Top 50 der Redakteure des All Music Guide:
50) Bill Fay – Life Is People
49) Blut aus Nord – 777: Cosmosophy
48) The Walkmen – Heaven
47) Bob Mould – Silver Age
46) Gravenhurst – The Ghost in Daylight
45) The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap
44) Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
43) Swans – The Seer
42) Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe
41) Off! – Off!
40) Kelly Hogan – I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
39) Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania
38) Grizzly Bear – Shields
37) Santigold – Master of My Make-Believe
36) Jack White – Blunderbuss
35) Jamey Johnson – Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran
34) Redd Kross – Researching the Blues
33) Elle Varner – Perfectly Imperfect
32) The xx – Coexist
31) Cat Power – Sun
30) Hot Chip – In our Heads
29) Fun. – Some Nights
28) Chromatics – Kill for Love
27) Breakbot – By Your Side
26) Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
25) Christian Scott – Christian Atunde Adjuah
24) Karriem Riggins – Alone Together
23) Beachwood Sparks – The Tarnished Gold
22) Beach House – Bloom
21) Lightships – Electric Cables
20) THEESatisfaction – Awe Naturale
19) Dan Deacon – America
18) Death Grips – The Money Store
17) Matthew Dear – Beams
16) Donald Fagen – Sunken Condos
15) Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
14) Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio
13) Tame Impala – Lonerism
12) Dwight Yoakam – 3 Pears
11) Deerhoof – Breakup Song
10) Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss
09) David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love this Giant
08) Jesse Ware – Devotion
07) Torche – Harmonicraft
06) Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes
05) Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
04) Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
03) Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
02) Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
01) Grimes – Visions
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