Metacritic: Best Albums of 2009

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54 30 Seconds to Mars
75 Alberta Cross
70 The Album Leaf
70 Alkaline Trio
66 Animal Collective
84 Animal Collective
50 Athlete
82 Beach House
72 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
64 Dan Black
75 Mary J. Blige
75 Blockhead
70 David Bowie
65 The Brian Jonestown Massacre
72 Broken Bells
39 Chris Brown
65 V.V. Brown
72 The Brunettes
71 Basia Bulat
78 Carolina Chocolate Drops
79 Johnny Cash
79 Chew Lips
82 Chicago Underground Duo
76 Citay
66 Clem Snide
77 Clipd Beaks
62 Clipse
78 Clogs
66 Cold War Kids
75 Easton Corbin
80 Crazy Heart
70 Jamie Cullum
65 Fyfe Dangerfield
70 Delphic
64 Dinowalrus
59 Editors
71 Eels
70 Efterklang
81 Eluvium
82 Erland And The Carnival
60 Everybody Was In The French Resistance...Now
78 Field Music
76 First Aid Kit
68 Josephine Foster
82 Four Tet
71 Nils Frahm
74 Freeway & Jake One
76 Frightened Rabbit
82 Fucked Up
64 Peter Gabriel
79 Charlotte Gainsbourg
80 Galactic
67 The Gilded Palace Of Sin
73 Ernest Gonzales
59 Good Shoes
81 Gorillaz
70 Adam Green
79 Patty Griffin
76 Groove Armada
66 Gucci Mane
67 H.I.M.
43 Hadouken!
73 Harvey Milk
68 Juliana Hatfield
67 Jimi Hendrix
89 High On Fire
80 Hot Chip
66 The Hot Rats
88 Ray Wylie Hubbard
54 Hurricane Chris
76 Jaga Jazzist
76 Jaheim
66 jj
79 Freedy Johnston
54 Nick Jonas And The Administration
57 Ke$ha
66 Alicia Keys
81 King Midas Sound
63 Lady Antebellum
67 Dawn Landes
78 Lawrence Arabia
79 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
82 Liars
72 Lightspeed Champion
36 Lil Wayne
82 Lindstrom & Christabelle
67 Little Boots
75 Local Natives
75 Los Campesinos!
67 Lostprophets
73 Magnetic Fields
74 Massive Attack
58 Katherine McPhee
66 Daniel Merriweather
76 Pat Metheny
72 Midlake
68 Holly Miranda
79 Allison Moorer
83 Motion City Soundtrack
53 Mudvayne
64 Mumford & Sons
55 Never Shout Never
85 Joanna Newsom
81 Scout Niblett
74 Nneka
75 Oh No Ono
70 OK Go
71 Omarion
77 Owen Pallett
84 Pantha du Prince
78 Phantogram
65 Pit Er Pat
62 Priestess
72 Quasi
77 Corinne Bailey Rae
71 The Red Krayola With Art & Language
81 Fionn Regan
77 Retribution Gospel Choir
57 Martin Rev
64 Rjd2
65 Rogue Wave
82 Jack Rose
76 The Ruby Suns
78 Sade
77 Gil Scott-Heron
77 Shearwater
84 Shining
68 Shout Out Louds
80 Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
61 Snoop Dogg
73 The Soft Pack
80 Spoon
63 Ringo Starr
68 Story Of The Year
77 Strong Arm Steady
79 Surfer Blood
60 Tape Deck Mountain
80 The Knife In Collaboration With Mt. Sims And Planningtorock
82 These New Puritans
71 Robin Thicke
50 Timbaland
76 Tindersticks
82 Titus Andronicus
72 Toro Y Moi
78 Trans Am
63 Josh Turner
81 Vampire Weekend
79 Laura Veirs
79 Butch Walker And The Black Widows
64 The Watson Twins
69 We Are Wolves
66 Kanye West
64 Wetdog
76 The Whitefield Brothers
68 Wu-Tang Clan
75 Xiu Xiu
78 Yeasayer
73 You Say Party! We Say Die!
63 Young Money
76 Neil Young
61 Rob Zombie

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

Best of 2009

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end critic top ten lists culled from various music publications.

Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, "best-of" compilations and box sets are not eligible for inclusion. Year of release reflects U.S. release date unless title has not yet been released in the U.S.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
In addition, you may view the top-rated albums by year: All | 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year
1	Live At Reading by Nirvana	2009	93
2	Live In London by Leonard Cohen	2009	91
3	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective	2009	89
4	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon	2009	88
5	Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O)))	2009	88
6	Historicity by Vijay Iyer Trio	2009	88
7	Blue Record by Baroness	2009	87
8	American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley	2009	86
9	Welcome To Mali by Amadou & Mariam	2009	86
10	Seek Magic by Memory Tapes	2009	86
11	xx by The xx	2009	85
12	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear	2009	85
13	Psychic Chasms by Neon Indian	2009	85
14	Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers	2009	85
15	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors	2009	85
16	Revolution by Miranda Lambert	2009	85
17	BLACKsummers'night by Maxwell	2009	85
18	Wind's Poem by Mount Eerie	2009	85
19	Yonder Is The Clock by The Felice Brothers	2009	84
20	Electric Dirt by Levon Helm	2009	84
21	Imidiwan: Companions by Tinariwen	2009	84
22	Dark Days/Light Years by Super Furry Animals	2009	84
23	Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons	2009	84
24	Heavy Ghost by DM Stith	2009	84
25	UGK 4 Life by UGK	2009	84
26	Two Dancers by Wild Beasts	2009	83
27	The Excitement Plan by Todd Snider	2009	83
28	Us by Brother Ali	2009	83
29	The Bright Mississippi by Allen Toussaint	2009	83
30	Hospice by The Antlers	2009	83

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists

Amazon.com [Editors' Picks]
1.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
2.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
4.	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
5.	I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers
6.	Album by Girls
7.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
8.	Troubadour by K'Naan
9.	The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
10.	My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura

Billboard
1.	The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
2.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
4.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
5.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
6.	Wilco (The Album) by Wilco
7.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
8.	Backspacer by Pearl Jam
9.	BLACKsummers'night by Maxwell
9.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
10.	Troubadour by K'Naan

Boston Globe [Joan Anderman]
1.	I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers
2.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
3.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
4.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
5.	Fortress Around My Heart by Ida Maria
6.	Wilco (The Album) by Wilco
7.	The Hazards Of Love by The Decemberists
8.	Noble Beast by Andrew Bird
9.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
10.	The Beatles: Stereo Box Set by The Beatles

Boston Globe [James Reed]
1.	Because I Was In Love by Sharon Van Etten
2.	My Electric Family by Bachelorette
3.	Heavy Ghost by DM Stith
4.	A Friend Of A Friend by Dave Rawlings Machine
5.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
6.	Through The Devil Softly by Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
7.	La Roux by La Roux
8.	Lhasa by Lhasa
9.	Manners by Passion Pit
10.	Don't Throw Me Away by The Mumblers

Boston Globe [Sarah Rodman]
1.	I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers
2.	Hold Time by M. Ward
3.	Crack The Skye by Mastodon
4.	Manners by Passion Pit
5.	BLACKsummers'night by Maxwell
6.	21st Century Breakdown by Green Day
7.	The Sun Came Out by 7 Worlds Collide
8.	Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit by Jason Isbell And The 400
9.	Wilco (The Album) by Wilco
10.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case

Chicago Tribune [Greg Kot]
1.	Actor by St. Vincent
2.	After Robots by BLK JKS
3.	Why There Are Mountains by Cymbals Eat Guitars
4.	xx by The xx
5.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
6.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
7.	Man On The Moon: The End Of Day by Kid Cudi
8.	Rated R by Rihanna
9.	Post-Nothing by Japandroids
10.	Ultraviolet by Kid Sister

Cokemachineglow
1.	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon
2.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
3.	Born Like This by DOOM
4.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
5.	Ashes Grammar by A Sunny Day In Glasgow
6.	Moth/Wolf Cub Split 12" by Burial + Four Tet
7.	An Imaginary Country by Tim Hecker
8.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
9.	Armonico Hewa by OOIOO
10.	Dragonslayer by Sunset Rubdown

Delusions of Adequacy [DOA]
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
3.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
4.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
5.	Embryonic by The Flaming Lips
6.	Logos by Atlas Sound
7.	Ambivalence Avenue by Bibio
8.	Actor by St. Vincent
9.	Farm by Dinosaur Jr.
10.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Drowned In Sound
1.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
2.	Actor by St. Vincent
3.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4.	Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers
5.	Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
6.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
7.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
8.	Two Dancers by Wild Beasts
9.	Fever Ray by Fever Ray
10.	brand new eyes by Paramore

Dusted [Picks of co-editor Otis Hart]
1.	Toeachizown by Dam-Funk
2.	The Bright Mississippi by Allen Toussaint
3.	My World by Lee Fields & The Expressions
4.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5.	Inspiration Information 3 by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics
6.	Midtown 120 Blues by DJ Sprinkles
7.	Emptyspace by Emptyspace
8.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
9.	Black Meteoric Star by Black Meteoric Star
10.	Born On Blue Flag by Andre Ethier

Filter
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
3.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
4.	Miike Snow by Miike Snow
5.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6.	Elvis Perkins In Dearland by Elvis Perkins
7.	Catacombs by Cass McCombsh
8.	Manners by Passion Pit
9.	Hospice by The Antlers
10.	It's Frightening by White Rabbits

The Guardian [UK]
1.	xx by The xx
2.	Fever Ray by Fever Ray
3.	Two Dancers by Wild Beasts
4.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
5.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
6.	Lungs by Florence And The Machine
7.	The First Days Of Spring by Noah And The Whale
8.	Jewellery by Micachu & The Shapes
9.	La Roux by La Roux
10.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Hartford Courant
1.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
2.	One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur by Jay Farrar And Benjamin Gibbard
3.	Fantasies by Metric
4.	The Eternal by Sonic Youth
5.	Embryonic by The Flaming Lips
6.	The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
7.	Actor by St. Vincent
8.	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
9.	My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura
10.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Lost at Sea [Staff Consensus]
1.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
2.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
3.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
4.	Hospice by The Antlers
5.	Fever Ray by Fever Ray
6.	Bromst by Dan Deacon
7.	Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
8.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9.	Popular Songs by Yo La Tengo
10.	Embryonic by The Flaming Lips

Mojo
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan
3.	Truelove's Gutter by Richard Hawley
4.	Primary Colours by The Horrors
5.	Imidiwan: Companions by Tinariwen
6.	Together Through Life by Bob Dylan
7.	Lungs by Florence And The Machine
8.	Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
9.	The Liberty Of Norton Folgate by Madness
10.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

MusicOMH
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
3.	xx by The xx
4.	Two Dancers by Wild Beasts
5.	Fever Ray by Fever Ray
6.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7.	Origin: Orphan by The Hidden Cameras
8.	Primary Colours by The Horrors
9.	Lungs by Florence And The Machine
10.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Entertainment Weekly
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
	Man On The Moon: The End Of Day by Kid Cudi
	Album by Girls
	Miike Snow by Miike Snow
	It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen
	Lungs by Florence And The Machine
	Revolution by Miranda Lambert
	All I Ever Wanted by Kelly Clarkson
	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
	Rated R by Rihanna

New Music Express [NME]
1.	Primary Colours by The Horrors
2.	xx by The xx
3.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4.	Two Dancers by Wild Beasts
5.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
6.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
7.	A Brief History Of Love by The Big Pink
8.	Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
9.	Fever Ray by Fever Ray
10.	Kings & Queens by Jamie T

Noripcord
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
3.	Post-Nothing by Japandroids
4.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
5.	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
6.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
7.	Embryonic by The Flaming Lips
8.	Now We Can See by The Thermals
9.	The Life Of The World To Come by The Mountain
10.	Two Dancers by Wild Beasts

Now Toronto (Benjamin Boles)
1.	Album by Girls
2.	Timbre by Timbre
3.	BiRd-BrAiNs by tUnE-YaRDs
4.	Three by Joel Plaskett
5.	Watch Me Fall by Jay Reatard
6.	Black Diamond by Burka Som Sistema
7.	The Crying Light by Antony And The Johnsons
8.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
9.	xx by The xx
10.	Farm by Dinosaur Jr.

Now Toronto (Michael Hollett)
1.	The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
2.	The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 by Neil Young
3.	The Things We Left Behind by Blue Rodeo
4.	My Old, Familiar Friend by Brendan Benson
5.	Music For Men by Gossip
6.	Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures
7.	Billy Talent III by Billy Talent
8.	Troubadour by K'Naan
9.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10.	Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do by Major Lazer

Paste Magazine
1.	I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers
2.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
3.	Elvis Perkins In Dearland by Elvis Perkins
4.	Oh My God, Charlie Darwin by The Low Anthem
5.	Curse Your Branches by David Bazan
6.	Give Up The Ghost by Brandi Carlile
7.	The Hazards Of Love by The Decemberists
8.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
9.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
10.	Poetry Of The Deed by Frank Turner

Pitchfork
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
3.	xx by The xx
4.	Embryonic by The Flaming Lips
5.	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon
6.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
7.	Two Suns by Bat For Lashes
8.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
9.	Fever Ray by Fever Ray
10.	Album by Girls

Popmatters
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
3.	I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers
4.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
5.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
6.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
7.	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon
8.	Crack The Skye by Mastodon
9.	Album by Girls
10.	Revolution by Miranda Lambert

Q Magazine
1.	West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum by Kasabian
2.	Lungs by Florence And The Machine
3.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
5.	Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers
6.	Humbug by Arctic Monkeys
7.	The Resistance by Muse
8.	It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen
9.	No Line On The Horizon by U2
10.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix

Rolling Stone
1.	No Line On The Horizon by U2
2.	Working On A Dream by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
4.	The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
5.	21st Century Breakdown by Green Day
6.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
7.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
8.	Love vs Money by The-Dream
9.	xx by The xx
10.	The Eternal by Sonic Youth

Slant Magazine
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3.	The Bachelor by Patrick Wolf
4.	Two Suns by Bat For Lashes
5.	Actor by St. Vincent
6.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
7.	Post-Nothing by Japandroids
8.	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon
9.	My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura
10.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

Spin Magazine
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
4.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
5.	Album by Girls
6.	Two Suns by Bat For Lashes
7.	The Ecstatic by Mos Def
8.	Lungs by Florence And The Machine
9.	So Far Gone by Drake
10.	Horehound by The Dead Weather

Sputnikmusic
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Hospice by The Antlers
3.	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon
4.	Post-Nothing by Japandroids
5.	Axe To Fall by Converge
6.	Red In Tooth & Claw by BATS
7.	Ineffeable Mysteries From Shpongleland
8.	Supporting Caste by Propagandhi
9.	Mean Everything To Nothing by Manchester Orchestra
10.	Bad Luck by Trophy Scars

The New York Times (Jon Pareles)
1.	BLACKsummers'night by Maxwell
2.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
3.	21st Century Breakdown by Green Day
4.	No Line On The Horizon by U2
5.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
6.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
7.	Tchamantche by Rokia Traore
8.	Ellipse by Imogen Heap
9.	Lungs by Florence And The Machine
10.	Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do by Major Lazer

The New York Times (Nate Chinen)
1.	Travail, Transformation and Flow by Steve Lahman Octet
2.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
3.	This Brings Us To, Vol. I by Henry Threadgill's Zooid
4.	Historicity by Vijay Iyer Trio
5.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
6.	Sky & Country by Fly
7.	American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley
8.	Infernak Machines by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
9.	Rated R by Rihanna
10.	Seya by Oumou Sangare

The New York Times (Jon Caramanica)
1.	So Far Gone by Drake
2.	Album by Girls
3.	Deeper Than Rap by Rick Ross
4.	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
5.	Ready by Trey Songz
6.	Skinny Jeans And A Mic by New Boyz
7.	First Love by Emmy The Great
8.	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon
9.	Justin Moore by Justin Moore
10.	brand new eyes by Paramore

The Onion AV Club [Staff Consensus]
1.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
2.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
3.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
4.	Dragonslayer by Sunset Rubdown
5.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
6.	Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
7.	Never Better by P.O.S.
8.	Axe To Fall by Converge
9.	Us by Brother Ali
10.	Noble Beast by Andrew Bird

The Wire
1.	Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age by Broadcast And The Focus Group
2.	Rifts by Oneohtrix Point Never
3.	A New Way To Pay Old Debts by Bill Orcutt
4.	Spoils by Alasdair Roberts
5.	Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O)))
6.	Manafon by David Sylvian
7.	Treed Salaam by Group Doueh
8.	The Visitor by Jim O'Rourke
9.	By The Throat by Ben Frost
10.	Waiting For You by King Midas Sound

Tiny Mix Tapes
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
3.	Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O)))
4.	Zones Without People by Oneohtrix Point Never
5.	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon
6.	Embryonic by The Flaming Lips
7.	Wind's Poem by Mount Eerie
8.	Logos by Atlas Sound
9.	Earthly Delights by Lightning Bolt
10.	Childish Prodigy by Kurt Vile

Uncut
1.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2.	Dark Days/Light Years by Super Furry Animals
3.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
4.	Together Through Life by Bob Dylan
5.	Two Dancers by Wild Beasts
6.	xx by The xx
7.	Wilco (The Album) by Wilco
8.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
9.	It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix

Under The Rader [Staff Consensus]
1.	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
2.	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
3.	Two Suns by Bat For Lashes
4.	My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura
5.	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
6.	Monsters Of Folk by Monsters Of Folk
7.	Logos by Atlas Sound
8.	No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away by Mew
9.	East Of Eden by Taken By Trees
10.	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix


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NOTES: Asterisks above indicate that the album appeared in an alphabetical, unranked top ten list.

Artists Appearing on Multiple Top Ten Lists Above
Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
I And Love And You by The Avett Brother
Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
xx by The xx
Actor by St. Vincent
Album by Girls
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon
Primary Colours by The Horrors
No Line On The Horizon by U2
BLACKsummers'night by Maxwell
So Far Gone by Drake
Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age by Broadcast And The Focus Group
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum by Kasabian
Toeachizown by Dam-Funk
Because I Was In Love by Sharon Van Etten
Travail, Transformation and Flow by Steve Lahman Octet