|
Rank
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Label
|
|---|
| 1.
|  (Various) | GIVE | Caffe Vita |
| 2.
| Shabazz Palaces | Shabazz Palaces/Of Light | Self-released |
| 3.
| BlakRoc | BlakRoc | BlakRoc |
| 4.
| Freelance Whales | Weathervanes | Self-released |
| 5.
| Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Kanine |
| 6.
| CFCF | Continent | Paper Bag |
| 7.
| Neon Indian | Psychic Chasms | Lefse |
| 8.
| (Various) | Daptone Gold | Daptone |
| 9.
| Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Matador |
| 10.
| The xx | xx | Young Turks |
| 11.
| Nirvana | Live at Reading | Geffen |
| 12.
| The Cute Lepers | Smart Accessories | 1-2-3-4 Go! |
| 13.
| THEESatisfaction | Snow Motion | Self-released |
| 14.
| Feral Children | Brand New Blood | Sarathan |
| 15.
| Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Arts & Crafts |
| 16.
| Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | DGC/Interscope |
| 17.
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | Raven Marching Band |
| 18.
| Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind | Domino |
| 19.
| (Soundtrack) | New Moon | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic |
| 20.
| Hallelujah the Hills | Colonial Drones | Misra |
| 21.
| (Various) | 5 Years of Hyperdub | Hyperdub |
| 22.
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony |
| 23.
| (Various) | Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films | Soul Jazz |
| 24.
| The Mary Onettes | Islands | Labrador |
| 25.
| Vampire Weekend | Contra | XL |
| 26.
| Twin Tigers | Gray Waves | Old Flame |
| 27.
| The Crayon Fields | All the Pleasures of the World | Chapter Music |
| 28.
| Tegan and Sara | Sainthood | Vapor/Sire |
| 29.
| (Various) | Total 10 | Kompakt |
| 30.
| Noddy | A Seed | Self-released |
| 31.
| Boston Spaceships | Zero to 99 | Guided By Voices Inc. |
| 32.
| Florence and the Machine | Lungs | Island |
| 33.
| Atlas Sound | Logos | Kranky |
| 34.
| Mayer Hawthorne | A Stranger Arrangement | Stones Throw |
| 35.
| The Animals At Night | Cut To Chase Chorus and Fade | Self-released |
| 36.
| Blood Red Dancers | The Bikini Island EP | Self-released |
| 37.
| Library Science | Dolphin | Happi Tyme |
| 38.
| Motopony | Motopony | Self-released |
| 39.
| Fungi Girls | Seafaring Pyramids | Play Pinball |
| 40.
| Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard | One Fast Move Or I'm Gone | F-Stop/Atlantic |
| 41.
| Sunset | Gold Dissolves to Gray | Autobus |
| 42.
| King Coya | Cumbias De Villa | Nacional |
| 43.
| Willowz | Everyone | Dim Mak/Downtown |
| 44.
| A Place to Bury Strangers | Exploding Head | Mute |
| 45.
| Javelin | Javelin | Thrill Jockey |
| 46.
| (Various) | Strange Breaks & Mr Thing II | BBE |
| 47.
| Built to Spill | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros |
| 48.
| Visqueen | Message to Garcia | Local 638 |
| 49.
| The Maldives | Listen to the Thunder | Mt. Fuji |
| 50.
| Lusine | A Certain Distance | Ghostly International |
| 51.
| Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | Anti- |
| 52.
| Julian Casablancas | Phrazes For the Young | RCA |
| 53.
| Basement Jaxx | Scars | XL |
| 54.
| Heavy Trash | Midnight Soul Serenade | Fat Possum |
| 55.
| Vitalic | Flashmob | Different/PIAS |
| 56.
| Gospel Gossip | Dreamland | Guilt Ridden Pop |
| 57.
| The Slew | 100% (one-hundred percent) | Puget Sound |
| 58.
| (Various) | Panama! 3 | Soundway |
| 59.
| Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew | Domino |
| 60.
| (Various) | Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanian Blues 1968-81 | Soundway |
| 61.
| Real Estate | Real Estate | Woodsist |
| 62.
| (Various) | Dr. Boogie presents Heavy Jelly: Essential Instrumentals | Sub Rosa |
| 63.
| Ernest Gonzales | Self Awakening EP | Friends of Friends |
| 64.
| Mary Anne Hobbs | Wild Angels | Planet Mu |
| 65.
| Stripmall Architecture | We Were Flying Kites | Self-released |
| 66.
| Chuck Prophet | Let Freedome Ring! | Yep Roc |
| 67.
| The Flaming Lips | Embryonic | Warner Bros |
| 68.
| Bassnectar | Cozz Frenzy | Amorphous Music/Child's Play |
| 69.
| The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You | American |
| 70.
| Fuck Buttons | Tarot Sport | ATP / R |
| 71.
| The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love | 4AD |
| 72.
| Spider Bags | Goodbye Cruel Would, Hello Crueler World | Birdman |
| 73.
| Pufferfish | Swell | Self-released |
| 74.
| Barton Carroll | Together You and I | Skybucket |
| 75.
| Kasey Anderson | Nowhere Nights | Red River |
| 76.
| The Blakes | Souvenir | We Are OK |
| 77.
| Helladope | Return to Planet Rock | Self-released |
| 78.
| Big Spider's Back | Warped EP | Disco Earth/Circle Into Square |
| 79.
| The Dutchess & the Duke | Sunset/Sunrise | Hardly Art |
| 80.
| Black Whales | Origins | Mt. Fuji |
| 81.
| The Cave Singers | Welcome Joy | Matador |
| 82.
| Fresh Espresso | Glamour | Out For Stardom |
| 83.
| The King Khan & BBQ Show | Invisible Girl | In the Red |
| 84.
| Brilliant Colors | Introducing Brilliant Colors | Slumberland |
| 85.
| Diamond District | In the Ruff | Mello Music Group/Oddisee Music |
| 86.
| Breakestra | Dusk Till Dawn | Strut |
| 87.
| Spain | I'm Still Free/Hang Your Head Down Low | Diamond Soul |
| 88.
| Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay | Kompakt |
| 89.
| Dam-Funk | Toeachizown | Stones Throw |
| 90.
| Pants Yell! | Received Pronunciation | Slumberland |
