| Almost Cool |
| 01. Battles - Mirrored |
| 02. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 03. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime |
| 04. Marnie Stern - In Advance Of The Broken Arm |
| 05. Burial - Untrue |
| 06. Strategy - Future Rock |
| 07. Studio - Yearbook 1 |
| 08. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 09. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 10. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam |
|
| Amazon.com (Editors' Picks) |
| 01. Feist - The Reminder |
| 02. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 03. Kanye West - Graduation |
| 04. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 05. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 06. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 07. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 08. Elliot Smith - New Moon |
| 09. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away |
| 10. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand |
|
| Billboard (Staff Consensus) |
| 01. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 02. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 03. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 04. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand |
| 05. The National - Boxer |
| 06. Feist - The Reminder |
| 07. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Magic |
| 08. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 08. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 08. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
| 09. Kanye West - Graduation |
| 10. Battles - Mirrored |
|
| Blender |
| 01. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 02. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 03. Lil Wayne - The Carter 3 Sessions |
| 04. Kanye West - Graduation |
| 05. Against Me! - New Wave |
| 06. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 07. The Dream - LoveHate |
| 08. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 09. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
| 10. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight |
|
| The Chanticleer |
| 01. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? |
| 02. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 03. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
| 04. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight |
| 05. Liars - Liars |
| 06. Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills |
| 07. The National - Boxer |
| 08. Jennifer Gentle - The Midnight Room |
| 09. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha |
| 10. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil |
|
| Cokemachineglow |
| 01. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 02. Future of the Left - Curses |
| 03. Supersilent - 8 |
| 04. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 05. Battles - Mirrored |
| 06. Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss |
| 07. Frog Eyes - Tears Of The Valedictorian |
| 08. Menomena - Friend And Foe |
| 09. Deer Tick - War Elephant |
| 10. Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline |
|
| Delusions of Adequacy (Staff Consensus) |
| 01. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 02. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 03. The National - Boxer |
| 04. The New Pornographers - Challengers |
| 05. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
| 06. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
| 07. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 08. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 09. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin |
| 10. Okkervil River - The Stage Names |
|
| Drowned In Sound |
| 01. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 02. Battles - Mirrored |
| 03. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 04. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 05. Jamie T - Panic Prevention |
| 06. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
| 07. Liars - Liars |
| 08. No Age - Weirdo Rippers |
| 09. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 10. HEALTH - Health |
|
| Dusted (Picks of co-editor Otis Hart) |
| 01. Alasdair Roberts - The Amber Gatherers |
| 02. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 03. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 04. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 05. The Cherry Blossoms - The Cherry Blossoms |
| 06. Burial - Untrue |
| 07. Prinzhorn Dance School - Prinzhorn Dance School |
| 08. Omar Souleyman - Highway to Hassake |
| 09. Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods |
| 10. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbal |
|
| EW |
| 01. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Magic |
| 02. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 03. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 04. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 05. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
| 06. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 07. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 08. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full |
| 09. Betty LaVette - The Scene of the Crime |
| 10. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool |
|
| Hartford Courant |
| 01. The National - Boxer |
| 02. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 03. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 04. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 05. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 06. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 07. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights |
| 08. Tim Fite - Over the Counter Culture |
| 09. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha |
| 10. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond |
|
| Filter |
| 01. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 02. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin |
| 03. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 04. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen |
| 05. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam |
| 06. Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday |
| 07. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 08. The National - Boxer |
| 09. Great Northern - Trading Twilight For Daylight |
| 10. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha |
|
| Lost at Sea |
| 01. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 02. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 03. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 04. The National - Boxer |
| 05. Battles - Mirrored |
| 05. Kanye West - Graduation |
| 07. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 08. Dälek - Abandoned Language |
| 08. Burial - Untrue |
| 10. Blonde Redhead - 23 |
|
| Metacritic.com |
| 01. Burial - Untrue |
| 02. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime |
| 03. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 04. Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline |
| 05. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raising Sand |
| 06. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends |
| 07. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 08. Patty Griffin - Children Running Through |
| 09. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 10. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
|
| Mojo |
| 01. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 02. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 03. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Magic |
| 04. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 05. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 06. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen |
| 07. The White Stripes - Icky Thump |
| 08. PJ Harvey - White Chalk |
| 09. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera |
| 10. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times |
|
| MusicOMH |
| 01. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 02. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 03. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 04. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 05. !!! (Chik Chik Chik) - Myth Takes |
| 06. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 07. Asobi Seksu - Citrus |
| 08. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen |
| 09. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release |
| 10. The White Stripes - Icky Thump |
|
| NME |
| 01. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future |
| 02. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 03. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 04. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 05. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends |
| 06. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times |
| 07. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 08. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle |
| 09. The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever |
| 10. Battles - Mirrored |
|
| Noripcord |
| 01. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 02. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 03. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 04. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? |
| 05. The National - Boxer |
| 06. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 07. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 08. Caribou - Andorra |
| 09. Okkervil River - The Stage Names |
| 10. Battles - Mirrored |
|
| Observer Music Monthly |
| 01. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen |
| 02. Jamie T - Panic Prevention |
| 03. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times |
| 04. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 05. Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English |
| 06. Tinariwen - Aman Iman |
| 07. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 08. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 09. Burial - Untrue |
| 10. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
|
| The Onion AV Club (Staff Consensus) |
| 01. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 02. The National - Boxer |
| 03. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 04. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 05. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin |
| 06. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 07. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 08. Tegan And Sara - The Con |
| 09. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
| 10. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City |
|
| Paste Magazine |
| 01. The National - Boxer |
| 02. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 03. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Magic |
| 04. The White Stripes - Icky Thump |
| 05. Feist - The Reminder |
| 06. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 07. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
| 08. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
| 09. Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin |
| 10. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog |
|
| Pitchfork |
| 01. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 02. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 03. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 04. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 05. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? |
| 06. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam |
| 07. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 08. Battles - Mirrored |
| 09. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime |
| 10. Burial - Untrue |
|
| PopMatters |
| 01. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 02. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
| 03. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 04. Kanye West - Graduation |
| 05. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 06. Lyle Lovett and his Large Band - It's Not Big, It's Large |
| 07. The National - Boxer |
| 08. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 09. The Fratellis - Costello Music |
| 10. M.I.A. - Kala |
|
| Q |
| 01. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 02. The White Stripes - Icky Thump |
| 03. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 04. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 05. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen |
| 06. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Magic |
| 07. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times |
| 08. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away |
| 09. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America |
| 10. Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars |
|
| Rolling Stone |
| 01. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 02. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Magic |
| 03. Jay-Z - American Gangster |
| 04. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 05. Kanye West - Graduation |
| 06. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 07. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 08. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight |
| 09. Against Me! - New Wave |
| 10. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
|
| Rolling Stone - Readers |
| 01. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 02. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 03. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
| 04. White Stripes - Icky Thump |
| 05. Bruce Springsteen - Magic |
| 06. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero |
| 07. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away |
| 08. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 09. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times |
| 10. Kanye West - Graduation |
|
| The Guardian |
| 01. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 02. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 03. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America |
| 04. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 05. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future |
| 06. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times |
| 07. Grinderman - Grinderman |
| 08. Battles - Mirrored |
| 09. PJ Harvey - White Chalk |
| 10. Feist - The Reminder |
|
| Slant Magazine |
| 01. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position |
| 02. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
| 03. The Pierces - Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge |
| 04. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 05. St. Vincent - Marry Me |
| 06. John Vanderslice - Emerald City |
| 07. PJ Harvey - White Chalk |
| 08. Kristin Hersh - Learn To Sing Like A Star |
| 09. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 10. Bat for Lashes - Fur & Gold |
|
| Spin |
| 01. Against Me! - New Wave |
| 02. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 03. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 04. Kanye West - Graduation |
| 05. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 06. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 07. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black |
| 08. Jay-Z - American Gangster |
| 09. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 10. The White Stripes - Icky Thump |
|
| Sputnikmusic (Staff Consensus) |
| 01. Burial - Untrue |
| 02. Kid Crash - Jokes |
| 03. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 04. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 05. Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. I and II: Fire and Water |
| 06. Ghastly City Sleep - Ghastly City Sleep |
| 07. Battles - Mirrored |
| 08. Pharoahe Monch - Desire |
| 09. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice |
| 10. Say Anything - Defense Of The Genre |
|
| Stylus Magazine |
| 01. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver |
| 02. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
| 03. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 04. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 |
| 05. The National - The Boxer |
| 06. Kanye West - Graduation |
| 07. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 08. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 09. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime |
| 10. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
|
| Tiny Mixed Tapes |
| 01. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 02. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 03. Battles - Mirrored |
| 04. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam |
| 05. Deerhunter - Cryptograms |
| 06. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 07. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity |
| 08. Burial - Untrue |
| 09. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 10. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? |
|
| Uncut |
| 01. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 02. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 03. PJ Harvey - White Chalk |
| 04. Robert Plant And Alison Krauss - Raising Sand |
| 05. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
| 06. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera |
| 07. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America |
| 08. The White Stripes - Icky Thump |
| 09. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 10. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future |
|
| The Wire |
| 01. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera |
| 02. Burial - Untrue |
| 03. Panda Bear - Person Pitch |
| 04. OM - Pilgrimage |
| 05. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver |
| 06. Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions |
| 07. Pram - The Moving Frontier |
| 08. M.I.A. - Kala |
| 09. Battles - Mirrored |
| 10. Ricardo Villalobos - Fabic 36 |
|
| Από τις 4 στις 5 |
| 01. Radiohead - In Rainbows |
| 02. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 03. The White Stripes - Icky Thump |
| 04. Bruce Springsteen - Magic |
| 05. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 06. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away |
| 07. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky |
| 08. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times |
| 09. Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday |
| 10. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raising Sand |
