1) Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
2) The National — High Violet
3) Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4) The Black Keys — Brothers
4) The Besnard Lakes — The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
4) LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
5) Caribou — Swim
6) Gorillaz — Plastic Beach
7) Wolf Parade — Expo 86
8) Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
9) Vampire Weekend — Contra
9) The Gaslight Anthem — American Slang
10) Owen Pallett — Heartland