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Jan 24
Have a Nice Life
Deathconsciousness
90
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(5,566)
Jun 3
Weezer
Weezer (Red Album)
60
critic score
(24)
58
user score
(1,217)
Feb 26
Beach House
Devotion
72
critic score
(21)
76
user score
(1,173)
Dec 16
Fall Out Boy
Folie à Deux
68
critic score
(19)
80
user score
(975)
Jun 23
Cage the Elephant
Cage the Elephant
62
critic score
(8)
70
user score
(580)
Sep 23
Kings of Leon
Only By The Night
65
critic score
(26)
69
user score
(489)
Jun 24
Sigur Rós
Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
78
critic score
(30)
79
user score
(477)
Apr 15
M83
Saturdays = Youth
70
critic score
(19)
78
user score
(426)
Oct 6
Oasis
Dig Out Your Soul
65
critic score
(26)
65
user score
(409)
Jan 16
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS
81
user score
(385)
Jan 14
Radiohead
Jigsaw Falling into Place
80
critic score
(1)
97
user score
(347)
Apr 8
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
84
critic score
(32)
76
user score
(324)
Mar 31
Radiohead
Nude
97
user score
(315)
Oct 27
The Cure
4:13 Dream
65
critic score
(25)
59
user score
(310)
Jul 8
Beck
Modern Guilt
72
critic score
(28)
73
user score
(292)
Mar 17
Elbow
The Seldom Seen Kid
82
critic score
(24)
80
user score
(258)
Sep 23
Radiohead
Reckoner
96
user score
(256)
Jul 18
Lemon Demon
View-Monster
79
user score
(249)
Jun 24
Radiohead
In Rainbows: From the Basement
93
user score
(236)
Mar 25
The Raconteurs
Consolers of the Lonely
70
critic score
(24)
77
user score
(206)
Apr 6
Radiohead
House of Cards / Bodysnatchers
93
user score
(183)
Nov 18
Nickelback
Dark Horse
40
critic score
(11)
40
user score
(167)
Oct 21
Paramore
Decode
40
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(165)
Mar 31
R.E.M.
Accelerate
77
critic score
(27)
69
user score
(165)
Feb 26
Goldfrapp
Seventh Tree
75
critic score
(30)
78
user score
(157)
Jun 24
Shinedown
The Sound of Madness
63
critic score
(4)
71
user score
(126)
Jul 29
Scars On Broadway
Scars on Broadway
66
critic score
(7)
73
user score
(119)
Sep 1
Friendly Fires
Friendly Fires
72
critic score
(12)
78
user score
(107)
Dec 16
Weezer
Christmas with Weezer
33
user score
(106)
May 9
Coldplay
Violet Hill
40
critic score
(1)
89
user score
(82)
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Aug 19
The Verve
Forth
68
critic score
(26)
69
user score
(79)
Dec 16
Owl City
Maybe I'm Dreaming
70
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(78)
Jun 16
Weezer
Pork and Beans
80
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(76)
May 20
Foxboro Hot Tubs
Stop Drop and Roll!!!
75
critic score
(6)
73
user score
(65)
Mar 5
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
World World World
80
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(61)
Jan 15
The Magnetic Fields
Distortion
75
critic score
(29)
75
user score
(60)
Oct 24
Snow Patrol
A Hundred Million Suns
66
critic score
(21)
67
user score
(59)
Apr 1
Theory of a Deadman
Scars & Souvenirs
30
critic score
(2)
28
user score
(57)
Apr 15
Thrice
The Alchemy Index, Vols. III & IV: Air & Earth
70
critic score
(5)
75
user score
(57)
Mar 3
Bauhaus
Go Away White
66
critic score
(15)
58
user score
(55)
Aug 8
Taylor Swift
Change
67
user score
(54)
Dec 8
Kings of Leon
Use Somebody
70
user score
(53)
Oct 7
Senses Fail
Life Is Not a Waiting Room
55
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(53)
May 18
Taylor Swift
Should've Said No
76
user score
(50)
Jul 15
Linkin Park
Leave Out All the Rest
88
user score
(47)
Jul 1
My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade Is Dead!
60
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(47)
Mar 18
Lydia
Illuminate
100
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(46)
Mar 17
Muse
HAARP
74
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(43)
Feb 19
The Used
Shallow Believer
74
user score
(42)
Aug 5
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
62
critic score
(10)
72
user score
(40)
Oct 14
Zoé
Reptilectric
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(39)
Sep 30
Anberlin
New Surrender
75
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(38)
Apr 8
The Breeders
Mountain Battles
71
critic score
(29)
69
user score
(35)
Sep 3
Fall Out Boy
I Don't Care
88
user score
(33)
Jul 22
One Day as a Lion
One Day as a Lion
75
critic score
(6)
69
user score
(33)
Sep 17
My Dead Girlfriend/Shojoskip
Sweet Days and Her Last Kiss
79
user score
(33)
Nov 4
Various Artists
Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
76
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(32)
Jun 2
Radiohead
The Best Of
68
critic score
(9)
75
user score
(31)
Sep 22
The Killers
Human
70
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(30)
May 20
3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down
54
critic score
(2)
53
user score
(29)
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