- 50. The Flaming Lips, 'The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends'
- 49. Murder by Death, 'Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon'
- 48. Tame Impala, 'Lonerism'
- 47. The Hives, 'Lex Hives'
- 46. Four Tet, 'Pink'
- 45. Lana Del Rey, 'Born to Die'
- 44. Lee Fields, 'Faithful Man'
- 43. The Walkmen, 'Heaven'
- 42. Dirty Ghosts, 'Metal Moon'
- 41. Neil Young, 'Psychedelic Pill'
- 40. Stars, 'The North'
- 39. Flying Lotus, 'Until the Quiet Comes'
- 38. Zeus, 'Busting Visions'
- 37. Titus Andronicus, 'Local Business'
- 36. Miguel, 'Kaleidoscope Dream'
- 35. Polica, 'Give You the Ghost'
- 34. Crystal Castles, 'III'
- 33. El-P, 'Cancer 4 Cure'
- 32. the xx, 'Coexist'
- 31. Will Stratton, 'Post Empire'
- 30. Mac DeMarco, '2'
- 29. Tennis, 'Young and Old'
- 28. Schoolboy Q, 'Habits & Contradictions'
- 27. Mumford and Sons, 'Babel'
- 26. Cloud Nothings, 'Attack on Memory'
- 25. Grizzly Bear, 'Shields'
- 24. Kathleen Edwards, 'Voyageur'
- 23. Purity Ring, 'Shrines'
- 22. Pujol, 'United States of Being'
- 21. Lianne La Havas, 'Is Your Love Big Enough?'
- 20. Bob Mould, 'Silver Age'
- 19. Screaming Females, 'Ugly'
- 18. Killer Mike, 'R.A.P. Music'
- 17. Solange, 'True'
- 16. Jack White, 'Blunderbuss'
- 15. Daphni, 'JIAOLONG'
- 14. Father John Misty, 'Fear Fun'
- 13. Metric, 'Synthetica'
- 12. P.O.S., 'We Don't Even Live Here'
- 11. Dirty Projectors, 'Swing Lo Magellan'
- 10. Grimes, 'Visions'
- 9. Beach House, 'Bloom'
- 8. Alabama Shakes, 'Boys and Girls'
- 7. Divine Fits, 'A Thing Called Divine Fits'
- 6. Sharon Van Etten, 'Tramp'
- 5. Leonard Cohen, 'Old Ideas'
- 4. Kendrick Lamar, 'good kid, m.A.A.d city'
- 3. Japandroids, 'Celebration Rock'
- 2. Frank Ocean, 'Channel Orange'
- 1. Fiona Apple, 'The Idler Wheel...'