50. WHY? – Eskimo Snow
49. THE RAKES – Klang
48. PET SHOP BOYS – Yes
47. ANDREW BIRD – Noble Beast
46. FUTURE OF THE LEFT – Travels with Myself and Another
45. THE LEISURE SOCIETY – The Sleeper
44. GOD HELP THE GIRL – God Help the Girl
43. EDITORS – In This Light and On This Evening
42. MICACHU – Jewellery
41. KREISKY – Meine Schuld, meine Schuld, meine große Schuld
40. P J HARVEY & JOHN PARISH – A Woman a Man Walked By
39. MONSTERS OF FOLK – Monsters of Folk
38. MUMFORD & SONS – Sigh no More
37. WHITE LIES – To Lose My Life
36. MATIAS AGUAYO – Ay Ay Ay
35. MAJOR LAZER – Guns don’t kill People… Lazers Do
34. GLASVEGAS – Glasvegas [UK: 2008; GER: 2009]
33. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
32. EMPIRE OF THE SUN – Walking on a Dream
31. THE BIG PINK – A Brief History of Love
30. LA ROUX – La Roux
29. SOAP&SKIN – Lovetune for Vacuum
28. THE HORRORS – Primary Colours
27. JOCHEN DISTELMEYER – Heavy
26. THE THERMALS – Now We Can See
25. PETER DOHERTY – Grace/Wastelands
24. AMANDA BLANK – I Love You
23. HEALTH – Get Color
22. BILL CALLAHAN – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
21. JA, PANIK – The Angst and the Money
20. GOSSIP – Music for Men
19. JARVIS COCKER – Further Complications
18. MORRISSEY – Years of Refusal
17. DEVENDRA BANHART – What Will We Be
16. YEAH YEAH YEAHS – It’s Blitz!
15. FEVER RAY – Fever Ray
14. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Merriweather Post Pavilion
13. ELEMENT OF CRIME – Immer da wo du bist bin ich nie
12. SONIC YOUTH – The Eternal
11. DIE GOLDENEN ZITRONEN – Die Entstehung der Nacht
10. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS – The Crying Light
9. ARCTIC MONKEYS – Humbug
8. THE FLAMING LIPS – Embryonic
7. KASABIAN – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
6. PHOENIX – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. JAMIE T – Kings & Queens
4. JULIAN PLENTI – Julian Plenti Is… Skyscraper
3. WILCO – Wilco (The Album)
2. GRIZZLY BEAR – Veckatimest
1. THE XX – The XX
Some German and Austrian records are included. #11 has some great tracks, but #13 is massively overrated, I think.
