Pitchforkの読者が2011年年間ベストを選ぶリーダーズ・ポールが発表。その中から3カテゴリーをご紹介。まずは、年間ベスト・アルバムです。

01. Bon Iver: Bon Iver
02. Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
03. M83: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
04. James Blake: James Blake
05. Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost
06. St. Vincent: Strange Mercy
07. Radiohead: The King of Limbs
08. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
09. Jay-Z / Kanye West: Watch the Throne
10. Destroyer: Kaputt
11. The Weeknd: House of Balloons
12. Real Estate: Days
13. tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l
14. Panda Bear: Tomboy
15. Drake: Take Care
16. Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo
17. The Antlers: Burst Apart
18. Childish Gambino: Camp
19. Youth Lagoon: The Year of Hibernation
20. Yuck: Yuck
21. Atlas Sound: Parallax
22. Shabazz Palaces: Black Up
23. Washed Out: Within and Without
24. Wilco: The Whole Love
25. Fucked Up: David Comes to Life
26. Cults: Cults
27. Wu Lyf: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
28. Cut Copy: Zonoscope
29. The Black Keys: El Camino
30. Tyler, the Creator: Goblin
31. Feist: Metals
32. The War on Drugs: Slave Ambient
33. Wild Beasts: Smother
34. Tom Waits: Bad as Me
35. TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light
36. Beirut: The Rip Tide
37. Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes
38. Smith Westerns: Dye it Blonde
39. EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints
40. Arctic Monkeys: Suck it and See
41. Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact
42. Toro Y Moi: Underneath the Pine
43. John Maus: We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
44. The Decemberists: The King Is Dead
45. The Horrors: Skying
46. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong
47. Battles: Gloss Drop
48. Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise
49. Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica
50. Frank Ocean: Nostalgia, Ultra.

ベスト・トラック50はこちら。
01. M83: "Midnight City"
02. Bon Iver: "Calgary"
03. Fleet Foxes: "Helplessness Blues"
04. Tyler, the Creator: "Yonkers"
05. James Blake: "The Wilhelm Scream"
06. Jay-Z / Kanye West: "Niggas in Paris"
07. Girls: "Vomit"
08. St. Vincent: "Cruel"
09. Bon Iver: "Holocene"
10. Lana Del Rey: "Video Games"
11. tUnE-yArDs: "Bizness"
12. Jay-Z / Kanye West: "Otis"
13. Girls: "Honey Bunny"
14. Fleet Foxes: "Grown Ocean"
15. Radiohead: "Bloom"
16. St. Vincent: "Surgeon"
17. Real Estate: "It's Real"
18. Panda Bear: "Last Night at the Jetty"
19. PJ Harvey: "The Words That Maketh Murder"
20. Destroyer: "Kaputt"
21. Cut Copy: "Need You Now"
22. The Antlers: "I Don't Want Love"
23. Radiohead: "Give Up the Ghost"
24. Radiohead: "Lotus Flower"
25. Neon Indian: "Polish Girl"
26. The Weeknd: "House of Balloons"
27. Drake: "Marvins Room"
28. Washed Out: "Amor Fati"
29. Real Estate: "Green Aisles"
30. Cults: "Abducted"
31. Adele: "Someone Like You"
32. The Strokes: "Under Cover of Darkness"
33. Youth Lagoon: "July"
34. Battles [ft. Matias Aguayo]: "Ice Cream"
35. James Blake: "Lindisfarne"
36. Gang Gang Dance: "Glass Jar"
37. M83 [ft. Zola Jesus]: "Intro"
38. Beirut: "East Harlem"
39. John Maus: "Believer"
40. Fucked Up: "The Other Shoe"
41. Lykke Li: "I Follow Rivers"
42. Bon Iver: "Perth"
43. Florence and the Machine: "Shake it Out"
44. The Weeknd: "What You Need"
45. Atlas Sound: "Te Amo"
46. Cass McCombs: "County Line"
47. Shabazz Palaces: "Swerve (the reeping of all that is worthwhile... noir not withstanding)"
48. Wu Lyf: "We Bros"
49. Jamie xx: "Far Nearer"
50. The Horrors: "Still Life"

ベスト・ニュー・アーティストは以下。
01. The Weeknd
02. Youth Lagoon
03. WU LYF
04. Tyler, the Creator
05. Yuck
06. A$AP Rocky
07. EMA
08. Foster the People
09. Frank Ocean
10. Nicolas Jaar
11. Lana Del Rey
12. Jamie xx
13. Childish Gambino
14. King Krule
15. Cults
16. James Blake
17. Clams Casino
18. Iceage
19. Austra
20. Braids


そのほかのリストも含めた掲載ページはこちらです。
http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8747-2011-pitchfork-readers-poll/1/