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  1. 8.9

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    Channel Orange

    Frank Ocean

    Channel Orange

    Major label debut for the New Orleans-born R&B singer and member of the Odd Future hip hop collective

    Added: 13/07/2012

     
  2. 8.9

    Hadestown

    Anaïs Mitchell

    Hadestown

    The Vermont folk singer-songwriter and guitarist with a "folk opera" album reworking the story of Orpheus and Eurydice

    Added: 25/04/2010

     
  3. 8.8

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    Kanye West

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    Fifth album of hip hop from one of the biggest egos in contemporary rap

    Added: 15/11/2010

     
  4. 8.7

    Let England Shake

    PJ Harvey

    Let England Shake

    The veteran alt.rock songstress enhances the folk rock roots she laid down on 2009's White Chalk with bigger arrangements

    Added: 03/02/2011

     
  5. 8.7

    mbv

    My Bloody Valentine

    mbv

    The influential Irish shoegaze band with one of the most anticipated comeback albums of the past two decades, released via their website and also put out by them on YouTube

    Added: 04/02/2013

     
  6. 8.6

    Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down

    Ry Cooder

    Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down

    Solo album number fifteen from the prolific roots guitarist and eclectic music collaborator

    Added: 01/09/2011

     
  7. 8.6

    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    Kendrick Lamar

    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    The major label debut from Comtpon rap artist Lamar, under executive producer Dr. Dre

    Added: 23/10/2012

     
  8. 8.6

    The Suburbs

    Arcade Fire

    The Suburbs

    Third album from the Canadian indie rock multi-instrumentalists

    Added: 26/07/2010

     
  9. 8.5

    Bad As Me

    Tom Waits

    Bad As Me

    The 17th album from the gravel-voiced singer-songwriter turns up the urgency

    Added: 19/10/2011

     
  10. 8.5

    The ArchAndroid

    Janelle Monáe

    The ArchAndroid

    Debut album of pop / soul / R&B / futuristic funk from the Kansas singer-songwriter

    Added: 08/06/2010

     
  11. 8.5

    Fiona Apple

    The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

    Fourth studio album of baroque pop from the New York-born Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter

    Added: 15/06/2012

     
  12. 8.5

    Joanna Newsom

    Have One On Me

    Third album of new folk - and a triple at that - from the harp-playing Californian bard

    Added: 22/02/2010

     
  13. 8.5

    Gillian Welch

    The Harrow & The Harvest

    Fifth album and first for eight years from the Bluegrass singer-songwriter and her partner Dave Rawlings

    Added: 24/06/2011

     
  14. 8.5

    Tame Impala

    Lonerism

    Self-produced follow-up to the highly-rated debut Innerspeaker from the Australian psych-rock band

    Added: 02/10/2012

     
  15. 8.4

    Burial

    Kindred

    Master of static William Bevan with a short-form release of his uniquely atmospheric take on dubstep / techno / house

    Added: 23/02/2012

     
  16. 8.4

    Death Grips

    The Money Store

    Second album from the Sacramento hip hop trio, encompassing rap, extreme electronica, hardcore, dubstep, metal and probably much else besides

    Added: 19/04/2012

     
  17. 8.4

    Animal Collective

    Merriweather Post Pavilion

    More diverse sounds, odd experiments and avant-garde ideas from the The New York based loose collective led by Avey Tare and Panda Bear

    Added: 08/01/2009

     
  18. 8.3

    Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate

    Ali And Toumani

    Final posthumous release of the acclaimed guitarist teamed with his fellow Malian kora player

    Added: 27/01/2010

     
  19. 8.3

    Deerhunter

    Microcastle

    New York ambient art rockers with the follow up to 2007's acclaimed Cryptograms

    Added: 28/10/2008

     
  20. 8.3

    John Grant

    Pale Green Ghosts

    The follow up to his critically acclaimed debut Queen Of Denmark from the former Czars frontman produced by Biggi Veira from GusGus

    Added: 07/03/2013

     
  21. 8.3

    Bon Iver

    Bon Iver

    Follow-up to the acclaimed For Emma, Forever Ago from the American indie/folk band fronted by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon

    Added: 25/05/2011

     
  22. 8.3

    Flying Lotus

    Cosmogramma

    Second album of experimental hip hop, jazzy electronica and trip hop collages from LA-based producer and musician FlyLo

    Added: 26/04/2010

     
  23. 8.3

    Swans

    The Seer

    Second album since reforming in 2010 from the post rock New York outfit fronted by Michael Gira

    Added: 23/08/2012

     
  24. 8.3

    Grizzly Bear

    Veckatimest

    Acoustic experimental indie rock Brooklyn outfit with their third full-lenth album

    Added: 18/05/2009

     
  25. 8.3

    tUnE-YaRdS

    w h o k i l l

    Second album, and first on 4ad, from Oakland experimental lo-fi artist Merrill Garbus

    Added: 03/04/2011

     
  26. 8.3

    Mikal Cronin

    MCII

    Second album, and first on Merge, from the Californian garage punk / power pop singer-songwriter and Ty Segall collaborator

    Added: 07/05/2013

     
  27. 8.3

    Earth

    Angels Of Darkness Demons Of Light 1

    Sixth studio album from the Seattle-based doom drone band led by guitarist Dylan Carlson

    Added: 21/02/2011

     
  28. 8.3

    The National

    High Violet

    Album number five of passionate indie rock from the Brooklyn band

    Added: 28/04/2010

     
  29. 8.3

    Matthew E. White

    Big Inner

    70s-rooted laid-back vintage soul, gospel and country funk sounds on the debut from the Virginia artist

    Added: 02/01/2013

     
  30. 8.3

    Laura Marling

    Once I Was An Eagle

    The 23-year-old indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist's fourth album, again produced by Ethan Johns (Kings Of Leon, Ryan Adams)

    Added: 17/05/2013

     

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