A revista Spin resolveu escolher os melhores álbuns dos primeiros seis meses de 2011 e entre eles aponta trabalhos de Arctic Monkeys, Yuck, Strokes, Lady GaGa, Foo Fighters, PJ Harvey, Adele e James Blake.
Veja abaixo os discos escolhidos pela Spin até o momento.
- Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
- Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
- Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
- Big K.R.I.T. - Return Of 4eva
- Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
- Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
- James Blake - James Blake
- Adele - 21
- Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
- Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!
- TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light
- DJ Quik - The Book Of David
- Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
- tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
- The Strokes - Angles
- Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
- Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
- Panda Bear - Tomboy
- Lady Gaga - Born This Way
- The Weeknd - House Of Balloons
- EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
- Yuck - Yuck
- Alela Diane - Alela Diane& Wild Divine
- G-Side - The ONE ... COHESIVE
