Dry The River were the early contenders for best album of the year and it was never bettered. Mumford & Sons, Jake Bugg, Sigur Ros and First Aid Kit forming the impressive top 5.
- Shallow Bed by Dry The River
- Babel by Mumford & Sons
- Jake Bugg by Jake Bugg
- Valtari by Sigur Ros
- The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit
- Sugaring Season by Beth Orton
- Carry On by Willy Mason
- Bloom by Beach House
- Traces by Karine Polwart
- Ssss by Vcmg
- The Defenestration of St Martin
- The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind by Ben Folds Five
- The Haunted Man By Bat For Lashes
- Company by Andy Burrows
- Look To The Sky by James Iha
- Psychedelic Pill by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Generation Freakshow by Feeder
- Celebration Rock by Japandroids
- The 2nd Law by Muse
- Cut The World by Antony & The Johnsons
- Oshin by Diiv
- Silver Age by Bob Mould
- Electric Cables by Lightships
- New Wild Everywhere by Great Lake Swimmers
- Standing At The Sky's Edge by Richard Hawley
- The Ghost In Daylight by Gravenhurst
- Born And Raised by John Mayer
- Coexist by The xx
- Sun by Cat Power
- Strangeland by Keane
- Do The Struggle by Franz Nicolay
- ¡Tre! by Green Day
- Lost Songs by And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
- A Conversation Well Rehearsed by The Birthday Suit
- An Awesome Wave by Alt-J
- The Blossom Chronicles by Philter
- Battle Born by The Killers
- Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized
- Moves by Singing Adams
- Ghostory by School of Seven Bells
- Charmer by Aimee Mann
- ¡Uno! by Green Day
- Dead & Born & Grown by The Staves
- Like Drawing Blood by Gotye
- Observator by The Raveonettes
- Now For Plan A by The Tragically Hip
- III by Crystal Castles
- Songs From The Shipyards by The Unthanks
- Race The Loser by Lau
- Southern Air by Yellowcard
- Dead End Kings by Katatonia
- Banga by Patti Smith
- Instinct by Niki And The Dove
- Human Again by Ingrid Michaelson
- Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Privateering by Mark Knopfler
- The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band by The Unthanks
- 20 by Kate Rusby
- Close Up, Vol. 4 - Songs Of Family by Suzanne Vega
- Even On The Worst Nights by Mixtapes
- Koi No Yokan by Defones
- Unknown Rooms by Chelsea Wolfe
- Oceania by Smashing Pumpkins
- Blood Speaks by Smoke Fairies
- Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem
- Beard Wives Denim by Pond
- Forward/Return by The Album Leaf
- Stardust by Lena
- The Light The Dead Can See by Soulsavers
- Hello Hum by Wintersleep
- Sounds From Nowheresville by The Ting Tings
- Lonerism by Tame Impala
- Allah-Las by Allah-Las
- Mutual Friends by Boy
- Devotion by Jessie Ware
- Ekstasis by Julia Holter
- Would You Stay by Steffaloo
- Moth by Exlovers
- Tramp by Sharon Van Etten
- KU:PALM by Photek
- WIXIW by Liars
- My Head Is An Animal by Of Monsters And Men
- Young Man In America by Anais Mitchell
- Given To The Wild by The Maccabees
- The Sister by Marissa Nadler
- Americana by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
- Unearth by Grasscut
- Little Broken Hearts by Norah Jones
- Gold Dust by Tori Amos and Jules Buckley
- King Animal by Soundgarden
- Melody's Echo Chamber by Melody's Echo Chamber
- Hot Cakes by The Darkness
- Synthetica by Metric
- Words And Music by Saint Etienne
- Wonky by Orbital
- Crown And Treaty by Sweet Billy Pilgrim
- Shrines by Purity Ring
- Internal Logic by Grass Widow
- ¡Dos! by Green Day
- Here Come The Bombs by Gaz Coombes
- Tough Love by Pulled Apart by Horses
- Interstellar by Frankie Rose
- New Relics by Errors
- An Omen EP by How To Destroy Angels
- Dead In The Boot by Elbow
- Wild Peace by Echo Lake
- Dub Egg by The Young
- Born Villain by Marilyn Manson
- Let It Break by Gemma Hayes
- Life Is Good by Nas
- Living Things by Linkin Park
- Beacon by Two Door Cinema Club
- Oh No I Love You by Tim Burgess
- Underwater Sunshine by Counting Crows
- Manifest! by Friends
- Clear Moon by Mount Eerie
- Tree Bursts In Snow by Admiral Fallow
- Human Don't Be Angry by Human Don't Be Angry
- The Family Tree: The Roots by Radical Face
- Weapons by Lostprophets
- Blues Funeral by Mark Lanegan Band
- A Monument by Tu Fawning
- Aufheben by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Have Some Faith In Magic by Errors
- Hello Cruel World by Gretchen Peters
- Voyageur by Kathleen Edwards
- Pale Fire by El Perro Del Mar
- Long Live The Struggle by The King Blues
- Fossil Of Girl by Sarah Donner
- Blunderbuss by Jack White
- Here I Am by Oli Brown
- Spirits by Plankton Wat
- Visions by Grimes
- Come Home To Mama by Martha Wainwright
- Tales From The Barrel House by Seth Lakeman
- Dark Black by Kristina Train
- The Temper Trap by The Temper Trap
- ¿Which Side Are You On? by Ani Difranco
- Eighty One by Yppah
- Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen
- First Serve by De La Soul's Plug 1 and Plug 2
- Kin Con by Alex Winston
- Gossamer by Passion Pit
- The Afterman: Ascension by Coheed and Cambria
- Siberia by LIGHTS
- Ocean Roar by Mount Eerie
- Europe by Allo Darlin'
- North by Matchbox Twenty
- The Something Rain by Tindersticks
- Something by Chairlift
- The House That Jack Built by Jesca Hoop
- Mirage Rock by Band Of Horses
- The Savage Heart by The Jim Jones Revue
- Who Needs Who by Dark Dark Dark
- Anxiety by Ladyhawke
- Fear Fun by Father John Misty
- Transcendental Youth by The Mountain Goats
- Fragrant World by Yeasayer
- Shields by Grizzly Bear
- California 37 by Train
- Break It Yourself by Andrew Bird
- Reign Of Terror by Sleigh Bells
- The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple
- Through The Night by Ren Harvieu
- Personality by Scuba
- Not Your Kind Of People by Garbage
- Storm by Sam Russo
- America Give Up by Howler
- Black Light by Diagrams
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