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72 Adele
80 American Music Club
80 Atlas Sound
78 Autechre
84 Erykah Badu
72 Bauhaus
72 Be Your Own Pet
73 Beach House
65 Natasha Bedingfield
79 Bell X1
65 The Big Sleep
75 The Black Crowes
79 Black Mountain
77 Mary J. Blige
85 Bon Iver
70 Born Ruffians
80 British Sea Power
71 Cadence Weapon
71 Cat Power
78 Jason Collett
58 Matt Costa
75 Sheryl Crow
66 Rivers Cuomo
76 Ray Davies
69 Dead Meadow
70 Del The Funky Homosapien
77 Dengue Fever
78 Destroyer
84 Raheem DeVaughn
85 DeVotchKa
79 Die! Die! Die!
58 Mike Doughty
83 Drive-By Truckers
69 Dub Trio
75 Kathleen Edwards
70 Evangelicals
77 Lupe Fiasco
54 Flo Rida
77 Flogging Molly
63 Ghostland Observatory
78 Goldfrapp
79 The Gutter Twins
71 The Helio Sequence
62 Hello, Blue Roses
85 Hercules And Love Affair
48 Hey Willpower
78 Hot Chip
78 Howlin Rain
70 Alan Jackson
61 Janet Jackson
69 Joe Jackson
61 Jack Johnson
58 Junkie XL
76 The Kills
79 Kaki King
57 Lenny Kravitz
53 Kula Shaker
78 k.d. lang
69 Lightspeed Champion
37 Louis XIV
75 Shelby Lynne
79 Magnetic Fields
79 Stephen Malkmus
76 Marah
65 The Mars Volta
75 Tift Merritt
82 Meshuggah
75 MGMT
63 Kylie Minogue
67 Allison Moorer
76 Bob Mould
73 The Mountain Goats
75 Murder By Death
78 Nada Surf
70 Kate Nash
71 Dolly Parton
55 Jack Penate
59 The Presidents Of The United States Of America
90 Protest The Hero
74 The Raveonettes
72 Pete Rock
65 Rick Ross
73 The Shackeltons
78 She & Him
64 Sia
51 Simple Plan
72 Snoop Dogg
73 Sons And Daughters
59 Ringo Starr
77 Super Furry Animals
76 These New Puritans
82 Vampire Weekend
64 Chris Walla
72 The Whigs
82 Jim White
81 Why?
60 Widespread Panic
77 Xiu Xiu

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1 The Field
From Here We Go Sublime
90
2 Burial
Untrue
90
3 Radiohead
In Rainbows
88
4 Panda Bear
Person Pitch
87
5 Robert Plant And Alison Krauss
Raising Sand
87
6 Les Savy Fav
Let's Stay Friends
87
7 The Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
87
8 Patty Griffin
Children Running Through
87
9 M.I.A.
Kala
87
10 LCD Soundsystem
Sound Of Silver
86
Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, "best-of" compilations and box sets are not eligible for inclusion.
1 Brian Wilson
SMiLE
97
2 Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose
97
3 Led Zeppelin
How The West Was Won
97
4 OutKast
Stankonia
95
5 Ali Farka Toure
Savane
94
6 Madvillain
Madvillainy
93
7 Talking Heads
The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [2004 Version]
93
8 Bob Dylan
Love And Theft
93
9 Tom Waits
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
92
10 Dizzee Rascal
Boy In Da Corner
92

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Accelerate
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Added 21 March 2008:

A Mad & Faithful Telling by DeVotchKa

The Denver, Colorado-based quartet known for its work on the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack and score releases its latest album on the Anti label. [Rock/Indie]

These Are The Good Times People by The Presidents Of The United States Of America

The first album in four years for the alternative rock band and the first with Andrew McKeag on the guitbass. [Rock/Alternative]

Added 20 March 2008:

Volume One by She & Him

Actress Zooey Deschanel teams up with M Ward on this debut album. [Rock]

Mail On Sunday by Flo Rida

The debut album for the rapper includes such guests as Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Timbaland, and will.i.am. [Rap]

NY's Finest by Pete Rock

The hip-hop producer's latest album includes guests such as Redman and Raekwon. [Rap]

Added 19 March 2008:

Midnight Boom by The Kills

The third album for the indie rock duo of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince. [Rock/Indie/Alternative]

Get Awkward by Be Your Own Pet

The sophomore album for the rock quartet from Nashville, Tennessee. [Rock/Pop/Indie]

Added 18 March 2008:

Trouble In Dreams by Destroyer

Dan Bejar, the ex-New Pornographer, releases his ninth album. [Rock/Indie]

Beat Pyramid by These New Puritans

The debut album for the British band was produced by Gareth Jones. [Rock/Alternative]

Added 17 March 2008:

Eleventh Hour by Del The Funky Homosapien

Del returns from recording his albums with the Hieroglyphics and being featured on the Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood" to release his fifth solo album. [Rap]

Magnificent Fiend by Howlin Rain

The sophomore album for ex-Comets on Fire frontman is the first jointly released on Birdman and Rick Rubin's American label. [Rock/Indie]

Transnormal Skiperoo by Jim White

The fourth album for the Florida-based alt-country singer features the band Olabelle and was produced by Joe Pernice. [Country/Alternative]

Added 15 March 2008:

Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair

The debut album for the electronic group from New York. [Electronic/Dance]

Booming Back At You by Junkie XL

The Dutch electronic artist, known most recently for his remix of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation," releases his fifth studio album. [Electronic]

Added 14 March 2008:

obZen by Meshuggah

The Swedish metal band releases its sixth studio album. [Rock/Metal]

Float by Flogging Molly

The punk band from Los Angeles releases its fourth studio album. [Rock/Punk]

The Evening Descends by Evangelicals

The sophomore album from the Oklahoma indie rock band. [Rock/Indie]

Added 13 March 2008:

Dreaming Of Revenge by Kaki King

The fourth album for the Atlanta, Georgia singer and guitarist was produced by Malcolm Burn. [Rock/Indie]

Asking For Flowers by Kathleen Edwards

The fourth album for the singer from Canada was coproduced with Jim Scott. [Rock/Country/Alternative]
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