411's Best Albums of 2009: Part 4, Top 100 & Staff Lists

Posted by Brian Berry on 12.24.2009

411's Music staff shows you the complete list of their Best Albums of 2009 and each writer's individual Top 30! It's a list of lists for your viewing pleasure!

411Mania concludes their first ever Best Albums of the Year collective with our complete lists. A few weeks ago, our writers submitted their Top 30 of the year, they were ranked, and now we have the product a huge list with all of our favorite albums. For the most part, you'll find alternative, hard rock, metal, indie, and hip-hop on this list but a few other genres squeaked through the cracks as well. All of the albums below made at least two staffers lists. We hope you enjoy this trip through 2009's best albums...

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411's Top 100 Best Albums of 2009
100. (Tie) The Thermals - Now We Can See / Joe Budden - The Escape Route 99. Katatonia - Night is the New Day 98. Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foe 97. Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey 96. Napalm Death - Time Wants For No Slave 95. Antony & the Johnsons - The Crying Light 94. Prince - Lotus Flow3r/MPLSound 93. Behemoth - Evangelion 92. Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God 91. Kreator - Hordes of Chaos
90. Maxwell - BLACKSummers'night 89. Wavves - Wavves 88. Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder 87. Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West 86. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love 85. Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse 84. A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head 83. Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusion 82. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts 81. Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another
80. Japandroids - Post Nothing 79. Chimaira-The Infection 78. Mew-No More Stories Are Told Today 77. Between the Buried and Me-The Great Misdirect 76. Cannibal Corpse-Evisceration Plague 75. Nile- Those Whom the Gods Detest 74. Slough Feg-Ape Uprising 73. Tech N9ne-Sickology 101 72. 30 Seconds To Mars-This Is War 71. M.O.P.-Foundation
70. Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand 69. The Mars Volta - Octahedron 68. Street Sweeper Social Club - Street Sweeper Social Club 67. God Forbid - Earthsblood 66. AFI - Crash Love 65. Florence & the Machine - Lungs 64. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers 63. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life 62. The xx - The xx 61. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
60. Weezer - Raditude 59. Placebo - Battle For the Sun 58. U2 - No Line on the Horizon 57. Living Colour - The Chair in the Doorway 56. Silversun Pickups - Swoon 55. St. Vincent - Actor 54. Devildriver - Pray For the Villains 53. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career 52. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone 51. The Antlers-Hospice
50. Girls - Album 49. Gallows - Grey Britain 48. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 47. Brother Ali - Us 46. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions 45. Chevelle - Sci Fi Crimes 44. Ghostface Killah - Ghotdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City 43. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz 42. Wilco - Wilco (The Album) 41. Dan Deacon - Bromst
40. Morrissey - Years of Refusal 39. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart 38. Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream 37. Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low 36. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains 35. Paramore - Brand New Eyes 34. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport 33. WHY? - Eskimo Snow 32. Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage 31. Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
30. Method Man & Redman - Blackout! 2 29. Monsters of Folk - Monsters Of Folk 28. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown 27. Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe 26. Atlas Sound - Logos 25. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know 24. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns 23. Flaming Lips - Embryonic 22. Dethklok - Dethalbum II 21. Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
20. The Horrors - Primary Colours 19. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 18. The Lonely Island - Incredibad 17. Lamb of God - Wrath 16. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm 15. Megadeth - Endgame 14. Pearl Jam - Backspacer 13. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion 12. Sonic Youth - The Eternal 11. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of the Day
10. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 09. Mod Def - The Ecstatic 08. Muse - The Resistance 07. Slayer - World Painted Blood 06. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 05. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 04. Mastodon - Crack the Skye 03. The Dead Weather - Horehound 02. Eminem - Relapse 01. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue

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STAFF LISTS
Brian Berry 30. Mastodon - Crack the Skye 29. The xx - The xx 28. The Marked Men - Ghosts 27. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 26. Islands - Vapours 25. The Antlers - Hospice 24. Wilco - Wilco (The Album) 23. Willie Isz - Georgiavania 22. Wavves - Wavves 21. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 20. Iggy Pop - Preliminaries 19. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer 18. Japandroids - Post Nothing 17. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm 16. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career 15. Black Lips - Two Million Thousand 14. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love 13. Real Estate - Real Estate 12. A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head 11. St. Vincent - Actor 10. The Thermals - Now We Can See 9. Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another 8. Metric - Fantasies 7. Why? - Eskimo Snow 6. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion 5. Atlas Sound - Logos 4. Sonic Youth - The Eternal 3. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns 2. The Horrors - Primary Colours 1. Girls - Album	Chris Crowing 30. Poison the Well - the Tropic Rot 29. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague 28. John Frusciante - the Empyrean 27. God Forbid - Earthsblood 26. Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers 25. Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave 24. Russian Circles - Geneva 23. Doves - Kingdom of Rest 22. Rodrigo Y Gabriela - 11:11 21. The Answer - Everyday Demons 20. Austrian Death Machine - Double Brutal 19. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic 18. Yusuf Islam - Roadsinger 17. Silversun Pickups - Swoon 16. Clutch - Strange Cousins from the West 15. Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe 14. Lamb of God - Wrath 13. Megadeth - Endgame 12. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 11. Gallows - Grey Britain 10. Muse - The Resistance 9. The Dead Weather - Horehound 8. Devildriver - Pray for Villains 7. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions 6. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know 5. Pearl Jam - Backspacer 4. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die 3. Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage 2. Mastodon - Crack the Skye 1. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue	Ben Czajkowski 30. Devildriver - Pray For Villains 29. She Wants Revenge - Up And Down 28. Imogen Heap - Ellipse 27. Chevelle - Jars 26. Skillet - Awake 25. Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness 24. Red - Innocence And Instict 23. The Chario - Wars And Rumors Of Wars 22. Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da 21. Papa Roach - Metamorphosis 20. Marilyn Manson - The High End Of Low 19. Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage 18. Lamb Of God - Wrath 17. Creed - Full Circle 16. Evans Blue - Evans Blue 15. Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony 14. Paramore - Brand New Eyes 13. Flyleaf - Memento Mori 12. Incubus - Monuments And Melodies 11. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 10. Rob Thomas - Cradlesong 9. Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life 8. Katatonia - Night Is The New Day 7. Halestorm - Halestorm 6. Eminem - Relapse 5. The Lonely Island - Incredibad 4. Five Finger Death Punch - War Is the Answer 3. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue 2. Dethklok - Dethalbum II 1. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Dan Haggerty 30. Slayer - World Painted Blood 29. Voivod – Infini 28. Ensiferum - From Afar 27. Anvil - This Is Thirteen 26. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague 25. Candlemass - Death Magic Doom 24. Samael - Above 23. Havok - Burn 22. Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings 21. Katatonia – Night Is The New Day 20. Amorphis - Skyforger 19. Kreator - Hordes of Chaos 18. Druhhk – Microcosmos 17. Gama Bomb – Tales For The Grave In Space 16. Wino - Punctuated Equilibrium 15. Wolf - Ravenous 14. Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God 13. Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans 12. Iron Man - I Have Returned 11. Hypocrisy - A Taste of Extreme Divinity 10. Mastodon - Crack the Sky 9. Chthonic – Mirror of Retribution 8. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising 7. The Gates Of Slumber - Hymns Of Blood And Thunder 6. Wolves In the Throne Room - Black Cascade 5. Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest 4. Napalm Death - Time Waits for no Slave 3. Behemoth - Evangelion 2. Megadeth - Endgame 1. Heaven And Hell – The Devil You Know	Paul Hollingsworth 30. Ace Frehley - Anomaly 29. Mos Def - The Ecstatic 28. Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream 27. Wolf Mother - Cosmic Egg 26. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day 25. Dinosaur, Jr. - Farm 24. The Horrors - Primary Colors 23. Florence + The Machine - Lungs 22. Noah & The Whale - The First Days of Spring 21. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers 20. St. Vincent - Actor 19. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts 18. The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control 17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz 16. Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid 15. The Heavy - The House That Dirt Built 14. The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You 13. Yim Yames - Tribute To 12. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains 11. Wilco - Wilco (The Album) 10. Conor Obrst & The Mystic Valley Band - Outer South 9. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns 8. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic 7. The Dead Weather -Horehound 6. Atlas Sound - Logos 5. Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk 4. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue 3. Daniel Johnston - Is And Always Was 2. Sonic Youth - The Eternal 1. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone	Mark Ingoldsby 5. Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue 4. Atmosphere - Leak At Will 3. Tech N9ne - Sickology 101 2. Eminem - Relapse 1. Depeche Mode - sounds of the universe
Michael James 30. Melanie Fiona - The Bridge 29. Raekwon - Cuban Revolution mixtape 28. Method Man & Redman - Blackout 2 27. Wale - Attention: Deficit 26. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II 25. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing 24. Blakroc - Blakroc 23. Felt - Vol. 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez 22. P.O.S. - Never Better 21. Fabolous - Loso's Way 20. Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse 19. Brother Ali - Us 18. Islands - Vapours 17. Riverboat Gamblers - Underneath the Owl 16. Maxwell - BLACKsummer'snight 15. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk 14. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You 13. Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health 12. Eminem - Relapse 11. Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing 10. Wale - Back to the Feature 9. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be 8. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 7. Zee Avi - Zee Avi 6. Ghostface - Ghostdini 5. The Veils - Sun Gangs 4. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career 3. Skyzoo - The Salvation 2. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts 1. Joe Budden - Escape Route	Dan Marsicano 30. Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes 29. Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressive 28. Woe Of Tyrant s- Kingdom Of Might 27. God Forbid - Earthsblood 26. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned And Delirious 25. Behemoth - Evangelion 24. Immortal - All Shall Fall 23. Megadeth - Endgame 22. Slayer - World Painted Blood 21. Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings 20. Devin Townsend Project - Addicted! 19. Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow 18. The Gates Of Slumber - Hymns Of Blood And Thunder 17. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse 16. Blood Tsunami - Grand Feast For Vultures 15. Candlemass - Death Magic Doom 14. Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God 13. God Dethroned - Passiondale 12. Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor 11. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue 10. Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions 9. Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest 8. Devin Townsend Project - Ki 7. Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder 6. Muse - The Resistance 5. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising! 4. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome 3. Revocation - Resistance Is Futile 2. Mastodon - Crack The Skye 1. Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect	Aaron Mayagoitia 30. Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown. 29. Street Sweeper Social Club - Street Sweeper Social Club. 28. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures. 27. Voivod - Infini. 26. Queensryche - American Soldier. 25. Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe. 24. Suffocation - Blood Oath. 23. Sonic Youth - The Eternal. 22. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague. 21. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue. 20. The Mars Volta - Octahedron. 19. KISS - Sonic Boom. 18. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know. 17. Shadows Fall - Retribution. 16. Megadeth - Endgame. 15. Slayer - World Painted Blood. 14. The Dead Weather - Horehound. 13. Living Colour - The Chair in the Doorway. 12. Time's Forgotten - Dandelion. 11. Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire. 10. Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey. 9. Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings. 8. Kreator - Hordes of Chaos. 7. Muse - The Resistance. 6. Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream. 5. Baroness - Blue Record. 4. Mastodon - Crack the Skye. 3. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life. 2. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm. 1. Placebo - Battle for the Sun.
Alistair McGeorge 30. Sick Puppies – Tri-Polar 29. Boys Like Girls – Love Drunk 28. Brand New – Daisy 27. Weezer – Raditude 26. Creed - Full Circle 25. The Leftovers – Eager To Please 24. Eminem – Relapse 23. All Time Low – Nothing Personal 22. In Case of Fire – Align The Planets 21. The Twang – Jewellery Quarter 20. Three Days Grace – Life Starts Now 19. Gallows – Grey Britain 18. Enter Shikari – Common Dreads 17. Alexisonfire – Old Crowds/Young Cardinals 16. Them Crooked Vultures – Self-titled 15. There For Tomorrow – A Little Faster 14. Fighstar – Be Human 13. Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions 12. AFI – Crash Love 11. NOXF – Cokie The Clown 10. Reel Big Fish – Fame, Fortune and Fornication 9. NOFX – Coaster 8. Hot Leg – Red Light Fever 7. Muse – The Resistance 6. New Found Glory – Not Without A Fight 5. The Used – Artwork 4. Paramore – brand new eyes 3. Bowling For Soup – Sorry For Partyin' 2. Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plagued Lovers 1. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown	Michael Melchor 30. Lady GaGa – The Fame Monster 29. AFI – Crash Love 28. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz! 27. Rihanna – Rated R 26. B-Real – Smoke N Mirrors 25. Megadeth – Endgame 24. Lamb Of God – Wrath 23. MSTRKRFT – Fist Of God 22. Porcupine Tree – The Incident 21. Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate 20. Pet Shop Boys – Yes 19. Sepultura – A- Lex 18. Pearl Jam – Backspacer 17. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II 16. Between The Buried And Me – The Great Misdirect 15. Chimaira – The Infection 14. Therapy? – Crooked Timber 13. The Devin Townsend Project – Addicted 12. Dinosaur Jr – Farm 11. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of Day 10. And You Will Know Us by the Trail Of Dead – The Century Of Self 9. Dethklok – Dethalbum II 8. Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings 7. Depeche Mode – Sounds Of The Universe 6. Morrissey – Years Of Refusal 5. God Forbid – Earthsblood 4. Living Colour – The Chair in the Doorway 3. Slayer – World Painted Blood 2. Apathy – Wanna Snuggle? 1. Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue	Mitch Michaels 30. Spinnerette - Spinnerette 29. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz 28. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life 27. Rise Against - Appeal To Reason 26. Jet - Shaka Rock 25. George Strait - Twang 24. U2 - No Line on the Horizon 23. Wilco - Wilco (The Album) 22. Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low 21. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know 20. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns 19. Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey 18. The Answer - Everyday Demons 17. Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) 16. Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream 15. Pearl Jam - Backspacer 14. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue 13. Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant 12. Jason Isbell& the 400 Unit - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit 11. Chris Knight - The Trailer Tapes II 10. Steve Earle - Townes 9. Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky 8. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown 7. The Lonely Island - Incredibad 6. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. 5. Weezer - Raditude 4. Insane Clown Posse - Bang! Pow! Boom! 3. Drive By Truckers - The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities & Rarities, 2003-2008 2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 1. Eminem - Relapse
Mikey MiGo 20. Jay-Z –The Blueprint 3 19. Kasabian – West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum 18. Street Sweeper Social Club – Street Sweeper Social Club 17. Muse – The Resistance 16. Jarvis Cocker – Further Complications 15. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns 14. Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue 13. AFI – Crash Love 12. Mos Def – The Ecstatic 11. Method Man & Redman – The Black Out 2 10. The Dead Weather – Hore Hound 9. Tech N9ne – Sickology 101 8. John Mayer – Battle Studies 7. The Lonely Island – Incredibad 6. Prince – LotusFlow3r 5. Marilyn Manson – The High End of Low 4. U2 – No Line On The Horizon 3. Fashion Bomb –Visions of the Lifted Veil 2. Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 1. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures	Jeff Modzelewski 20. Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream 19. Sonic Youth - The Eternal 18. Colbie Cailat - Breakthrough 17. Five Finger Death Punch - War Is The Answer 16. Norah Jones - The Fall 15. Flaming Lips - Embryonic 14. Dethklok - Dethalbum II 13. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone 12. Lamb of God - Wrath 11. Pearl Jam - Backspacer 10. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk 9. Hatebreed - For The Lions 8. Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West 7. Slayer - World Painted Blood 6. Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foe 5. DevilDriver - Pray For The Villians 4. Chimaira - The Infection 3. Umphrey's McGee - Mantis 2. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue 1. Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King	Andrew Moll 30. Girls - Album 29. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar 28. Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand 27. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains 26. Real Estate - Real Estate 25. The Dead Weather - Horehound 24. HEALTH - Get Color 23. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport 22. Annie - Don't Stop 21. A.C. Newman - Get Guilty 20. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light 19. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer 18. Atlas Sound - Logos 17. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linkz, Pt. II 16. Mission of Burma - The Sound The Speed The Light 15. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 14. Clipse - Til the Casket Drops 13. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest 12. The xx - The xx 11. A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head 10. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 9. Dan Deacon - Bromst 8. The Antlers - Hospice 7. The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come 6. Mos Def - The Ecstatic 5. Morrissey - Years of Refusal 4. Wavves - Wavvves 3. Pearl Jam - Backspacer 2. Japandroids - Post-Nothing 1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Fred Richani 30. Joe Budden - Padded Room 29. Brian McKnight - Evolution of a Man 28. 50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct 27. Slayer - World Painted Blood 26. The Black Eyed Peas -The E.N.D. 25. Drake - So Far Gone 24. OneRepublic - Waking Up 23. Trey Songz - Ready 22. Dream Theater: Black Clouds & Silver Linings 21. Mos Def - The Ecstatic 20. Blue October - Approaching Normal 19. Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes 18. U2 - No Line on the Horizon 17. Ryan Leslie - Self titled 16. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue 15. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown 14. Doom - BORN LIKE THIS 13. Chrisette Michele- Epiphany 12. Taylor Swift - Fearless 11. India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics 10. Saigon - Warning Shots 2 9. 30 Seconds to Mars - This is War 8. The-Dream - Love vs. Money 7. Lady Gaga - The Fame 6. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II 5. Brother Ali - Us 4. Eminem - The Relapse 3. Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City 2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 1. Kid CuDi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day	Patrick Robinson 25. Jim Jones – Pray IV Reign 24. The Lonely Island - Incredibad 23. Ryan Leslie – Ryan Leslie (Self-titled album) 22. Keri Hilson – In A Perfect World 21. The-Dream – Love Vs. Money 20. Willy Northpole – Tha Connect 19. Maino – If Tomorrow Comes 18. Jadakiss – The Last Kiss 17. J. Holiday – Round 2 16. Krizz Kaliko – Genius 15. Asher Roth – Asleep In The Bread Aisle 14. Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Chamber Music 13. La Coka Nostra – A Brand You Can Trust 12. Eminem - Relapse 11. The RZA – Afro Samurai: Resurrection Soundtrack 10 Ghostface Killah – Ghostdini: The Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City 9. UGK – UGK 4 Life 8. Busta Rhymes – Back On My B.S. 7. Mos Def – The Ecstatic 6. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 5. M.O.P. – The Foundation 4. Method Man & Redman – Blackout! 2 3. Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse 2. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of The Day 1. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II	Mac Scarle 30. Reign Supreme - Testing the Limits of Infinite 29. Cage - Depart From Me 28. Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand 27. Placebo - Battle For the Sun 26. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day 25. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die 24. Clipse - Til The Casket Drops 23. Deadmau5 - For Lack of a Better Name 22. SunnO))) - Monoliths and Dimensions 21. La Roux - Self-titled 20. Weekend Nachos - Unforgivable 19. Converge - Axe to Fall 18. Dead Swans - Sleepwalkers 17. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You 16. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 15. The Dead Weather - Horehound 14. Lewd Acts - Black Eye Blues 13. Every Time I Die - The New Junk Aesthetic 12. Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions 11. Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next 10. Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do 9. Blacklisted - No One Deserves to be Here More Than Me 8. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Self-Titled 7. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion 6. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue 5. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm 4. Gallows - Grey Britain 3. Silversun Pickups - Swoon 2. Morrissey - Years of Refusal 1. The Horrors - Primary Colors
Paul Schofield 30. The Twilight Sad – Forget The Night Ahead 29. Living Colour – The Chair In The Doorway 28. Dinosaur Jr – Farm 27. Pearl Jam – Backspacer 26. Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue 25. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown 24. Paramore – Brand New Eyes 23. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career 22. Hockey – Mind Chaos 21. The Mars Volta – Octahedron 20. Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk 19. Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg 18. The Dead Weather – Horehound 17. Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing 16. WHY? Eskimo Snow 15. Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx 14. Mew – No More Stories Are Told Today 13. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust 12. Future Of The Left – Travels With Myself And Another 11. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 10. The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love 9. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires 8. Editors - In This Light And On This Evening 7. The xx - The xx 6. Telekinesis! - Telekenesis! 5. We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls 4. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die 3. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist 2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! 1. Florence & The Machine – Lungs	Marshall Slayton 30. Wumpscut - Fuckit 29. Combichrist – Today We Are All Demons 28. Muse – The Resistance 27. The Lonely Island - Incredibad 26.Slayer – World Painted Blood 25. Eminem - Relapse 24. Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage 23. Static – X – Cult of Static 22.Mastodon – Crack the Skye 21. Lamb of God - Wrath 20. The Swell Season – Strict Joy 19. Flyleaf – Memento Mori 18. Atreyu – Congregation of the Damned 17. Third Eye Blind – Ursa Major 16. Darkest Hour – Eternal Ruin 15. Austrian Death Machine – Double Brutal 14. Freeland - Cope 13. Tiesto - Kaleidoscope 12. Aiden – Knives 11.Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures 10. The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die 9. Zao - Awake? 8. Moby -Wait For Me 7. The Chariot - Wars and Rumors of Wars 6. Chevelle -Sci-Fi Crimes 5. Dethklok - Dethalbum II 4. Mew - No More Stories... 3. Rammstein – Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da 2. Bury Your Dead - It's Nothing Personal 1. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue	Aaron Titan 30. Lupe Fiasco - Enemy of the State: A Love Story (Mixtape) 29. Lil' Wayne - No Ceilings (Mixtape) 28. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone 27. The Mars Volta - Octahedron 26. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion 25. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast 24. Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foe 23. Suicide Silence - No Time To Bleed 22. The Lonely Island - Incredibad 21. Matisyahu - Light 20. Rihanna - Rated R 19. Street Sweeper Social Club - Street Sweeper Social Club 18. Static-X - Cult of Static 17. Wilco - Wilco (The Album) 16. Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low 15. Weezer - Raditude 14. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic 13. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg 12. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle 11. Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage 10. Mos Def - The Ecstatic 9. Muse - The Resistance 8. Slayer - World Painted Blood 7. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day 6. Jay-Z - Blueprint III 5. The Dead Weather - Horehound 4. Eminem - Relapse 3. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 2. Lamb of God - Wrath 1. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Phil Watts, Jr. 15. AG & OC - Oasis 14. Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts & Entertainment 13. Skyzoo - The Salvation 12. Buckshot & KRS One - Survival Skills 11. Maxwell - BLACKSummers'Night 10. Teena Marie - Congo Square 9. Mos Def - The Ecstatic 8. Redman & Method Man - Blackout 2 7. Souls Of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge 6. Alchemist - Chemical Warfare 5. M.O.P.- Foundation 4. J-Dilla - Jay Stay Paid 3. Madlib - Beat Kunducta, Vol. 5 & 6 2. Blaq Poet - Blaqprint 1. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx 2	Lucas Wesley 30. Arvo Pärt - In Principio 29. An Horse - Rearrange Beds 28. Rival Consoles - IO 27. Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much 26. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than The Stars (EP) 25. The King Kahn & BBQ Show - Invisible Girl 24. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of the Day 23. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 22. Prince - MPLSoUND 21. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains 20. Os Mutantes - Haih...ou Amortecedor... 19. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa 18. Vitalic - Flashmob 17. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life 16. Brown Recluse - The Soft Skin (EP) 15. Ill Mondo and Neal Rames - Ill Mondo/Neal Rames! 14. Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul 13. New York Dolls - 'Cause I Sez So 12. Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay 11. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 10. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood 9. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport 8. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 7. WHY? - Eskimo Snow 6. Brother Ali - Us 5. Sonic Youth - The Eternal 4. Girls - Album 3. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms 2. Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - 'Em Are I 1. Dan Deacon - Bromst	Daniel Wilcox 30. Dead Weather – Horehound 29. Aiden – Knives 28. Florence + The Machine – Lungs 27. Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Linx II 26. Taking Back Sunday – New Again 25. Jay-Z – The Blueprint III 24. Silversun Pickups – Swoon 23. Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue 22. Marmaduke Duke – Duke Pandamonium 21. Elliot Minor – Solaris 20. The Horrors – Primary Colors 19. Placebo – Battle for the Sun 18. Cobra Starship – Hot Mess 17. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion 16. Paramore – brand new eyes 15. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 14. Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind EP 13. Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot 12. Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg 11. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures 10. Epica – Design Your Universe 9. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest 8. Patrick Wolf – The Bachelor 7. Megadeth – Endgame 6. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic 5. Eminem – Relapse 4. Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions 3. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport 2. 30 Seconds to Mars – This is War 1. Jamie T – Kings & Queens
	Ian Wright 30. Groom - At The Natural History Museum 29. The Horrors - Primary Colours 28. Why? - Eskimo Snow 27. Patrick Kelleher - You Look Cold 26. Sonic Youth - The Eternal 25. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem 24. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs 23. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport 22.Animal Collective - MPP 21.Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange 20. Condo Fucks - Fuckbook 19. Atlas Sounds - Logos 18. The Thermals - Now We Can See 17. Bury Wood - There Exists An Abstraction Ladder 16. Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor 15. Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is A Mouth 14. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns 13. St. Vincent - Actor 12. Dent May - The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele 11. Phosphorescent - To Willie 10. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer 9. Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light 8. Clues - Clues 7. VA - Dark Was the Night 6. Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective 5. Handsome Furs - Face Control 4. Bell Orchestre - As seen through Windows 3. Dan Deacon - Bromst 2. The Antlers-Hospice 1. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains