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Aug 25
Arctic Monkeys
Humbug
77
critic score
(40)
77
user score
(2,706)
Jun 9
Radiohead
In Rainbows Disk 2
66
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(1,291)
Mar 3
The Antlers
Hospice
82
critic score
(27)
80
user score
(1,288)
May 26
Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
81
critic score
(30)
81
user score
(1,224)
May 5
St. Vincent
Actor
80
critic score
(30)
83
user score
(1,110)
Mar 31
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It's Blitz!
80
critic score
(35)
80
user score
(688)
Jun 9
Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca
86
critic score
(38)
81
user score
(618)
Sep 22
Brand New
Daisy
75
critic score
(13)
80
user score
(501)
Sep 22
Girls
Album
80
critic score
(25)
81
user score
(344)
Jan 27
Franz Ferdinand
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
69
critic score
(35)
74
user score
(343)
Jun 9
Kasabian
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
67
critic score
(25)
74
user score
(269)
Apr 7
Metric
Fantasies
75
critic score
(25)
80
user score
(257)
Jul 6
Bombay Bicycle Club
I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose
72
critic score
(12)
78
user score
(202)
Nov 2
Local Natives
Gorilla Manor
77
critic score
(20)
78
user score
(201)
Apr 28
Japandroids
Post-Nothing
80
critic score
(24)
77
user score
(200)
Jun 30
Wilco
Wilco (The Album)
75
critic score
(33)
72
user score
(192)
Sep 8
Wild Beasts
Two Dancers
81
critic score
(29)
80
user score
(189)
May 18
The Brobecks
Violent Things
81
user score
(173)
Mar 17
White Lies
To Lose My Life...
61
critic score
(23)
74
user score
(138)
Jul 14
The Dead Weather
Horehound
71
critic score
(32)
74
user score
(133)
Apr 14
Silversun Pickups
Swoon
63
critic score
(23)
79
user score
(120)
Oct 12
Editors
In This Light & On This Evening
61
critic score
(29)
69
user score
(113)
Apr 21
Manchester Orchestra
Mean Everything to Nothing
70
critic score
(15)
78
user score
(111)
Sep 8
Yo La Tengo
Popular Songs
80
critic score
(28)
74
user score
(107)
Oct 13
The Temper Trap
Conditions
75
critic score
(13)
74
user score
(104)
Feb 15
Bomb The Music Industry!
SCRAMBLES
100
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(103)
Aug 4
Modest Mouse
No One's First and You're Next
66
critic score
(12)
76
user score
(101)
Oct 6
Built to Spill
There is No Enemy
74
critic score
(22)
74
user score
(91)
Jun 15
We Were Promised Jetpacks
These Four Walls
72
critic score
(16)
79
user score
(72)
Jun 23
Sunset Rubdown
Dragonslayer
78
critic score
(22)
81
user score
(71)
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Jul 6
Arctic Monkeys
Crying Lightning
75
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(70)
May 19
mewithoutYou
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright
70
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(67)
Oct 13
The Heavy
The House That Dirt Built
70
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(65)
Jun 23
The Dear Hunter
Act III: Life and Death
80
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(65)
Oct 6
Jamie T
Kings & Queens
78
critic score
(19)
75
user score
(63)
May 18
Deerhunter
Rainwater Cassette Exchange
78
critic score
(13)
74
user score
(62)
Oct 6
Kurt Vile
Childish Prodigy
72
critic score
(12)
74
user score
(61)
Jun 2
Eels
Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire
72
critic score
(27)
70
user score
(57)
Sep 22
Vic Chesnutt
At The Cut
79
critic score
(8)
81
user score
(56)
Jan 6
Glasvegas
Glasvegas
72
critic score
(25)
76
user score
(55)
Jan 20
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Why There Are Mountains
77
critic score
(17)
75
user score
(49)
Feb 17
Various Artists
Dark Was The Night
75
critic score
(20)
80
user score
(48)
Jun 9
Tonstartssbandht
An When
79
user score
(45)
Jun 23
Gossip
Music For Men
69
critic score
(16)
70
user score
(45)
Sep 22
The Twilight Sad
Forget the Night Ahead
72
critic score
(18)
75
user score
(44)
Sep
Flatsound
Scotland, I Wish You Had Stayed.
71
user score
(44)
Jul 7
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Hometowns
72
critic score
(8)
80
user score
(43)
Aug 4
Julian Plenti
Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper
66
critic score
(28)
67
user score
(41)
Sep 22
The Big Pink
A Brief History of Love
73
critic score
(25)
73
user score
(40)
Jan 7
Soutaiseiriron
Hi-Fi Shinsho
79
user score
(40)
Dec 9
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin
Reverse Shark Attack
71
critic score
(5)
72
user score
(38)
May 4
The Maccabees
Wall of Arms
74
critic score
(13)
71
user score
(37)
Mar 16
Super Furry Animals
Dark Days / Light Years
80
critic score
(24)
73
user score
(35)
Sep 8
The Cribs
Ignore the Ignorant
72
critic score
(24)
74
user score
(35)
Mar 10
Cursive
Mama, I'm Swollen
67
critic score
(14)
75
user score
(35)
Oct 16
Various Artists
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
69
critic score
(10)
74
user score
(33)
Sep 3
The Temper Trap
Sweet Disposition
90
user score
(32)
May 19
Jarvis Cocker
Further Complications
72
critic score
(27)
75
user score
(31)
Oct 6
The Raveonettes
In and Out of Control
73
critic score
(14)
77
user score
(31)
Sep 4
Helvetia
Helvetia’s Junk Shop
77
user score
(28)
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