Based on a compilation of all of their critics lists:
1. Bob Dylan, "Modern Times" (Columbia)
2. Bruce Springsteen, "We Shall Overcome -- The Seeger Sessions" (Columbia)
3. Gnarls Barkley, "St. Elsewhere" (Downtown/Atlantic)
4. Arctic Monkeys, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (Domino)
5. TV On The Radio, "Return to Cookie Mountain" (Interscope)
6. Tom Waits, "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards" (Anti-)
7. The Hold Steady, "Boys and Girls in America" (Vagrant)
8. Tie: Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Stadium Arcadium" (Warner Bros.) and Dixie Chicks, "Taking the Long Way" (Open Wide/Columbia)
9. Tie: Tool, "10,000 Days" (Tool Dissectional/Volcano) and The Beatles, "Love" (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol)
10. Corinne Bailey Rae, "Corinne Bailey Rae" (Capitol)
