Albums Winner:
w h o k i l l
tUnE-yArDs
4AD
1645 Points/135 Mentions
Essays
Joyful Noises
Finding the bright side of 2011
By Maura Johnston
Suffering from Realness
The spotlight shines on Adele's heartbreak
By Katherine St. Asaph
Written on the Body
tUnE-yArds, PJ Harvey, and St. Vincent get physical
By Eric Harvey
Guarding the Throne
Jay-Z and Kanye West try to bring back the group listen
By Mike Barthel
Games People Play
Lana Del Rey lights up the Internet
By Tom Ewing
Riding the Bummer
Drake and the Weeknd wallow in their miseries
By Nick Murray
The Incredible Shrinking Album
Pazz & Jop's album results get Soundscanned
By Chris Molanphy
Confuse the Market
Post-crossover, indie retreats
By Scott Plagenhoef
California Demise
Tyler, the Creator and EMA feel the bad vibes
By Jessica Hopper
Most Valuable Supporting Player
André 3000 has a great year without a single starring role
By Andy Hutchins
Just Dance
The year ravers and pop fans learned to (file) share
By Michaelangelo Matos
Singles Winner:
"Rolling in the Deep"
Adele
XL Recordings/Columbia
116 Mentions
Comments
Top 10-Plus
The year's big albums, from tUnE-yArDs on down
Singles Going Steady
Rolling down from "The Deep"
Raves and Rants
Making cases for the great and the grating
The Personals
Feelings, whoa-whoa-whoa
The Top 25 Album Covers
A lovingly hand-assembled gallery
The Pazz & Jop Playlist: 2011's Top 43 Singles on Spotify
Stream the top 40 (and then some)
Post-Mortem
Annotated Ballot: Seth Colter Walls
On being an album's only Pazz & Jop acolyte
Annotated Ballot: Nick Minichino
Why Funk Flex's ALL-CAPS premiere of "Otis" was 2011's best song
Annotated Ballot: Nick Murray
Shuffling through LMFAO, Liturgy, and Mr. Collipark's crunk revivalism
Annotated Ballot: Michael Tedder
The grandiosity of Fucked Up and the power outros of the Joy Formidable
Annotated Ballot: Carol Cooper
Disco revivalism, gospel virtuosity, and the international language of pop
Annotated Ballot: Alex Macpherson
On Pistol Annies, PJ Harvey, and why you should always trust Diddy
Annotated Ballot: Laina Dawes
On Tombs and other metal bands that shake you to the core
Annotated Ballot: Brad Nelson
On why Lou Reed and Metallica's Lulu was 2011's best album
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Poll tabulated by Glenn McDonald - http://furia.com/pjs/
Thanks to all 700 voters, commenters, and essayists.
