50

The Wrens

Meadowlands
(Absolutely Kosher)

49

Animal Collective

Sung Tongs
(FatCat)

48

Beck

Sea Change
(Geffen)

47

The Hold Steady

Separation Sunday
(Frenchkiss)

46

MGMT

Oracular Spectacular
(Sony/Columbia)

45

Spoon

Kill The Moonlight
(Merge)

44

My Morning Jacket

Z
(ATO)

43

Animal Collective

Strawberry Jam
(Domino)

42

Bloc Party

Silent Alarm
(Vice)

41

Grizzly Bear

Yellow House
(Warp)

40

Ryan Adams

Heartbreaker
(Bloodshot)

39

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend
(XL)

38

The National

Alligator
(Beggars Banquet)

37

The Avalanches

Since I Left You
(Modular)

36

The Flaming Lips

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
(Warner Bros.)

35

Arcade Fire

Neon Bible
(Merge)

34

Daft Punk

Discovery
(Virgin)

33

The Knife

Silent Shout
(Mute)

32

OutKast

Stankonia
(LaFace/Arista)

31

TV On The Radio

Return To Cookie Mountain
(Interscope)

30

The Microphones

The Glow Pt. 2
(K)

29

Arctic Monkeys

Whatever People Say, That's What I'm Not
(Domino)

28

Grizzly Bear

Veckatimest
(Warp)

27

of Montreal

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
(Polyvinyl)

26

Radiohead

Amnesiac
(Capitol)

25

The Hold Steady

Boys And Girls In America
(Vagrant)

24

Bright Eyes

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
(Saddle Creek)

23

Sigur Ros

Ágætis Byrjun
(FatCat)

22

The White Stripes

Elephant
(V2)

21

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes
(Sub Pop)

20

The Postal Service

Give Up
(Sub Pop)

19

Animal Collective

Merriweather Post Pavilion
(Domino)

18

Death Cab For Cutie

Transatlanticism
(Barsuk)

17

Joanna Newsom

Ys
(Drag City)

16

The White Stripes

White Blood Cells
(V2)

15

Animal Collective

Feels
(FatCat)

14

LCD Soundsystem

Sounds Of Silver
(DFA)

13

Wolf Parade

Apologies To The Queen Mary
(Sub Pop)

12

The National

Boxer
(Beggars Banquet)

11

Bon Iver

For Emma, Forever Ago
(Jagjaguwar)

10

Interpol

Turn On the Bright Lights
(Matador)

9

Panda Bear

Person Pitch
(Paw Tracks)

8

Modest Mouse

The Moon & Antarctica
(Epic)

7

Broken Social Scene

You Forgot It In People
(Arts & Crafts)

6

Radiohead

In Rainbows
(TBD Records)

5

Sufjan Stevens

Illinois
(Asthmatic Kitty)

4

The Strokes

Is This It
(RCA)

3

Wilco

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
(Nonesuch)

2

Arcade Fire

Funeral
(Merge)

1

Radiohead

Kid A
(Capitol)