10. Simon Joyner – Ghosts

9. Yo La Tengo – Fade

8. Willis Earl Beal – Nobody Knows

7. David Bowie – The Next Day

6. Califone – Stitches

5. Shearwater – Fellow Travelers

4. Bill Callahan – Dream River

3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away

2. The National – Trouble Will Find Me

1. Low – The Invisible Way

Other of note: Richard Buckner – Surrounded, Kanye West – Yeezus, Phosphorescent – Muchacho, Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight…, The Knife – Shaking the Habitual, Savages – Silence Yourself, Hiss Golden Messenger – Haw, Volcano Choir – Repave, Iron & Wine – Ghost on Ghost, Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light, Retribution Gospel Choir – 3, Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold, Robyn Hitchcock – Love From London, Chelsea Light Moving – Chelsea Light Moving