1. Passion Pit - Manners (Frenchkiss)
2. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (Capitol)
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Glass Note)
4. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (Shangri-La)
5. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love (Capitol)
6. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (Roc-A-Fella)
7. Wilco - Wilco [The Album] (Nonesuch)
8. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (Reprise)
9. Röyksopp - Junior (Astralwerks)
10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp)
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