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| 1 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Push The Sky Away | "There's something deeply satisfying about the way the songs fit together as an album, their sequence strengthened both by the homogenous tone of the music with its air of wistful melancholy, and by the way each song seems to push the next one forward." Uncut | ||
| 2 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires Of The City | "This cosmopolitan quartet has streamlined ska, post-punk, chamber music and Afropop into a glorious ultramodern groove." Paste Magazine "Vampire Weekend have made a truely fresh, fun, and smart record." Spin | ||
| 3 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor | "Arcade Fire's fourth album is pure death disco: a pulsating, electronic work, heavy of theme but light on its feet." The Observer "They’ve re-affirmed their place as one of the best bands in the world and have created an album that is insightful, emotional, fun and just damn amazing." Absolute Punk | ||
| 4 | Prefab Sprout | Crimson/Red | "Playing every instrument and lavishly layering the sounds, he has produced a kind of truculent, Geordie Pet Sounds, while the lyrics are ablaze with mordant observations that rank with some of his youthful best." The Guardian "It's a genius pop album by a genius pop singer-songwriter." Uncut | ||
| 5 | My Bloody Valentine | mbv | "The noise that's here is lovely, heartbreaking, expansive and raw." Magnet "My Bloody Valentine successfully followed up a decades-old classic with m b v, an album that stands as confidently, beautifully and masterfully composed as its predecessor." Paste Magazine | ||
| 6 | King Krule | 6 Feet Beneath The Moon | "There are few smiles cracked on an album that’s shot through with the loneliness of the night bus home. But this is a record in the true sense of the word: a document of a certain time and place, an emotional account of a cruel, Krule world." New Musical Express | ||
| 7 | The National | Trouble Will Find Me | "Trouble Will Find Me is the Brooklyn, N.Y., indie-rock band’s sixth and most deft album yet, a haunted and lugubrious meditation on loss and despair." Boston Globe "There is a fantastic flow from upbeat, crescendoing rockers to gentle yet looming ballads." Punknews.org | ||
| 8 | Bill Callahan | Dream River | "Here, we hear hints of funk, jazz, Americana and folk--and before you know it, the album’s ingrained itself." Clash Music "A deft, balanced and measured record. " Record Collector | ||
| 9 | Queens Of The Stone Age | ...Like Clockwork | "...Like Clockwork is one of the year’s finer rock albums--an exercise in songwriting, production, and musicianship." Consequence Of Sound "It should go without saying but it needs to said: this is an intricate, jarring and complicated piece of work and is undeniably brilliant." DIY Magazine | ||
| 10 | Arctic Monkeys | AM | "AM is a pitch black party record, full of menacing pop and grimy, indelible grooves drowned in bourbon." BPM "This new album's skinny-jeaned funk, Arctic Monkeys have stayed close to the spirit of their debut's title while minimizing its excess at the same time." Pitchfork | ||
| 11 | Rhye | Woman | |||
| 12 | Tocotronic | Wie wir leben wollen | |||
| 13 | Kanye West | Yeezus | |||
| 14 | Moderat | II | |||
| 15 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | |||
| 16 | Jon Hopkins | Immunity | |||
| 17 | The Knife | Shaking The Habitual | |||
| 18 | Turbostaat | Stadt der Angst | |||
| 19 | Biffy Clyro | Opposites | |||
| 20 | Foals | Holy Fire | |||
| 21 | Haim | Days Are Gone | |||
| 22 | Darkside | Psychic | |||
| 23 | Jonathan Wilson | Fanfare | |||
| 24 | DJ Koze | Amygdala | |||
| 25 | Mount Kimbie | Cold Spring Fault Less Youth | |||
| 26 | Casper | Hinterland | |||
| 27 | Laura Marling | Once I Was An Eagle | |||
| 28 | James Blake | Overgrown | |||
| 29 | Pet Shop Boys | Electric | |||
| 30 | Woodkid | The Golden Age | |||
| 31 | Boards Of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest | |||
| 32 | Chvrches | The Bones Of What You Believe | |||
| 33 | Touche Amore | Is Survived By | |||
| 34 | Dean Blunt | The Redeemer | |||
| 35 | Deafheaven | Sunbather | |||
| 36 | Oathbraker | Eros | Anteros | |||
| 37 | Lloyd Cole | Standards | |||
| 38 | Babyshambles | Sequel To The Prequel | |||
| 39 | John Grant | Pale Green Ghosts | |||
| 40 | Fidlar | Fidlar | |||
| 41 | Jake Bugg | Jake Bugg | |||
| 42 | Steven Wilson | The Raven That Refused To Sing | |||
| 43 | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | |||
| 44 | MGMT | MGMT | |||
| 45 | The Terminals | Desparate Ground | |||
| 46 | Paul McCartney | New | |||
| 47 | Factory Floor | Factory Floor | |||
| 48 | Kvelertak | Meir | |||
| 49 | Superchunk | I Hate Music | |||
| 50 | CocoRosie | Tales Of A Grass Widow |