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50 Booka Shade Movements
| 49 Ellen Allien & Apparat Orchestra of Bubbles | 48 The Long Blondes Someone to Drive You Home | 47 Matmos The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast | 46 M. Ward Post-War
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45 Camera Obscura Let's Get Out of This Country | 44 The Pipettes We Are the Pipettes | 43 Sonic Youth Rather Ripped | 42 Mastodon Blood Mountain | 41 The Decemberists The Crane Wife |
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40 Tapes 'n Tapes The Loon | 39 Fujiya & Miyagi Transparent Things | 38 J Dilla Donuts | 37 DJ Drama & Lil Wayne Deedication 2 | 36 Brightblack Morning Light Brightblack Morning Light |
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35 Herbert Scale | 34 Girl Talk Night Ripper | 33 Mission of Burma The Obliterati | 32 Lupe Fiasco Food & Liquor | 31 Danielson Ships |
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30 Belle and Sebastian The Life Purshit | 29 Lily Allen Alright, Still | 28 Cat Power The Greatest | 27 Califone Roots & Crowns | 26 Hot Chip The Warning |
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25 Justin Timberlake FutuerSex/LoveSounds | 24 Peter Bjorn and John Writer's Block | 23 Yo La Tango I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass | 22 LCD Soundsystem 45:33 | 21 Be Your Own Pet Be Your Own Pet |
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20 Man Man Six Demon Bag | 19 T.I. King | 18 Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies | 17 The Thermals The Body, The Blood, The Mashine | 16 Beach House Beach House |
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15 Sunset Rubdown Shut Up I Am Dreaming | 14 Tim Hecker Harmony in Ultraviolet | 13 Phoenix It's Never Been Like That | 12 Band of Horses Everything All the Time | 11 Junior Boys So THis Is Goodbye |
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10 Scott Walker The Drift | 9 Boris Pink | 8 Grizzly Bear Yellow House | 7 Clipse Hell Hath No Fury | 6 Liars Drum's Not Dead |
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5 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America | 4 Ghostface Killah Fishscale | 3 Joanna Newson Ys | 2 TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain | 1 The Knife Silent Shout |
