Näiteks Nick Cave`i (pildil), Portisheadi, TV On The Radio, Glasvegase või King Of Leoni kauamängivaid.

Allpool valik maailma muusikaväljaannete kriitikute Top 10 valikud:

NME
1. MGMT — Oracular Spectacular
2. TV On The Radio — Dear Science
3. Glasvegas — Glasvegas
4. Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend
5. Foals — Antidotes
6. Metronomy — Nights Out
7. Santogold — Santogold
8. Mystery Jets — 21
9. Kings Of Leon — Only By The Night
10. Friendly Fires — Friendly Fires
Uncut
1. Portishead — Third
2. Fleet Foxes — Fleet Foxes
3. TV On The Radio — Dear Science
4. Bon Iver — For Emma, Forever Ago
5. Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend
6. Elbow — The Seldom Seen Kid
7. Neon Neon — Stainless Style
8. Nick Cave — Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!
!! 9. Kings Of Leon — Only By The Night
10. Paul Weller — 22 Dreams

Last.FM
1. Coldplay — Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
2. MGMT — Oracular Spectacular
3. Portishead — Third
4. Nine Inch Nails — Ghosts I-IV
5. The Ting Tings — We Started Nothing
6. The Kooks — Konk
7. Death Vab For Cutie — Narrow Stairs
8. Hot Chip — Made In The Dark
9. Jack Johnson — Sleep Through The Static
10. Sigur Ros — Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Pitchfork
1. Deerhunter — Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
2. TV On The Radio — Dear Science
3. No Age — Nouns
4. Hercules And Love Affair — Hercules And Love Affair
5. Fleet Foxes — Fleet Foxes
6. DJ Rupture — Uproot
7. Fucked Up — The Chemistry Of Common Life
8. Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend
9. Cut Copy — In Ghost Colours
10. Portishead — Third

Q
1. Kings Of Leon — Only By The Night
2. Fleet Foxes — Fleet Foxes
3. Coldplay — Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
4. Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend
5. Glasvegas — Glasvegas
6. Duffy — Rockferry
7. TV On The Radio — Dear Science
8. Elbow — The Seldom Seen Kid
9. Raconteurs — Consolers Of The Lonely
10. Nick Cave — Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

The Observer
1. Bon Iver — For Emma, Forever Ago
2. Amadou And Mariam — Welcome To Mali
3. Elbow — The Seldom Seen Kid
4. Glasvegas — Glasvegas
5. Kings Of Leon — Only By The Night
6. MGMT — Oracular Spectacular
7. Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend
8. Kanye West — 808s And Heartbreak
9. Portishead — Third
10. TV On The Radio — Dear Science

Metacritic
1. Amadou And Mariam — Welcome To Mali
2. The Bug — London Zoo
3. Plush — Fed
4. TV On The Radio — Dear Science
5. Shugo Tokumaru — Exit
6. Bon Iver — For Emma, Forever Ago
7. Fleet Foxes — Fleet Foxes
8. Nick Cave — Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
9. Neil Young — Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968
10. Robyn — Robyn

The Sunday Times
1. Fleet Foxes — Fleet Foxes
2. Cut Copy — In Ghost Colours
3. Paul Weller — 22 Dreams
4. Nick Cave — Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
5. Bon Iver — For Emma, Forever Ago
6. Aidan John Moffat — I Can Hear Your Heart
7. Al Green — Lay It Down
8. Kanye West — 808s And Heartbreak
9. REM — Accelerate
10. My Morning Jacket — Evil Urges