| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | REAL ESTATE | Days | Domino | |
| 2 | M83 | Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming | Mute | |
| 3 | TOM WAITS | Bad As Me | Anti | |
| 4 | MATES OF STATE | Mountaintops | Barsuk | |
| 5 | FEIST | Metals | Interscope | |
| 6 | MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND | All Things Will Unwind | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| 7 | LOS CAMPESINOS! | Hello Sadness | Arts And Crafts | |
| 8 | BEETS | Let The Poison Out | Hardly Art | |
| 9 | BEACH BOYS | The Smile Sessions | Capitol | |
| 10 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | Camp | Glassnote | |
| 11 | DAVID LYNCH | Crazy Clown Time | Sunday Best-Pias | |
| 12 | CASIOKIDS | Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen | Polyvinyl | |
| 13 | DEER TICK | Divine Providence | Partisan | |
| 14 | ST. VINCENT | Strange Mercy | 4AD | |
| 15 | PETER WOLF CRIER | Garden Of Arms | Jagjaguwar | |
| 16 | MEMORYHOUSE | The Years | Sub Pop-Arcade Sound | |
| 17 | BON IVER | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar | |
| 18 | CASS MCCOMBS | Humor Risk | Domino | |
| 19 | CROOKED FINGERS | Breaks In The Armor | Merge | |
| 20 | RAPTURE | The Grace Of Your Love | DFA | |
| 21 | SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN | Tape Club | Polyvinyl | |
| 22 | FIRST AID KIT | “The Lion’s Roar” [Single] | Wichita | |
| 23 | GIRL IN A COMA | Exits And All The Rest | Blackheart | |
| 24 | COLDPLAY | Mylo Xyloto | Capitol | |
| 25 | RUSSIAN CIRCLES | Empros | Sargent House | |
| 26 | FRIENDS | College Sampler | Lucky Number | |
| 27 | LOWER 48 | Where All Maps End | Self-Released | |
| 28 | TY SEGALL | Singles 2007-2010 | Goner | |
| 29 | COLOR PHARMACY | Texatonka | Self-Released | |
| 30 | PEGGY SUE | Acrobats | Yep Roc |