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Paste’s Top 50

1. She & Him, Volume One
2. Sigur Rós, Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
3. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
4. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
5. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
6. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
7. Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
8. Sun Kil Moon, April
9. Lucinda Williams, Little Honey
10. Deerhunter, Microcastle
11. The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
12. Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
13. Ida Maria, Fortress Round My Heart
14. Langhorne Slim, Langhorne Slim
15. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
16. My Morning Jacket
, Evil Urges
17. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Lie Down In The Light
18. Death Cab
 for Cutie, Narrow Stairs

19. Gentleman Jesse and His Men, Introducing Gentleman Jesse and His Men
20. Hot Chip, Made In The Dark
21. The Raveonettes, Lust Lust Lust
22. No Age, Nouns
23. Mates of State, Re-Arrange Us
24. Santogold and Diplo, Top Ranking

25. Mugison, Mugiboogie
26. Lee Ann Womack, Call Me Crazy
27. Liam Finn, I’ll Be Lightning
28. MGMT, Oracular Spectacular
29. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
30. I’m From Barcelona, Who Killed Harry Houdini?
31. The Walkmen, You & Me
32. Silver Jews, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
33. Santogold, Santogold
34. Torche, Meanderthal
35. Colour Revolt, Plunder, Beg and Curse
36. The Bridges, Limits of the Sky
37. Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, A Larum
38. Jamie Lidell, Jim
39. The Dodos, Visiter
40. Flight of the Conchords, Flight of the Conchords
41. The Tallest Man On Earth, Shallow Grave
42. Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down, We Brave Bee Stings & All
43. Amanda Palmer, Who Killed Amanda Palmer
44. Kathleen Edwards, Asking For Flowers
45. M83, Saturdays = Youth
46. Lykke Li, Youth Novels
47. Laura Marling, Alas, I Cannot Swim
48. REM, Accelerate
49. Sandra McCracken, Red Balloon
50. TV On The Radio, Dear Science

Blender’s Top 33

01 Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
02 Girl Talk – Feed The Animals
03 TV On The Radio – Dear Science
04 Metallica – Death Magnetic
05 Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
06 Robyn – Robyn
07 of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
08 Randy Newman – Harps and Angels
09 Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
10 Fall Out Boy – Folie A Deux
11 Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
12 My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
13 Al Green – Lay It Down
14 Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
15 Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
16 Be Your Own Pet – Get Awkward
17 Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
18 Ponytail – Ice Cream Spiritual
19 Katy Perry – One Of The Boys
20 Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
21 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah: Pt. One (4th World War)
22 Coldplay – Viva La Vida
23 The Cool Kids – The Bake Sale
24 The Roots – Rising Down
25 Santogold – Santogold
26 Usher – Here I Stand
27 Mariah Carey – E=MC?
28 Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
29 Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
30 Young Jeezy – The Recession
31 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
32 Taylor Swift – Fearless
33 Hayes Carll – Trouble In Mind