| # | votes | album |
|---|
| 1 |
231 |
LCD Soundsystem · Sound of Silver |
| 2 |
216 |
Radiohead · In Rainbows |
| 3 |
213 |
M.I.A. · Kala |
| 4 |
153 |
Amy Winehouse · Back to Black |
| 5 |
150 |
Arcade Fire · Neon Bible |
| 6 |
124 |
Kanye West · Graduation |
| 7 |
120 |
Spoon · Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 8 |
103 |
National · Boxer |
| 9 |
91 |
Feist · The Reminder |
| 10 |
85 |
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss · Raising Sand |
| 11 |
83 |
Panda Bear · Person Pitch |
| 12 |
76 |
White Stripes · Icky Thump |
| 13 |
75 |
Battles · Mirrored |
| 14 |
74 |
Wilco · Sky Blue Sky |
| 15 |
72 |
Bruce Springsteen · Magic |
| 16 |
62 |
Miranda Lambert · Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
| 17 |
61 |
Of Montreal · Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? |
| 18 |
55 |
Burial · Untrue
Jay-Z · American Gangster |
| 20 |
51 |
Jens Lekman · Night Falls Over Kortedala |
| 21 |
47 |
Shins · Wincing the Night Away |
| 22 |
46 |
Against Me! · New Wave |
| 23 |
44 |
Animal Collective · Strawberry Jam
P J Harvey · White Chalk
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings · 100 Days, 100 Nights |
| 26 |
42 |
Tinariwen · Aman Iman: Water Is Life |
| 27 |
41 |
Lil Wayne · Da Drought 3 |
| 28 |
40 |
Justice · Cross
Okkervil River · The Stage Names |
| 30 |
39 |
Field · From Here We Go Sublime |
| 31 |
38 |
Deerhunter · Cryptograms/Fluorescent Grey
Grinderman · Grinderman
Iron and Wine · The Shepherd's Dog |
| 34 |
37 |
Band of Horses · Cease to Begin |
| 35 |
36 |
Lily Allen · Alright, Still |
| 36 |
33 |
Andrew Bird · Armchair Apocrypha
Rilo Kiley · Under the Blacklight |
| 38 |
32 |
Bettye LaVette · The Scene of the Crime |
| 39 |
31 |
Mavis Staples · We'll Never Turn Back |
| 40 |
30 |
Ghostface Killah · The Big Doe Rehab |
| 41 |
28 |
El-P · I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Good, the Bad and the Queen · The Good, the Bad and the Queen
UGK · Underground Kingz |
| 44 |
27 |
Arctic Monkeys · Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 45 |
26 |
Black Lips · Good Bad Not Evil
Modest Mouse · We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Patty Griffin · Children Running Through |
| 48 |
25 |
Blonde Redhead · 23
New Pornographers · Challengers |
| 50 |
24 |
Fountains of Wayne · Traffic and Weather |
| 51 |
23 |
Bright Eyes · Cassadaga
No Age · Weirdo Rippers |
| 53 |
22 |
Britney Spears · Blackout
Common · Finding Forever
Les Savy Fav · Let's Stay Friends
Low · Drums and Guns
Wu-Tang Clan · 8 Diagrams |
| 58 |
21 |
Beirut · The Flying Club Cup
Caribou · Andorra
Gogol Bordello · Super Taranta!
Kings of Leon · Because of the Times
Lucinda Williams · West
Menomena · Friend and Foe
Queens of the Stone Age · Era Vulgaris
Yeasayer · All Hour Cymbals |
| 66 |
20 |
Electrelane · No Shouts, No Calls
Ryan Adams · Easy Tiger
Tegan and Sara · The Con |
| 69 |
19 |
Josh Ritter · The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Nick Lowe · At My Age |
| 71 |
18 |
Bjork · Volta
Robert Wyatt · Comicopera
St. Vincent · Marry Me
Stars of the Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline |
| 75 |
17 |
Dirty Projectors · Rise Above
John Fogerty · Revival
Liars · Liars
Ricardo Villalobos · Fabric 36
Ted Leo/Pharmacists · Living With the Living |
| 80 |
16 |
Alicia Keys · As I Am
Brother Ali · The Undisputed Truth
Explosions in the Sky · All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Fall Out Boy · Infinity on High
Jesu · Conqueror
Levon Helm · Dirt Farmer |
| 86 |
15 |
Clientele · God Save the Clientele
Dinosaur Jr · Beyond
Interpol · Our Love to Admire
Klaxons · Myths of the Near Future
Parts and Labor · Mapmaker
Steve Earle · Washington Square Serenade
Thurston Moore · Trees Outside the Academy
Von Sudenfed · Tromatic Reflexxions |
| 94 |
14 |
Amerie · Because I Love It
Avett Brothers · Emotionalism
Bat for Lashes · Fur and Gold
Deerhoof · Friend Opportunity
Devendra Barnhardt · Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Lupe Fiasco · The Cool
Neil Young · Chrome Dreams II
Paul McCartney · Memory Almost Full
Rihanna · Good Girl Gone Bad
Twilight Sad · Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
(various) · I'm Not There (soundtrack) |
| 105 |
13 |
Besnard Lakes · The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
Bloc Party · A Weekend in the City
Dillinger Escape Plan · Ire Works
Elliott Smith · New Moon
Joe Henry · Civilians
Nellie McKay · Obligatory Villagers
Pig Destroyer · Phantom Limb
Prodigy · Return of the Mac
Richard Thompson · Sweet Warrior
Roisin Murphy · Overpowered
Rufus Wainwright · Release the Stars |
| 116 |
12 |
Apples in Stereo · New Magnetic Wonder
Fiery Furnaces · Widow City
Herbie Hancock · River: the Joni Letters
Magik Markers · Boss
Mark Ronson · Version
Pharoahe Monch · Desire
Youssou N'Dour · Rokku Mi Rokka |
| 123 |
11 |
Baroness · The Red Album
Cafe Tacuba · Sino
Dizzee Rascal · Maths + English
Marnie Stern · In Advance of the Broken Arm
Matthew Dear · Asa Breed
Patrick Wolf · The Magic Position
Peter, Bjorn and John · Writer's Block
Richard Hawley · Lady's Bridge
Sloan · Never Hear the End of It
(various) · After Dark |
| 133 |
10 |
Aly + AJ · Insomniatic
Amon Tobin · Foley Room
Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective · Watina
Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew · Spirit If...
Devin the Dude · Waitin' to Inhale
High on Fire · Death Is This Communion
Manu Chao · La Radiolina
Paramore · Riot!
Phosphorescent · Pride
Pissed Jeans · Hope for Men
Sally Shapiro · Disco Romance
Terence Blanchard · A Tale of God's Will
Witchcraft · The Alchemist
(various) · Hyphy Hitz |
| 147 |
9 |
Black Moth Super Rainbow · Dandelion Gum
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club · Baby 81
Daft Punk · Alive 2007
Dungen · Tio Bitar
Fratellis · Costello Music
Freeway · Free at Last
Jose Gonzalez · In Our Nature
Porter Wagoner · Wagonmaster
R. Kelly · Double Up
Shocking Pinks · Shocking Pinks
Sunset Rubdown · Random Spirit Lover
Ween · La Cucaracha
(various) · Once (soundtrack)
(various) · Skull Disco: Soundboy Punishments |
| 161 |
8 |
!!! · Myth Takes
A Sunny Day in Glasgow · Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Art Brut · It's a Bit Complicated
Bill Callahan · Woke on a Whaleheart
Brad Paisley · 5th Gear
Calle 13 · Residente o Visitante
Charles Mingus Sextet With Eric Dolphy · Cornell, 1964
Foo Fighters · Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
Hives · The Black and White Album
Jill Scott · The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3
Lil Wayne · Tha Carter 3 Sessions
Little Big Town · A Place to Land
Little Brother · Getback
Maximo Park · Our Earthly Pleasures
Miles Davis · The Complete on the Corner Sessions
Ne-Yo · Because of You
Neil Young · Live at Massey Hall 1971
Stars · In Our Bedroom After the War
Times New Viking · Present the Paisley Reich
Wooden Shjips · Wooden Shjips |
| 181 |
7 |
AA Bondy · American Hearts
Akron/Family · Love Is Simple
Caetano Veloso · Ce
Celebration · The Modern Tribe
Dr. Dog · We All Belong
Eddie Vedder · Into the Wild (soundtrack)
Field Music · Tones of Town
Jarvis Cocker · Jarvis
Jason Isbell · Sirens of the Ditch
Jesse Malin · Glitter in the Gutter
Kelly Clarkson · My December
Laura Veirs · Saltbreakers
Lavendar Diamond · Imagine Our Love
Linda Thompson · Versatile Heart
Los Campesinos · Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
Manic Street Preachers · Send Away the Tigers
Mary Weiss · Dangerous Game
Melchior Productions · No Disco Future
Mika · Life in Cartoon Motion
Porcupine Tree · Fear of a Blank Planet
Studio · West Coast
Talib Kweli · Ear Drum
Tori Amos · American Doll Posse
Tracey Thorn · Out of the Woods
Vieux Farka Toure · Vieux Farka Toure
Weakerthans · Reunion Tour |
| 207 |
6 |
Angels of Light · We Are Him
Antibalas · Security
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals · Lifeline
Bird and the Bee · The Bird and the Bee
Bishop Allen · The Broken String
Black Dice · Load Blown
Black Milk · Popular Demand
Blitzen Trapper · Wild Mountain Nation
Broken West · I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
Budos Band · II
Charlotte Gainsbourg · 5:55
Cribs · Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
Dan Deacon · Spiderman of the Rings
Dax Riggs · We Sing of Only Blood or Love
Digitalism · Idealism
Down · Over the Under
Dälek · Abandoned Language
Editors · An End Has a Start
Emma Pollock · Watch the Fireworks
Gui Boratto · Chromophobia
John Vanderslice · Emerald City
Maria Taylor · Lynn Teeter Flower
Mary Gauthier · Between Daylight and Dark
Minus the Bear · Planet of Ice
Nicole Atkins · Neptune City
Nina Nastasia and Jim White · You Follow Me
Nine Inch Nails · Year Zero
Pantha Du Prince · This Bliss
Pipettes · We Are the Pipettes
Prinzhorn Dance School · Prinzhorn Dance School
Rickie Lee Jones · The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
Scarface · Made
Stephen Marley · Mind Control
Strategy · Future Rock
Studio · Yearbook 1
Valet · Blood Is Clean
White Rabbits · Fort Nightly
(various) · The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru |
| 245 |
5 |
1990s · Cookies
Annie Lennox · Songs of Mass Destruction
Apparat · Walls
Big Business · Here Come the Waterworks
Bottomless Pit · Hammer of the Gods
Brandi Carlile · The Story
Charlotte Hatherley · The Deep Blue
Chromatics · Night Drive
Colleen · Les Ondes Silencieues
Dixon · Body Language Volume 4
Echospace · The Coldest Season
Future of the Left · Curses
Georgie James · Places
Gowns · Red State
Graham Parker · Don't Tell Columbus
James Blackshaw · The Cloud of Unknowing
James Murphy and Pat Mahoney · FabricLive 36
Jesca Hoop · Kismet
Jimmy Eat World · Chase This Light
Junior Senior · Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Kaiser Chiefs · Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Kathy Diamond · Miss Diamond to You
Long Blondes · Someone to Drive You Home
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band · It's Not Big, It's Large
Meg Baird · Dear Companion
Michael Brecker · Pilgrimage
Mouthus · Saw a Halo
My Teenage Stride · Ears Like Golden Bats
Noisettes · What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?
Oakley Hall · I'll Follow You
Om · Pilgrimage
Ponys · Turn the Lights Out
Public Enemy · How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
Rush · Snakes and Arrows
Ryan Shaw · This Is Ryan Shaw
Shellac · Excellent Italian Greyhound
Shout Out Louds · Our Ill Wills
Sigur Ros · Hvarf/Heim
Stooges · The Weirdness
Suzanne Vega · Beauty and Crime
Tabu Ley Rochereau · The Voice of Lightness
Underworld · Oblivion With Bells
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · Is Is |