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FACT Magazine's Top 50 Albums Of 2011

11:35 a.m. · December 2, 2011 · by Andrew Winistorfer

FACT Magazine prides itself on highlighting the outre, weird ass noise music you've never heard of, so it's no surprise that their list of the Top 50 albums of 2011 is about the most unique of these lists you'll see. 

For one, Weeknd top the list, and there are top 10 appearances from Clams Casino, Araabmuzik, Drake, Julianna Barwick, and Frank Ocean. See the reasoning behind the picks at FACT. Here it is below, via Stereogum:

50 Xander Harris – Urban Gothic
49 Africa Hitech – 93 Million Miles
48 Juicy J & Lex Luger – Rubba Band Business 2
47 Container – LP
46 Damu – Unity
45 Blanck Mass – Blanck Mass
44 Björk – Biophilia
43 Wild Beasts – Smother
42 2562 – Fever
41 Legowelt – The TEAC Life
40 The Haxan Cloak – The Haxan Cloak
39 James Pants – James Pants
38 Surgeon – Breaking The Frame
37 Balam Acab – WANDER / WONDER
36 Tropic Of Cancer – The End Of All Things
35 Jon Brooks – Music For Thomas Carnacki Vol. 1
34 Kode9 & Spaceape – Black Sun
33 Main Attrakionz – 808s & Dark Grapes II
32 The Horrors – Skying
31 Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer – Re: ECM
30 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
29 Patten – Glaqujo Xaacsso 
28 Andy Stott – Passed Me By
27 Peaking Lights – 936
26 Byetone – Symeta
25 Machinedrum – Room(s)
24 John Maus – We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
23 Jamie xx & Gil Scott-Heron – We’re New Here
22 Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
21 Roly Porter – Aftertime
20 Cut Hands – Afro Noise Vol. 1
19 Danny Brown – XXX
18 Patrice & Friends – Cashmere Sheets
17 Motion Sickness Of Time Travel – Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious
16 Kuedo – Severant
15 Zomby – Dedication
14 ASAP Rocky – LIVELOVEA$AP
13 Julia Holter – Tragedy
12 James Blake - James Blake
11 Laurel Halo – Hour Logic
10 Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra.
09 LV & Josh Idehen – Routes
08 Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place
07 Drake – Take Care
06 James Ferraro – Far Side Virtual
05 AraabMuzik – Electronic Dream
04 Prurient – Bermuda Drain
03 Clams Casino – Instrumentals
02 Rustie – Glass Swords

01 The Weeknd – House Of Balloons