- The Decemberists - The King Is Dead / Long Live The King
- The Weeknd - House Of Balloons / Thursday / Echoes of Silence
- Adele - 21
- Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
- Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch The Throne
- Tom Waits - Bad As Me
- James Blake - James Blake
- Bon Iver - Bon Iver
- Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order):
- 8in8 - Nighty Night
- Amanda Palmer - Amanda Palmer Goes Under
- Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
- Anna Järvinen - Anna Själv Tredje
- Drake - Take Care
- Feist - Metals
- Florence And The Machine - Ceremonials
- Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
- Joan As Police Woman - The Deep Field
- Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
- Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
- M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
- R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
- Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
- St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
- The Antlers - Burst Apart
- The Cave Singers - No Witch
- The Kills - Blood Pressures
- Tori Amos - Night Of Hunters
- Twin Sister - In Heaven
Ok:
- Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
- Björk - Biophilia
- Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys
- EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
- Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
- Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself
- Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
- Kajsa Grytt - En Kvinna Under Påverkan
- Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
- Little Dragon - Ritual Union
- Miss Li - Beats & Bruises
- Panda Bear - Tomboy
- Washed Out - Within And Without
Not worth the time:
- Devotchka - 100 Lovers
- Foster The People - Torches
- Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
- Jessie J - Who You Are
- Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights And Early Mornings
- Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
- The Field - Looping State Of Mind
- The Sounds - Something To Die For
- Veronica Maggio - Satan I Gatan
- Wild Beasts - Smother
- Woods - Sun And Shade
WTF?:
- Pitbull - Planet Pit
