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01. John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls

02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion

03. The Arcade Fire: Funeral

04. The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas

05. Beyonce: Dangerously In Love

06. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago

07. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

08. Burial: Untrue

09. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: S/T

10. Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway

11. Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head

12. Danger Mouse: The Grey Album

13. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism

14. The Decemberists: The Crane Wife

15. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP

16. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

17. Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasión Segun San Marcos (Saint Mark’s Passion)

18. Green Day: American Idiot

19. Iron And Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days

20. Jay-Z: The Blueprint

21. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me

22. Juanes: Fijate Bien

23. LCD Soundsystem: Sound Of Silver

24. Lil’ Wayne: Tha Carter III

25. Little Brother: The Listening

26. M.I.A.: Kala

27. Yo-Yo Ma: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet

28. Mastodon: Leviathan

29. Jason Moran: Black Stars

30. OutKast: Stankonia

31. Brad Paisley: 5th Gear

32. Panda Bear: Person Pitch

33. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand

34. The Postal Service: Give Up

35. Radiohead: In Rainbows

36. Radiohead: Kid A

37. Shakira: Fijación Oral, Vol. 1

38. Sigur Ros: ( )

39. Britney Spears: In The Zone

40. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois

41. The Strokes: Is This It

42. The Swell Season: Once Soundtrack

43. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: In The Heart Of The Moon

44. TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain

45. Various: Garden State Soundtrack

46. Various: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack

47. Kanye West: The College Dropout

48. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells

49. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

50. Amy Winehouse: Back To Black