1. Radiohead . Hail To The Thief
2. Bonnie Prince Billy . Master And Everyone
3. The New Pornographers . Electric Version
4. The White Stripes . Elephant
5. Clearlake . Cedars
6. The Raveonettes . Chain Gang Of Love
7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club . Take Them On, On Your Own
8. Mogwai . Happy Songs For Happy People
9. Grandaddy . Sumday
10. The Stratford 4 . Love And Distortion
11. The Kills . Keep On Your Mean Side
12. The Be Good Tanyas . Chinatown
13. Frankenixon . Depth Perception
14. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs . Fever To Tell
15. Sam Roberts . We Were Born In A Flame
16. Damien Jurado . Where Shall You Take Me
17. The Drive-By Truckers . Decoration Day
18. A Silver Mt. Zion . This Is Our Punk Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather & Sing
19. The Fire Theft . The Fire Theft
20. One Mile North . Minor Shadows

Biggest disappointments of the year:

• The Dandy Warhols . Welcome To The Monkeyhouse
• Elbow . A Cast Of Thousands
• The Folk Implosion . The New Folk Implosion
• Matthew Good . Avalanche

Likely would have made the top 20, but haven’t arrived in the mail yet:

• My Morning Jacket . It Still Moves
• Guided By Voices . Earthquake Glue
• The Fiery Furnaces . Gallowsbird’s Bark
• Explosions In The Sky . The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
• Snow Patrol . Final Straw