THE CTRITIC'S TOP 50
(IN BRACKETS POSITION IN READER'S TOP 50)

1 ( 2) THE ARCADE FIRE 'FUNERAL'
2 ( 1) MAXIMO PARK 'A CERTAIN TRIGGER'
3 ( 7) ART BRUT 'BANG BANG ROCK & ROLL'
4 ( 3) BLOC PARTY 'SILENT ALARM'
5 (31) RUFUS WAINWRIGHT 'WANT TWO'

6 (16) ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS 'I AM A BIRD NOW'
7 (--) KANYE WEST 'LATE REGISTRATION'
8 (24) M.I.A. 'ARULAR'
9 (23) HARD-FI 'STARS OF CCTV'
10 (--) THE MITCHELL BROTHERS 'BREATH OF FRESH ATTIRE'

11 (11) STARS 'SET YOURSELF ON FIRE'
12 (--) COMMON 'BE'
13 (--) THE GO!TEAM 'THUNDER, LIGHTNING, STRIKE'
14 (25) COCOROSIE 'NOAH'S ARK'
15 (33) DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 'YOU'RE A WOMAN...'

16 (32) ISOLEE 'WE ARE MONSTER'
17 (47) KATE BUSH 'AERIAL'
18 (--) JAKÖNIGJA 'EBBA'
19 (13) SURFJAN STEVENS 'COME ON FEEL THE ILLINOISE'
20 ( 4) TOCOTRONIC 'PURE VERNUNFT DARF NIEMALS SIEGEN'

21 (--) ANNIE 'ANNIEMAL'
22 (10) GORILLAZ 'DEMON DAYS'
23 (38) TURNER 'SLOW ABUSE'
24 ( 9) BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE 'BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE'
25 ( 6) BRIGHT EYES 'I'M WIDE AWAKE IT'S MORNING'

26 (15) LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 'LCD SOUNDSYSTEM'
27 (--) KELLEY POLAR 'LOVE SONGS OF THE HANGING...'
28 (12) ...AND YOU WILL KNOW... 'WORLDS APART'
29 (43) MADONNA 'CONFESSIONS ON THE DANCEFLOOR'
30 (--) OF MONTREAL 'THE SUNLANDIC TWINS'

31 (18) FAT FREDDYS DROP 'BASED ON A TRUE STORY'
32 (36) WOLF PARADE 'APOLOGIES TO THE QUEEN MARY'
33 ( 8) DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'PLANS'
34 (--) DJ KOZE 'KOSI COMES AROUND'
35 (41) ELEMENT OF CRIME 'MITTELPUNKT DER WELT'

36 (34) JAMIE LIDELL 'MULTIPLY'
37 (--) KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF 'ABSENCEN'
38 (--) QUASIMOTO 'FURTHER ADVENTURES OF LORD QUAS'
39 (--) DÄLEK 'ABSENCE'
40 (--) MATIAS AGUAYO 'ARE YOU REALLY LOST'

41 ( 5) FRANZ FERDINAND 'YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH...'
42 (--) BOHRER & DER CLUB OF GORE 'GEISTERFAUST'
43 (--) SLEATER-KINNEY 'THE WOODS'
44 (--) SAINT ETIENNE 'TALES FROM TURNPIKE HOUSE'
45 (--) OMA HANS 'PEGGY'

46 (--) CAMILLE 'LE FIL'
47 (--) PLATINUM PIED PIPERS 'TRIPLE EP'
48 (--) MUTTER 'DAS GANZE SPEKTRUM DES NICHTS'
49 (14) KAISER CHIEFS 'EMPLOYMENT'
50 (42) JENS FRIEBE 'IN HYPNOSE'

(17) SIGUR ROS 'TAKK'
(19) THE ROBOCOP KRAUS 'THEY THINK THEY ARE...'
(20) KETTCAR 'VON SPATZEN UND TAUBEN...'
(21) ELBOW 'LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD'
(22) THE DECEMBERISTS 'PICARESQUE'
(26) THE EDITORS 'THE BACK ROOM'
(27) ROISIN MURPHY 'RUBY BLUE'
(28) MANDO DIAO 'HURRICANE BAR'
(29) THE WHITE STRIPES 'GET BEHIND ME SATAN'
(30) BABYSHAMBLES 'DOWN IN ALBION'
(35) COLDPLAY 'X & Y'
(37) NADA SURF 'THE WEIGHT IS A GIFT'
(39) THE GO-BETWEENS 'OCEANS APART'
(40) PATRICK WOLF 'WIND IN THE WIRES'
(44) DEPECHE MODE 'PLAYING THE ANGEL'
(45) EELS 'BLINKING LIGHTS AND OTHER...'
(46) THE FALL 'FALL HEADS ROLL'
(48) THE CARDIGANS 'SUPER EXTRA GRAVITY'
(49) GRAVENHURST 'FIRES IN DISTANT BUILDINGS'
(50) DEVENDRA BANHART 'CRIPPLE CROW'

Confessions on *the* Dance Floor.