media, Nuclear Blast
	Theory of a Deadman	The Truth Is...	Hard rock, post-grunge, alternative rock	604, Roadrunner
July 18	Miss A	A Class	K-pop, dance-pop	JYP
July 19	3 Doors Down	Time of My Life	Alternative rock, post-grunge	Universal Republic
	311	Universal Pulse	Alternative rock, reggae rock, rap rock	ATO
	Portugal. The Man	In the Mountain in the Cloud	Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, glam rock	Atlantic
	The Summer Set	Everything's Fine	Emo pop, pop, pop punk	Razor & Tie
	They Might Be Giants	Join Us	Indie pop	Idlewild
July 21	Joss Stone	LP1	Blues, soul, R&B	Stone'd, Surfdog
July 21	Little Dragon	Ritual Union	Synth-pop, trip hop, downtempo	Peacefrog
July 22	Ivi Adamou	San Ena Oniro	Pop, dance-pop	Sony Music Greece, Day 1
July 22	Kelly Rowland	Here I Am	Pop, dance-pop, R&B	Universal Motown
July 25	Wolf Gang	Suego Faults	Pop	Atlantic, Elektra
July 26	Bomb the Music Industry!	Vacation	Pop-punk, indie rock, power pop	Quote Unquote, Ernest Jenning, Really Records
	The Features	Wilderness	Indie rock, new wave	Bug Music, Serpents and Snakes
	Jasta	Jasta	Metalcore	eOne
	Karmakanic	In a Perfect World		Inside Out	^[25]
	Vanessa Carlton	Rabbits on the Run	Pop, indie pop	Razor & Tie
	Wu-Tang Clan	Legendary Weapons	Hip hop	eOne
July 27	B'z	C'mon	Hard rock, pop rock	Vermillion	^[26]

August

List of albums released in August 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
August 2	Greyson Chance	Hold On 'til the Night	Pop rock	eleveneleven, Maverick, Geffen
	Dir En Grey	Dum Spiro Spero	Avant-garde metal, progressive metal, death metal	The End
	The Ettes	Wicked Will		Sympathy for the Record Industry	^[27]
	Trace Adkins	Proud to Be Here	Country	Show Dog-Universal Music
	Trivium	In Waves	Heavy metal, metalcore	Roadrunner
August 6	Full of Hell	Roots of Earth Are Consuming My Home	Grindcore, powerviolence, noise	A389 Records	^[28]
August 7	Total Control	Henge Beat	Post-punk, new wave, indie rock	Iron Lung Records
August 8	Jay-Z & Kanye West	Watch the Throne	Hip hop	Roc-A-Fella, Roc Nation, Def Jam
	Mary-Jess Leaverland	Shine	Pop, classical crossover	Decca
	Peatbog Faeries	Dust	Celtic fusion, world fusion, experimental	Peatbog Records
August 9	Royce da 5'9"	Success Is Certain	Hip hop	Gracie Productions, Orchard
August 15	Thee Faction	Up The Workers! or, Capitalism is Good For Corporations That's Why You've Been Told Socialism is Bad All Your Life		Soviet Beret	^[29]
August 16	Ana Popović	Unconditional	Blues, blues rock, soul blues	Eclecto Groove Records
	Blue October	Any Man in America	Alternative rock, post-grunge, experimental	RED Distribution, Megaforce, earMUSIC
	Eli Young Band	Life at Best	Country	Republic Nashville
	The War on Drugs	Slave Ambient	Indie rock, indie folk, neo-psychedelia	Secretly Canadian
	Yellow Ostrich	The Mistress		Barsuk	^[30]
August 17	Kyary Pamyu Pamyu	Moshi Moshi Harajuku	J-pop, electropop	Unborde	^[31]
August 19	Frenzal Rhomb	Smoko at the Pet Food Factory	Punk rock	Shock, Fat Wreck Chords
	Ghost Brigade	Until Fear No Longer Defines Us	Melodic death metal, doom metal	Season of Mist
	Gotye	Making Mirrors	Indie rock, indie pop	Eleven
	Hard-Fi	Killer Sounds	Indie rock, alternative rock	Necessary, Warner Music
	Joe McElderry	Classic	Classical, pop, R&B	Decca
	LaFee	Frei	Pop	Capitol
August 22	Kara Grainger	L.A. Blues	Rock blues	NewTrax Records
August 23	Barbra Streisand	What Matters Most	Traditional pop, vocal music	Columbia
	Black Tide	Post Mortem	Heavy metal, metalcore	Interscope
	Various artists	Muppets: The Green Album	Pop rock, alternative rock, indie rock	Walt Disney
August 26	Edguy	Age of the Joker	Power metal, progressive metal, hard rock	Nuclear Blast
	David Guetta	Nothing but the Beat	Electropop	Virgin, EMI
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	I'm with You	Funk rock, alternative rock	Warner Bros.
August 29	Kimbra	Vows	Indie pop, soul, jazz	Warner Bros.
	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter IV	Hip hop	Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic
	The Nightwatchman	World Wide Rebel Songs	Folk rock, anti-folk, folk punk	New West
August 30	Beirut	The Rip Tide	Indie pop, Balkan folk	Pompeii Records
	Cymbals Eat Guitars	Lenses Alien	Indie rock	Memphis Industries, Barsuk
	Mike Doughty	Yes and Also Yes	Rock	SNACK BAR Records
	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	Am I the Enemy	Post-hardcore, alternative rock	Collective Sounds, RED Distribution
August 31	Ayumi Hamasaki	Five	J-pop, pop, pop rock	Avex Trax	^[32]
August 31	Dev	The Night the Sun Came Up	Electropop, dance-pop	Universal Republic

September

List of albums released in September 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
September 2	Jonathan Coulton	Artificial Heart	Folk rock, alternative rock, indie folk	Jocoserious Records
September 6	Belanova	Sueño Electro II	Pop, electropop, pop rock
September 6	Thrice	Major/Minor	Experimental rock, alternative rock, post-hardcore	Vagrant
September 7	Girls	Father, Son, Holy Ghost	Indie rock	True Panther Sounds
September 7	Neon Indian	Era Extraña	Chillwave, synth-pop, dream pop	Static Tongues, Mom + Pop
September 9	Ball Park Music	Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs	Indie pop	Stop Start, EMI
September 9	Ed Sheeran	+	Folk	Asylum, Atlantic
September 12	Anthrax	Worship Music	Thrash metal, groove metal	Megaforce, Nuclear Blast
	Dream Theater	A Dramatic Turn of Events	Progressive metal, progressive rock	Roadrunner
	St. Vincent	Strange Mercy	Art pop, post-punk, baroque pop	4AD
	Suspekt	Elektra	Hip hop, horrorcore, classical	Universal, Tabu Records
September 13	Alice Cooper	Welcome 2 My Nightmare	Rock, hard rock, heavy metal	Universal
	Astronautalis	This Is Our Science	Alternative hip hop	Fake Four Inc.
	Bush	The Sea of Memories	Alternative rock, post-grunge	Zuma Rock, eOne, earMUSIC
	Das Racist	Relax	Alternative hip hop	Greedhead Music
	The Devil Wears Prada	Dead Throne	Metalcore	Ferret Music, Roadrunner
	Kevin Devine	Between the Concrete and Clouds		Razor & Tie, Favorite Gentlemen Recording, Big Scary Monsters
	Madina Lake	World War III	Post-hardcore, alternative rock	Razor & Tie
	Mates of State	Mountaintops	Indie pop	Barsuk
	Nick Lowe	The Old Magic	Soft rock	Proper, Yep Roc
	The Pack A.D.	Unpersons		Mint	^[33]
	Polar Bear Club	Clash Battle Guilt Pride	Post-hardcore, punk rock, emo	Bridge Nine
	Staind	Staind	Alternative metal, nu metal	Atlantic, Roadrunner, Flip
	We Came as Romans	Understanding What We've Grown to Be	Metalcore, post-hardcore	Equal Vision, Nuclear Blast
	Wild Flag	Wild Flag	Indie rock, post-punk	Merge
September 14	Loudness	Eve to Dawn	Heavy metal, progressive metal	Tokuma Japan	^[34]
September 14	Opeth	Heritage	Progressive rock	Roadrunner
September 16	Kasabian	Velociraptor!	Electronic rock, electronica, neo-psychedelia	RCA
	SuperHeavy	SuperHeavy	Rock, reggae, Indian pop	A&M
	Tori Amos	Night of Hunters	Classical crossover	Deutsche Grammophon
September 17	Kjersti Stubø Quartet	How High Is the Sky	Jazz	Bolage Records
September 19	Inna	I Am the Club Rocker	Europop, dance-pop, techno	Roton Music
	Mel Parsons	Red Grey Blue	Alternative country, indie folk	Cape Road Recordings, Border Music
	The Waterboys	An Appointment with Mr Yeats		Puck Records	^[35]
September 20	Demi Lovato	Unbroken	Pop, R&B	Hollywood
	Of Monsters and Men	My Head Is an Animal	Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock	Record Records, Republic
	Veronica Falls	Veronica Falls	Indie pop	Slumberland, Bella Union
September 21	Dead by April	Incomparable		Universal, Spinefarm
September 21	Sebastian Bach	Kicking & Screaming	Heavy metal	Frontiers, Get Off My Bach! Productions, Avalon Records
September 23	Amebix	Sonic Mass	Crust punk, heavy metal, post-metal	Amebix Records
	Kasey Chambers	Storybook	Country	Liberation Music
	Nicola Roberts	Cinderella's Eyes	Pop, electropop, dance-pop	Polydor
	Ricardo Arjona	Independiente	Latin pop, rock	Metamorfosis, Warner Music
September 26	Steve Hackett	Beyond the Shrouded Horizon	Progressive rock	Inside Out, Century Media
September 26	Steven Wilson	Grace for Drowning	Progressive rock, experimental rock, jazz fusion	Kscope
September 27	9th Wonder	The Wonder Years	Underground hip hop	It's a Wonderful World
	Bearfoot	American Story	Bluegrass, Americana	Compass
	blink-182	Neighborhoods	Alternative rock, pop punk	DGC, Interscope
	Chickenfoot	Chickenfoot III	Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock	eOne Music
	Dum Dum Girls	Only in Dreams		Sub Pop
	J. Cole	Cole World: The Sideline Story	Hip hop	Roc Nation, Columbia, Sony Music
	Jim Cuddy	Skyscraper Soul	Country rock	5 Corners Productions
	Machine Head	Unto the Locust	Thrash metal, groove metal	Roadrunner
	Mastodon	The Hunter	Heavy metal	Reprise, Roadrunner
	Seth MacFarlane	Music Is Better Than Words	Swing, big band, vocal jazz	Universal Republic
	Switchfoot	Vice Verses	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock	lowercase people, Atlantic
	Wilco	The Whole Love	Alternative rock, indie rock, experimental rock	dBpm
September 30	Ben Howard	Every Kingdom	Folk, indie folk	Island
	DJ Shadow	The Less You Know, the Better	Hip hop, instrumental hip hop, trip hop	Island
	Feist	Metals	Indie pop, indie folk, baroque pop	Arts & Crafts, Cherrytree, Polydor
	New Found Glory	Radiosurgery	Pop-punk	Epitaph

Fourth quarter

October

List of albums released in October 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
October 3	The Answer	Revival	Hard rock, blues rock	Spinefarm
	Aqua	Megalomania	Dance-pop	Universal
	The Union	Siren's Song	Rock, hard rock, blues rock	Payola Records
	You Me at Six	Sinners Never Sleep	Alternative rock, pop rock	Virgin
October 4	Blessthefall	Awakening	Metalcore, post-hardcore	Fearless
	Lights	Siberia	Synth-pop, new wave, dubstep	Last Gang, Lights Music, Universal
	Mayday Parade	Mayday Parade	Pop-punk, pop rock	ILG, Fearless, MDP
	Mutemath	Odd Soul	Alternative rock, psychedelic soul	Teleprompt, Warner Bros., Warner Music Japan
	Radical Face	The Family Tree: The Roots			^[36]
	Scotty McCreery	Clear as Day	Country	Mercury Nashville, 19
	Styles P	Master of Ceremonies	Hip hop	D-Block Records, E1 Music
	Wayne Static	Pighammer	Industrial metal	Dirthouse Records
	We Were Promised Jetpacks	In the Pit of the Stomach	Indie rock, post-punk revival	FatCat
October 5	Björk	Biophilia	Electronic, experimental	One Little Indian
	Charice	Infinity	Pop, R&B	Warner Bros.
	The Gazette	Toxic	Nu metal, alternative metal, metalcore	Sony Music
	One Ok Rock	Zankyo Reference	Alternative rock, power pop, post-hardcore	A-Sketch	^[37]
October 7	Big Scary	Vacation	Pop rock
October 7	Evanescence	Evanescence	Symphonic metal, gothic rock, nu metal	Wind-up
October 10	Of the Wand & the Moon	The Lone Descent	Neofolk	Heiðrunar Myrkrunar
October 10	Rustie	Glass Swords	Electronic	Warp
October 11	Lauren Alaina	Wildflower	Country	Mercury Nashville, Interscope, 19
	A Lot Like Birds	Conversation Piece		Doghouse	^[38]
	Electric Six	Heartbeats and Brainwaves		Metropolis
	Radio Moscow	The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz	Psychedelic rock, blues rock, garage rock	Alive Naturalsound
	Rich Robinson	Through a Crooked Sun	Blues rock, hard rock	Circle Sound, Thirty Tigers
	Various artists	ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends	Rock	RCA
October 14	Kerser	The Nebulizer		Obese	^[39]
October 17	Cowboy Junkies	Sing in My Meadow	Alternative country	Latent
	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	Alternative rock, baroque pop	Sour Mash
	Yann Tiersen	Skyline	Folk rock, acoustic, indie rock	Mute
October 18	Jane's Addiction	The Great Escape Artist	Alternative rock, art rock, hard rock	Capitol
	M83	Hurry Up, We're Dreaming	Electronic rock, synth-pop, ambient	Naïve Records
	Patrick Stump	Soul Punk	Soul, R&B, synth-pop	Island
	Psychic Ills	Hazed Dream	Experimental rock, psychedelic rock	Sacred Bones
October 19	Coldplay	Mylo Xyloto	Alternative rock, pop rock, R&B	Parlophone, Capitol
October 21	Kelly Clarkson	Stronger	Pop rock	RCA, 19
	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Willoughby's Beach	Garage rock, noise rock	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	^[40]
	Tom Waits	Bad as Me	Rock, experimental, blues	Anti-
October 24	Buraka Som Sistema	Komba		Enchufada	^[41]
October 24	Justice	Audio, Video, Disco	Electronica	Ed Banger, Because Music, Elektra
October 25	honeyhoney	Billy Jack	Americana, indie rock, country	honeyhoney Records, Lost Highway
	James Ferraro	Far Side Virtual	Vaporwave, muzak, avant-garde	Hippos in Tanks
	Prurient	Time's Arrow	Industrial, noise	Hydra Head
	Skinny Puppy	HanDover	Electro-industrial, noise, glitch	SPV GmbH
October 26	Various artists	AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered	Rock	Mercury, Interscope, Universal
October 28	Florence and the Machine	Ceremonials	Baroque pop, art pop, indie pop	Island
	Gugun Blues Shelter	Solid Ground	Blues rock	Grooveyard Records
	Professor Green	At Your Inconvenience	British hip hop, UK garage, R&B	Virgin
October 31	Lou Reed and Metallica	Lulu	Avant-garde metal	Warner Bros., Vertigo

November

List of albums released in November 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
November 1	Carole King	A Holiday Carole	Pop, Holiday	Hear Music, Concord Music
	Justin Bieber	Under the Mistletoe	R&B, Christmas	Island
	Megadeth	Th1rt3en	Thrash metal	Roadrunner
	Miranda Lambert	Four the Record	Country, alternative country	RCA Nashville
	Wale	Ambition	Hip hop	Maybach Music, Allido, Warner Bros.
November 4	Birdy	Birdy	Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock	14th Floor, Atlantic
	Cher Lloyd	Sticks and Stones	Pop, dubstep, hip hop	Syco, Epic, Sony Music
	The Wanted	Battleground	Dance-pop, synth-pop	Island
November 7	Atlas Sound	Parallax	Indie rock	4AD
	Cœur de pirate	Blonde	Pop	Grosse Boîte
	The Sound of Arrows	Voyage	Synth-pop	Skies Above Records
November 8	Mac Miller	Blue Slide Park	Hip hop	Rostrum
	Oneohtrix Point Never	Replica	Ambient, plunderphonics	Mexican Summer, Software
	Pusha T	Fear of God II: Let Us Pray	Hip hop	GOOD Music, Decon, Re-Up Records
	Tycho	Dive	Chillwave, downtempo, chill-out	Ghostly International
	Various artists	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack	Alternative rock, indie rock, pop	Chop Shop, Atlantic
November 9	Elephant9	Live at the BBC	Progressive rock	Rune Grammofon	^[42]
November 11	Angels & Airwaves	Love: Part Two	Alternative rock, space rock	To the Stars Records
	The Checks	Deadly Summer Sway		Pie Club Records	^[43]
	Kaizers Orchestra	Violeta Violeta Vol. II	Rock, alternative	Scandinavian Recordings, Petroleum Records
	Laura Pausini	Inedito	Latin pop	Atlantic, Warner Music
	Nina Hagen	Volksbeat	Punk, rock, Christian rock	Koch
	Northlane	Discoveries	Metalcore, progressive metal	UNFD, Distort	^[44]
	Pixie Lott	Young Foolish Happy	Pop, R&B	Mercury
November 15	Bryan Webb	Provider		Idée Fixe	^[45]
	Childish Gambino	Camp	Hip hop	Glassnote
	Drake	Take Care	Hip hop	Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
November 18	Lady Gaga	Born This Way: The Remix	Electronic, dance	Interscope, KonLive
	Michael Jackson	Immortal	R&B, pop, soul	Epic, Sony Music, MJJ Productions
	One Direction	Up All Night	Pop	Syco, Columbia
	Rihanna	Talk That Talk	Pop, EDM, R&B	Def Jam, Roc Nation
	The Saturdays	On Your Radar	Pop, dance	Polydor, Fascination
November 21	Big Time Rush	Elevate	Pop, dance-rock, soul	Nick
	Chris Cornell	Songbook	Acoustic, alternative rock	Universal
	Daughtry	Break the Spell	Pop rock	RCA, 19
	Hollywood Undead	American Tragedy Redux	Rap rock, dubstep, electronica	A&M Octone, Polydor, Universal Music Australia
	James Durbin	Memories of a Beautiful Disaster	Rock	Wind-up
	Kate Bush	50 Words for Snow	Art pop, chamber pop	Fish People, EMI
	Marianas Trench	Ever After	Pop-punk, symphonic rock	604
	Mary J. Blige	My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)	R&B, hip hop soul	Matriarch, Geffen
	Nickelback	Here and Now	Post-grunge, hard rock, alternative metal	Roadrunner, Universal Music Canada
	Taylor Swift	Speak Now World Tour – Live	Country pop	Big Machine
	Yelawolf	Radioactive	Alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop	DGC, Interscope, Shady
November 22	Lady Gaga	A Very Gaga Holiday	Jazz pop	Interscope, KonLive
November 22	Michael W. Smith	Glory	CCM	Reunion
November 25	Joe McElderry	Classic Christmas	Christmas, pop, classical	Decca
November 25	Olly Murs	In Case You Didn't Know	Pop	Syco, Epic
November 28	Kylie Minogue	Aphrodite Les Folies – Live in London	Pop	Parlophone
November 29	Hot Chelle Rae	Whatever	Pop rock	RCA
November 30	Nightwish	Imaginaerum	Symphonic metal	Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner

December

List of albums released in December 2011
Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref.
Go to: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December \| Back to top
December 2	Bugge Wesseltoft	Songs		Jazzland	^[46]
	Hildegunn Øiseth	Stillness		Losen	^[46]
	The Roots	Undun	Alternative hip hop	Def Jam
	Taio Cruz	TY.O	R&B, dance-pop, electropop	Island
December 4	Patrick Wolf	Brumalia EP	Indie pop	Mercury
December 6	The Black Keys	El Camino	Garage rock, blues rock	Nonesuch
	Chevelle	Hats Off to the Bull	Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge	Epic
	Korn	The Path of Totality	Nu metal, dubstep	Roadrunner
	T-Pain	Revolver	Hip hop	RCA
December 13	Anthony Hamilton	Back to Love	R&B, soul	RCA
	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Stage Whisper	Alternative rock, indie pop, chamber pop	Because Music, Elektra
	Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa	Mac & Devin Go to High School	Hip hop	Atlantic, Rostrum, Doggy Style
December 19	Common	The Dreamer/The Believer	Hip hop	Warner Bros., Think Common Music Inc.
December 20	Guided by Voices	Let's Go Eat the Factory	Indie rock	Fire
	The Internet	Purple Naked Ladies	Hip hop soul, R&B, trip hop	Odd Future
	Young Jeezy	TM103: Hustlerz Ambition	Hip hop	CTE World, Def Jam

References

↑ Ash, Amanda (January 23, 2011). "Jenn Grant - Honeymoon Punch". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
↑ Yanney, Henry (January 15, 2011). "Ed Sheeran – No. 5 Collaborations Project | EP Review". Soul Culture. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
↑ Sullivan, Caroline (January 6, 2011). "Emma's Imagination: Stand Still – review". The Guardian. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
↑ Kelly, Zach (March 1, 2011). "Eulogies: Tear the Fences Down". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
↑ Ling, Dave (February 3, 2011). "John Waite: Rough & Tumble". Classic Rock. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
↑ Schreurs, Jason (January 24, 2011). "Roger Miret And The Disasters – Gotta Get Up Now". AltPress. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
↑ Falzon, Denise (February 1, 2011). "Abysmal Dawn Leveling the Plane of Existence". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
↑ Ash, Amanda (February 22, 2011). "Christine Fellows - Femmes de chez nous". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
↑ Alisoglu, Scott (January 11, 2011). "Lazarus A.D. - "Black Rivers Flow"". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
↑ Staples, Derek (December 3, 2010). "Matisyahu announces Live at Stubb's Vol. II". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
↑ Paul, Aubin (December 1, 2010). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes detail "Go Down Under"". PunkNews.org.
↑ Schexnayder, Nathaniel (February 6, 2011). "Hawk Nelson, "Crazy Love"". JesusFreakHideout.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
↑ Ganfield, Katia (March 1, 2011). "Gay For Johnny Depp – What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
↑ "CD Review: You Love Her Coz She's Dead – 'You Love Her Coz She's Dead'". Sound Sphere. October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
↑ Houle, Zachary (February 13, 2011). "Five O'Clock Heroes: Different Times". PopMatters. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
↑ Conner, Matt (February 14, 2011). "Thirteen Senses – Crystal Sounds". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
↑ Welbers, Aubrey (March 24, 2011). "The Aggrolites – Rugged Road". AltPress. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
↑ "Review: In Extremo – Sterneneisen". Das Muss Lauter (in German). July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
↑ Jenkins, Patty (April 5, 2011). "Art of Dying - Vices and Virtues". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
↑ Breihan, Tom (April 20, 2011). "Big K.R.I.T.: Return of 4Eva Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
↑ Hudson, Alex (March 10, 2011). "Toronto's Lou Canon Rolls Out Hayden-produced Debut Album". Exclaim!.
↑ Ezell, Brice (September 29, 2011). "Krista Muir: Between Atoms". PopMatters. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
↑ Kim, Hwungyoo (July 19, 2011). "핸즈업 2PM 이번주 끝으로 한달 한국 활동 마무리" [Hands Up 2PM's Korean activities for a month to end this week]. Nate News (in Korean). Retrieved November 26, 2021.
↑ Shotwell, James (June 20, 2011). "Review: Earth Crisis – Neutralize The Threat". Under The Gun Review. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
↑ Möller, Stephan (July 20, 2011). "Karmakanic - In a Perfect World". Metal.de (in German). Retrieved August 9, 2019.
↑ "B'z新アルバムは話題曲満載、AXプレミアムライブも決定" [B'z new album is full of popular songs, AX premium live also decided]. Natalie (in Japanese). June 14, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
↑ Ray, Austin L. (August 1, 2011). "The Ettes: Wicked Will". Paste. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
↑ Hume, Kiel (August 26, 2011). "Full of Hell Roots of Earth are Consuming My Home". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
↑ "Thee Faction - Up The Workers!". Drowned in Sound. August 11, 2011. Archived from the original on August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
↑ Breihan, Tom (June 23, 2011). "New Release: Yellow Ostrich: The Mistress". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
↑ St. Michel, Patrick (August 24, 2011). "Review: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's Moshi Moshi Harajuku". Make Believe Melodies. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
↑ "浜崎あゆみ、ミニアルバムが初日首位通算18作の1位獲得に向け好発進" [Ayumi Hamasaki's mini-album tops the charts on its first day, making a good start towards reaching number one for a total of 18 albums]. Oricon Music (in Japanese). September 1, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
↑ Murphy, Sarah (September 6, 2011). "The Pack A.D. 'Unpersons' (album stream)" . Retrieved September 13, 2017.
↑ Gromen, Mark (October 1, 2012). "Loudness - Eve to Dawn". Brave Words. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
↑ Horowitz, Hal (May 27, 2013). "The Waterboys: An Appointment with Mr. Yeats". American Songwriter. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
↑ Diver, Mike (2012). "Radical Face The Family Tree: The Roots Review". BBC Music. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
↑ "ロックの答えはひとつ" [Rock has one answer]. Rockin'On.com (in Japanese). October 5, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
↑ Schreurs, Jason (October 11, 2011). "A Lot Like Birds - Conversation Piece". AltPress. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
↑ "Kerser – The Nebulizer". All Aussie Hip Hop. September 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
↑ Potts, Gilbert. "King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Willoughby's Beach". Echoes and Dust. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
↑ "Buraka Som Sistema lançam "Komba" a 24 de Outubro" [Buraka Som Sistema is releasing "Komba" on October 24]. Público (in Portuguese). Lusa. August 30, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
↑ Kelman, John (February 6, 2012). "Elephant9: Live at the BBC". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
↑ "Album Review: The Checks, Deadly Summer Sway". New Zealand Herald. December 3, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
↑ "Northlane – Discoveries". KillYourStereo.com. November 9, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
↑ Buia, Natalia (September 12, 2011). "Constantines Frontman Bryan Webb Debuts Solo Album". Sticky Magazine. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
1 2 Mosnes, Terje (December 7, 2011). "Sterke egenstemmer på cd" [Strong nouns on CD]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved May 6, 2015.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Ash, Amanda (January 23, 2011). "Jenn Grant - Honeymoon Punch". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

[2] Yanney, Henry (January 15, 2011). "Ed Sheeran – No. 5 Collaborations Project | EP Review". Soul Culture. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2022.

[3] Sullivan, Caroline (January 6, 2011). "Emma's Imagination: Stand Still – review". The Guardian. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

[4] Kelly, Zach (March 1, 2011). "Eulogies: Tear the Fences Down". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

[5] Ling, Dave (February 3, 2011). "John Waite: Rough & Tumble". Classic Rock. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[6] Schreurs, Jason (January 24, 2011). "Roger Miret And The Disasters – Gotta Get Up Now". AltPress. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[7] Falzon, Denise (February 1, 2011). "Abysmal Dawn Leveling the Plane of Existence". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 17, 2023.

[8] Ash, Amanda (February 22, 2011). "Christine Fellows - Femmes de chez nous". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

[9] Alisoglu, Scott (January 11, 2011). "Lazarus A.D. - "Black Rivers Flow"". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

[10] Staples, Derek (December 3, 2010). "Matisyahu announces Live at Stubb's Vol. II". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 20, 2011.

[11] Paul, Aubin (December 1, 2010). "Me First and the Gimme Gimmes detail "Go Down Under"". PunkNews.org.

[12] Schexnayder, Nathaniel (February 6, 2011). "Hawk Nelson, "Crazy Love"". JesusFreakHideout.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.

[13] Ganfield, Katia (March 1, 2011). "Gay For Johnny Depp – What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

[14] "CD Review: You Love Her Coz She's Dead – 'You Love Her Coz She's Dead'". Sound Sphere. October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

[15] Houle, Zachary (February 13, 2011). "Five O'Clock Heroes: Different Times". PopMatters. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

[16] Conner, Matt (February 14, 2011). "Thirteen Senses – Crystal Sounds". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

[17] Welbers, Aubrey (March 24, 2011). "The Aggrolites – Rugged Road". AltPress. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

[18] "Review: In Extremo – Sterneneisen". Das Muss Lauter (in German). July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

[19] Jenkins, Patty (April 5, 2011). "Art of Dying - Vices and Virtues". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved August 24, 2022.

[20] Breihan, Tom (April 20, 2011). "Big K.R.I.T.: Return of 4Eva Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

[21] Hudson, Alex (March 10, 2011). "Toronto's Lou Canon Rolls Out Hayden-produced Debut Album". Exclaim!.

[22] Ezell, Brice (September 29, 2011). "Krista Muir: Between Atoms". PopMatters. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

[23] Kim, Hwungyoo (July 19, 2011). "핸즈업 2PM 이번주 끝으로 한달 한국 활동 마무리" [Hands Up 2PM's Korean activities for a month to end this week]. Nate News (in Korean). Retrieved November 26, 2021.

[24] Shotwell, James (June 20, 2011). "Review: Earth Crisis – Neutralize The Threat". Under The Gun Review. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

[25] Möller, Stephan (July 20, 2011). "Karmakanic - In a Perfect World". Metal.de (in German). Retrieved August 9, 2019.

[26] "B'z新アルバムは話題曲満載、AXプレミアムライブも決定" [B'z new album is full of popular songs, AX premium live also decided]. Natalie (in Japanese). June 14, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[27] Ray, Austin L. (August 1, 2011). "The Ettes: Wicked Will". Paste. Retrieved August 2, 2018.

[28] Hume, Kiel (August 26, 2011). "Full of Hell Roots of Earth are Consuming My Home". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

[29] "Thee Faction - Up The Workers!". Drowned in Sound. August 11, 2011. Archived from the original on August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.

[30] Breihan, Tom (June 23, 2011). "New Release: Yellow Ostrich: The Mistress". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 16, 2017.

[31] St. Michel, Patrick (August 24, 2011). "Review: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's Moshi Moshi Harajuku". Make Believe Melodies. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[32] "浜崎あゆみ、ミニアルバムが初日首位通算18作の1位獲得に向け好発進" [Ayumi Hamasaki's mini-album tops the charts on its first day, making a good start towards reaching number one for a total of 18 albums]. Oricon Music (in Japanese). September 1, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[33] Murphy, Sarah (September 6, 2011). "The Pack A.D. 'Unpersons' (album stream)" . Retrieved September 13, 2017.

[34] Gromen, Mark (October 1, 2012). "Loudness - Eve to Dawn". Brave Words. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[35] Horowitz, Hal (May 27, 2013). "The Waterboys: An Appointment with Mr. Yeats". American Songwriter. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

[36] Diver, Mike (2012). "Radical Face The Family Tree: The Roots Review". BBC Music. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

[37] "ロックの答えはひとつ" [Rock has one answer]. Rockin'On.com (in Japanese). October 5, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[38] Schreurs, Jason (October 11, 2011). "A Lot Like Birds - Conversation Piece". AltPress. Retrieved October 12, 2017.

[39] "Kerser – The Nebulizer". All Aussie Hip Hop. September 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2020.

[40] Potts, Gilbert. "King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Willoughby's Beach". Echoes and Dust. Retrieved July 13, 2021.

[41] "Buraka Som Sistema lançam "Komba" a 24 de Outubro" [Buraka Som Sistema is releasing "Komba" on October 24]. Público (in Portuguese). Lusa. August 30, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

[42] Kelman, John (February 6, 2012). "Elephant9: Live at the BBC". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 9, 2017.

[43] "Album Review: The Checks, Deadly Summer Sway". New Zealand Herald. December 3, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

[44] "Northlane – Discoveries". KillYourStereo.com. November 9, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2021.

[45] Buia, Natalia (September 12, 2011). "Constantines Frontman Bryan Webb Debuts Solo Album". Sticky Magazine. Retrieved September 19, 2013.

[dagbladet-46] 1 2 Mosnes, Terje (December 7, 2011). "Sterke egenstemmer på cd" [Strong nouns on CD]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved May 6, 2015.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[31]

[32]

[33]

[34]

[35]

[36]

[37]

[38]

[39]

[40]

[41]

[42]

[43]

[44]

[45]

[46]