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.
For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2011 in music.
First quarter January + List of albums released in January 2011 Release date Artist Album Genre Label January7 Iceage New Brigade Art punk, garage rock, no wave What's Your Rupture? Jenn Grant Honeymoon Punch Six Shooter January9 Ed Sheeran No. 5 Collaborations Project Acoustic, folk, pop rap Ed Sheeran January10 British Sea Power Valhalla Dancehall Alternative rock, rock Rough Trade Emma's Imagination Stand Still Indie pop Future, Polydor MBLAQ BLAQ Style Dance, R&B J. Tune January11 Cage the Elephant Thank You, Happy Birthday Alternative rock, garage rock, 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 TDE Steel Magnolia Steel Magnolia Country Big Machine Tapes 'n Tapes Outside Indie rock Ibid Records January12 Stratovarius Elysium Power metal, progressive metal, neoclassical metal Victor January14 Anna Calvi Anna Calvi Art rock Domino The Decemberists The King Is Dead Indie folk, indie rock, folk rock Capitol, Rough Trade January17 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 January18 The Aquabats Hi-Five Soup! Pop-punk, new wave, synth-pop Fearless Brandon Heath Leaving Eden Contemporary Christian Reunion Cowboy Junkies Demons Alternative country Latent, Zoë Eulogies Tear the Fences Down Dangerbird Social Distortion Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes Punk rock, cowpunk, roots rock Epitaph Times of Grace The Hymn of a Broken Man Metalcore, alternative metal Roadrunner January19 Architects The Here and Now Metalcore, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore Century Media January20 Seungri V.V.I.P R&B, dance-pop, pop YG January21 Amanda Palmer Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under Alternative rock, dark cabaret Liberator Music John Waite Rough & Tumble Frontiers Sirenia The Enigma of Life Symphonic metal Nuclear Blast January24 Adele 21 Soul, pop, R&B XL, Columbia Gang of Four Content Alternative rock Grönland, Yep Roc The Streets Cyberspace and Reds The Streets January25 Amos Lee Mission Bell Folk, neo soul Blue Note Cold War Kids Mine Is Yours Indie rock Downtown, Interscope, V2 Corinne Bailey Rae The Love EP Capitol Deerhoof Deerhoof vs. Evil Indie rock, experimental rock Polyvinyl Destroyer Kaputt Soft rock, smooth jazz, synth-pop Merge, Dead Oceans The Ex Catch My Shoe Art punk, noise rock Fish Tank Records, Carrot Top Records 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 Talib Kweli Gutter Rainbows Hip-hop Javotti Media Ulcerate The Destroyers of All Technical death metal Willowtip Records Vinicius Cantuária and Bill Frisell Lágrimas Mexicanas World Naïve January26 Battlelore Doombound Symphonic metal, gothic metal Napalm January28 Chase & Status No More Idols Drum and bass, electronic rock, dubstep Vertigo, Mercury, RAM Hercules and Love Affair Blue Songs Nu-disco, house Moshi Moshi Nicolas Jaar Space Is Only Noise Electronic, experimental Circus Company January31 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 Warp
February + List of albums released in February 2011 Release date Artist Album Genre Label February1 Abysmal Dawn Leveling the Plane of Existence Death metal Relapse Christine Fellows Femmes de chez nous Six Shooter The Civil Wars Barton Hollow Folk rock, alternative country, indie folk sensibility Lazarus A.D. Black Rivers Flow Thrash metal Metal Blade Matisyahu Live at Stubb's, Vol. 2 Reggae MRI Associated Labels Red Until We Have Faces Christian rock, alternative rock, post-grunge Essential, Sony Music February4 ...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 Cut Copy Zonoscope Synth-pop, indie electronic, dance-rock Modular February7 The Boxer Rebellion The Cold Still Indie rock Absentee Recordings James Blake James Blake Electro-soul ATLAS The Streets Computers and Blues Atlantic Teddy Thompson Bella Pop, folk Decca, Verve Forecast February8 Akron/Family Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT Folk, psychedelic rock, experimental rock Dead Oceans Crowbar Sever the Wicked Hand Sludge metal E1 Music, Housecore, Century Media Hawk Nelson Crazy Love Christian rock, pop-punk, punk rock BEC Nicole Atkins Mondo Amore Indie rock Razor & Tie Peaking Lights 936 Neo-psychedelia, dub Not Not Fun, Weird World Slaughterhouse Slaughterhouse Hardcore hip-hop, underground hip-hop E1 Yanni Truth of Touch Easy listening, new-age Yanni/Wake Entertainment February9 Alexandros I Wanna Go to Hawaii. Alternative rock, indie rock RX-Records February11 Roxette Charm School Power pop EMI February14 The Babies The Babies Indie rock Shrimper Records Drive-By Truckers Go-Go Boots R&B, Southern soul ATO, Play It Again Sam Gay for Johnny Depp What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You Hardcore Captains of Industry Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will Post-rock Rock Action PJ Harvey Let England Shake Folk rock Island, Vagrant Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 Ambient, drone, experimental Kranky The Twilight Singers Dynamite Steps Indie rock Sub Pop February15 Bright Eyes The People's Key Indie rock, indie pop Saddle Creek The Dears Degeneration Street Indie rock Dangerbird, Pheromone Recordings Emmure Speaker of the Dead Metalcore Victory Five O'Clock Heroes Different Times Glaze Records Hayes Carll KMAG YOYO Americana, country Lost Highway 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, shoegaze Fat Possum, Mercury February16 Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra Alternative R&B February18 Radiohead The King of Limbs Experimental rock, electronic Radiohead February21 Deicide To Hell with God Death metal Century Media Stateless Matilda Electronica, alternative rock, trip hop Ninja Tune Thirteen Senses Crystal Sounds February22 The Aggrolites Rugged Road Reggae Young Cub Records Bayside Killing Time Punk rock, melodic hardcore, alternative rock Wind-up Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges Postminimalism, experimental Constellation DevilDriver Beast Groove metal, melodic death metal Roadrunner Earth Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I Experimental rock, post-rock Southern Lord I See Stars The End of the World Party Electronicore Sumerian Patrick Stump Truant Wave R&B, synth-pop, alternative rock Nervous Breakdance Media February23 Beady Eye Different Gear, Still Speeding Britpop Beady Eye Records February25 Alexis Jordan Alexis Jordan Dance-pop, pop, R&B Roc Nation, StarRoc, Columbia In Extremo Sterneneisen Jessie J Who You Are Pop Lava, Island, Universal Republic Lykke Li Wounded Rhymes Indie pop, electropop Atlantic Vijay Iyer with Prasanna and Nitin Mitta Tirtha Jazz ACT Music February28 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
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