NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2011
# Album Artist Country of origin
1 Let England Shake PJ Harvey United Kingdom
2 The English Riviera Metronomy United Kingdom
3 Skying The Horrors United Kingdom
4 Smother Wild Beasts United Kingdom
5 Smoke Ring for My Halo Kurt Vile United States
6 Suck It And See Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom
7 Strange Mercy St. Vincent United States
8 On a Mission Katy B United Kingdom
9 w h o k i l l tUnE-yArDs United States
10 Go Tell Fire to the Mountain WU LYF United Kingdom
11 Anna Calvi Anna Calvi United Kingdom
12 Again into Eyes S.C.U.M United Kingdom
13 Zeroes QC Suuns Canada
14 What Did You Expect from The Vaccines ? The Vaccines United Kingdom
15 Wild Flag Wild Flag United States
16 A Different Kind of Fix Bombay Bicycle Club United Kingdom
17 Gloss Drop Battles United States
18 Cat 's Eyes Cat 's Eyes United Kingdom
19 A Creature I Do n't Know Laura Marling United Kingdom
20 The King of Limbs Radiohead United Kingdom
Albums
The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year were announced on 23 November 2011. It was the 38th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com.