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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