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Jan 21
The Microphones
Mount Eerie
93
critic score
(5)
89
user score
(1,594)
Jul 1
Sufjan Stevens
Michigan
85
critic score
(10)
84
user score
(1,347)
Nov 4
Sun Kil Moon
Ghosts of the Great Highway
82
critic score
(9)
84
user score
(439)
Mar 1
Campfire Songs
Campfire Songs
72
critic score
(7)
70
user score
(413)
Feb 17
Cat Power
You Are Free
83
critic score
(15)
80
user score
(211)
Jun 15
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire
72
critic score
(6)
74
user score
(202)
Oct 29
José González
Veneer
80
critic score
(10)
79
user score
(168)
Mar
Johnny Cash
Hurt
95
user score
(122)
Sep 29
Dido
Life for Rent
60
critic score
(7)
74
user score
(96)
Nov 23
Nelly Furtado
Folklore
59
critic score
(8)
76
user score
(87)
May 27
Xiu Xiu
Fag Patrol
76
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(69)
Sep 23
Rufus Wainwright
Want One
74
critic score
(12)
77
user score
(67)
Mar 4
The Angels of Light
Everything Is Good Here / Please Come Home
84
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(64)
Mar 18
M. Ward
Transfiguration of Vincent
79
critic score
(9)
80
user score
(40)
Jan 28
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Master and Everyone
84
critic score
(11)
78
user score
(38)
Feb 3
Woven Hand
Blush Music
81
critic score
(4)
75
user score
(36)
Mar 5
目黒将司 [Shoji Meguro]
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
86
user score
(32)
Apr 1
Andrew Bird
Weather Systems
79
critic score
(6)
75
user score
(31)
Jun 3
Gillian Welch
Soul Journey
73
critic score
(9)
75
user score
(30)
Aug 26
Warren Zevon
The Wind
85
critic score
(9)
78
user score
(25)
Sep 2
Okkervil River
Down the River of Golden Dreams
87
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(23)
Jun 10
Dropkick Murphys
Blackout
80
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(23)
2003
Sun Kil Moon
Carry Me Ohio
95
user score
(23)
Mar 18
Damien Jurado
Where Shall You Take Me?
84
critic score
(6)
77
user score
(21)
2003
Joanna Newsom
Yarn and Glue
81
user score
(21)
Jun 23
Adam Green
Friends of Mine
80
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(21)
Sep 9
Iron & Wine
The Sea & The Rhythm
85
critic score
(6)
80
user score
(19)
Sep 2
The Innocence Mission
Befriended
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(18)
Jan 1
Natalie Rose Lebrecht
Warraw
82
user score
(18)
Mar 11
Ben Harper
Diamonds On the Inside
66
critic score
(4)
66
user score
(18)
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Sep 29
Kimya Dawson
My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess
60
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(16)
May 20
Cass McCombs
A
77
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(15)
Sep 30
Jethro Tull
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
70
critic score
(2)
56
user score
(14)
Feb 11
John Fahey
Red Cross Disciple of Christ Today
81
critic score
(5)
72
user score
(14)
Sep 9
Josh Ritter
Hello Starling
79
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(13)
Oct
Hala Strana
Hala Strana
80
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(12)
May 27
Devendra Banhart
The Black Babies
84
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(12)
May 6
Serj Tankian & Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Serart
91
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(11)
Jan 28
Great Lake Swimmers
Great Lake Swimmers
79
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(8)
Mar 3
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows
Es reiten die Toten so schnell (Or: The Vampyre Sucking at His Own Vein)
75
user score
(8)
Jan 1
Defiance, Ohio
Share What Ya Got
72
user score
(7)
Sep 16
Audioslave
I Am the Highway
85
user score
(7)
Mar 3
Turin Brakes
Ether Song
74
critic score
(12)
78
user score
(7)
Jan 1
Ghost Mice
The Debt of the Dead
67
user score
(6)
Jan
Tori Amos
Taxi Ride
85
user score
(6)
Dec 13
Spires That In The Sunset Rise
Spires That in the Sunset Rise
76
user score
(5)
2003
Swans
Forever Burned
69
user score
(5)
Feb 3
Oasis
Songbird
77
user score
(4)
May 23
Kíla
Luna Park
88
user score
(4)
2003
Hala Strana
Fielding
81
user score
(3)
Mar 17
Kristin Hersh
The Grotto
72
critic score
(8)
75
user score
(3)
Sep 9
Joan Baez
Dark Chords on a Big Guitar
70
critic score
(2)
61
user score
(3)
Mar
Pascals
Abiento
74
user score
(3)
2003
James Taylor
You've Got a Friend: The Best of James Taylor
76
user score
(3)
Feb 1
Richard Thompson
The Old Kit Bag
74
critic score
(6)
68
user score
(3)
Mar 25
Roscoe Holcomb
An Untamed Sense of Control
92
user score
(3)
Aug 12
Robyn Hitchcock
Luxor
68
user score
(2)
2003
Ghost Mice & Saw Wheel
Ghost Mice & Saw Wheel
75
user score
(2)
Sep 2
The Byrds
Sweetheart of the Rodeo [Legacy Edition]
99
critic score
(3)
97
user score
(2)
May 20
The Real McKenzies
Oot & Aboot
63
user score
(2)
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