1. Kanye West, Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
2. M.I.A., Arular (Interscope)
3. Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino/Epic)
4. Gorillaz, Demon Days (Virgin)
5. LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem (DFA/EMI)
6. Bloc Party, Silent Alarm (Vice)
7. The New Pornographers, Twin Cinema (Matador)
8. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
9. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine (Epic/Clean Slate)
10. The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday (French Kiss)
11. Beck, Guero (Interscope)
12. The Mars Volta, Frances the Mute (Strummer/Universal)
13. My Morning Jacket, Z (ATO/RCA)
14. Death Cab for Cutie, Plans (Atlantic)
15. Slim Thug, Already Platinum (Star Trak/Geffen)
16. The Go! Team, Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Memphis Industries/Columbia)
17. Common, Be (Geffen)
18. The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
19. Kaiser Chiefs, Employment (Universal)
20. System of a Down, Hypnotize (American/Columbia)
21. Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (Saddle Creek)
22. Various Artists, Run the Road (Vice)
23. The Darkness, One Way Ticket to Hell…and Back (Atlantic)
24. Spoon, Gimme Fiction (Merge)
25. DangerDoom, The Mouse & the Mask (Epitaph)
26. Dungen, Ta Det Lugnt (Kemado)
27. Damian Marley, Welcome to Jamrock (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youth/Universal)
28. Antony and the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
29. Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth (Nothing/Interscope)
30. The Decemberists, Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
31. Living Things, Ahead of the Lions (Jive/Zomba)
32. Caps & Jones, Moving in Stereo (Self-released)
33. Amadou & Mariam, Dimanche a Bamako (Nonesuch)
34. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Self-released)
35. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods (Sub Pop)
36. Animal Collective, Feels (Fat Cat)
37. Young Jeezy, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (Def Jam)
38. Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Fierce Panda)
39. Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
40. Against Me!, Searching for a Former Clarity (Fat Wreck Chords)
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