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| Artist | Album Title | (Label) | Genre | Rat. |
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| Ratings: 10=best rock album ever; 9=masterpiece; 8=buy it now; 7=buy it eventually; 6=buy it if you are a fan |
| A Sunny Day In Glasgow | Scribble Mural Comic Journal | (Notenuf) | digital pop | 7/10 |
| Aesop Rock | None Shall Pass | (Def Jux) | rap | 6/10 |
| Akron Family | Love Is Simple | (Young God) | psych-rock | 6/10 |
| Aluk Todolo | Descension | (Public Guilt) | post-rock | 7/10 |
| Angels of Light | We Are Him | (Young God) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Animal Collective | Strawberry Jam | (Domino) | alt-rock | 6/10 |
| Arcade Fire | Neon Bible | (Merge) | electro-pop | 7/10 |
| Arctic Monkeys | Favourite Worst Nightmare | (Domino) | Brit-pop | 6/10 |
| Adult | Why Bother | (Thrill Jockey) | electroclash | 5/10 |
| Aereogramme | My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go | (Chemikal Underground) | post-rock | 5/10 |
| Air | Pocket Symphony | (Astralwerks) | art-pop | 5/10 |
| Tori Amos | American Doll Posse | (Sony) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Apples In Stereo | New Magnetic Wonder | (Yep Roc) | power-pop | 5/10 |
| Devendra Banhart | Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon | (XL) | psych-folk | 5/10 |
| Battles | Mirrored | (Warp) | prog-rock | 7/10 |
| Beck | The Information | (Interscope) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Besnard Lakes | Are The Dark Horse | (Jagjaguwar) | post-rock | 7/10 |
| Between the Buried and Me | Colors | (Victory) | prog-metal | 8/10 |
| Biota | Half a True Day | (ReR) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
| Andrew Bird | Armchair Apocrypha | (Fat Possum) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Bjork | Volta | (Atlantic) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Blonde Redhead | 23 | (4AD) | noise-rock | 6/10 |
| Richard Bone | Infinite Plastic Creation | (Quirkwork) | ambient | 6/10 |
| Jonas Braasch | Global Reflections | (Deep Listening) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
| Brand New | The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me | (Interscope) | emo | 6/10 |
| Cadence Weapon | Breaking Kayfabe | (Upper Class) | hip-hop | 7/10 |
| Califone | Roots & Crowns | (Thrill Jockey) | alt-rock | 6/10 |
| Bill Callahan | Woke On A Whaleheart (Drag City, 2007) | (Drag City) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Caribou | Andorra | (Merge) | electro-pop | 7/10 |
| Castanets | In The Vines | (Asthmatic Kitty) | digital folk | 6/10 |
| Nick Cave | Grinderman | (Anti) | songwriter | 7/10 |
| Vic Chesnutt | North Star Deserter | (Constellation) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| !!! | Myth Takes | (Warp) | dance-rock | 6/10 |
| Claudia Quintet | For | (Cuneiform) | avant-jazz | 6/10 |
| Clientele | God Save The Clientele | (Merge) | pop | 6/10 |
| Clinic | Visitations | (Domino) | pop | 5/10 |
| Jay Cloidt | Spectral Evidence | (Starkland) | avantgarde | 7/10 |
| Coachmen | Coachmania | (no label) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
| Cobalt | Eater of Birds | (Profound Lore) | black metal | 7.5/10 |
| Jarvis Cocker | Jarvis | (Rough Trade) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| CocoRosie | The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn | (Touch & Go) | alt-rock | 7/10 |
| Cornelius | Sensuous | (Everloving) | electronica | 6/10 |
| Dalek | Abandoned Language | (Ipecac) | rap | 6/10 |
| Dear Hunter | Act II - The Meaning Of & All Things Regarding Ms Leading | (Triple Crown) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
| Deerhoof | Friend Opportunity | (Kill Rock Stars) | pop | 6/10 |
| Deftones | Saturday Night Wrist | (Maverick) | nu-metal | 5/10 |
| Dillinger Escape Plan | Ire Works | (Relapse) | metal | 6/10 |
| Dinosaur Jr | Beyond | (Fat Possum) | power-pop | 6/10 |
| Earlies | The Enemy Chorus | (Secretly Canadian) | electro-pop | 5/10 |
| Explosions In The Sky | All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone | (Temporary Residence) | alt-rock | 7/10 |
| Field | From Here We Go Sublime | (Kompakt) | techno | 7/10 |
| Far Corner | Endangered | (Cuneiform) | prog-rock | 7/10 |
| Fred Frith | The Happy End Problem (ReR, 2007) | (ReR) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
| Fred Frith | Impur | (ReR) | prog-rock | 7/10 |
| Ghost | In Stormy Nights | (Drag City) | avant-rock | 6/10 |
| Go Team | Proof Of Youth | (Sub Pop) | Brit-pop | 6/10 |
| Gothic Archies | The Tragic Treasury | (Nonesuch) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Kip Hanrahan | Beautiful Scars | (American Clave) | avent-jazz | 6/10 |
| Mike Hansen | At Every Point | (Etude) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
| Erdem Helvacioglu | Altered Realities | (New Albion) | avantgarde | 7/10 |
| Kristin Hersh | Learning To Sing Like A Star | (Yep Roc) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Robyn Hitchcock | Ole Tarantula | (Yep Roc) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Icarus | Sylt | (Not Applicable) | drum'n'bass | 6/10 |
| If Bwana | An Innocent Abroad | (Pogus) | avantgarde | 5/10 |
| Iron & Wine | The Shepherd's Dog | (Sub Pop) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Jesu | Conqueror | (Hydra Head) | shoegaze | 7/10 |
| KTL | KTL 2 | (Editions Mego) | electronica | 7/10 |
| Larval | Surviving Death | (cuneiform) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
| LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver | (DFA) | discopunk | 7/10 |
| Jens Lekman | Night Falls Over Kortedala | (Secretly Canadian) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Ted Leo & The Pharmacists | Living With The Living | (Touch & Go) | power-pop | 5/10 |
| Liars | Liars | (Mute) | alt-rock | 6/10 |
| Lngtche | Music For An Untitled Film By T. Zarkkof | (Etude) | electronic | 6/10 |
| Annea Lockwood | Thousand Year Dreaming/ Floating World | (Pogus) | avantgarde | 7/10 |
| Low | Drums And Guns | (Subpop) | slo-core | 6/10 |
| Steve Maclean | Bridges | (ReR) | prog-rock | 5/10 |
| Magic Bullets | A Child But in Life Yet a Doctor in Love | (Words On Music) | alt-pop | 5/10 |
| Paul Metzger | Deliverance | (Locust Music) | solo acoustic | 7.5/10 |
| Joni Mitchell | Shine | (Hear) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank | (Sony) | pop | 5/10 |
| Alfredo Costa-Monteiro | Epicycle | (Etude) | avantgarde | 7/10 |
| Mr Geoffrey And JD Franzke | Get A Room | (Extreme) | plunderphonics | 6/10 |
| Mrtyu | Ritual Terra Continuii | (Tipped Bowler Tapes) | industrial | 7/10 |
| Nina Nastasia | On Leaving | (FatCat) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Necks | Townsville | (ReR) | post-jazz | 5/10 |
| Nine Inch Nails | Year Zero | (Interscope) | industrial | 6/10 |
| Nonloc | Between Hemispheres | (Strange Attractors) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Okkervil River | The Stage Names | (Jagjaguwar) | roots-rock | 7/10 |
| Panda Bear | Person Pitch | (Paw Tracks) | songwriter | 7/10 |
| Pere Ubu | Why I Hate Women | (Glitterhouse) | new wave | 5/10 |
| Pinback | Autumn of the Seraphs | (Touch & Go) | alt-rock | 6/10 |
| Plants | Photosynthesis | (Strange Attractors) | psych-rock | 5/10 |
| Radio Massacre International | Rain Falls in Grey | (Cuneiform) | prog-rock | 6/10 |
| Radiohead | In Rainbows | (Radiohead) | alt-pop | 5/10 |
| Dizzee Rascal | Maths + English | (XL) | rap | 5/10 |
| Red Sparowes | Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun | (Neurot, 2007) | post-rock | 6/10 |
| Alec Redfearn and the Eyesores | The Blind Spot | (Cuneiform) | avant-pop | 6/10 |
| Lou Reed | Hudson River Wind Meditations | (Gimini Sun) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Robert Rich | Atlas Dei | (Soundscape) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
| Robert Rich | Eleven Questions | (Unsung) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
| Alasdair Roberts | The Amber Gatherers | (Drag City) | folk | 5/10 |
| Shellac | Excellent Italian Greyhound | (Touch And Go) | post-rock | 6/10 |
| Shins | Wincing The Night Away | (Sub Pop) | pop | 5/10 |
| Bruce Springsteen | Magic | (Columbia) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Stars Of The Lid | And Their Refinement Of The Decline | (Kranky) | instrumental | 6/10 |
| Straylight Run | The Needles The Space | (Universal) | emo-core | 6/10 |
| Tarentel | Ghetto Beats On The Surface Of The Sun | (The Music Fellowship) | post-rock | 7/10 |
| Terminal Sound System | Compressor | (Extreme) | drum'n'bass | 6/10 |
| Throbbing Gristle | Part Two The Endless Not | (Mute) | industrial | 6/10 |
| Timeless Pulse Quintet | Timeless Pulse Quintet | (Mutable) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
| Upsilon Acrux | Galapagos Momentum | (Cuneiform) | prog-rock | 5/10 |
| Alan Vega | Station | (Blast First) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Suzanne Vega | Beauty and Crime | (Blue Note) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Vert | Some Beans & An Octopus | (Sonig) | electronica | 6/10 |
| Vocokesh | All This and Hieronymus Bosch | (Strange Attractors) | psych-rock | 6/10 |
| Rufus Wainwright | Release The Stars | (Geffen) | pop | 5/10 |
| David Watson | Fingering An Idea | (XI) | avantgarde | 6/10 |
| White Flight | White Flight | (Range Life) | acid-rock | 7/10 |
| White Stripes | Icky Thump | (Warner) | alt-rock | 6/10 |
| Bob Wiseman | Theme and Variations | (Recording Club) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Shannon Wright | Let In The Light | (Touch And Go) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Robert Wyatt | Comicopera | (Domino) | songwriter | 6/10 |
| Neil Young | Chrome Dreams II | (Reprise) | songwriter | 5/10 |
| Ratings: 10=best album ever; 9=masterpiece; 8=buy it now; 7=buy it eventually; 6=buy it if you are a fan |
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