Originally written by Luke Slater · 11 January 2011
We may have been a bit slack on this front, but the final results for the Drowned in Sound users Album Of The Year are in. They have been for a week or so. The results were drawn from a thread with a ton of entries, with users obviously stating their Top 5 albums, with points awarded for each placing. The original thread can be read here. The totting up was done, quite expertly, by Medulla, so everyone give him a big pat on the back.
Here they are then, in descending order.
50-26:
50 The Knife - Tomorrow, in a Year 49 The Besnard Lakes -...Are the Roaring Night 48 Jonsi - Go 47 Efterklang - Magic Chairs 46 Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown 45 Twin Shadow - Forget 43 Warpaint - The Fool 43 Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal 42 Surfer Blood - Astro Coast 41 Actress - Splazsh 40 Yeasayer - Odd Blood 39 Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers 38 The Tallest Man on Earth - Wild Hunt 37 Kvelertak – Kvelertak 36 Pantha du Prince - Black Noise 35 Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here 33 Tame Impala – Innerspeaker 33 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II 32 Holy Fuck – Latin 31 John Grant - Queen of Denmark 30 Swans - My Father Will Guide Me 29 Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 28 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway 27 Emeralds - Does it Look Like I'm Here? 26 Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
25-11:
25 Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring 24 Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer 23 The Phantom Band - The Wants 22 Titus Andronicus - The Monitor 20 Menomena - Mines 20 LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening 19 Four Tet - There is Love in You 18 Sleigh Bells - Treats 17 Owen Pallett - Heartland 16 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today 15 Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty 14 Women - Public Strain 13 Liars - Sisterworld 12 The Walkmen - Lisbon 11 Deftones - Diamond Eyes
10-1:
10 These New Puritans - Hidden 9 Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me 8 Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 7 Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 6 Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz 5 Caribou - Swim 4 Beach House - Teen Dream 3 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 1 The National - High Violet
Beach House? Are you fucking kidding me?!
You can read about the reaction to it all and discuss it a bit more if you want. Click here for all of that stuff.