Rounding Out the Top 50

Numbers 22 through 50 in the City Paper critics' poll

22. Snow Patrol Eyes Open (A&M)

23. Muse Black Holes and Revelations (Warner)

24. Spank Rock YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada)

25. The Evens Get Evens (Dischord)

26. Black Keys Magic Potion (Nonesuch)

27. Espers Espers II (Drag City)

28. Bob Dylan Modern Times (Sony)

29. Beirut Gulag Orkestar (BaDaBing)

30. Hot Chip The Warning (Astralwerks/DFA)

31. Clipse Hell Hath No Fury (Startrak)

32. Wolfmother Wolfmother (Interscope/Merge)

33. Band of Horses Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)

34. Lily Allen Alright, Still (EMI International)

35. The Killers Sam's Town (Island)

36. T.I. King (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

37. Art Brut Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Banana/Fierce Panda)

38. Camera Obscura Let's Get Out of This Country (Merge)

39. The Dresden Dolls Yes, Virginia... (Roadrunner)

40. The Rapture Pieces of the People We Love (UMVD)

41. Pearl Jam Pearl Jam (J Records)

42. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones (Interscope)

43. The Knife Deep Cuts (Mute)

44. Love Is All 9 Times That Same Song (What's Your Rupture)

45. Tapes 'n Tapes The Loon (Xl)

46. The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers (V2/Third Man)

47. My Chemical Romance The Black Parade (Reprise)

48. Quasi When the Going Gets Dark (Touch and Go)

49. Erase Errata Nightlife (Kill Rock Stars)

50. Jarvis Cocker Jarvis (Rough Trade UK)