1. Against Me! – New Wave
2. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
3. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
4. kanYe West – Graduation
5. MIA – Kala
6. Radiohead – In Rainbows
7. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
8. Jay-Z – American Gangster
9. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. White Stripes – Icky Thump
11. Lil Wayne – Da Drought 3
12. Prince – Planet Earth
13. Hives – Black & White Album
14. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
15. Justice – †
16. Lily Allen – Alright, Still
17. National – Boxer
18. Feist – Reminder
19. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
20. Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
21. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
22. Elliott Smith – New Moon
23. Peter, Bjorn & John – Writer’s Block
24. Shins – Wincing the Night Away
25. Queens of the Stone Age – Era Vulgaris
26. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
27. Band of Horses – Cease To Begin
28. Iron & Wine – Shepherd’s Dog
29. Panda Bear – Person Pitch
30. Brother Ali – Undisputed Truth
31. Handsome Furs – Plague Park
32. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Baby 81
33. Wildhearts – Wildhearts
34. Bat for Lashes – Fur & Gold
35. Say Anything – In Defense of the Genre
36. Bonde do Rolê – With Lasers
37. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Living with the Living
38. Dizzee Rascal – Maths & English
39. Turbonegro – Retox
40. Rilo Kiley – Under the Blacklight
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