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Pitchfork's top 50 albums of the year
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
45. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
44. The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
43. Sonic YouthRather Ripped
42. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
41. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
40. Tapes 'N Tapes - The Loon
39. Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
38. J Dilla - Donuts
37. DJ Drama & Lil Wayne - Dedication 2
36. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light
35. Herbert - Scale
34. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
33. Mission Of Burma - The Obliterati
32. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
31. Danielson - Ships
30. Belle And Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
29. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
28. Cat Power - The Greatest
27. Califone - Roots & Crowns
26. Hot Chip - The Warning
25. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
24. Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block
23. Yo La Tengo - 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
20. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
19. T.I. - King
18. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
17. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
16. Beach House - Beach House
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
10. Scott Walker - The Drift
09. Boris - Pink
08. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
07. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
06. Liars - Drum's Not Dead -
05. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
04. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
03. Joanna Newsom - Ys
02. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
01. The Knife - Silent Shout
certainly a lot better than NME/Uncut/Mojo/Q/Rolling Stone/Spin, pretty much any music magazine
excited to see Knife at #1 and grizzly bear in top 10
someday they will catch on more in the UK
until then, you will have the kooks