| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|
| 90.3. |  Nine Inch Nails | Year Zero |
| 90. | Kevin Drew | Spirit If |
| 89. | St. Vincent | Marry Me |
| 88. | Film School | Hideout |
| 87. | Blitzen Trapper | Wild Mountain Nation |
| 86. | Aesop Rock | None Shall Pass |
| 85. | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Is Is |
| 84. | Ted Leo & The Pharmacists | Living With The Living |
| 83. | Deerhoof | Friend Opportunity |
| 82. | Grizzly Bear | Friend |
| 81. | Bjork | Volta |
| 80. | Sigur Ros | Hvarf/Heim |
| 79. | Elvis Perkins | Ash Wednesday |
| 78. | Arthur & Yu | In Camera |
| 77. | Black Francis | Blue Finger |
| 76. | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Some Loud Thunder |
| 75. | Tullycraft | Every Scene Needs A Center |
| 74. | White Rabbits | Fort Nightly |
| 73. | Minus The Bear | Planet Of Ice |
| 72. | Sunset Rubdown | Random Spirit Lover |
| 71. | Apples In Stereo | New Magnetic Wonder |
| 70. | Devandra Banhart | Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Mountain |
| 69. | Caribou | Andorra |
| 68. | The Valley | The Valley |
| 67. | Les Savy Fav | Lets Stay Friends |
| 66. | The Good, The Bad & The Queen | The Good, The Bad & The Queen |
| 65. | Ryan Adams | Easy Tiger |
| 64. | Stars | In Our Bedroom After The War |
| 63. | (Soundtrack) | I'm Not There |
| 62. | Explosions In The Sky | All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone |
| 61. | Burial | Untrue |
| 60. | Eddie Vedder | Into The Wild |
| 59. | Bruce Spingsteen | Magic |
| 58. | Grinderman | Grinderman |
| 57. | Dinosaur Jr. | Beyond |
| 56. | The Twilight Sad | Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters |
| 55. | Elliott Smith | New Moon |
| 54. | Shout Out Louds | Our Ill Wills |
| 53. | PJ Harvey | White Chalk |
| 52. | Bloc Party | A Weekend In The City |
| 51. | Rogue Wave | Asleep At Heavens Gate |
| 50. | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Baby 81 |
| 49. | Arctic Monkeys | Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 48. | Pinback | Autumn Of The Seraphs |
| 47. | Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings | 100 Days, 100 Nights |
| 46. | Justice | "Cross" |
| 45. | Fujiya & Miyagi | Transparent Things |
| 44. | Editors | An End Has A Start |
| 43. | Battles | Mirrored |
| 42. | Bishop Allen | The Broken String |
| 41. | The Avett Brothers | Emotionalism |
| 40. | Shane Tutmarc & The Traveling Mercies | I'm Gonna Live The Life I Sing About In My Song |
| 39. | Bright Eyes | Cassadaga |
| 38. | !!! | Myth Takes |
| 37. | Maps | We Can Create |
| 36. | Kanye West | Graduation |
| 35. | The Blakes | The Blakes |
| 34. | Cloud Cult | The Meaning Of 8 |
| 33. | Tegan & Sara | The Con |
| 32. | The Cave Singers | Invitation Songs |
| 31. | Blonde Redhead | 23 |
| 30. | Yeasayer | All Hour Cymbals |
| 29. | Interpol | Our Love To Admire |
| 28. | Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? |
| 27. | Panda Bear | Person Pitch |
| 26. | Jens Lekman | Night Falls Over Kortedala |
| 25. | Menomena | Friend & Foe |
| 24. | Animal Collective | Strawberry Jam |
| 23. | Andrew Bird | Armchair Apocrypha |
| 22. | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend |
| 21. | Kings Of Leon | Because Of The Times |
| 20. | Jose Gonzalez | In Our Nature |
| 19. | The New Pornographers | Challengers |
| 18. | Blue Scholars | Bayani |
| 17. | Amy Winehouse | Back to Black |
| 16. | Pela | Anytown Graffiti |
| 15. | Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
| 14. | Okkervil River | The Stage Names |
| 13. | The White Stripes | Icky Thump |
| 12. | Beirut | The Flying Club Cup |
| 11. | Iron & Wine | The Shepherds Dog |
| 10. | Wilco | Sky Blue Sky |
| 9. | Feist | The Reminder |
| 8. | The Shins | Wincing The Night Away |
| 7. | Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 6. | M.I.A | Kala |
| 5. | LCD Soundsystem | Sound Of Silver |
| 4. | Band Of Horses | Cease To Begin |
| 3. | The National | Boxer |
| 2. | Arcade Fire | Neon Bible |
| 1. | Radiohead | In Rainbows |
