One of the more difficult lists I’ve compiled, and even after agonizing over this for weeks I’m still not sure about it!

• Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
• Air - Talkie Walkie
• The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
• Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
• Radiohead - Kid A
• The Decemberists - Picaresque
• Opeth - Damnation
• Halou - Wholeness and Separation
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
• Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours