Rounding out the Top 50

22. David Byrne and Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Todo Mundo)

23. Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight (Fat Cat)

24. Bon Iver For Emma Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

25. Adele 19 (Sony)

26. Raphael Saadiq The Way I See It (Columbia)

27. Jay Reatard Singles '06-'07 (In the Red)

28. Paint It Black New Lexicon (Jade Tree)

29. Kaiser Chiefs Off with Their Heads (Motown)

30. Blitzen Trapper Furr (Sub Pop)

31. Girl Talk Feed the Animals (Illegal Art)

32. R.E.M. Accelerate (Warner Bros.)

33. Black Mountain In The Future (Jagjaguwar)

34. Marnie Stern This Is It ... (Kill Rock Stars)

35. Hercules and Love Affair Hercules and Love Affair (DFA)

36. Duffy Rockferry (Mercury)

37. Man Man Rabbit Habits (Anti)

38. Radiohead In Rainbows (XL)

39. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks Real Emotional Trash (Matador)

40. Fucked Up Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)

41. No Age Nouns (Sub Pop)

42. Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely (Warner Bros.)

43. Deerhoof Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)

44. The Kills Midnight Boom (Domino)

45. Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)

46. Dr. Dog Fate (Park the Van)

47. Foals Antidotes (Sub Pop)

48. Britney Spears Circus (Jive)

49. Erykah Badu New AmErykah Part 1: 4th World War (Motown)

50. Frida Hyvönen Silence Is Wild (Secretly Canadian)