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Feb 10
Kanye West
The College Dropout
80
critic score
(15)
89
user score
(11K)
Mar 23
Madvillain
Madvillainy
89
critic score
(15)
93
user score
(10K)
Nov 16
MF DOOM
MM..FOOD
79
critic score
(12)
89
user score
(5,911)
Sep 14
Arcade Fire
Funeral
90
critic score
(23)
88
user score
(4,582)
Jun 8
My Chemical Romance
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
74
critic score
(6)
85
user score
(2,963)
Sep 21
Green Day
American Idiot
77
critic score
(21)
76
user score
(2,856)
Aug 31
Björk
Medúlla
80
critic score
(20)
81
user score
(2,348)
Nov 12
Eminem
Encore
62
critic score
(16)
46
user score
(2,124)
Jun 15
The Killers
Hot Fuss
67
critic score
(18)
76
user score
(1,747)
Mar 9
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
85
critic score
(18)
80
user score
(1,387)
Mar 16
Sufjan Stevens
Seven Swans
78
critic score
(14)
81
user score
(1,151)
Jun 1
Animal Collective
Sung Tongs
84
critic score
(11)
81
user score
(1,147)
Apr 6
Modest Mouse
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
79
critic score
(15)
81
user score
(1,143)
Sep 28
Interpol
Antics
77
critic score
(19)
81
user score
(1,079)
May 25
Slipknot
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
68
critic score
(10)
77
user score
(986)
Feb 11
Lamp
恋人へ (For Lovers)
84
user score
(982)
Feb 17
Xiu Xiu
Fabulous Muscles
79
critic score
(8)
84
user score
(760)
Aug 31
Mastodon
Leviathan
94
critic score
(4)
85
user score
(753)
Mar 23
Joanna Newsom
The Milk-Eyed Mender
84
critic score
(9)
83
user score
(574)
Aug 17
Regina Spektor
Soviet Kitsch
72
critic score
(9)
83
user score
(571)
May 25
Avril Lavigne
Under My Skin
61
critic score
(9)
77
user score
(562)
Oct 19
Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill
84
critic score
(22)
82
user score
(543)
Oct 26
Death from Above 1979
You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
82
critic score
(12)
80
user score
(526)
Oct 26
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus
85
critic score
(21)
84
user score
(497)
Jun 29
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter
60
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(465)
Nov 12
Gwen Stefani
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
72
critic score
(12)
76
user score
(458)
Oct 12
Pig Destroyer
Terrifyer
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(407)
Nov 30
Nas
Street's Disciple
79
critic score
(13)
60
user score
(363)
Sep 27
Rammstein
Reise, Reise
75
critic score
(6)
80
user score
(352)
Oct 19
ISIS
Panopticon
84
critic score
(7)
84
user score
(348)
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Aug 3
Viktor Vaughn
Venomous Villain
72
critic score
(5)
71
user score
(341)
May 18
The Streets
A Grand Don't Come For Free
88
critic score
(17)
76
user score
(333)
Sep 28
Brian Wilson
SMiLE
93
critic score
(17)
82
user score
(310)
Nov 30
Jay-Z & Linkin Park
Collision Course
43
critic score
(9)
69
user score
(294)
Sep 13
The Go! Team
Thunder, Lightning, Strike
82
critic score
(18)
81
user score
(293)
Jun 22
Wilco
A Ghost Is Born
77
critic score
(18)
80
user score
(292)
Mar 23
Usher
Confessions
69
critic score
(9)
76
user score
(289)
Sep 29
Sum 41
Chuck
61
critic score
(6)
74
user score
(286)
Jun 29
The Cure
The Cure
71
critic score
(16)
65
user score
(286)
Jun 8
PJ Harvey
Uh Huh Her
71
critic score
(20)
75
user score
(286)
May 10
Keane
Hopes and Fears
65
critic score
(18)
74
user score
(283)
Sep 6
Kasabian
Kasabian
63
critic score
(17)
74
user score
(283)
Sep 21
Converge
You Fail Me
85
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(280)
Jun 8
Sonic Youth
Sonic Nurse
75
critic score
(20)
77
user score
(277)
May 25
Kanye West
Jesus Walks
93
user score
(273)
Mar 23
Iron & Wine
Our Endless Numbered Days
81
critic score
(12)
81
user score
(272)
Nov 23
U2
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
76
critic score
(19)
65
user score
(266)
Jul 20
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Miss Machine
76
critic score
(7)
83
user score
(264)
Sep 7
The Black Keys
Rubber Factory
74
critic score
(12)
77
user score
(261)
Aug 31
The Libertines
The Libertines
72
critic score
(22)
75
user score
(258)
Apr 1
Sachiko M, Toshimaru Nakamura & Otomo Yoshihide
Good Morning Good Night
77
critic score
(2)
51
user score
(249)
Aug 31
Lamb of God
Ashes of the Wake
81
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(247)
Feb 24
Kanye West
All Falls Down
93
user score
(244)
Jan 27
Air
Talkie Walkie
77
critic score
(19)
80
user score
(244)
Nov 30
Kelly Clarkson
Breakaway
72
critic score
(8)
76
user score
(241)
Jun 23
Nujabes / Fat Jon
Samurai Champloo Music Record: Departure
88
user score
(239)
Mar 23
Fennesz
Venice
81
critic score
(8)
81
user score
(233)
Jul 13
The Roots
The Tipping Point
72
critic score
(12)
74
user score
(226)
Jan 18
Shibusashirazu Orchestra
Shibuboshi (渋星)
87
user score
(224)
Jan 13
Britney Spears
Toxic
70
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(224)
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