1. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
2. Okkervil River - The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar)
3. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (SubPop)
4. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, are you The Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge)
6. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (Epic)
7. Kanye West - Graduation (Roc-a-Fella)
8. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (DFA)
9. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
10. Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis (Rough Trade)
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