50. Mos Def- The Ecstatic
49. Passion Pit- Manners
48. Fanfarlo- Reservoir
47. Girls- Album
46. U2- No Line on the Horizon
45. Mount Eerie- Wind’s Poem
44. Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present:- Dark Night of the Soul
43. The Horrors- Primary Colours
42. Built to Spill- There Is No Enemy
41. The xx- xx
40. Jim O’Rourke- The Visitor
39. The Dead Weather- Horehound
38. Wild Beasts- Two Dancers
37. M. Ward- Hold Time
36. Franz Ferdinand- Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
35. Antony & the Johnsons- The Crying Light
34. Metric- Fantasies
33. Lady Gaga- The Fame Monster
32. Bat For Lashes- Two Suns
31. Wilco- Wilco (the Album)
30. Muse- The Resistance
29. Monsters of Folk- Monsters of Folk
28. Doves- Kingdom of Rust
27. Sunset Rubdown- Dragonslayer
26. Dinosaur Jr.- Farm
25. Manic Street Preachers- Journal for Plague Lovers
24. The Decemberists- Hazards of Love
23. Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
22. Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown
21. Julian Casablancas- Phrazes for the Young
20. Atlas Sound- Logos
19. Mew- No More Stories…
18. Yo La Tengo- Popular Songs
17. Fever Ray- Fever Ray
16. St. Vincent- Actor
15. Circulatory System- Signal Morning
14. Mastodon- Crack the Skye
13. Neko Case- Middle Cyclone
12. Brand New- Daisy
11. Camera Obscura- My Maudlin Career
10. Cymbals Eat Guitars- Why There Are Mountains
09. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It’s Blitz!
08. Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
07. Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures
06. The Flaming Lips- Embryonic
05. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion
04. Arctic Monkeys- Humbug
03. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02. Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
01. The Antlers- Hospice
