2. The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang

3. White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan

4. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine

5. Bruce Springsteen, Devils and Dust

6. My Morning Jacket, Z

7. Beck, Guero

8. Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

9. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois

10. 50 Cent, The Massacre

11. M.I.A., Arular

12. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods

13. Various Artists, Run the Road

14. Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall

15. Gorillaz, Demon Days

16. John Legend, Get Lifted

17. Van Morrison, Magic Time

18. Kings of Leon, Aha Shake Heartbreak

19. The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers

20. System of a Down, Mezmerize/Hypnotize

21. Common, Be

22. Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor

23. Paul McCartney, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

24. The Mars Volta, Frances the Mute

25. Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

26. Queens of the Stone Age, Lullabies to Paralyze

27. Stevie Wonder, A Time to Love

28. The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday

29. Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better

30. Foo Fighters, In Your Honor

31. Amadou and Mariam, Dimanche a Bamako

32. The Go! Team, Thunder, Lightening, Strike

33. Antony and the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now

34. Paul Wall, The Peoples Champ

35. LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem

36. The Perceptionists, Black Dialogue

37. Missy Elliott, The Cookbook

38. Dungen, Ta Det Lugnt

39. Annie, Anniemal

40. Neil Young, Prairie Wind

41. Keyshia Cole, The Way It Is

42. Living Things, Ahead of the Lions

43. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi

44. Daddy Yankee, Barrio Fino

45. The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara

46. The Willowz, Talk In Circles

47. Wide Right, Sleeping on the Couch

48. Kaiser Chiefs, Employment

49. Damian Marley, Welcome to Jamrock

50. Stars, Set Yourself on Fire