# List of 2011 albums

The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2011. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2011 in music.

## First quarter
### January

List of albums released in January 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| January 7 | Jenn Grant | Honeymoon Punch | | Six Shooter | |
| January 9 | Ed Sheeran | No. 5 Collaborations Project | Acoustic, folk, pop rap | Ed Sheeran | |
| January 10 | British Sea Power | Valhalla Dancehall | Alternative, rock | Rough Trade | |
| January 10 | Emma's Imagination | Stand Still | Indie pop | Future, Polydor | |
| January 10 | MBLAQ | BLAQ Style | Dance, R&B | J. Tune | |
| January 11 | Cage the Elephant | Thank You, Happy Birthday | Alternative rock, garage rock, indie rock | Jive | |
| January 11 | Cake | Showroom of Compassion | Alternative rock | Upbeat | |
| January 11 | Edie Brickell | Edie Brickell | Folk rock | RacecarLOTTA Records | |
| January 11 | Lecrae | Rehab: The Overdose | Christian hip-hop | Reach | |
| January 11 | Schoolboy Q | Setbacks | West Coast hip-hop, hip-hop | TDE | |
| January 11 | Steel Magnolia | Steel Magnolia | Country | Big Machine | |
| January 11 | Tapes 'n Tapes | Outside | Indie rock | Ibid Records | |
| January 12 | Stratovarius | Elysium | Power metal, progressive metal, neoclassical metal | Victor | |
| January 14 | The Decemberists | The King Is Dead | Indie folk, indie rock, folk rock | Capitol, Rough Trade | |
| January 17 | Covenant | Modern Ruin | Synth-pop, futurepop, industrial | Metropolis | |
| January 17 | Pearl Jam | Live on Ten Legs | Alternative rock, grunge, hard rock | Monkeywrench | |
| January 17 | White Lies | Ritual | Indie rock, post-punk revival | Fiction | |
| January 18 | The Aquabats | Hi-Five Soup! | Pop-punk, new wave, synth-pop | Fearless | |
| January 18 | Cowboy Junkies | Demons | Alternative country | Latent, Zoë | |
| January 18 | Eulogies | Tear the Fences Down | | Dangerbird | |
| January 18 | Social Distortion | Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes | Punk rock, cowpunk, roots rock | Epitaph | |
| January 18 | Times of Grace | The Hymn of a Broken Man | Metalcore, alternative metal | Roadrunner | |
| January 19 | Architects | The Here and Now | Metalcore, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore | Century Media | |
| January 20 | Seungri | V.V.I.P | R&B, dance-pop, pop | YG | |
| January 21 | Amanda Palmer | Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under | Alternative rock, dark cabaret | Liberator Music | |
| January 21 | John Waite | Rough & Tumble | | Frontiers | |
| January 21 | Sirenia | The Enigma of Life | Symphonic metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| January 24 | Adele | 21 | Soul, pop, R&B | XL, Columbia | |
| January 24 | Gang of Four | Content | Alternative rock | Grönland, Yep Roc | |
| January 25 | Amos Lee | Mission Bell | Folk, neo soul | Blue Note | |
| January 25 | Cold War Kids | Mine Is Yours | Indie rock | Downtown, Interscope, V2 | |
| January 25 | Deerhoof | Deerhoof vs. Evil | Indie rock, experimental rock | Polyvinyl | |
| January 25 | Destroyer | Kaputt | Soft rock, smooth jazz, synth-pop | Merge, Dead Oceans | |
| January 25 | The Gaddabouts | The Gaddabouts | Folk rock | RacecarLOTTA Records | |
| January 25 | The Get Up Kids | There Are Rules | Indie rock, new wave, post-punk | Quality Hill | |
| January 25 | Iron & Wine | Kiss Each Other Clean | Indie folk, indie pop, blues | Warner Bros., 4AD | |
| January 25 | Lori McKenna | Lorraine | Folk | Signature Sounds | |
| January 25 | Roger Miret and the Disasters | Gotta Get Up Now | Street punk | Century Media | |
| January 25 | Talib Kweli | Gutter Rainbows | Hip-hop | Javotti Media | |
| January 25 | Ulcerate | The Destroyers of All | Technical death metal | Willowtip Records | |
| January 26 | Battlelore | Doombound | Symphonic metal, gothic metal | Napalm | |
| January 28 | Chase & Status | No More Idols | Drum and bass, electronic rock, dubstep | Vertigo, Mercury, RAM | |
| January 28 | Hercules and Love Affair | Blue Songs | Nu-disco, house | Moshi Moshi | |
| January 31 | The Go! Team | Rolling Blackouts | Indie pop, alternative dance, alternative hip-hop | Memphis Industries | |
| January 31 | Ricky Martin | Música + Alma + Sexo | Pop, pop rock, reggae | Columbia, Sony Music Latin | |
| January 31 | Seefeel | Seefeel | | Warp | |

### February

List of albums released in February 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| February 1 | Abysmal Dawn | Leveling the Plane of Existence | Death metal | Relapse | |
| February 1 | Christine Fellows | Femmes de chez nous | | Six Shooter | |
| February 1 | The Civil Wars | Barton Hollow | Folk rock, alternative country, indie folk | sensibility | |
| February 1 | Lazarus A.D. | Black Rivers Flow | Thrash metal | Metal Blade | |
| February 1 | Matisyahu | Live at Stubb's, Vol. 2 | Reggae | MRI Associated Labels | |
| February 1 | Red | Until We Have Faces | Christian rock, alternative rock, post-grunge | Essential, Sony Music | |
| February 4 | ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | Tao of the Dead | Alternative rock, post-hardcore, progressive rock | Richter Scale, Superball Music, Century Media | |
| February 4 | Cut Copy | Zonoscope | Synth-pop, indie electronic, dance-rock | Modular | |
| February 7 | The Boxer Rebellion | The Cold Still | Indie rock | Absentee Recordings | |
| February 7 | Teddy Thompson | Bella | Pop, folk | Decca, Verve Forecast | |
| February 8 | Crowbar | Sever the Wicked Hand | Sludge metal | E1 Music, Housecore, Century Media | |
| February 8 | Hawk Nelson | Crazy Love | Christian rock, pop-punk, punk rock | BEC | |
| February 8 | Nicole Atkins | Mondo Amore | Indie rock | Razor & Tie | |
| February 8 | Yanni | Truth of Touch | Easy listening, new-age | Yanni/Wake Entertainment | |
| February 11 | Roxette | Charm School | Power pop | EMI | |
| February 14 | Gay for Johnny Depp | What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You | Hardcore | Captains of Industry | |
| February 14 | Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will | Post-rock | Rock Action | |
| February 14 | PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Folk rock | Island, Vagrant | |
| February 14 | The Twilight Singers | Dynamite Steps | Indie rock | Sub Pop | |
| February 15 | Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Indie rock, indie pop | Saddle Creek | |
| February 15 | The Dears | Degeneration Street | Indie rock | Dangerbird, Pheromone Recordings | |
| February 15 | Emmure | Speaker of the Dead | Metalcore | Victory | |
| February 15 | Five O'Clock Heroes | Different Times | | Glaze Records | |
| February 15 | Rev Theory | Justice | Hard rock, heavy metal | Interscope | |
| February 15 | Runner Runner | Runner Runner | Pop rock, power pop | Worldwide Pants, Capitol, Merovingian Music | |
| February 15 | A Skylit Drive | Identity on Fire | Post-hardcore, screamo, metalcore | Fearless, Hassle | |
| February 15 | Yuck | Yuck | Indie rock, noise rock, shoegaze | Fat Possum, Mercury | |
| February 18 | Radiohead | The King of Limbs | Experimental rock, electronic | Radiohead | |
| February 21 | Deicide | To Hell with God | Death metal | Century Media | |
| February 21 | Stateless | Matilda | Electronica, alternative rock, trip hop | Ninja Tune | |
| February 21 | Thirteen Senses | Crystal Sounds | | | |
| February 22 | The Aggrolites | Rugged Road | Reggae | Young Cub Records | |
| February 22 | Bayside | Killing Time | Punk rock, melodic hardcore, alternative rock | Wind-up | |
| February 22 | DevilDriver | Beast | Groove metal, melodic death metal | Roadrunner | |
| February 22 | I See Stars | The End of the World Party | Electronicore | Sumerian | |
| February 22 | Patrick Stump | Truant Wave | R&B, synth-pop, alternative rock | Nervous Breakdance Media | |
| February 23 | Beady Eye | Different Gear, Still Speeding | Britpop | Beady Eye Records | |
| February 25 | Alexis Jordan | Alexis Jordan | Dance-pop, pop, R&B | Roc Nation, StarRoc, Columbia | |
| February 25 | In Extremo | Sterneneisen | | | |
| February 25 | Jessie J | Who You Are | Pop | Lava, Island, Universal Republic | |
| February 25 | Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Indie pop, electropop | Atlantic | |
| February 28 | Clare Maguire | Light After Dark | Pop, electropop, soul | Polydor | |
| February 28 | DeVotchKa | 100 Lovers | Indie folk, gypsy punk | Anti- | |
| February 28 | Schandmaul | Traumtänzer | Medieval folk rock, folk rock, folk metal | Fame Recordings | |

### March

List of albums released in March 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| March 1 | Dropkick Murphys | Going Out in Style | Celtic punk, folk punk | Born & Bred Records | |
| March 1 | Dum Dum Girls | He Gets Me High | | Sub Pop | |
| March 1 | Eisley | The Valley | Indie pop | Equal Vision | |
| March 1 | Go Radio | Lucky Street | Pop rock, alternative rock | Fearless | |
| March 1 | The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | Indie rock | Saddle Creek, Paper Bag | |
| March 2 | Avril Lavigne | Goodbye Lullaby | Pop rock | RCA | |
| March 4 | Elbow | Build a Rocket Boys! | Alternative rock, indie rock | Fiction, Polydor | |
| March 4 | Noah and the Whale | Last Night on Earth | Indie pop | Mercury | |
| March 7 | Blancmange | Blanc Burn | New wave, synth-pop | Proper | |
| March 7 | Erland and the Carnival | Nightingale | Neofolk | Full Time Hobby | |
| March 7 | Lupe Fiasco | Lasers | Hip-hop | 1st & 15th, Atlantic | |
| March 7 | R.E.M. | Collapse into Now | Alternative rock | Warner Bros. | |
| March 8 | Childish Gambino | EP | Hip-hop | | |
| March 8 | Children of Bodom | Relentless Reckless Forever | Melodic death metal, thrash metal | Spinefarm, Fearless, Nuclear Blast | |
| March 8 | The Color Morale | My Devil in Your Eyes | Metalcore, post-hardcore | Rise | |
| March 8 | Dance Gavin Dance | Downtown Battle Mountain II | Post-hardcore, experimental rock | Rise | |
| March 8 | Raekwon | Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang | Hip-hop | Ice H2O, EMI | |
| March 8 | Starfucker | Reptilians | Indie rock, electronic, synth-pop | Polyvinyls | |
| March 8 | Wye Oak | Civilian | Indie rock, indie folk | Merge, City Slang | |
| March 9 | Whitesnake | Forevermore | Hard rock | Frontiers, WEA | |
| March 11 | Sylosis | Edge of the Earth | Thrash metal, progressive metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| March 11 | The Vaccines | What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? | Indie rock, garage pop, surf punk | Columbia | |
| March 12 | Imagine Dragons | It's Time | Alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock | Imagine Dragons | |
| March 14 | Funeral for a Friend | Welcome Home Armageddon | Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore | Distiller Records, Good Fight Music | |
| March 14 | Oh Land | Oh Land | Club, dance, electropop | Fake Diamond, Epic, A:larm Music | |
| March 14 | Tennant/Lowe | The Most Incredible Thing | Electronic, classical | Parlophone | |
| March 15 | AWOLNATION | Megalithic Symphony | Indie rock, electronic rock, alternative rock | Red Bull | |
| March 15 | The Dodos | No Color | Indie folk, alternative | Frenchkiss | |
| March 15 | Rise Against | Endgame | Melodic hardcore | DGC, Interscope | |
| March 15 | Travis Barker | Give the Drummer Some | Rap rock | Interscope | |
| March 17 | Underworld | Frankenstein: Music from the Play | | underworldlive.com | |
| March 18 | Chris Brown | F.A.M.E. | R&B, pop, hip-hop | Jive | |
| March 18 | Edita Abdieski | One | | Sony Music | |
| March 18 | Kesha | I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album | | RCA | |
| March 18 | Nicole Scherzinger | Killer Love | Pop, Eurodance, R&B | Interscope | |
| March 18 | The Strokes | Angles | Indie rock, power pop | RCA | |
| March 19 | The Dead Milkmen | The King in Yellow | Punk rock, alternative rock | The Dead Milkmen | |
| March 21 | CNBLUE | First Step | Rock | FNC | |
| March 21 | The Human League | Credo | Synth-pop | Wall of Sound | |
| March 21 | Kassidy | Hope St. | Alternative rock | Mercury | |
| March 21 | Roddy Woomble | The Impossible Song & Other Songs | Folk | Greenvoe Records | |
| March 22 | Art of Dying | Vices and Virtues | Hard rock, post-grunge | Reprise | |
| March 22 | Green Day | Awesome as Fuck | Punk rock | Reprise | |
| March 22 | Jennifer Hudson | I Remember Me | R&B | Arista, J | |
| March 22 | Kirk Franklin | Hello Fear | Urban contemporary gospel | Verity | |
| March 22 | The Lonely Forest | Arrows | Alternative rock, indie rock, emo | Trans Records | |
| March 22 | Panic! at the Disco | Vices & Virtues | Alternative rock, pop rock, emo pop | Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen | |
| March 22 | Protest the Hero | Scurrilous | Progressive metal, post-hardcore | Underground Operations, Vagrant | |
| March 22 | Soundgarden | Live on I-5 | Alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock | A&M | |
| March 22 | Tommy Shaw | The Great Divide | Bluegrass | Pazzo Music | |
| March 22 | Yellowcard | When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes | Pop-punk | Hopeless | |
| March 25 | Britney Spears | Femme Fatale | Dance-pop, electropop | Jive | |
| March 25 | Gevolt | AlefBase | Folk, industrial | Gevolt Productions | |
| March 25 | Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Rhythm and blues, rock, soul | Columbia | |
| March 25 | Within Temptation | The Unforgiving | Symphonic metal, symphonic rock | Dragnet, Sony Music, Roadrunner | |
| March 28 | Big K.R.I.T. | Return of 4Eva | Hip-hop, Southern hip-hop | Cinematic | |
| March 28 | Blackfield | Welcome to My DNA | | Kscope | |
| March 29 | Cavalera Conspiracy | Blunt Force Trauma | Groove metal, thrash metal, death metal | Roadrunner | |
| March 29 | Emery | We Do What We Want | Post-hardcore, metalcore | Tooth & Nail, Solid State | |
| March 29 | Snoop Dogg | Doggumentary | Hip-hop, gangsta rap | | |
| March 29 | The Sounds | Something to Die For | New wave, post-punk revival, indie rock | SideOneDummy | |
| March 29 | Sum 41 | Screaming Bloody Murder | Heavy metal, punk rock, hard rock | Island | |
| March 29 | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers | Pop-rap | Rostrum, Atlantic | |

## Second quarter
### April

List of albums released in April 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| April 1 | Katy B | On a Mission | Dance, UK garage | Columbia | |
| April 1 | Natalia Kills | Perfectionist | Dance-pop, synth-pop | will.i.am, Cherrytree, KonLive | |
| April 4 | The Blackout | Hope | Electropop, alternative metal | Cooking Vinyl | |
| April 4 | Hollywood Undead | American Tragedy | Rap rock | A&M Octone | |
| April 4 | The Pigeon Detectives | Up, Guards and at 'Em! | Indie rock | Dance to the Radio | |
| April 5 | Asking Alexandria | Reckless & Relentless | Metalcore | Sumerian | |
| April 5 | Jim Jones | Capo | Hip-hop | E1 Music | |
| April 5 | Timber Timbre | Creep on Creepin' On | | Arts & Crafts | |
| April 8 | Architecture in Helsinki | Moment Bends | Indie pop | Modular | |
| April 8 | Paul Simon | So Beautiful or So What | Folk rock | Hear Music | |
| April 8 | Rainbow | So Girls | K-pop, dance-pop | DSP | |
| April 11 | TV on the Radio | Nine Types of Light | Art rock, soul | Interscope | |
| April 12 | Alison Krauss & Union Station | Paper Airplane | Bluegrass | Rounder | |
| April 12 | Atmosphere | The Family Sign | Hip-hop | Rhymesayers | |
| April 12 | Between the Buried and Me | The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues | Progressive metal, technical death metal, avant-garde metal | Metal Blade | |
| April 12 | Brett Dennen | Loverboy | | Dualtone | |
| April 12 | The Feelies | Here Before | Post-punk, jangle pop, college rock | Bar/None | |
| April 12 | Foo Fighters | Wasting Light | Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock | Roswell, RCA | |
| April 12 | Maná | Drama y Luz | Latin rock, pop rock | Warner Music Latina | |
| April 12 | Panda Bear | Tomboy | Psychedelia, ambient pop | Paw Tracks | |
| April 12 | Uriah Heep | Into the Wild | Hard rock | Frontiers | |
| April 12 | Vivian Girls | Share the Joy | Garage rock, psychedelic pop | Polyvinyl | |
| April 13 | Mýa | K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple) | R&B | Manhattan, Planet 9 | |
| April 15 | Marius Neset | Golden Xplosion | Free jazz | Edition | |
| April 17 | The King Blues | Punk & Poetry | Ska punk, alternative rock, punk rock | Transmission | |
| April 18 | Explosions in the Sky | Take Care, Take Care, Take Care | Post-rock | Temporary Residence Limited | |
| April 18 | Hugh Laurie | Let Them Talk | Blues | Warner Bros. | |
| April 18 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Make a Scene | Dance-pop, house, nu-disco | EBGB's | |
| April 19 | Loaded | The Taking | Hard rock, punk rock | Eagle Rock | |
| Tune-Yards | Whokill | Art pop, noise pop | 4AD | |
| April 20 | f(x) | Pinocchio | K-pop, dance-pop, electronica | SM | |
| April 22 | Leaves' Eyes | Meredead | Symphonic metal | Napalm | |
| April 22 | The Wombats | This Modern Glitch | Indie pop, alternative dance, new wave | 14th Floor, Bright Antenna | |
| April 25 | Bowling for Soup | Fishin' for Woos | Pop-punk | Que-so Records, Brando Records | |
| April 25 | Death Grips | Exmilitary | Rap rock, experimental hip-hop | | |
| April 25 | Girls Names | Dead to Me | Alternative rock, post-punk, surf rock | Tough Love Records, Slumberland | |
| April 25 | Skindred | Union Black | Nu metal, reggae rock, electronic rock | BMG | |
| April 25 | Ulver | Wars of the Roses | Art rock, dark ambient | Kscope | |
| April 26 | Augustana | Augustana | Rock, pop rock, roots rock | Epic | |
| April 26 | Krallice | Diotima | Black metal, experimental metal | Profound Lore | |
| April 27 | Jay Park | Take a Deeper Look | R&B, hip-hop | SidusHQ | |
| April 29 | Jennifer Lopez | Love? | Dance-pop, pop, R&B | Island | |
| April 30 | Giles Corey | Giles Corey | | Enemies List Home Recordings, The Flenser | |

### May

List of albums released in May 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| May 3 | Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Hip-hop, electro | Capitol | |
| May 3 | Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Indie folk, folk rock | Sub Pop | |
| May 3 | Sixx:A.M. | This Is Gonna Hurt | Hard rock, alternative metal | Eleven Seven Music | |
| May 3 | Stevie Nicks | In Your Dreams | Rock | Reprise | |
| May 9 | Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto | Summvs | Electronic | Raster-Noton | |
| May 9 | Manchester Orchestra | Simple Math | Indie rock, post-hardcore, symphonic rock | Favorite Gentlemen Recordings | |
| May 9 | Young Legionnaire | Crisis Works | Post-hardcore | Wichita | |
| May 10 | The Antlers | Burst Apart | Indie rock, chamber pop | Frenchkiss, Transgressive | |
| May 10 | The Cars | Move Like This | Art rock, garage rock, power pop | Hear Music, Concord Bicycle | |
| May 10 | The Lonely Island | Turtleneck & Chain | Comedy hip-hop, hip-hop, electro | Universal Republic | |
| May 10 | Lou Canon | Lou Canon | | Hardwood, Universal | |
| May 10 | Okkervil River | I Am Very Far | Indie rock, folk rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| May 10 | Roseanna Vitro | The Music of Randy Newman | Vocal jazz | Motéma Music | |
| May 10 | Sleeping with Sirens | Let's Cheers to This | Post-hardcore | Rise | |
| May 10 | Tyler, the Creator | Goblin | Alternative hip-hop | XL | |
| May 11 | Krista Muir | Between Atoms | | | |
| May 11 | Moving Mountains | Waves | Emo, post-rock, post-hardcore | Triple Crown | |
| May 13 | Moby | Destroyed | Electronic | Little Idiot, Mute | |
| May 13 | Austra | Feel It Break | Synth-pop, dark wave | Domino | |
| May 16 | Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi | Rome | Indie rock, folk rock | Parlophone, EMI, Lex | |
| May 17 | Beast | Fiction and Fact | K-pop, dance-pop, electropop | Cube | |
| May 17 | New Boyz | Too Cool to Care | Pop-rap | Shotty Music, Asylum, Warner Bros. | |
| May 17 | Seether | Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray | Post-grunge, alternative metal, hard rock | Wind-up | |
| May 23 | Foster the People | Torches | Indie pop, indietronica, synth-pop | Startime, Columbia | |
| May 23 | Lady Gaga | Born This Way | Dance-pop | Streamline, KonLive, Interscope | |
| May 23 | Neal Morse | Testimony 2 | Progressive rock | Metal Blade, Radiant Records | |
| May 23 | Planningtorock | W | Electronica, synth-pop | DFA, Rostron Records | |
| May 24 | Boris | Attention Please | Noise pop, dream pop, shoegaze | Sargent House | |
| May 24 | Boris | Heavy Rocks | Stoner metal, post-metal, sludge metal | Sargent House | |
| May 24 | Journey | Eclipse | Hard rock, arena rock, heavy metal | Nomota, Frontiers, Universal | |
| May 24 | Stephen Marley | Revelation Pt. 1 – The Root of Life | Reggae | Universal, Tuff Gong | |
| May 24 | Thurston Moore | Demolished Thoughts | Acoustic rock | Matador | |
| May 24 | White Denim | D | Indie rock, garage rock, progressive rock | Downtown | |
| May 27 | Papa vs Pretty | United in Isolation | Rock, indie rock, alternative rock | Peace & Riot | |
| May 27 | Status Quo | Quid Pro Quo | Hard rock, blues rock | Eagle Rock | |
| May 30 | Blondie | Panic of Girls | Alternative rock, new wave, post-punk revival | Five Seven Music, EMI | |
| May 30 | Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins | A Scarcity of Miracles | Ambient, progressive rock, jazz fusion | Discipline Global Mobile | |
| May 30 | Sebastian | Total | House, electro house, experimental | Because Music, Ed Banger | |
| May 31 | Death Cab for Cutie | Codes and Keys | Indie pop, alternative rock, indie rock | Atlantic, Barsuk | |
| May 31 | Eddie Vedder | Ukulele Songs | Folk rock | Monkeywrench | |
| May 31 | Flogging Molly | Speed of Darkness | Celtic punk, punk rock | Borstal Beat Records | |
| May 31 | Matthew Good | Lights of Endangered Species | Alternative rock | Universal Music Canada | |
| May 31 | My Morning Jacket | Circuital | Indie rock | ATO | |

### June

List of albums released in June 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| June 3 | Alestorm | Back Through Time | Power metal, folk metal | Napalm | |
| June 3 | Def Leppard | Mirror Ball – Live & More | Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal | Bludgeon Riffola | |
| June 3 | Falconer | Armod | Folk metal | Metal Blade | |
| June 3 | Kaiser Chiefs | The Future Is Medieval | Indie rock | Fiction, B-Unique, Universal | |
| June 3 | Saxon | Call to Arms | Heavy metal | Militia Guard Music, UDR, EMI | |
| June 3 | The Vines | Future Primitive | Alternative rock, garage rock, neo-psychedelia | Sony Music | |
| June 5 | Anna Nalick | Broken Doll & Odds & Ends | Pop rock, acoustic | Nyctograph Records | |
| June 6 | All Time Low | Dirty Work | Emo pop, pop rock | Interscope | |
| June 6 | Arctic Monkeys | Suck It and See | Indie rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock | Domino | |
| June 6 | Battles | Gloss Drop | Experimental rock, math rock | Warp | |
| June 6 | Frank Turner | England Keep My Bones | Folk rock | Xtra Mile | |
| June 6 | Martin Solveig | Smash | House | Mixture Stereophonic, Mercury | |
| June 7 | Adelitas Way | Home School Valedictorian | Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge | Virgin | |
| June 7 | Benny Benassi | Electroman | Progressive house, electro house, dance-pop | Ultra Music | |
| June 7 | City and Colour | Little Hell | Indie rock, alternative rock | Dine Alone, Vagrant | |
| June 7 | Cults | Cults | Indie pop, noise pop | In the Name Of, Columbia | |
| June 7 | Ford & Lopatin | Channel Pressure | Synth-funk | Software Recording Co. | |
| June 7 | Tech N9ne | All 6's and 7's | Hardcore hip-hop | Strange Music | |
| June 7 | Touché Amoré | Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me | Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, screamo | Deathwish | |
| June 11 | Burgerkill | Venomous | Groove metal, death metal | Xenophobic, Revolt! | |
| June 14 | Bad Meets Evil | Hell: The Sequel | Hip-hop | Shady, Interscope | |
| June 14 | Black Veil Brides | Set the World on Fire | Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal | Lava, Universal Republic | |
| June 14 | Dananananaykroyd | There Is a Way | Post-hardcore, alternative rock | Pizza College | |
| June 14 | The Dear Hunter | The Color Spectrum | Progressive rock, experimental rock, alternative rock | Triple Crown | |
| June 14 | Michael Franks | Time Together | Jazz, vocal jazz, smooth jazz | Shanachie | |
| June 14 | Owl City | All Things Bright and Beautiful | Synth-pop, indietronica, electropop | Universal Republic | |
| June 14 | Various artists | Cars 2 soundtrack | | Walt Disney | |
| June 14 | Ziggy Marley | Wild and Free | Reggae | Tuff Gong Worldwide | |
| June 15 | In Flames | Sounds of a Playground Fading | Alternative metal | Century Media, Razzia | |
| June 15 | Versailles | Holy Grail | Neoclassical metal, symphonic power metal | Warner Music Japan | |
| June 17 | The Black Dahlia Murder | Ritual | Melodic death metal | Metal Blade | |
| June 17 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Post-rock, chamber folk, chamber pop | Jagjaguwar, 4AD | |
| June 17 | Cascada | Original Me | Dance-pop, electropop | Zooland Records, Universal | |
| June 17 | LMFAO | Sorry for Party Rocking | Hip house | Interscope | |
| June 17 | Pitbull | Planet Pit | Dance-pop, hip-hop, hip house | Polo Grounds Music, J, Sony Music | |
| June 17 | Rhapsody of Fire | From Chaos to Eternity | Symphonic power metal, neoclassical metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| June 17 | Symphony X | Iconoclast | Progressive metal, neoclassical metal, power metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| June 20 | 2PM | Hands Up | Electronic, R&B, hip-hop | JYP | |
| June 20 | Devin Townsend Project | Deconstruction | Progressive metal, symphonic metal, industrial metal | HevyDevy, Inside Out | |
| June 20 | Devin Townsend Project | Ghost | New-age, progressive rock, experimental rock | HevyDevy, Inside Out | |
| June 20 | Patrick Wolf | Lupercalia | Indie pop | Mercury | |
| June 21 | August Burns Red | Leveler | Melodic metalcore | Solid State | |
| June 21 | Jill Scott | The Light of the Sun | Neo soul | Blue Babe Records, Warner Bros. | |
| June 21 | Matt Nathanson | Modern Love | Pop rock | Vangaurd | |
| June 21 | Selena Gomez & the Scene | When the Sun Goes Down | Electropop, dance-pop | Hollywood | |
| June 21 | Simple Plan | Get Your Heart On! | Pop-punk, power pop, pop rock | Atlantic | |
| June 21 | The Story So Far | Under Soil and Dirt | Pop-punk | Pure Noise | |
| June 21 | Tally Hall | Good & Evil | Alternative rock | Quack! Media | |
| June 21 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Alpocalypse | Comedy, parody | Volcano, Jive, Way Moby | |
| June 22 | Yes | Fly from Here | Progressive rock | Frontiers | |
| June 23 | Draconian | A Rose for the Apocalypse | Gothic metal, doom metal, death-doom | Napalm | |
| June 24 | Beyoncé | 4 | R&B | Parkwood, Columbia | |
| June 24 | Sepultura | Kairos | Groove metal, thrash metal, death metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| June 28 | Big Sean | Finally Famous | Hip-hop | GOOD Music, Def Jam | |
| June 28 | David Cook | This Loud Morning | Rock, alternative rock, pop rock | RCA, 19 | |
| June 28 | Falling Up | Your Sparkling Death Cometh | Experimental rock, Christian rock | Falling Up | |
| June 28 | Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Electropunk | Sub Pop | |
| June 28 | Limp Bizkit | Gold Cobra | Nu metal, rap metal | Flip, Interscope | |
| June 28 | Taking Back Sunday | Taking Back Sunday | Rock | Sire, Warner Bros. | |
| June 28 | There for Tomorrow | The Verge | Alternative rock, emo | Hopeless | |

## Third quarter
### July

List of albums released in July 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| July 2 | Kendrick Lamar | Section.80 | Conscious hip-hop | Top Dawg | |
| July 4 | Earth Crisis | Neutralize the Threat | | Century Media | |
| July 5 | Hyuna | Bubble Pop! | K-pop | Cube | |
| July 5 | Unearth | Darkness in the Light | Metalcore | Metal Blade | |
| July 8 | Alex Clare | The Lateness of the Hour | Drum and bass, electronica, electronic rock | Island | |
| July 11 | Fair to Midland | Arrows and Anchors | Alternative metal, progressive rock | E1 Music | |
| July 11 | Gazelle Twin | The Entire City | Electronic, art pop | Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records | |
| July 11 | The Horrors | Skying | Neo-psychedelia, shoegaze, post-punk | XL | |
| July 11 | Prurient | Bermuda Drain | Electro-industrial, darkwave | Hydra Head | |
| July 11 | Zomby | Dedication | Electronic | 4AD | |
| July 12 | Blake Shelton | Red River Blue | Country | Warner Bros. Nashville | |
| July 12 | Breathe Carolina | Hell Is What You Make It | Electronicore, electropop, trance | Fearless | |
| July 12 | Chris Young | Neon | Neotraditional country | RCA Nashville | |
| July 12 | Incubus | If Not Now, When? | Soft rock, alternative rock | Epic, Immortal | |
| July 12 | Suicide Silence | The Black Crown | Deathcore, nu metal | Century Media | |
| July 12 | Theory of a Deadman | The Truth Is... | Hard rock | 604, Roadrunner | |
| July 18 | Miss A | A Class | K-pop, dance-pop | JYP | |
| July 19 | 3 Doors Down | Time of My Life | Alternative rock, hard rock | Universal Republic | |
| July 19 | 311 | Universal Pulse | Reggae rock | ATO | |
| July 19 | Portugal. The Man | In the Mountain in the Cloud | Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, glam rock | Atlantic | |
| July 19 | The Summer Set | Everything's Fine | Emo pop, pop, pop punk | Razor & Tie | |
| July 19 | They Might Be Giants | Join Us | Indie pop | Idlewild | |
| July 21 | Joss Stone | LP1 | Blues, soul, R&B | Stone'd, Surfdog | |
| July 21 | Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Synth-pop, trip hop, downtempo | Peacefrog | |
| July 22 | Ivi Adamou | San Ena Oniro | Pop, dance-pop | Sony Music Greece, Day 1 | |
| July 22 | Kelly Rowland | Here I Am | Pop, dance-pop, R&B | Universal Motown | |
| July 25 | Wolf Gang | Suego Faults | Pop | Atlantic, Elektra | |
| July 26 | Bomb the Music Industry! | Vacation | Pop-punk, indie rock, power pop | Quote Unquote, Ernest Jenning, Really Records | |
| July 26 | The Features | Wilderness | Indie rock, new wave | Bug Music, Serpents and Snakes | |
| July 26 | Karmakanic | In a Perfect World | | Inside Out | |
| July 26 | Vanessa Carlton | Rabbits on the Run | Pop, indie pop | Razor & Tie | |
| July 27 | B'z | C'mon | Hard rock, pop rock | Vermillion | |

### August

List of albums released in August 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| August 2 | Greyson Chance | Hold On 'til the Night | Pop rock | eleveneleven, Maverick, Geffen | |
| August 2 | Dir En Grey | Dum Spiro Spero | Avant-garde metal, progressive metal, death metal | The End | |
| August 2 | The Ettes | Wicked Will | | Sympathy for the Record Industry | |
| August 2 | Trace Adkins | Proud to Be Here | Country | Show Dog-Universal Music | |
| August 2 | Trivium | In Waves | Heavy metal, metalcore | Roadrunner | |
| August 6 | Full of Hell | Roots of Earth Are Consuming My Home | Grindcore, powerviolence, noise | A389 Records | |
| August 7 | Total Control | Henge Beat | Post-punk, new wave, indie rock | Iron Lung Records | |
| August 8 | Jay-Z & Kanye West | Watch the Throne | Hip-hop | Roc-A-Fella, Roc Nation, Def Jam | |
| August 8 | Mary-Jess Leaverland | Shine | Pop, classical crossover | Decca | |
| August 8 | Peatbog Faeries | Dust | Celtic fusion, world fusion, experimental | Peatbog Records | |
| August 9 | Royce da 5'9" | Success Is Certain | Hip-hop | Gracie Productions, Orchard | |
| August 15 | Thee Faction | Up The Workers! or, Capitalism is Good For Corporations That's Why You've Been Told Socialism is Bad All Your Life | | Soviet Beret | |
| August 16 | Ana Popović | Unconditional | Blues, blues rock, soul blues | Eclecto Groove Records | |
| August 16 | Blue October | Any Man in America | Alternative rock, post-grunge, progressive rock | RED, Megaforce, earMUSIC | |
| August 16 | Eli Young Band | Life at Best | Country | Republic Nashville | |
| August 16 | The War on Drugs | Slave Ambient | Indie rock, indie folk, neo-psychedelia | Secretly Canadian | |
| August 16 | Yellow Ostrich | The Mistress | | Barsuk | |
| August 17 | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu | Moshi Moshi Harajuku | J-pop, electropop | Unborde | |
| August 19 | Frenzal Rhomb | Smoko at the Pet Food Factory | Punk rock | Shock, Fat Wreck Chords | |
| August 19 | Ghost Brigade | Until Fear No Longer Defines Us | Melodic death metal, doom metal | Season of Mist | |
| August 19 | Gotye | Making Mirrors | Indie rock, indie pop | Eleven | |
| August 19 | Hard-Fi | Killer Sounds | Indie rock, alternative rock | Necessary, Warner Music | |
| August 19 | Joe McElderry | Classic | Classical, pop | Decca | |
| August 23 | Barbra Streisand | What Matters Most | Traditional pop | Columbia | |
| August 23 | Black Tide | Post Mortem | Heavy metal, metalcore | Interscope | |
| August 23 | Various artists | Muppets: The Green Album | Pop rock, alternative rock, indie rock | Walt Disney | |
| August 26 | Edguy | Age of the Joker | Power metal, hard rock | Nuclear Blast | |
| August 26 | David Guetta | Nothing but the Beat | Electropop | Virgin, EMI | |
| August 26 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | I'm with You | Funk rock, alternative rock | Warner Bros. | |
| August 29 | Kimbra | Vows | Art pop | Warner Bros. | |
| August 29 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter IV | Hip-hop | Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic | |
| August 29 | The Nightwatchman | World Wide Rebel Songs | Folk rock, anti-folk, folk punk | New West | |
| August 30 | Beirut | The Rip Tide | Indie pop, Balkan folk | Pompeii Records | |
| August 30 | Cymbals Eat Guitars | Lenses Alien | Indie rock | Memphis Industries, Barsuk | |
| August 30 | Jake Owen | Barefoot Blue Jean Night | Country | RCA Nashville | |
| August 30 | Mike Doughty | Yes and Also Yes | Rock | SNACK BAR Records | |
| August 30 | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | Am I the Enemy | Post-hardcore, alternative rock | Collective Sounds, RED Distribution | |
| August 31 | Ayumi Hamasaki | Five | Pop, R&B, pop rock | Avex Trax | |
| August 31 | Dev | The Night the Sun Came Up | Electropop, dance-pop | Universal Republic | |

### September

List of albums released in September 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| September 2 | Jonathan Coulton | Artificial Heart | Folk rock, alternative rock, indie folk | Jocoserious Records | |
| September 6 | Belanova | Sueño Electro II | Pop | | |
| September 6 | Thrice | Major/Minor | Experimental rock, alternative rock, post-hardcore | Vagrant | |
| September 7 | Girls | Father, Son, Holy Ghost | Indie rock | True Panther Sounds | |
| September 7 | Neon Indian | Era Extraña | Chillwave, indietronica | Static Tongues, Mom + Pop | |
| September 9 | Ball Park Music | Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs | | Stop Start, EMI Australia | |
| September 9 | Ed Sheeran | + | Folk-pop | Asylum, Atlantic | |
| September 12 | Anthrax | Worship Music | Thrash metal, groove metal | Megaforce, Nuclear Blast | |
| September 12 | Dream Theater | A Dramatic Turn of Events | Progressive metal, progressive rock | Roadrunner | |
| September 12 | Primus | Green Naugahyde | Funk rock, experimental rock | ATO, Prawn Song | |
| September 12 | Suspekt | Elektra | Hip-hop, horrorcore, classical | Universal, Tabu Records | |
| September 13 | Alice Cooper | Welcome 2 My Nightmare | Hard rock | Universal | |
| September 13 | Astronautalis | This Is Our Science | Hip-hop | Fake Four Inc. | |
| September 13 | Bush | The Sea of Memories | Alternative rock, post-grunge | Zuma Rock, eOne, earMUSIC | |
| September 13 | Das Racist | Relax | Hip-hop | Greedhead Music | |
| September 13 | The Devil Wears Prada | Dead Throne | Metalcore | Ferret Music, Roadrunner | |
| September 13 | Kevin Devine | Between the Concrete and Clouds | | Razor & Tie, Favorite Gentlemen Recording, Big Scary Monsters | |
| September 13 | Madina Lake | World War III | Post-hardcore, alternative rock | Razor & Tie | |
| September 13 | Mates of State | Mountaintops | Indie pop | Barsuk | |
| September 13 | Nick Lowe | The Old Magic | Soft rock | Proper, Yep Roc | |
| September 13 | Opeth | Heritage | Progressive rock | Roadrunner | |
| September 13 | The Pack A.D. | Unpersons | | Mint | |
| September 13 | Polar Bear Club | Clash Battle Guilt Pride | Post-hardcore, punk rock, emo | Bridge Nine | |
| September 13 | St. Vincent | Strange Mercy | Art pop, baroque pop | 4AD | |
| September 13 | Staind | Staind | Alternative metal, nu metal | Atlantic, Roadrunner, Flip | |
| September 13 | We Came as Romans | Understanding What We've Grown to Be | Metalcore, post-hardcore | Equal Vision, Nuclear Blast | |
| September 13 | Wild Flag | Wild Flag | Rock, post-punk | Merge | |
| September 14 | Loudness | Eve to Dawn | Heavy metal, progressive metal | Tokuma Japan | |
| September 16 | Kasabian | Velociraptor! | Electronic rock, electronica, neo-psychedelia | RCA | |
| September 16 | SuperHeavy | SuperHeavy | | A&M | |
| September 16 | Tori Amos | Night of Hunters | Classical crossover | Deutsche Grammophon | |
| September 17 | Kjersti Stubø Quartet | How High Is the Sky | Jazz | Bolage Records | |
| September 19 | Inna | I Am the Club Rocker | Europop, dance-pop, techno | Roton Music | |
| September 19 | Mel Parsons | Red Grey Blue | Alternative country, indie folk | Cape Road Recordings, Border Music | |
| September 19 | The Waterboys | An Appointment with Mr Yeats | | Puck Records | |
| September 20 | Demi Lovato | Unbroken | Pop, R&B | Hollywood | |
| September 20 | Of Monsters and Men | My Head Is an Animal | Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock | Record Records, Republic | |
| September 20 | Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls | | Slumberland, Bella Union | |
| September 21 | Dead by April | Incomparable | Alternative metal, melodic metalcore | Universal, Spinefarm | |
| September 21 | Sebastian Bach | Kicking & Screaming | Heavy metal | Frontiers, Get Off My Bach! Productions, Avalon Records | |
| September 23 | Amebix | Sonic Mass | Crust punk, heavy metal, post-metal | Amebix Records | |
| September 23 | Kasey Chambers | Storybook | Country | Liberation Music | |
| September 23 | Machine Head | Unto the Locust | Thrash metal, groove metal | Roadrunner | |
| September 23 | Nicola Roberts | Cinderella's Eyes | Indie pop, electropop, dance-pop | Polydor | |
| September 23 | Ricardo Arjona | Independiente | Latin pop, rock | Metamorfosis, Warner Music | |
| September 26 | Steve Hackett | Beyond the Shrouded Horizon | Progressive rock | Inside Out, Century Media | |
| September 26 | Steven Wilson | Grace for Drowning | Progressive rock, experimental rock, jazz fusion | Kscope | |
| September 27 | 9th Wonder | The Wonder Years | Underground hip-hop | It's a Wonderful World | |
| September 27 | Bearfoot | American Story | Bluegrass, Americana | Compass | |
| September 27 | blink-182 | Neighborhoods | Alternative rock, pop punk | DGC, Interscope | |
| September 27 | Chickenfoot | Chickenfoot III | Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock | eOne Music | |
| September 27 | Dum Dum Girls | Only in Dreams | | Sub Pop | |
| September 27 | J. Cole | Cole World: The Sideline Story | Hip-hop | Roc Nation, Columbia, Sony Music | |
| September 27 | Jim Cuddy | Skyscraper Soul | Country rock | 5 Corners Productions | |
| September 27 | Mastodon | The Hunter | Heavy metal, stoner metal | Reprise, Roadrunner | |
| September 27 | Seth MacFarlane | Music Is Better Than Words | Swing, big band, vocal jazz | Universal Republic | |
| September 27 | Switchfoot | Vice Verses | Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock | lowercase people, Atlantic | |
| September 27 | Wilco | The Whole Love | Art rock, indie rock | dBpm | |
| September 30 | Ben Howard | Every Kingdom | Folk, indie folk | Island | |
| September 30 | DJ Shadow | The Less You Know, the Better | Hip-hop, instrumental hip hop, trip hop | Island | |
| September 30 | Feist | Metals | | Arts & Crafts, Cherrytree, Polydor | |
| September 30 | New Found Glory | Radiosurgery | Pop-punk | Epitaph | |

## Fourth quarter
### October

List of albums released in October 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| October 3 | The Answer | Revival | Hard rock, blues rock | Spinefarm | |
| October 3 | Aqua | Megalomania | Dance-pop | Universal | |
| October 3 | The Union | Siren's Song | Rock, hard rock, blues rock | Payola Records | |
| October 3 | You Me at Six | Sinners Never Sleep | Alternative rock, pop rock | Virgin | |
| October 4 | Blessthefall | Awakening | Metalcore, post-hardcore | Fearless | |
| October 4 | Lights | Siberia | Synth-pop, new wave, dubstep | Last Gang, Lights Music, Universal | |
| October 4 | Mayday Parade | Mayday Parade | Pop-punk, pop rock | ILG, Fearless, MDP | |
| October 4 | Mutemath | Odd Soul | Alternative rock, psychedelic soul | Teleprompt, Warner Bros. | |
| October 4 | Radical Face | The Family Tree: The Roots | | | |
| October 4 | Rodney Atkins | Take a Back Road | Country | Curb | |
| October 4 | Scotty McCreery | Clear as Day | Country | Mercury Nashville, 19 | |
| October 4 | Styles P | Master of Ceremonies | Hip-hop | D-Block Records, E1 Music | |
| October 4 | Wayne Static | Pighammer | Industrial metal | Dirthouse Records | |
| October 4 | We Were Promised Jetpacks | In the Pit of the Stomach | Indie rock, post-punk revival | FatCat | |
| October 5 | Björk | Biophilia | Electronic, experimental | One Little Indian | |
| October 5 | Charice | Infinity | Pop, R&B | Warner Bros. | |
| October 5 | The Gazette | Toxic | Nu metal, alternative metal, metalcore | Sony Music | |
| October 5 | One Ok Rock | Zankyo Reference | Alternative rock, power pop, post-hardcore | A-Sketch | |
| October 7 | Big Scary | Vacation | Pop rock | | |
| October 7 | Evanescence | Evanescence | Symphonic metal, gothic rock, nu metal | Wind-up | |
| October 10 | Of the Wand & the Moon | The Lone Descent | Neofolk | Heiðrunar Myrkrunar | |
| October 10 | Rustie | Glass Swords | Electronic | Warp | |
| October 11 | Lauren Alaina | Wildflower | Country | Mercury Nashville, Interscope, 19 | |
| October 11 | A Lot Like Birds | Conversation Piece | | Doghouse | |
| October 11 | Electric Six | Heartbeats and Brainwaves | | Metropolis | |
| October 11 | Radio Moscow | The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz | | Alive Naturalsound | |
| October 11 | Rich Robinson | Through a Crooked Sun | Blues rock, hard rock | Circle Sound, Thirty Tigers | |
| October 11 | Various artists | ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends | Rock | RCA | |
| October 14 | Kerser | The Nebulizer | | Obese | |
| October 17 | Cowboy Junkies | Sing in My Meadow | Alternative country | Latent | |
| October 17 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | Alternative rock | Sour Mash | |
| October 17 | Yann Tiersen | Skyline | Folk rock, acoustic, indie rock | Mute | |
| October 18 | Jane's Addiction | The Great Escape Artist | Art rock, hard rock | Capitol | |
| October 18 | M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Electronic rock, synth-pop, ambient | Naïve | |
| October 18 | Patrick Stump | Soul Punk | Soul, R&B, synth-pop | Island | |
| October 18 | Psychic Ills | Hazed Dream | | Sacred Bones | |
| October 19 | Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto | Alternative rock, pop rock | Parlophone, Capitol | |
| October 21 | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger | Pop rock | RCA, 19 | |
| October 21 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Willoughby's Beach | Garage rock, noise rock | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | |
| October 21 | Tom Waits | Bad as Me | Experimental rock, blues | Anti- | |
| October 24 | Buraka Som Sistema | Komba | | Enchufada | |
| October 24 | Justice | Audio, Video, Disco | Electronic, electronic rock | Ed Banger, Because Music | |
| October 25 | honeyhoney | Billy Jack | Americana, indie rock, country | honeyhoney Records, Lost Highway | |
| October 25 | James Ferraro | Far Side Virtual | Vaporwave, muzak, avant-garde | Hippos in Tanks | |
| October 25 | Prurient | Time's Arrow | Industrial, noise | Hydra Head | |
| October 25 | Skinny Puppy | HanDover | Electro-industrial, noise, glitch | SPV GmbH | |
| October 26 | Various artists | AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered | Rock | Mercury, Interscope, Universal | |
| October 27 | Megadeth | Th1rt3en | Thrash metal | Roadrunner | |
| October 28 | Florence and the Machine | Ceremonials | Baroque pop, art pop, indie pop | Island | |
| October 28 | Gugun Blues Shelter | Solid Ground | Blues rock | Grooveyard Records | |
| October 28 | Professor Green | At Your Inconvenience | British hip hop, UK garage, R&B | Virgin | |
| October 31 | Lou Reed and Metallica | Lulu | Avant-garde metal | Warner Bros., Vertigo | |

### November

List of albums released in November 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| November 1 | Carole King | A Holiday Carole | Pop, Holiday | Hear Music, Concord | |
| November 1 | Justin Bieber | Under the Mistletoe | Christmas | Island | |
| November 1 | Miranda Lambert | Four the Record | Country, alternative country | RCA Nashville | |
| November 1 | Wale | Ambition | Hip-hop | Maybach Music, Allido, Warner Bros. | |
| November 4 | Birdy | Birdy | Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock | 14th Floor, Atlantic | |
| November 4 | Cher Lloyd | Sticks and Stones | Pop, dubstep, hip-hop | Syco, Epic, Sony Music | |
| November 4 | The Wanted | Battleground | Dance-pop | Island | |
| November 7 | Atlas Sound | Parallax | Pop, dream pop | 4AD | |
| November 7 | Cœur de pirate | Blonde | Pop | Grosse Boîte | |
| November 7 | The Sound of Arrows | Voyage | Synth-pop | Skies Above Records | |
| November 8 | Mac Miller | Blue Slide Park | Hip-hop | Rostrum | |
| November 8 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Replica | Ambient, plunderphonics | Mexican Summer, Software | |
| November 8 | Pusha T | Fear of God II: Let Us Pray | Hip-hop | GOOD Music, Decon, Re-Up Records | |
| November 8 | Tycho | Dive | Chillwave, downtempo, chill-out | Ghostly International | |
| November 8 | Various artists | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack | Alternative rock, indie rock, pop | Atlantic | |
| November 9 | Elephant9 | Live at the BBC | Progressive rock | Rune Grammofon | |
| November 11 | Angels & Airwaves | Love: Part Two | Alternative rock, space rock | To the Stars Records | |
| November 11 | The Checks | Deadly Summer Sway | | Pie Club Records | |
| November 11 | Laura Pausini | Inedito | Latin pop | Atlantic, Warner Music | |
| November 11 | Nina Hagen | Volksbeat | Punk, rock | Koch | |
| November 11 | Northlane | Discoveries | Metalcore, progressive metal | UNFD, Distort | |
| November 11 | Pixie Lott | Young Foolish Happy | Pop, R&B | Mercury | |
| November 15 | Bryan Webb | Provider | | Idée Fixe | |
| November 15 | Childish Gambino | Camp | Hip-hop | Glassnote | |
| November 15 | Drake | Take Care | Hip-hop, R&B, pop | Young Money, Cash Money, Republic | |
| November 18 | One Direction | Up All Night | Pop | Syco, Columbia | |
| November 18 | Rihanna | Talk That Talk | Pop, dance, R&B | Def Jam | |
| November 21 | Big Time Rush | Elevate | Pop, dance-pop | Nickelodeon, Columbia | |
| November 21 | Chris Cornell | Songbook | Acoustic, alternative rock | Universal | |
| November 21 | Daughtry | Break the Spell | Post-grunge | RCA, 19 | |
| November 21 | Hollywood Undead | American Tragedy Redux | Rap rock, dubstep, electronica | A&M Octone, Polydor, Universal Music Australia | |
| November 21 | James Durbin | Memories of a Beautiful Disaster | Rock | Wind-up | |
| November 21 | Kate Bush | 50 Words for Snow | Art pop, chamber pop | Fish People | |
| November 21 | Marianas Trench | Ever After | Pop-punk, symphonic rock | 604 | |
| November 21 | Mary J. Blige | My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) | R&B, hip-hop soul | Matriarch Records, Geffen | |
| November 21 | Nickelback | Here and Now | Post-grunge, hard rock, alternative metal | Roadrunner, Universal Music Canada | |
| November 21 | The Saturdays | On Your Radar | Pop, dance-pop, electropop | Polydor, Fascination | |
| November 21 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now World Tour – Live | Country pop | Big Machine | |
| November 21 | Yelawolf | Radioactive | Hip-hop | DGC, Interscope, Shady | |
| November 22 | Lady Gaga | A Very Gaga Holiday | Jazz pop | Interscope, KonLive | |
| November 22 | Michael W. Smith | Glory | CCM | Reunion | |
| November 25 | Joe McElderry | Classic Christmas | Christmas, pop, classical | Decca | |
| November 25 | Olly Murs | In Case You Didn't Know | Pop | Syco, Epic | |
| November 28 | Kylie Minogue | Aphrodite Les Folies – Live in London | Pop | Parlophone | |
| November 29 | Hot Chelle Rae | Whatever | Pop rock | RCA | |
| November 30 | Nightwish | Imaginaerum | Symphonic metal | Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner | |

### December

List of albums released in December 2011 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| December 2 | Bugge Wesseltoft | Songs | | Jazzland | |
| December 2 | Taio Cruz | TY.O | Dance-pop, electropop | Island | |
| December 4 | Patrick Wolf | Brumalia EP | Indie pop | Mercury | |
| December 6 | The Black Keys | El Camino | Garage rock, blues rock | Nonesuch | |
| December 6 | Chevelle | Hats Off to the Bull | Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge | Epic | |
| December 6 | Korn | The Path of Totality | Nu metal, dubstep | Roadrunner | |
| December 6 | The Roots | Undun | Alternative hip-hop | Def Jam | |
| December 6 | T-Pain | Revolver | Pop, R&B, electropop | RCA | |
| December 13 | Anthony Hamilton | Back to Love | | RCA | |
| December 13 | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Stage Whisper | | Because Music, Elektra | |
| December 13 | Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa | Mac & Devin Go to High School | Hip-hop | Atlantic, Rostrum, Doggy Style | |
| December 19 | Common | The Dreamer/The Believer | Hip-hop | Warner Bros., Think Common Music Inc. | |
| December 20 | Guided by Voices | Let's Go Eat the Factory | Indie rock | Fire | |
| December 20 | The Internet | Purple Naked Ladies | Hip-hop soul, R&B, trip hop | Odd Future | |
| December 20 | Young Jeezy | TM103 Hustlerz Ambition | Hip-hop | CTE World, Def Jam | |