BBC Music Writers Top 25 Albums of 2011

As we get close to the end of another year all the critics lists start to appear. Music lists always interest me as it's interesting to see how many of those albums I have, it's a way of seeing if I'm in touch with the modern music media hipsters and also a way of judging how pompous and elitist  I think those hipsters are when I haven't heard of most of the bands.

Actually I know more this year than last.

But this list also allows me to look at the album cover design from the top 25 cd's (as selected by the BBC writers team).
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25 - Bright Eyes - The People's Key
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24 - Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
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23 - Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
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22 - Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
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21 - The Decemberists - The King is Dead
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20 - EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
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19 - Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
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18 - Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
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17 - Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
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16 - Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
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15 - Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - We're New Here
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14 - Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots
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13 - Katy B - On a Mission
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12 - SBTRKT - SBTRKT
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11 - Björk - Biophilia
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10 - Iceage - New Brigade
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9 - Bon Iver - Bon Iver
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8 - Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen
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7 - Beyoncé - 4
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6 - Metronomy - The English Riviera
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5 - Tom Waits - Bad as Me
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4 - The Antlers - Burst Apart
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3 - The Horrors - Skying
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2 - Wild Beasts - Smother
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1 - PJ Harvey - Let England Shake