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Complete Album Ratings of 2009

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Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
1	92	Animal Collective	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Jan 20	Buy	90	90	89	90	96	90	90
2	88	The xx	xx	Oct 6	Buy	n/a	90	85	90	87	n/a	n/a
3	88	Raekwon	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II	Sep 8	Buy	80	90	88	n/a	88	n/a	90
4	87	Sunset Rubdown	Dragonslayer	Jun 23	Buy	80	100	85	n/a	83	90	80
5	87	Grizzly Bear	Veckatimest	May 26	Buy	80	90	86	90	90	90	60
6	86	Me'Shell NdegéOcello	Devil's Halo	Oct 6	Buy	90	n/a	94	n/a	n/a	90	n/a
7	86	Sunn O)))	Monoliths and Dimensions	May 26	Buy	90	100	88	n/a	85	80	90
8	86	Dirty Projectors	Bitte Orca	Jun 9	Buy	80	80	85	80	92	80	90
9	86	Mount Eerie	Wind's Poem	Aug 18	Buy	80	90	85	n/a	82	90	90
10	86	Baroness	Blue Record	Oct 13	Buy	90	n/a	88	n/a	85	80	n/a
11	85	Fuck Buttons	Tarot Sport	Oct 20	Buy	80	90	84	90	90	70	80
12	85	Converge	Axe To Fall	Oct 20	Buy	90	80	85	n/a	85	90	n/a
13	85	Wild Beasts	Two Dancers	Sep 8	Buy	80	90	83	90	84	80	n/a
14	85	Girls	Album	Sep 22	Buy	80	80	79	90	91	n/a	80
15	85	Memory Tapes	Seek Magic	Aug 25	Buy	80	90	88	80	83	n/a	n/a
16	84	Phoenix	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix	May 26	Buy	80	90	83	80	85	80	n/a
17	83	Real Estate	Real Estate	Nov 17	Buy	80	n/a	79	n/a	85	90	80
18	83	Maxwell	BLACKsummers'night	Jul 7	Buy	90	n/a	85	n/a	78	90	n/a
19	83	The Antlers	Hospice	Mar 3	Buy	70	n/a	86	90	85	n/a	80
20	83	Marissa Nadler	Little Hells	Mar 3	Buy	n/a	90	n/a	80	83	70	n/a
21	83	Allen Toussaint	The Bright Mississippi	Apr 21	Buy	90	n/a	83	n/a	n/a	90	n/a
22	82	Mastodon	Crack The Skye	Mar 24	Buy	80	80	82	90	80	80	90
23	82	Bill Callahan	Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle	Apr 14	Buy	80	n/a	83	n/a	81	80	80
24	82	David Bazan	Curse Your Branches	Sep 1	Buy	80	80	81	n/a	n/a	80	90
25	82	Fever Ray	Fever Ray	Jan 13	Buy	80	n/a	81	80	81	90	80
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
26	82	Madness	The Liberty Of Norton Folgate	Sep 29	Buy	90	n/a	77	90	n/a	90	n/a
27	82	Miranda Lambert	Revolution	Sep 29	Buy	80	n/a	85	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
28	82	Norah Jones	The Fall	Nov 17	Buy	90	n/a	75	80	n/a	n/a	n/a
29	82	Atlas Sound	Logos	Oct 20	Buy	80	80	80	70	82	70	90
30	81	Camera Obscura	My Maudlin Career	Apr 21	Buy	80	90	84	70	83	80	70
31	81	St. Vincent	Actor	May 5	Buy	80	80	87	80	85	70	80
32	81	Dan Deacon	Bromst	Mar 24	Buy	80	80	77	90	85	70	80
33	81	Brother Ali	Us	Sep 22	Buy	70	n/a	83	n/a	78	100	n/a
34	81	Biffy Clyro	Only Revolutions	Nov 9	Buy	n/a	80	84	80	n/a	n/a	n/a
35	81	Manic Street Preachers	Journal For Plague Lovers	May 19	Buy	90	90	85	60	78	80	n/a
36	81	Antony and the Johnsons	The Crying Light	Jan 20	Buy	90	80	80	80	86	40	100
37	81	The-Dream	Love vs Money	Mar 10	Buy	90	n/a	83	n/a	n/a	60	90
38	81	Future of the Left	Travels with Myself and Another	Jun 23	Buy	80	n/a	85	n/a	80	70	90
39	81	The Very Best	Warm Heart of Africa	Oct 6	Buy	70	80	77	80	86	80	n/a
40	80	Jim O'Rourke	The Visitor	Sep 8	Buy	n/a	n/a	73	n/a	83	n/a	80
41	80	Zu	Carboniferous	Feb 17	Buy	80	80	83	n/a	80	n/a	80
42	80	Rodrigo y Gabriela	11:11	Sep 8	Buy	90	n/a	81	70	n/a	n/a	n/a
43	80	Mos Def	The Ecstatic	Jun 9	Buy	80	80	82	n/a	80	80	n/a
44	80	UGK	UGK 4 Life	Mar 31	Buy	n/a	n/a	84	n/a	79	80	n/a
45	80	DJ Quik & Kurupt	Blaqkout	Jun 9	Buy	70	n/a	85	n/a	82	n/a	n/a
46	80	Pissed Jeans	King of Jeans	Aug 18	Buy	60	90	81	80	n/a	80	80
47	80	Jay Reatard	Watch Me Fall	Aug 18	Buy	80	n/a	84	80	79	80	n/a
48	80	The Flaming Lips	Embryonic	Oct 13	Buy	80	70	81	80	90	70	80
49	80	The Low Anthem	Oh My God, Charlie Darwin	Jun 9	Buy	80	80	80	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
50	80	Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics	Inspiration Information, Vol. 3	Apr 14	Buy	n/a	n/a	n/a	80	n/a	90	70
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
51	80	Levon Helm	Electric Dirt	Jun 30	Buy	90	n/a	84	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
52	80	Mew	No More Stories...	Aug 25	Buy	80	80	84	70	81	80	n/a
53	80	Isis	Wavering Radiant	May 5	Buy	80	80	82	n/a	85	n/a	60
54	80	Micachu and the Shapes	Jewellery	Mar 9	Buy	80	80	n/a	80	79	n/a	n/a
55	80	A Sunny Day in Glasgow	Ashes Grammar	Sep 15	Buy	80	80	77	n/a	83	60	90
56	80	Vitalic	Flashmob	Nov 3	Buy	80	80	79	80	79	n/a	n/a
57	80	Mirah	(a)spera	Mar 10	Buy	80	80	82	n/a	78	80	n/a
58	79	Super Furry Animals	Dark Days / Light Years	Apr 13	Buy	80	80	84	80	83	80	60
59	79	Tortoise	Beacons Of Ancestorship	Jun 23	Buy	80	80	76	90	79	70	n/a
60	79	Alela Diane	To Be Still	Feb 17	Buy	n/a	n/a	75	90	80	70	n/a
61	79	NOMO	Invisible Cities	May 5	Buy	80	n/a	84	n/a	80	80	70
62	79	Japandroids	Post-Nothing	Apr 28	Buy	n/a	80	84	60	83	70	80
63	79	The Field	Yesterday and Today	May 19	Buy	80	80	71	80	80	80	80
64	79	Polvo	In Prism	Sep 8	Buy	70	n/a	80	n/a	81	80	80
65	79	Neon Indian	Psychic Chasms	Oct 13	Buy	n/a	70	85	n/a	86	70	n/a
66	79	DM Stith	Heavy Ghost	Mar 10	Buy	80	n/a	84	80	76	80	80
67	79	Yo La Tengo	Popular Songs	Sep 8	Buy	80	80	82	80	79	70	80
68	79	Morrissey	Years Of Refusal	Feb 17	Buy	80	n/a	78	80	81	70	n/a
69	79	Neko Case	Middle Cyclone	Mar 3	Buy	80	n/a	82	100	79	50	80
70	79	Grammatics	Grammatics	Mar 23	Buy	n/a	80	73	80	n/a	80	n/a
71	79	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	It's Blitz!	Mar 31	Buy	80	80	82	90	81	80	50
72	79	Cass McCombs	Catacombs	Jun 2	Buy	70	n/a	75	n/a	82	n/a	80
73	79	No Age	Losing Feeling	Oct 6	Buy	n/a	70	82	n/a	83	n/a	n/a
74	78	Justin Townes Earle	Midnight At The Movies	Mar 3	Buy	70	n/a	80	n/a	n/a	70	n/a
75	78	Taken By Trees	East of Eden	Sep 8	Buy	80	80	82	80	81	n/a	60
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
76	78	The Black Crowes	Before the Frost...Until the Freeze	Sep 1	Buy	90	n/a	74	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
77	78	HEALTH	Get Color	Sep 8	Buy	80	80	81	80	74	80	80
78	78	James Blackshaw	The Glass Bead Game	May 26	Buy	90	n/a	82	n/a	72	80	80
79	78	Circulatory System	Signal Morning	Sep 8	Buy	70	n/a	75	n/a	81	90	70
80	78	Patterson Hood	Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)	Jun 23	Buy	80	n/a	75	n/a	76	80	n/a
81	78	Tyondai Braxton	Central Market	Sep 15	Buy	80	n/a	79	n/a	80	n/a	70
82	78	Florence and the Machine	Lungs	Jul 6	Buy	80	80	77	80	72	90	n/a
83	78	Engineers	Three Fact Fader	Jul 7	Buy	70	80	80	80	n/a	n/a	n/a
84	78	The Mountain Goats	The Life of the World to Come	Oct 6	Buy	70	80	77	60	84	90	70
85	78	Califone	All My Friends Are Funeral Singers	Oct 6	Buy	80	70	82	n/a	81	n/a	n/a
86	78	Bike For Three!	More Heart Than Brains	May 26	Buy	n/a	80	82	n/a	75	n/a	n/a
87	78	Major Lazer	Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do	Jun 16	Buy	80	70	77	90	81	70	n/a
88	78	Todd Snider	The Excitement Plan	Jun 9	Buy	70	n/a	83	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
89	78	Brother Ali	The Truth Is Here	Mar 10	Buy	n/a	n/a	86	n/a	74	80	n/a
90	77	The Horrors	Primary Colours	May 5	Buy	70	90	79	90	76	50	n/a
91	77	Tim Hecker	An Imaginary Country	Mar 10	Buy	80	n/a	81	n/a	77	80	70
92	77	Various Artists	Dark Was The Night	Feb 17	Buy	70	80	76	60	86	70	80
93	77	The Clientele	Bonfires on the Heath	Oct 6	Buy	80	80	84	n/a	74	90	60
94	77	Deerhunter	Rainwater Cassette Exchange	May 18	Buy	80	80	81	n/a	75	80	70
95	77	Röyksopp	Junior	Mar 23	Buy	70	n/a	74	90	79	70	n/a
96	77	Dinosaur Jr.	Farm	Jun 23	Buy	80	80	76	60	85	70	60
97	77	Brandi Carlile	Give Up The Ghost	Oct 6	Buy	80	n/a	81	n/a	n/a	70	n/a
98	77	The Church	Untitled #23	May 12	Buy	90	n/a	82	n/a	70	80	n/a
99	77	The Maccabees	Wall of Arms	May 4	Buy	n/a	70	75	90	n/a	80	n/a
100	77	Brad Paisley	American Saturday Night	Jun 30	Buy	80	n/a	86	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
101	77	Casiotone for the Painfully Alone	Vs. Children	Apr 7	Buy	80	n/a	82	80	79	n/a	60
102	77	Buddy & Julie Miller	Written in Chalk	Mar 3	Buy	80	n/a	81	n/a	n/a	70	n/a
103	77	Au Revoir Simone	Still Night, Still Light	May 19	Buy	80	70	81	80	78	n/a	n/a
104	77	Beirut	March of the Zapotec/Holland EP	Feb 17	Buy	n/a	80	71	60	81	80	n/a
105	77	Broadcast and the Focus Group	Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age	Oct 27	Buy	80	80	74	n/a	72	80	80
106	77	Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse	Dark Night of the Soul	Jun 2		n/a	n/a	71	n/a	74	90	n/a
107	77	Paramore	Brand New Eyes	Sep 29	Buy	70	80	73	80	n/a	n/a	n/a
108	76	Andrew Bird	Noble Beast	Jan 20	Buy	80	90	79	70	75	60	70
109	76	Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band	Between My Head and the Sky	Sep 21	Buy	80	n/a	83	n/a	73	n/a	n/a
110	76	Lucero	1372 Overton Park	Oct 6	Buy	80	n/a	79	n/a	n/a	70	n/a
111	76	Sarah Jarosz	Song Up In Her Head	Jun 16	Buy	80	n/a	79	n/a	n/a	70	n/a
112	76	Brakes	Touchdown	Apr 21	Buy	n/a	n/a	77	70	77	80	n/a
113	76	Woods	Songs of Shame	Apr 14	Buy	n/a	n/a	79	n/a	83	80	50
114	76	Passion Pit	Manners	May 19	Buy	80	70	80	80	81	80	60
115	76	J Dilla	Jay Stay Paid	Jun 2	Buy	80	n/a	81	n/a	81	60	70
116	76	The Felice Brothers	Yonder Is The Clock	Apr 7	Buy	80	80	85	n/a	n/a	50	n/a
117	76	Doves	Kingdom of Rust	Apr 7	Buy	80	80	77	90	72	60	n/a
118	76	Dananananaykroyd	Hey Everyone	Apr 6	Buy	n/a	80	69	80	74	n/a	n/a
119	76	A.C. Newman	Get Guilty	Jan 20	Buy	80	n/a	74	n/a	75	80	70
120	76	Thee Oh Sees	Help	Apr 28	Buy	80	n/a	83	n/a	80	n/a	50
121	76	Built to Spill	There is No Enemy	Oct 6	Buy	80	80	78	70	79	70	60
122	75	Mountains	Choral	Feb 17	Buy	80	n/a	83	n/a	65	90	80
123	75	The Handsome Family	Honey Moon	Apr 14	Buy	80	n/a	81	n/a	72	n/a	n/a
124	75	The Strange Boys	The Strange Boys And Girls Club	Mar 17	Buy	n/a	n/a	84	n/a	71	n/a	80
125	75	Ola Podrida	Belly of the Lion	Nov 10	Buy	n/a	80	72	n/a	78	60	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
126	75	Elvis Perkins	Elvis Perkins in Dearland	Mar 10	Buy	80	80	n/a	90	67	70	n/a
127	75	Jarvis Cocker	Further Complications	May 19	Buy	90	80	76	80	65	80	70
128	75	Condo Fucks	Fuckbook	Mar 24	Buy	60	80	72	60	83	80	70
129	75	Mission Of Burma	The Sound the Speed the Light	Oct 6	Buy	70	70	80	n/a	80	n/a	70
130	75	Ryan Bingham	Roadhouse Sun	Jun 2	Buy	70	n/a	75	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
131	75	Volcano Choir	Unmap	Sep 22	Buy	60	80	76	50	83	80	n/a
132	75	Abe Vigoda	Reviver EP	Feb 17	Buy	70	n/a	74	n/a	77	n/a	n/a
133	75	Fruit Bats	Ruminant Band	Aug 4	Buy	70	80	77	n/a	74	70	n/a
134	75	Richard Hawley	Truelove's Gutter	Sep 22	Buy	90	n/a	78	80	67	n/a	n/a
135	75	A-Trak	Infinity + 1	Mar 31	Buy	70	n/a	n/a	n/a	78	n/a	70
136	75	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Hometowns	Jul 7	Buy	n/a	n/a	74	n/a	80	60	n/a
137	75	Rancid	Let The Dominoes Fall	Jun 2	Buy	70	n/a	74	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
138	75	Yacht	See Mystery Lights	Jul 28	Buy	n/a	70	76	70	85	60	70
139	75	Bat For Lashes	Two Suns	Apr 7	Buy	70	80	76	n/a	85	60	50
140	75	Blue Roses	Blue Roses	Jul 21	Buy	60	n/a	73	80	78	n/a	n/a
141	74	Magik Markers	Balf Quarry	May 5	Buy	70	n/a	76	n/a	75	70	80
142	74	M. Ward	Hold Time	Feb 17	Buy	80	90	80	50	68	80	70
143	74	Papercuts	You Can Have What You Want	Apr 14	Buy	80	n/a	n/a	n/a	74	70	n/a
144	74	Annie	Don't Stop	Nov 17	Buy	n/a	70	79	90	72	70	n/a
145	74	La Roux	La Roux	Sep 29	Buy	80	n/a	76	80	70	n/a	n/a
146	74	Kid Cudi	Man on the Moon: The End of Day	Sep 15	Buy	80	n/a	73	n/a	n/a	70	n/a
147	74	Handsome Furs	Face Control	Mar 10	Buy	70	80	67	n/a	80	70	60
148	74	Lady Gaga	The Fame Monster	Nov 23	Buy	80	n/a	70	n/a	78	60	n/a
149	74	Jamie T	Kings & Queens	Oct 6	Buy	70	90	74	80	n/a	40	n/a
150	74	Times New Viking	Born Again Revisited	Sep 22	Buy	80	60	73	n/a	81	80	70
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
151	74	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	Feb 3	Buy	70	80	73	60	84	n/a	50
152	74	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	Higher Than The Stars EP	Sep 22	Buy	60	80	71	60	80	n/a	n/a
153	74	Sleepy Sun	Embrace	Jul 7	Buy	80	n/a	72	80	75	n/a	60
154	74	Jack Penate	Everything Is New	Aug 18	Buy	80	70	72	80	74	70	n/a
155	74	Alasdair Roberts	Spoils	May 5	Buy	n/a	70	83	80	80	40	80
156	74	Lights	Rites	Jul 21	Buy	n/a	n/a	77	n/a	77	n/a	60
157	74	The Veils	Sun Gangs	Apr 7	Buy	n/a	80	74	80	67	n/a	n/a
158	74	Thao with the Get Down Stay Down	Know Better Learn Faster	Oct 13	Buy	70	70	78	n/a	78	80	60
159	74	PJ Harvey and John Parish	A Woman A Man Walked By	Mar 31	Buy	80	80	76	90	62	70	n/a
160	74	Mayer Hawthorne	A Strange Arrangement	Sep 8	Buy	80	n/a	74	n/a	69	80	n/a
161	74	Art Brut	Art Brut vs. Satan	Apr 21	Buy	80	n/a	77	80	77	70	50
162	74	A Place To Bury Strangers	Exploding Head	Oct 6	Buy	80	n/a	80	80	66	70	80
163	73	Iron & Wine	Around The Well	May 19	Buy	70	n/a	75	n/a	73	80	70
164	73	Dead Man's Bones	Dead Man's Bones	Oct 6	Buy	80	n/a	74	n/a	71	n/a	n/a
165	73	Foreign Born	Person to Person	Jun 23	Buy	60	70	70	n/a	79	n/a	80
166	73	Ben Harper & Relentless7	White Lies For Dark Times	May 5	Buy	80	n/a	70	n/a	n/a	70	n/a
167	73	Why?	Eskimo Snow	Sep 22	Buy	n/a	70	76	n/a	69	n/a	90
168	73	Do Make Say Think	Other Truths	Oct 20	Buy	70	90	73	n/a	72	70	50
169	73	Metric	Fantasies	Apr 7	Buy	80	80	76	70	64	80	n/a
170	73	Sonic Youth	The Eternal	Jun 9	Buy	80	70	76	100	68	70	60
171	73	Yusuf	Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night)	May 5	Buy	70	n/a	72	70	n/a	80	n/a
172	73	The Duckworth Lewis Method	The Duckworth Lewis Method	Jul 6	Buy	n/a	60	72	100	n/a	n/a	n/a
173	73	Ian Brown	My Way	Sep 28	Buy	n/a	70	72	80	n/a	n/a	n/a
174	73	Shakira	She Wolf	Nov 23	Buy	90	n/a	72	80	n/a	50	n/a
175	73	The Swell Season	Strict Joy	Oct 27	Buy	90	n/a	80	n/a	65	n/a	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
176	73	The Fiery Furnaces	I'm Going Away	Jul 21	Buy	80	60	82	n/a	78	80	60
177	73	Phosphorescent	To Willie	Feb 3	Buy	70	70	75	n/a	76	n/a	70
178	73	The Big Pink	A Brief History of Love	Sep 22	Buy	70	70	72	90	82	70	40
179	73	Bibio	Ambivalence Avenue	Jun 23	Buy	n/a	50	76	80	83	70	80
180	73	Great Lake Swimmers	Lost Channels	Mar 31	Buy	80	n/a	73	80	72	60	n/a
181	73	Wild Light	Adult Nights	Mar 3	Buy	70	n/a	68	n/a	n/a	80	n/a
182	73	Lou Barlow	Goodnight Unknown	Oct 6	Buy	70	80	74	n/a	73	60	70
183	72	BLK JKS	After Robots	Sep 8	Buy	n/a	80	73	70	62	90	n/a
184	72	Mika	The Boy Who Knew Too Much	Sep 22	Buy	80	n/a	77	60	n/a	n/a	n/a
185	72	Wilco	Wilco (The Album)	Jun 30	Buy	80	70	74	100	73	60	50
186	72	Bob Mould	Life And Times	Apr 7	Buy	80	n/a	73	n/a	70	70	n/a
187	72	The Thermals	Now We Can See	Apr 7	Buy	60	80	77	40	78	70	80
188	72	Arctic Monkeys	Humbug	Aug 25	Buy	70	70	75	80	72	70	70
189	72	Slow Club	Yeah So	Jul 14	Buy	n/a	70	n/a	70	74	n/a	n/a
190	72	Drake	So Far Gone	Sep 15	Buy	80	n/a	76	n/a	n/a	60	n/a
191	72	Fanfarlo	Reservoir	Oct 13	Buy	n/a	70	69	80	n/a	70	n/a
192	72	Wavves	Wavves	Mar 17	Buy	n/a	70	73	80	81	60	50
193	72	Tiny Vipers	Life On Earth	Jul 7	Buy	60	60	70	n/a	78	n/a	90
194	72	Yim Yames	Tribute To	Aug 4	Buy	80	70	77	90	62	n/a	n/a
195	72	The Dead Weather	Horehound	Jul 14	Buy	70	60	71	80	75	80	70
196	71	Sufjan Stevens	The BQE	Oct 20	Buy	70	70	72	70	74	90	50
197	71	The Clean	Mister Pop	Sep 8	Buy	70	n/a	69	n/a	73	70	n/a
198	71	J. Tillman	Vacilando Territory Blues	Jan 20	Buy	n/a	70	71	60	76	n/a	n/a
199	71	Oneida	Rated O	Jul 7	Buy	n/a	70	78	n/a	84	50	50
200	71	Peaches	I Feel Cream	May 5	Buy	80	60	72	80	73	70	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
201	71	Noisettes	Wild Young Hearts	Apr 20	Buy	n/a	80	78	80	67	50	n/a
202	71	Moderat	Moderat	Apr 28	Buy	n/a	60	81	n/a	76	70	70
203	71	P.O.S.	Never Better	Feb 3	Buy	n/a	n/a	75	n/a	70	n/a	70
204	71	The Raveonettes	In and Out of Control	Oct 6	Buy	n/a	70	71	80	69	70	n/a
205	71	Black Lips	200 Million Thousand	Feb 24	Buy	70	n/a	77	60	73	70	n/a
206	71	John Vanderslice	Romanian Names	May 19	Buy	60	n/a	72	n/a	78	70	60
207	71	Magnolia Electric Co.	Josephine	Jul 21	Buy	80	80	77	n/a	56	80	n/a
208	71	Matt and Kim	Grand	Jan 20	Buy	60	n/a	74	n/a	73	n/a	n/a
209	71	Basement Jaxx	Scars	Sep 22	Buy	70	70	70	80	72	70	60
210	71	Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	Feb 17	Buy	80	n/a	71	n/a	74	50	n/a
211	71	The Decemberists	The Hazards of Love	Mar 24	Buy	80	80	74	80	57	80	60
212	71	Wale	Attention Deficit	Nov 10	Buy	80	n/a	75	n/a	66	70	n/a
213	70	Heartless Bastards	The Mountain	Feb 3	Buy	80	n/a	77	n/a	65	n/a	n/a
214	70	Golden Silvers	True Romance	May 4	Buy	n/a	n/a	71	70	n/a	70	n/a
215	70	DOOM	Born Like This	Mar 24	Buy	60	70	73	n/a	80	60	60
216	70	Swan Lake	Enemy Mine	Mar 24	Buy	70	70	n/a	n/a	74	n/a	60
217	70	Akron/Family	Set Em Wild, Set Em Free	May 5	Buy	80	n/a	80	n/a	64	90	50
218	70	Black Dice	Repo	Apr 7	Buy	n/a	n/a	68	n/a	71	70	n/a
219	70	Depeche Mode	Sounds Of The Universe	Apr 21	Buy	80	80	71	80	63	50	n/a
220	70	Dizzee Rascal	Tongue N' Cheek	Sep 21	Buy	n/a	60	75	80	75	60	n/a
221	70	Jason Lytle	Yours Truly, The Commuter	May 19	Buy	70	n/a	68	n/a	74	60	70
222	70	Sondre Lerche	Heartbeat Radio	Sep 8	Buy	90	n/a	77	n/a	61	n/a	n/a
223	70	Rhett Miller	Rhett Miller	Jun 9	Buy	70	n/a	83	n/a	59	90	n/a
224	70	Bon Iver	Blood Bank EP	Jan 20	Buy	60	80	72	70	79	50	50
225	70	White Rabbits	It's Frightening	May 19	Buy	70	60	77	80	74	70	60
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
226	70	Gus Gus	24/7	Sep 14	Buy	n/a	80	72	90	69	60	40
227	70	Kings Of Convenience	Declaration Of Dependence	Oct 20	Buy	70	60	72	n/a	79	60	n/a
228	70	The Lonely Island	Incredibad	Feb 10	Buy	80	n/a	68	n/a	77	40	n/a
229	70	K'Naan	Troubadour	Feb 24	Buy	n/a	n/a	74	n/a	65	80	n/a
230	70	Imogen Heap	Ellipse	Aug 25	Buy	80	n/a	69	60	n/a	70	n/a
231	70	Richard Swift	The Atlantic Ocean	Apr 7	Buy	80	n/a	79	n/a	63	60	80
232	70	Various Artists	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Oct 16	Buy	80	80	86	n/a	54	n/a	n/a
233	69	Junior Boys	Begone Dull Care	Apr 7	Buy	50	n/a	70	80	75	80	50
234	69	Dan Auerbach	Keep It Hid	Feb 10	Buy	80	n/a	80	n/a	62	n/a	n/a
235	69	Portugal. The Man	The Satanic Satanist	Jul 21	Buy	n/a	n/a	81	n/a	65	70	n/a
236	69	Drive-By Truckers	The Fine Print	Sep 1	Buy	70	n/a	76	n/a	66	70	n/a
237	69	Gallows	Grey Britain	May 5	Buy	60	80	74	n/a	n/a	50	n/a
238	69	White Denim	Fits	Jun 22	Buy	n/a	50	79	80	70	80	n/a
239	69	Tegan and Sara	Sainthood	Oct 27	Buy	70	60	79	n/a	73	60	n/a
240	68	God Help The Girl	God Help The Girl	Jun 23	Buy	60	60	71	60	75	80	n/a
241	68	Vetiver	Tight Knit	Feb 17	Buy	80	n/a	71	70	72	60	50
242	68	A.A. Bondy	When The Devil's Loose	Sep 1	Buy	70	60	83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
243	68	Wye Oak	The Knot	Jul 21	Buy	60	80	77	n/a	59	80	60
244	68	Steve Earle	Townes	May 12	Buy	80	n/a	80	n/a	53	90	n/a
245	68	Hanne Hukkelberg	Blood From a Stone	May 12	Buy	50	n/a	68	60	73	80	n/a
246	68	Franz Ferdinand	Tonight: Franz Ferdinand	Jan 27	Buy	70	60	74	70	73	n/a	60
247	68	Simian Mobile Disco	Temporary Pleasure	Sep 15	Buy	80	n/a	71	70	65	60	n/a
248	68	Bowerbirds	Upper Air	Jul 7	Buy	n/a	60	77	n/a	72	70	60
249	68	Various Artists	War Child Presents Heroes	Feb 16	Buy	n/a	60	73	70	70	70	n/a
250	68	Datarock	Red	Sep 1	Buy	n/a	n/a	71	70	72	50	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
251	68	Little Boots	Hands	Jun 8	Buy	n/a	70	65	80	59	80	n/a
252	68	Mark Knopfler	Get Lucky	Sep 15	Buy	70	n/a	63	n/a	n/a	70	n/a
253	68	Tori Amos	Abnormally Attracted to Sin	May 19	Buy	60	70	65	60	n/a	80	n/a
254	67	Savath & Savalas	La Llama	May 19	Buy	80	n/a	n/a	n/a	61	70	70
255	67	Frank Turner	Poetry of the Deed	Sep 8	Buy	80	60	73	60	n/a	70	n/a
256	67	Pete Doherty	Grace/Wastelands	Mar 24	Buy	80	70	73	80	57	60	n/a
257	67	Glasvegas	Glasvegas	Jan 6	Buy	70	70	74	60	60	80	n/a
258	67	The Avett Brothers	I and Love and You	Sep 29	Buy	70	n/a	78	n/a	58	80	n/a
259	67	The Mars Volta	Octahedron	Jun 23	Buy	80	70	69	70	60	60	70
260	67	7 Worlds Collide	The Sun Came Out	Sep 29	Buy	n/a	n/a	73	n/a	67	60	n/a
261	67	Blitzen Trapper	Black River Killer	Aug 25	Buy	70	70	70	60	n/a	60	n/a
262	67	Baby Teeth	Hustle Beach	Jul 14	Buy	70	n/a	n/a	n/a	71	n/a	50
263	67	Franz Nicolay	Major General	Jan 13	Buy	n/a	n/a	70	n/a	73	60	50
264	66	Bob Dylan	Together Through Life	Apr 28	Buy	80	70	82	50	54	70	80
265	66	Monsters of Folk	Monsters of Folk	Sep 22	Buy	70	70	82	n/a	65	80	30
266	66	Patrick Wolf	The Bachelor	Jun 2	Buy	70	80	71	60	62	50	n/a
267	66	Pink Mountaintops	Outside Love	May 5	Buy	80	60	78	n/a	73	60	40
268	66	Pearl Jam	Backspacer	Sep 22	Buy	90	70	85	70	46	70	70
269	66	Flight of the Conchords	I Told You I Was Freaky	Oct 20	Buy	70	70	69	n/a	67	50	n/a
270	66	Vivian Girls	Everything Goes Wrong	Sep 8	Buy	50	70	66	40	78	n/a	n/a
271	66	Prefuse 73	Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian	Apr 14	Buy	70	70	n/a	80	65	70	40
272	66	Amy Millan	Masters Of The Burial	Sep 22	Buy	70	n/a	68	n/a	n/a	60	n/a
273	66	Faunts	Feel. Love. Thinking. Of.	Feb 17	Buy	70	n/a	66	n/a	72	60	50
274	66	The Cribs	Ignore the Ignorant	Sep 8	Buy	70	50	74	80	70	60	n/a
275	66	...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead	The Century of Self	Feb 23	Buy	80	60	n/a	70	68	60	60
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
276	66	Amazing Baby	Rewild	Jun 23	Buy	n/a	80	74	60	61	50	n/a
277	66	British Sea Power	Man of Aran	May 19	Buy	60	n/a	70	70	67	60	n/a
278	66	Bibio	The Apple and the Tooth	Nov 10	Buy	70	n/a	69	n/a	62	70	n/a
279	65	Telekinesis	Telekinesis!	Apr 7	Buy	60	70	70	n/a	63	70	60
280	65	Regina Spektor	Far	Jun 23	Buy	60	80	75	80	48	70	n/a
281	65	John Mayer	Battle Studies	Nov 17	Buy	70	n/a	66	n/a	n/a	60	n/a
282	65	The Most Serene Republic	...And the Ever Expanding Universe	Jul 14	Buy	80	n/a	72	n/a	65	80	30
283	65	Jonsi & Alex	Riceboy Sleeps	Jul 21	Buy	80	60	73	90	53	80	50
284	65	The Dodos	Time To Die	Sep 15	Buy	60	60	69	80	71	40	70
285	65	Gregg Kowalsky	Tape Chants	Jun 9	Buy	70	n/a	68	n/a	66	60	60
286	65	Them Crooked Vultures	Them Crooked Vultures	Nov 17	Buy	80	50	75	n/a	62	80	n/a
287	65	Throw Me The Statue	Creaturesque	Aug 4	Buy	70	70	68	n/a	61	n/a	60
288	65	Ida Maria	Fortress Round My Heart	Apr 14	Buy	n/a	50	74	50	75	70	n/a
289	65	A Camp	Colonia	Apr 28	Buy	60	n/a	62	80	67	50	n/a
290	65	Paolo Nutini	Sunny Side Up	Jun 2	Buy	80	n/a	64	50	n/a	n/a	n/a
291	65	Bob Dylan	Christmas In The Heart	Oct 13	Buy	60	50	67	n/a	68	70	80
292	65	Franz Ferdinand	Blood	Jun 2	Buy	80	n/a	65	n/a	64	50	n/a
293	64	Conor Oberst	Outer South	May 5	Buy	80	80	63	80	49	50	n/a
294	64	Gossip	Music For Men	Jun 23	Buy	80	50	68	80	64	60	n/a
295	64	Rain Machine	Rain Machine	Sep 22	Buy	70	70	66	n/a	63	50	n/a
296	64	Brendan Benson	My Old Familiar Friend	Aug 18	Buy	70	50	73	60	70	n/a	n/a
297	64	Miike Snow	Miike Snow	Jun 9	Buy	70	60	76	90	50	70	n/a
298	64	Asobi Seksu	Hush	Feb 17	Buy	70	n/a	73	60	55	80	n/a
299	63	Cursive	Mama, I'm Swollen	Mar 10	Buy	70	90	65	n/a	52	50	50
300	63	Muse	The Resistance	Sep 15	Buy	80	70	72	60	59	40	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
301	63	Meat Puppets	Sewn Together	May 12	Buy	70	n/a	76	n/a	61	50	n/a
302	63	Neil Young	Fork In The Road	Apr 7	Buy	70	n/a	62	80	n/a	40	n/a
303	63	Matisyahu	Light	Aug 25	Buy	80	n/a	59	n/a	n/a	50	n/a
304	63	Lily Allen	It's Not Me, It's You	Feb 10	Buy	80	60	71	70	66	60	30
305	63	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	Beware	Mar 17	Buy	70	40	72	50	79	40	80
306	63	Crystal Antlers	Tentacles	Apr 7	Buy	80	60	68	50	67	70	40
307	63	The Cave Singers	Welcome Joy	Aug 18	Buy	70	50	65	90	51	90	60
308	63	Eels	Hombre Lobo	Jun 2	Buy	80	70	73	n/a	46	70	n/a
309	63	Wolfmother	Cosmic Egg	Oct 26	Buy	70	60	65	50	n/a	70	n/a
310	62	Deer Tick	Born on Flag Day	Jun 23	Buy	70	n/a	65	n/a	53	80	n/a
311	62	Noah And The Whale	The First Days Of Spring	Oct 6	Buy	80	80	71	40	52	50	n/a
312	62	The Hidden Cameras	Origin: Orphan	Sep 22	Buy	n/a	40	79	100	52	80	n/a
313	62	Manchester Orchestra	Mean Everything to Nothing	Apr 21	Buy	60	n/a	77	80	52	60	n/a
314	62	Peter Bjorn and John	Living Thing	Mar 31	Buy	80	n/a	67	60	55	70	50
315	61	Morrissey	Swords	Nov 3	Buy	50	70	63	80	50	70	n/a
316	61	The Lemonheads	Varshons	Jun 23	Buy	80	60	72	70	47	70	n/a
317	61	Esser	Braveface	Aug 11	Buy	n/a	n/a	67	90	50	60	n/a
318	61	Howling Bells	Radio Wars	Jul 28	Buy	70	60	67	40	61	70	n/a
319	61	Pet Shop Boys	Yes	Apr 21	Buy	70	50	73	90	49	70	n/a
320	61	Kelly Clarkson	All I Ever Wanted	Mar 10	Buy	70	n/a	74	40	n/a	60	n/a
321	61	Moby	Wait For Me	Jun 30	Buy	70	n/a	74	80	54	70	30
322	61	Black Moth Super Rainbow	Eating Us	May 26	Buy	70	50	72	n/a	61	60	60
323	60	David Gray	Draw The Line	Sep 22	Buy	60	n/a	61	60	n/a	n/a	n/a
324	60	Gomez	A New Tide	Mar 31	Buy	70	n/a	60	50	54	80	n/a
325	60	Empire Of The Sun	Walking On A Dream	Apr 21	Buy	60	n/a	60	60	64	50	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
326	60	The Prodigy	Invaders Must Die	Mar 3	Buy	60	40	58	100	58	70	n/a
327	60	Broken Records	Until the Earth Begins to Part	Jul 7	Buy	70	50	64	90	49	70	n/a
328	60	Diplo	Decent Work For Decent Pay	Feb 3	Buy	80	50	62	80	52	n/a	n/a
329	60	Green Day	21st Century Breakdown	May 15	Buy	80	n/a	74	n/a	48	60	n/a
330	60	Ben Kweller	Changing Horses	Feb 3	Buy	70	n/a	68	60	53	n/a	n/a
331	59	Asobi Seksu	Rewolf	Nov 10	Buy	40	n/a	64	n/a	64	60	n/a
332	59	The Bird and the Bee	Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future	Jan 27	Buy	n/a	n/a	72	70	54	n/a	50
333	59	Arbouretum	Song of the Pearl	Mar 10	Buy	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	58	70	50
334	59	DOOM	Unexpected Guests	Nov 10	Buy	n/a	n/a	65	n/a	59	60	50
335	59	Bruce Springsteen	Working on a Dream	Jan 27	Buy	60	50	71	70	58	60	50
336	58	Discovery	LP	Jul 7	Buy	80	40	62	20	68	n/a	80
337	58	The Whitest Boy Alive	Rules	Mar 31	Buy	n/a	50	57	50	63	70	n/a
338	58	Julian Casablancas	Phrazes for the Young	Nov 3	Buy	80	30	75	n/a	55	80	n/a
339	57	Phish	Joy	Sep 8	Buy	60	n/a	71	n/a	n/a	40	n/a
340	57	Múm	Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know	Sep 22	Buy	70	70	67	60	39	n/a	n/a
341	57	Julian Plenti	Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper	Aug 4	Buy	80	60	63	n/a	62	40	20
342	56	Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros	Up From Below	Jul 14	Buy	60	70	70	n/a	41	n/a	n/a
343	56	Polly Scattergood	Polly Scattergood	May 19	Buy	70	n/a	60	60	53	60	40
344	56	Maps	Turning the Mind	Oct 20	Buy	n/a	50	62	60	n/a	n/a	n/a
345	55	Air	Love 2	Oct 6	Buy	80	n/a	68	80	40	40	n/a
346	55	U2	No Line on the Horizon	Mar 3	Buy	60	50	71	80	42	60	n/a
347	55	Owl City	Ocean Eyes	Jul 28	Buy	50	60	55	n/a	n/a	50	n/a
348	55	Clem Snide	Hungry Bird	Feb 24	Buy	70	n/a	67	n/a	44	60	n/a
349	55	Tiny Masters of Today	Skeletons	Jun 16	Buy	80	70	63	50	30	70	n/a
350	54	Editors	In This Light & On This Evening	Oct 12	Buy	70	70	59	60	37	50	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
351	54	Iggy Pop	Preliminaires	Jun 2	Buy	70	40	66	n/a	54	50	60
352	54	Kasabian	West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum	Jun 9	Buy	60	50	68	80	49	30	n/a
353	54	Maxïmo Park	Quicken the Heart	May 12	Buy	60	50	63	60	55	50	40
354	53	Eminem	Relapse	May 19	Buy	80	60	58	50	48	30	50
355	53	Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	Jun 9	Buy	50	n/a	59	n/a	n/a	50	n/a
356	52	Jay-Z	The Blueprint 3	Sep 8	Buy	80	50	65	n/a	45	50	40
357	52	Cage	Depart From Me	Jul 7	Buy	n/a	n/a	69	n/a	47	50	n/a
358	52	The Fray	The Fray	Feb 3	Buy	60	n/a	56	40	n/a	n/a	n/a
359	52	Elvis Costello	Secret, Profane and Sugarcane	Jun 2	Buy	70	n/a	68	n/a	38	60	n/a
360	52	Bishop Allen	Grrr...	Mar 10	Buy	70	60	59	n/a	35	60	n/a
361	52	Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson	Break Up	Sep 8	Buy	60	n/a	59	n/a	47	50	n/a
362	51	Silversun Pickups	Swoon	Apr 14	Buy	50	30	69	70	53	50	n/a
363	51	Son Volt	American Central Dust	Jul 7	Buy	80	n/a	63	n/a	37	50	n/a
364	50	MSTRKRFT	Fist of God	Mar 17	Buy	40	n/a	51	n/a	60	30	n/a
365	49	Reverend And The Makers	A French Kiss In The Chaos	Jul 27	Buy	n/a	40	47	70	n/a	n/a	n/a
366	49	Devendra Banhart	What Will We Be	Oct 27	Buy	80	40	72	n/a	40	60	30
367	49	Patrick Watson	Wooden Arms	May 5	Buy	n/a	n/a	64	80	33	n/a	n/a
368	48	Spinnerette	Spinnerette	Jun 23	Buy	70	60	66	n/a	27	50	n/a
369	48	White Lies	To Lose My Life	Mar 17	Buy	n/a	70	58	20	40	n/a	n/a
370	48	Ben Lee	The Rebirth of Venus	Apr 28	Buy	40	n/a	44	n/a	n/a	60	n/a
371	47	50 Cent	Before I Self Destruct	Nov 17	Buy	n/a	10	62	n/a	60	70	n/a
372	47	Massive Attack	Splitting The Atom EP	Oct 6		n/a	40	55	n/a	44	60	n/a
373	47	Placebo	Battle For The Sun	Jun 9	Buy	60	40	58	60	34	60	n/a
374	45	Lady Sovereign	Jigsaw	Apr 7	Buy	50	60	59	n/a	31	40	n/a
375	44	N.A.S.A.	The Spirit of Apollo	Feb 17	Buy	60	n/a	61	80	16	60	n/a
Rank	Overall	Band	Album	Release		AMG	DiS	Meta	OMH	P4K	PM	TMT
376	43	Weezer	Raditude	Nov 3	Buy	90	30	60	n/a	45	10	30
377	39	Tinted Windows	Tinted Windows	Apr 21	Buy	70	n/a	n/a	n/a	35	20	n/a
378	36	Asher Roth	Asleep in the Bread Aisle	Apr 21	Buy	60	n/a	56	n/a	24	30	n/a
379	31	The Twang	Jewellery Quarter	Aug 3	Buy	n/a	20	42	40	n/a	n/a	n/a
380	29	The Entrance Band	The Entrance Band	Sep 1	Buy	n/a	n/a	30	n/a	22	50	30