Die Auswahl des Allmusic Guide fehlt hier noch; sie ist nach Genres geordnet und alphabetisch.
Top 50 overall (aus allen Genres):
– Sweeney Todd
– Claudio Abbado – Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
– Christina Aguilera – Back to Basics
– Lily Allen – Alright, Still
– Basement Jaxx – Crazy Itch Radio
– The Beauty Room – The Beauty Room
– Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
– Beyoncé – B’day
– Bonnie „Prince“ Billy – The Letting Go
– Pierre Boulez – Mahler: Symphonie No. 2
– Douglas Boyd – Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 „Jupiter“
– Christine Brewer – Strauss: Four Last Songs; Death and Transfiguration
– Lindsey Buckingham – Under the Skin
– Don Byron – Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker
– Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out of This Country
– Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
– Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
– Jarvis Cocker – Jarvis
– Jonathan Cohen – Vivaldi: Cello Concertos
– Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint – The River in Reverse
– Ray Davies – Other People’s Lives
– De Labyrintho – Josquin Desprez: Musica Symbolica
– Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies
– Dunedin Consort – Handel: Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742)
– Bob Dylan – Modern Times
– Eagles of Death Metal – Death by Sexy
– Donald Fagen – Morph the Cat
– Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
– Montserrat Figueras – Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de la Mancha: Romances y Músicas
– Tim Finn – Imaginary Kingdom
– Florilegium Musicum Ensemble – Telemann: Paris Quartets, Vol. 3
– The Format – Dog Problems
– Nelly Furtado – Loose
– Valery Gergiev – Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies
– Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
– Michael Gielen – Bartók: Four Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12
– Vince Gill – These Days
– Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
– Grizzly Bear – Yellow House
– Herbert – Scale
– Soile Isokoski – Sibelius: Luonnotar Orchestral Songs
– Steven Isserlis – Brahms: Cello Sonatas
– Alan Jackson – Like Red on a Rose
– Rene Jacobs – Haendel: Saul
– Mariss Jansons – Shostakovich: Symphonies 3 „The First of May“
– Mariss Jansons – Stravinsky: Petrushka; Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
– J. Dilla – Donuts
– Toby Keith – White Trash with Money
– Robert King – Monteverdi: Vespers
– The Knife – Silent Shout
– Lady Sovereign – Public Warning
– Jerry Lee Lewis – Last Man Standing
– Jenny Lin – The Eleventh Finger
– Sir Charles Mackerras – Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
– Mastodon – Blood Mountain
– John Mayer – Continuum
– Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
– Joanna Newsom – Ys
– Noriko Ogawa – Debussy: Piano Music, Vol. 3
– Pacifica Quartet – Declarations: Music Between the Wars
– Jean-Claude Pennetier – Mozart: Piano Quartets K.478 & K.493
– Marcel Pérès – Le Chant des Templiers
– The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
– Stephen Rice – Thomas Crecquillon: Mort m’a privé
– The Roots – Game Theory
– Jordi Savall – Orient-Occident
– Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah
– Paul Simon – Surprise
– Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
– Spank Rock – YoYoYoYoYo
– Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
– Sunn 0))) & Boris – Altar
– T.I. – King
– Margaret Leng Tan – John Cage: The Works for Piano, Vol. 7
– Tempera Quartet – Sibelius: String Quartets 1888-1889
– Bryn Terfel – Tutto Mozart!
– Theatre of Voices – Cries of London
– Michael Tilson Thomas – Mahler: Symphony No. 5
– Jean Tubery – Giacomo Carissimi: Vanitas Vanitatum
– Vermeer Quartet – Britten & Bliss
– Scott Walker – The Drift
– M. Ward – Post-War
– Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Oder vielleicht besser ohne Klassik:
Christina Aguilera – Back to Basics
Lily Allen – Alright, Still
Basement Jaxx – Crazy Itch Radio
The Beauty Room – The Beauty Room
Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
Beyoncé – B’day
Bonnie „Prince“ Billy – The Letting Go
Lindsey Buckingham – Under the Skin
Don Byron – Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker
Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out of This Country
Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
Jarvis Cocker – Jarvis
Elvis Costello – The River in Reverse
Ray Davies – Other People’s Lives
Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies
Bob Dylan – Modern Times
Eagles of Death Metal – Death by Sexy
Donald Fagen – Morph the Cat
Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor
Tim Finn – Imaginary Kingdom
The Format – Dog Problems
Nelly Furtado – Loose
Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
Vince Gill – These Days
Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
Grizzly Bear – Yellow House
Herbert – Scale
Alan Jackson – Like Red on a Rose
Jay Dee – Donuts
Toby Keith – White Trash with Money
The Knife – Silent Shout
Lady Sovereign – Public Warning
Jerry Lee Lewis – Last Man Standing
Mastodon – Blood Mountain
John Mayer – Continuum
Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
Joanna Newsom – Ys
The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
The Roots – Game Theory
Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah
Paul Simon – Surprise
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
Spank Rock – YoYoYoYoYo
Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Sunn 0))) & Boris – Altar
T.I. – King
Scott Walker – The Drift
M. Ward – Post-War
Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
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