50 Time is a Mountain – Time is a Mountain
49 Tim Hecker – Virgins
48 The Flaming Lips – Terror
47 Julia Holter – Loud City Song
46 Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
45 These New Puritans – Fields of Reeds
44 Johnny Marr – The Messenger
43 Haim – Days Are Gone
42 Paul McCartney – New
41 Goldfrapp – Tales of Us
40 Black Sabbath – 13
39 Roy Harper – Man & Myth
38 Kanye West – Yeezus
37 Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
36 Low – The Invisible Way
35 Midlake – Antiphon
34 Karen Gwyer – Needs Continuum
33 Billy Bragg – Tooth & Nail
32 Glenn Jones – My Garden State
31 Elvis Costello and The Roots – Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
30 Primal Scream – More Light
29 Jon Hopkins – Immunity
28 Manic Street Preachers – Rewind the Film
27 Disclosure – Settle
26 Villagers – {AwayLand}
25 James Blake – Overgrown
24 Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record
23 Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
22 Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle
21 Mavis Staples – One True Vine
20 Pet Shop Boys – Electric
19 Laura Mvula – Sing to the Moon
18 Arcade Fire – Reflektor
17 Charles Bradley – Victim of Love
16 Factory Floor – Factory Floor
15 Queens of the Stone Age – … Like Clockwork
14 Holden – The Inheritors
13 My Bloody Valentine – m b v
12 Prefab Sprout – Crimson/Red
11 Phosphorescent – Muchacho
10 John Murry – The Graceless Age
9 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
8 Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle – Perils From the Sea
7 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
6 Deerhunter – Monomania
5 John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
4 Arctic Monkeys – AM
3 David Bowie – The Next Day
2 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
1 Bill Callahan – Dream River