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(26)
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(324)
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(106)
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(297)
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(7)
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(142)
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(150)
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(428)
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(56)
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(65)
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(17)
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(22)
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(12)
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(29)
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(79)
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(13)
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(57)
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(13)
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(16)
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(84)
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(44)
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(93)
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(118)
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(95)
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(12)
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(38)
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(18)
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(19)
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(23)
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(22)
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(271)
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(47)
Aug 30
Kanye West
Late Registration
83
critic score
(20)
88
user score
(2708)
May 24
Gorillaz
Demon Days
78
critic score
(22)
85
user score
(1746)
Jul 5
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
92
critic score
(21)
90
user score
(1576)
Oct 18
Animal Collective
Feels
81
critic score
(17)
85
user score
(599)
Jun 7
Coldplay
X&Y
72
critic score
(20)
72
user score
(572)
Nov 11
Madonna
Confessions on a Dance Floor
76
critic score
(14)
82
user score
(555)
Feb 15
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
82
critic score
(17)
81
user score
(542)
Mar 15
Daft Punk
Human After All
53
critic score
(16)
68
user score
(528)
Sep 27
Panic! at the Disco
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
60
critic score
(10)
59
user score
(518)
Mar 22
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
83
critic score
(16)
84
user score
(497)
Mar 22
M.I.A.
Arular
87
critic score
(16)
82
user score
(483)
May 24
Common
Be
81
critic score
(13)
85
user score
(478)
May 17
System of a Down
Mezmerize
76
critic score
(13)
81
user score
(452)
Jan 25
Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
83
critic score
(15)
84
user score
(439)
Oct 4
Fiona Apple
Extraordinary Machine
78
critic score
(12)
79
user score
(408)
Apr 12
The National
Alligator
79
critic score
(12)
81
user score
(399)
May 10
Weezer
Make Believe
48
critic score
(14)
39
user score
(383)
Nov 22
System of a Down
Hypnotize
77
critic score
(12)
77
user score
(379)
Sep 13
Sigur Rós
Takk...
81
critic score
(19)
84
user score
(377)
Oct 10
DANGERDOOM
The Mouse and the Mask
74
critic score
(11)
81
user score
(363)
Jul 26
Paramore
All We Know Is Falling
67
critic score
(3)
65
user score
(339)
Mar 22
Queens of the Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze
76
critic score
(13)
77
user score
(323)
May 24
Sleater-Kinney
The Woods
88
critic score
(13)
85
user score
(313)
Nov 11
Nujabes
Modal Soul
84
user score
(310)
Mar 1
The Mars Volta
Frances The Mute
76
critic score
(17)
83
user score
(301)
May 3
Fall Out Boy
From Under the Cork Tree
73
critic score
(5)
75
user score
(292)
Nov 18
Boris
Pink
81
critic score
(7)
84
user score
(285)
Jun 7
The White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan
74
critic score
(20)
72
user score
(276)
Aug 30
Rihanna
Music of the Sun
55
critic score
(6)
53
user score
(266)
Apr 12
Mariah Carey
The Emancipation of Mimi
61
critic score
(9)
76
user score
(234)
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Dec 6
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter II
79
critic score
(6)
77
user score
(233)
Aug 30
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans
66
critic score
(12)
78
user score
(226)
Dec 5
Coil
The Ape of Naples
90
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(223)
Feb 1
Antony and the Johnsons
I Am a Bird Now
89
critic score
(14)
84
user score
(221)
Oct 17
Boards of Canada
The Campfire Headphase
78
critic score
(10)
80
user score
(218)
May 3
Nine Inch Nails
With Teeth
67
critic score
(11)
75
user score
(212)
Oct 3
Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better
79
critic score
(19)
78
user score
(211)
Sep 27
Gojira
From Mars to Sirius
65
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(200)
Mar 29
Beck
Guero
76
critic score
(18)
78
user score
(190)
Sep 27
Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Mary
85
critic score
(14)
84
user score
(185)
Oct 4
My Morning Jacket
Z
82
critic score
(18)
80
user score
(174)
Nov 7
Kate Bush
Aerial
82
critic score
(14)
82
user score
(174)
Aug 19
Broadcast
Tender Buttons
72
critic score
(10)
80
user score
(166)
Aug 30
Opeth
Ghost Reveries
87
critic score
(7)
86
user score
(160)
May 10
Spoon
Gimme Fiction
83
critic score
(12)
81
user score
(151)
Jan 25
M83
Before the Dawn Heals Us
75
critic score
(17)
79
user score
(146)
Mar 28
Porcupine Tree
Deadwing
68
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(143)
Jun 14
Foo Fighters
In Your Honor
69
critic score
(15)
64
user score
(143)
Jan 18
The Game
The Documentary
75
critic score
(10)
82
user score
(142)
Mar 3
50 Cent
The Massacre
60
critic score
(12)
63
user score
(141)
Oct 4
Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene
75
critic score
(17)
82
user score
(140)
Mar 29
Edan
Beauty and the Beat
88
critic score
(8)
84
user score
(138)
Jun 6
Avenged Sevenfold
City of Evil
70
critic score
(4)
74
user score
(138)
Oct 18
Sunn O)))
Black One
90
critic score
(6)
80
user score
(134)
Feb 8
Andrew Bird
The Mysterious Production of Eggs
81
critic score
(8)
81
user score
(133)
Jun 3
Shakira
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
68
critic score
(7)
80
user score
(133)
May 25
Black Eyed Peas
Monkey Business
44
critic score
(10)
55
user score
(132)
Apr 27
Robyn
Robyn
85
critic score
(15)
78
user score
(130)
May 9
Gorillaz
Feel Good Inc.
94
user score
(126)
Jun 28
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
79
critic score
(14)
80
user score
(125)
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