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  1. 10

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    Fetch The Bolt Cutters

    Fiona Apple

    Fetch The Bolt Cutters

    Fifth studio album of baroque pop from the New York-born Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter

    Added: 17/04/2020

     
  2. 10

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    Kanye West

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    Fifth album of hip hop from one of the biggest egos in contemporary rap

    Added: 22/11/2010

     
  3. 9.6

    Merriweather Post Pavilion

    Animal Collective

    Merriweather Post Pavilion

    More diverse sounds, odd experiments and avant-garde ideas from the The New York based loose collective led by Avey Tare and Panda Bear

    Added: 10/01/2009

     
  4. 9.5

    Yeezus

    Kanye West

    Yeezus

    The biggest name in rap with album No.6, executive produced by Rick Rubin and featuring among its guests Bon Iver, Daft Punk, RZA and Chief Keef

    Added: 18/06/2013

     
  5. 9.5

    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    Kendrick Lamar

    good kid, m.A.A.d city

    The major label debut from Compton rap artist Lamar, under executive producer Dr. Dre

    Added: 23/10/2012

     
  6. 9.5

    Channel Orange

    Frank Ocean

    Channel Orange

    Major label debut for the New Orleans-born R&B singer and member of the Odd Future hip hop collective

    Added: 12/07/2012

     
  7. 9.5

    Bon Iver

    Bon Iver

    Bon Iver

    Follow-up to the acclaimed For Emma, Forever Ago from the American indie/folk band fronted by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon

    Added: 20/06/2011

     
  8. 9.4

    MAGDALENE

    FKA Twigs

    MAGDALENE

    Second album of trip hop / alternative R&B from the London-based singer and dancer Tahliah Barnett working with a number of producers including Jack Antonoff, Nicolas Jaar and Oneohtrix Point Never

    Added: 08/11/2019

     
  9. 9.4

    Norman Fucking Rockwell

    Lana Del Rey

    Norman Fucking Rockwell

    Album number six from the pop singer-songwriter produced by Jack Antonoff (Lorde, St. Vincent, Taylor Swift)

    Added: 03/09/2019

     
  10. 9.4

    Black Messiah

    D'Angelo And The Vanguard

    Black Messiah

    Third studio album and first for fourteen years from the Richmond, Virginia, neo soul / funk multi-instrumentalist and record producer

    Added: 19/12/2014

     
  11. 9.3

    Tame Impala

    Currents

    Third album from the Australian psych-rock outfit, produced by frontman Kevin Parker

    Added: 13/07/2015

     
  12. 9.3

    Jamie xx

    In Colour

    Debut solo house LP from the xx member, with contributions from Four Tet, Oliver Sim and Young Thug

    Added: 01/06/2015

     
  13. 9.3

    Sufjan Stevens

    Carrie & Lowell

    Recorded in his home studio in Brooklyn, Sufjan returns to his indie folk roots for his seventh "official" studio album, named after his mother (who died in 2012) and his step-father

    Added: 30/03/2015

     
  14. 9.3

    Kendrick Lamar

    To Pimp A Butterfly

    Third studio album from the Compton rap artist with Dr. Dre as executive producer

    Added: 19/03/2015

     
  15. 9.3

    Vampire Weekend

    Modern Vampires Of The City

    Third album of indie pop / rock from the New York four-piece produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Charli XCX, Usher, Major Lazer)

    Added: 13/05/2013

     
  16. 9.3

    Godspeed You! Black Emperor

    'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

    Canadian post-rock titans GY!BE were long rumoured to have split up until they started playing shows in 2010, with this being their first new release in 9 years

    Added: 15/10/2012

     
  17. 9.3

    Girls

    Father, Son, Holy Ghost

    2nd album of lo-fi indie pop from the San Francisco duo

    Added: 12/09/2011

     
  18. 9.2

    Big Thief

    U.F.O.F.

    Third album from the indie rock quartet fronted by singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker and produced by Andrew Sarlo

    Added: 06/05/2019

     
  19. 9.2

    Kendrick Lamar

    Damn.

    Fourth full-length album from the Compton rapper featuring guest appearances from Rihanna, Bono, and Zacari

    Added: 18/04/2017

     
  20. 9.2

    Swans

    To Be Kind

    Album number thirteen and third since reforming in 2010 from the post rock New York outfit fronted by Michael Gira

    Added: 12/05/2014

     
  21. 9.2

    Sun Kil Moon

    Benji

    Sixth album of acoustic indie folk from singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek under his Sun Kil Moon guise

    Added: 03/02/2014

     
  22. 9.2

    Arcade Fire

    Reflektor

    Album No.4 from the Canadian indie rock band led by husband-and-wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, a double-LP release with James Murphy helping out regular collaborator Markus Dravs on production duties

    Added: 28/10/2013

     
  23. 9.2

    Deerhunter

    Halcyon Digest

    Fourth album from the Atlanta, Georgia indie rock quartet fronted by Bradford Cox

    Added: 27/09/2010

     
  24. 9.2

    Big Boi

    Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

    First proper solo album from OutKast member, rapper and actor Antwan Patton

    Added: 06/07/2010

     
  25. 9.2

    LCD Soundsystem

    This Is Happening

    The much-anticipated third album from James Murphy's Brooklyn dance-punk project

    Added: 17/05/2010

     
  26. 9.2

    Joanna Newsom

    Have One On Me

    Third album of new folk - and a triple at that - from the harp-playing Californian bard

    Added: 23/02/2010

     
  27. 9.2

    Dirty Projectors

    Bitte Orca

    Latest installment of Dave Longstreth's experimental indie rock collective

    Added: 09/06/2009

     
  28. 9.2

    Deerhunter

    Microcastle

    New York ambient art rockers with the follow up to 2007's acclaimed Cryptograms

    Added: 27/10/2008

     
  29. 9.1

    FKA Twigs

    Eusexua

    Third album of trip hop / alternative R&B from the London-based singer and dancer Tahliah Barnett working with producers Eartheater, Koreless, Ojivolta, Stargate, Marius de Vries and North West

    Added: 24/01/2025

     
  30. 9.1

    Cindy Lee

    Diamond Jubilee

    Seventh studio release from the Canadian musician Patrick Flegel only available to download on a Geocities website or streaming on YouTube

    Added: 12/04/2024

     

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