Pitchfork:
1 . Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2 . LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
3 . Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
4 . Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
5 . Beach House – Teen Dream
6 . Vampire Weekend – Contra
7 . Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
8 . James Blake – The Bells Sketch EP / CMYK EP / Klavierwerke EP
9 . Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
10 . Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
11 . Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
12 . Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
13 . No Age – Everything in Between
14 . Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
15 . Robyn – Body Talk
16 . Sleigh Bells – Treats
17 . Caribou – Swim
18 . Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
19 . How to Dress Well – Love Remains
20 . Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal
21 . The Walkmen – Lisbon
22 . Girls – Broken Dreams Club EP
23 . Das Racist – Sit Down, Man
24 . Hot Chip – One Life Stand
25 . Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
26 . Twin Shadow – Forget
27 . Four Tet – There Is Love in You
28 . The National – High Violet
29 . The Fresh & Onlys – Play It Strange
30 . The-Dream – Love King
31 . Woods – At Echo Lake
32 . Tyler, the Creator – Bastard
33 . The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt
34 . Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles (II)
35 . Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
36 . Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here?
37 . Zola Jesus – Stridulum EP
38 . Rick Ross – Teflon Don
39 . Best Coast – Crazy For You
40 . Abe Vigoda – Crush
41 . Delorean – Subiza
42 . Drake – Thank Me Later
43 . Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
44 . Kylesa – Spiral Shadow
45 . Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
46 . Matthew Dear – Black City
47 . Women – Public Strain
48 . Forest Swords – Dagger Paths
49 . Wild Nothing – Gemini
50 . Wavves – King of the Beach
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