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Oct 23
My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade
74
critic score
(19)
89
user score
(6,087)
Jan 23
Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
83
critic score
(26)
85
user score
(5,269)
Feb 7
J Dilla
Donuts
84
critic score
(12)
89
user score
(4,260)
Oct 27
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
82
critic score
(23)
86
user score
(2,708)
Oct 24
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
64
critic score
(4)
59
user score
(2,365)
Jul 3
Muse
Black Holes and Revelations
75
critic score
(30)
79
user score
(2,135)
Oct 31
Deftones
Saturday Night Wrist
75
critic score
(17)
82
user score
(1,992)
Nov 20
Brand New
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
79
critic score
(13)
87
user score
(1,979)
Nov 14
Joanna Newsom
Ys
86
critic score
(27)
90
user score
(1,961)
May 2
TOOL
10,000 Days
73
critic score
(17)
82
user score
(1,637)
Nov 28
Clipse
Hell Hath No Fury
85
critic score
(24)
85
user score
(1,313)
Sep 4
Beyoncé
B'Day
66
critic score
(19)
74
user score
(1,263)
Sep 19
Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
84
critic score
(20)
84
user score
(1,148)
Oct 3
Beach House
Beach House
67
critic score
(8)
71
user score
(1,109)
Sep 8
Justin Timberlake
FutureSex/LoveSounds
70
critic score
(21)
79
user score
(1,056)
Jul 10
Thom Yorke
The Eraser
75
critic score
(25)
79
user score
(989)
May 9
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Stadium Arcadium
72
critic score
(19)
72
user score
(972)
Oct 3
The Killers
Sam's Town
64
critic score
(23)
76
user score
(888)
Feb 17
The Knife
Silent Shout
79
critic score
(18)
82
user score
(873)
Oct 16
Tim Hecker
Harmony in Ultraviolet
86
critic score
(6)
85
user score
(693)
Jan 24
CunninLynguists
A Piece of Strange
79
critic score
(4)
87
user score
(604)
Sep 12
John Mayer
Continuum
70
critic score
(12)
79
user score
(593)
Jun 13
Three Days Grace
One-X
45
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(585)
Oct 30
Bring Me the Horizon
Count Your Blessings
50
critic score
(2)
51
user score
(577)
Aug 8
Daughters
Hell Songs
80
critic score
(5)
70
user score
(571)
Apr 10
Rihanna
A Girl Like Me
58
critic score
(7)
55
user score
(565)
May 15
Burial
Burial
87
critic score
(8)
79
user score
(564)
Aug 29
The Roots
Game Theory
80
critic score
(21)
84
user score
(549)
Sep 5
Grizzly Bear
Yellow House
80
critic score
(15)
82
user score
(531)
Jul 13
Lily Allen
Alright, Still
77
critic score
(25)
80
user score
(505)
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Aug 22
OutKast
Idlewild
73
critic score
(25)
65
user score
(496)
Sep 12
TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain
87
critic score
(27)
80
user score
(496)
Jun 7
Nelly Furtado
Loose
67
critic score
(21)
77
user score
(490)
Nov 21
JAY-Z
Kingdom Come
66
critic score
(20)
55
user score
(490)
Dec 15
Nas
Hip Hop Is Dead
77
critic score
(12)
68
user score
(486)
Aug 8
Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
93
critic score
(4)
85
user score
(448)
Mar 28
Ghostface Killah
Fishscale
83
critic score
(17)
83
user score
(440)
Aug 15
Christina Aguilera
Back to Basics
66
critic score
(18)
76
user score
(409)
Sep 12
The Mars Volta
Amputechture
66
critic score
(19)
79
user score
(408)
Sep 12
Mastodon
Blood Mountain
80
critic score
(21)
82
user score
(397)
Feb 21
Destroyer
Destroyer's Rubies
85
critic score
(16)
83
user score
(355)
Aug 22
J Dilla
The Shining
80
critic score
(15)
79
user score
(354)
Sep 13
Fergie
The Dutchess
57
critic score
(9)
68
user score
(349)
Sep 12
My Chemical Romance
Welcome to the Black Parade
90
critic score
(1)
95
user score
(344)
Jun 13
Sonic Youth
Rather Ripped
76
critic score
(23)
75
user score
(340)
Sep 12
Xiu Xiu
The Air Force
79
critic score
(10)
81
user score
(337)
Apr 24
Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere
79
critic score
(29)
77
user score
(333)
Jan 23
The Kooks
Inside In/Inside Out
74
critic score
(18)
74
user score
(328)
Aug 8
Breaking Benjamin
Phobia
66
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(326)
Apr 24
Arctic Monkeys
Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?
60
critic score
(5)
75
user score
(321)
Apr 4
The Flaming Lips
At War With The Mystics
80
critic score
(27)
74
user score
(320)
Jul 25
Pharrell
In My Mind
56
critic score
(21)
76
user score
(318)
Jun 13
Regina Spektor
Begin to Hope
75
critic score
(24)
80
user score
(318)
Sep 25
Evanescence
The Open Door
60
critic score
(13)
73
user score
(316)
Oct 3
The Decemberists
The Crane Wife
79
critic score
(23)
83
user score
(316)
Aug 29
Bob Dylan
Modern Times
86
critic score
(25)
77
user score
(289)
Jan 13
Sibylle Baier
Colour Green
85
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(288)
Oct 17
LCD Soundsystem
45:33
83
critic score
(15)
78
user score
(286)
Jul 4
Rise Against
The Sufferer & the Witness
79
critic score
(8)
80
user score
(282)
May 30
Asobi Seksu
Citrus
79
critic score
(13)
81
user score
(275)
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