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Washington Post's Allison Stewart picks her top 10 albums of 2011:

1. PJ Harvey: "Let England Shake"

This concept album about war, which loosely invokes the Gallipoli campaign, is raw and literate and shattering. Not just the year's best, but the most quietly remarkable album in ages.

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In the only rock and alternative music radio station in Mexico City PJ Harvey's Let England Shake was the best album of the year¡¡¡ Yeahh Love you PJ.Forever¡¡




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a few more..

slant magazine #1
drowned in sound #3
stool pigeon #1
spin #2

my house #1......................(again) & thats all that matters to me

I'm new to looking in depth at these end of year lists. Is it a normal occurrence that one album sweeps way ahead on seemingly the whole of the planet like this?

Everything about this album is stunning, and I'm still being stunned.

Pitchfork #4
http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lis ... of-2011/5/

It really is terrific to see this consensus being built around LES as 2011's greatest album. I do think Polly kind of "forced" all these publications to be in awe of the album, because frankly I can think of almost no one in music who has the courage or skills to do something like LES, with its weighty subject matter.

The Guardian makes Let England Shake Album of the Year 2011

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Thanks for adding new ones - here's an updated list so far

#1 Uncut
#1 Mojo
#1 BBC Music
#1 The Quietus
#1 NME
#1 OOR (Netherlands)
#1 Rumba (Finland)
#1 Sue (Finland)
#1 Sunday Times
#1 musicOMH
#1 The Guardian
#1 Los Angeles Times (blog)
#1 Slant Magazine
#1 The Stool Pigeon
#1 No Ripcord
#2 Q
#2 Spin
#2 This Is Fake DIY
#3 Clash Music
#3 Drowned in Sound
#3 Gigwise
#4 Pitchfork
#4 The Skinny
#4 Time
#4 Consequence of Sound
#5 New York Magazine
#6 The Fly
#6 MTV
#8 Exclaim!
#8 Stereogum
#11 One Thirty BPM
#41 Prefix
#47 Rolling Stone

John Schaefer @ NPR: Top 5 Concept albums of 2011

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Theneedledrop puts LES #5
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Number 1 on Mirror newspaper's list:

'1 PJ HARVEY Let England Shake

Taking wars old and new as its subject matter and drawing on a fascinating blend of folk songs and battle ballads, this was the year's most inventive and resonant album. Bold and meticulously planned, it was another brilliantly conceived and executed departure for Harvey.'

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LES is also #1 in Humo (Belgian TV magazine, but one with a big reputaton music-wise)

To give you an idea, their top 5:
1. PJ
2. Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen
3. James Blake - James Blake
4. Shabazz Palace - Black Up
5. The Horros - Skying

#1 on Goddeau (Belgian online musiczine)

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