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Aug 30
Kanye West
Late Registration
83
critic score
(20)
89
user score
(9,514)
May 24
Gorillaz
Demon Days
79
critic score
(27)
86
user score
(5,970)
Jul 5
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
91
critic score
(26)
91
user score
(4,187)
May 17
System of a Down
Mezmerize
75
critic score
(19)
85
user score
(1,946)
May 24
Common
Be
81
critic score
(16)
87
user score
(1,892)
Mar 15
Daft Punk
Human After All
56
critic score
(23)
69
user score
(1,777)
Dec 30
The Strokes
First Impressions of Earth
65
critic score
(23)
71
user score
(1,741)
Nov 11
Nujabes
Modal Soul
87
user score
(1,674)
Sep 27
Panic! at the Disco
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
60
critic score
(10)
64
user score
(1,541)
Nov 22
System of a Down
Hypnotize
76
critic score
(16)
80
user score
(1,510)
Jun 6
Coldplay
X&Y
71
critic score
(23)
73
user score
(1,461)
Jan 25
Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
85
critic score
(19)
85
user score
(1,348)
Oct 10
DANGERDOOM
The Mouse and the Mask
73
critic score
(19)
80
user score
(1,333)
Feb 15
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
83
critic score
(23)
81
user score
(1,327)
Oct 18
Animal Collective
Feels
81
critic score
(22)
85
user score
(1,273)
Oct 4
Fiona Apple
Extraordinary Machine
79
critic score
(16)
79
user score
(1,271)
Mar 22
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
78
critic score
(23)
83
user score
(1,235)
Mar 1
The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute
73
critic score
(20)
88
user score
(1,187)
Nov 9
Madonna
Confessions on a Dance Floor
76
critic score
(18)
83
user score
(1,164)
Mar 22
M.I.A.
Arular
86
critic score
(22)
82
user score
(1,129)
Nov 18
Boris
Pink
81
critic score
(7)
86
user score
(1,112)
Jul 26
Paramore
All We Know Is Falling
67
critic score
(3)
68
user score
(1,099)
May 10
Weezer
Make Believe
53
critic score
(15)
41
user score
(1,095)
Sep 27
Gojira
From Mars to Sirius
71
critic score
(4)
87
user score
(987)
May 3
Fall Out Boy
From Under the Cork Tree
73
critic score
(5)
76
user score
(944)
Mar 22
Queens of the Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze
77
critic score
(22)
77
user score
(899)
Sep 13
Sigur Rós
Takk...
83
critic score
(24)
85
user score
(823)
Oct 24
Tally Hall
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
80
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(738)
May 3
Nine Inch Nails
With Teeth
67
critic score
(15)
78
user score
(734)
Dec 6
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter II
80
critic score
(7)
79
user score
(711)
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Apr 12
The National
Alligator
78
critic score
(16)
81
user score
(665)
Oct 17
Boards of Canada
The Campfire Headphase
78
critic score
(18)
82
user score
(664)
Dec 2
Coil
The Ape of Naples
90
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(662)
May 24
Sleater-Kinney
The Woods
85
critic score
(19)
84
user score
(624)
Jun 7
The White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan
74
critic score
(24)
71
user score
(604)
Jun 6
Avenged Sevenfold
City of Evil
70
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(533)
Apr 12
Mariah Carey
The Emancipation of Mimi
59
critic score
(10)
78
user score
(530)
Aug 30
Rihanna
Music of the Sun
55
critic score
(6)
54
user score
(519)
Nov 7
Kate Bush
Aerial
82
critic score
(21)
81
user score
(516)
Aug 30
Opeth
Ghost Reveries
89
critic score
(9)
87
user score
(507)
Aug 30
Death Cab for Cutie
Plans
64
critic score
(21)
79
user score
(475)
Oct 3
Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better
79
critic score
(21)
78
user score
(452)
Feb 1
ANOHNI and the Johnsons
I Am a Bird Now
88
critic score
(20)
84
user score
(436)
Aug 19
Broadcast
Tender Buttons
70
critic score
(16)
80
user score
(428)
Jan 18
The Game
The Documentary
76
critic score
(12)
81
user score
(428)
Mar 3
50 Cent
The Massacre
60
critic score
(12)
66
user score
(427)
2005
The Newfound Interest in Connecticut
Tell Me About the Long Dark Path Home
80
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(409)
Jun 14
Foo Fighters
In Your Honor
70
critic score
(19)
66
user score
(408)
Jul 18
Imogen Heap
Speak for Yourself
67
critic score
(10)
82
user score
(395)
Mar 28
Porcupine Tree
Deadwing
68
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(377)
Mar 15
Venetian Snares
Rossz csillag alatt szuletett
86
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(376)
Oct 18
Lightning Bolt
Hypermagic Mountain
84
critic score
(13)
82
user score
(373)
Oct 4
Nickelback
All the Right Reasons
37
critic score
(5)
40
user score
(370)
Aug 31
toe
the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety
82
user score
(364)
Mar 29
Beck
Guero
77
critic score
(24)
77
user score
(363)
May 9
Gorillaz
Feel Good Inc.
100
critic score
(1)
95
user score
(341)
May 31
Oasis
Don't Believe The Truth
63
critic score
(22)
64
user score
(334)
Jun 7
Dream Theater
Octavarium
70
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(333)
Aug 30
Thirty Seconds to Mars
A Beautiful Lie
42
critic score
(6)
60
user score
(320)
Oct 18
Sunn O)))
Black One
90
critic score
(6)
78
user score
(314)
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