1. Neneh Cherry & The Thing – The Cherry Thing ****1/2
2. Marina and the Diamonds – Electra Heart
3. Giant Giant Sand – Tucson
4. Charles Gayle Trio – Streets
5. Crippled Black Phoenix – (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
6. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
7. Laleh – Sjung ****
8. Amy Macdonald – Life in a Beautiful Light
9. Darius Jones Quartet – Book of Mæ’bul (Another Kind of Sunrise)
10. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Americana
11. Bonnie ‚Prince‘ Billy & Trembling Bells – The Marble Downs
12. Motorpsycho – The Death Defying Unicorn
13. Tindersticks – The Something Rain ***1/2
14. Lee Ranaldo – Between the Times and the Tides
15. Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny – Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
16. Gemma Ray – Island Fire
17. Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson – TAAB2 ***
18. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die
19. Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again **1/2
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