| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Of Montreal |
Deflated Chime Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline Responses |
Polyvinyl |
| 2 |
East River Pipe |
What are you On? |
Merge |
| 3 |
Calvin Johnson |
Before the Dream Faded |
K |
| 4 |
Delta 5 |
Singles and Sessions 1979-81 |
Kill Rock Stars |
| 5 |
Frequent Flyer |
S/t |
Pan Ami |
| 6 |
Tender Forever |
The Soft and the Hardcore |
K |
| 7 |
Jackie-O-Motherfucker |
Flags of the Sacred Harp |
All Tomorrow's Parties |
| 8 |
Karl Blau |
Beneath the Waves |
K |
| 9 |
The Ladies |
They Mean Us |
Temporary Residence |
| 10 |
Sutukh |
Born Again |
Leaf |
| 11 |
The Gossip |
Standing in the Way of Control |
Kill Rock Stars |
| 12 |
Lucy Kaplousky |
The Tide |
Red House |
| 13 |
Lesbians on Ecstasy |
Giggles in the Dark |
Alien8 |
| 14 |
The Blank Tapes |
Landfair |
Matty Made |
| 15 |
Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko |
28 |
Fat Cat |
| 16 |
Caribou |
Marinoaudio |
Domino |
| 17 |
Camping 2 |
Various Artists |
Bpitch Control |
| 18 |
Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads |
Various Artists |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 19 |
The Advantage |
Elf Titled |
5RC |
| 20 |
Arab Strap |
The Last Romance |
Transdreamer |
| 21 |
POS |
Audition |
Rhymesayers |
| 22 |
Saint Etienne |
Tales from the Turnpike House |
Savoy Jazz |
| 23 |
Hawnay Troof |
Community |
Retard Disco |
| 24 |
Ulrich Schnauss |
Far Away Trains Passing By |
Domino |
| 25 |
Books on Tape |
Dinosaur Dinosaur |
Alien8 |
| 26 |
Veronica Lipgloss |
The Witch's Dagger |
GSL |
| 27 |
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone |
Etiquette |
Tomlab |
| 28 |
Dejormais |
Dead Letters to Lost Friends |
Intrversion |
| 29 |
Blackbird |
Birds Eye View |
Alpha Pup |
| 30 |
Antimatter |
Our Lady of the Skies |
Asphodel |