Artist—Title [Label]Points Mentions
1. Frank Ocean Channel Orange [Def Jam Recordings] 1,939 169
2. Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city [Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope] 1,431 123
3. Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and
Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do [Epic Records] 1,124101
4. Japandroids Celebration Rock [Polyvinyl Records] 908 73
5. Miguel Kaleidoscope Dream [RCA] 716 66
6. Tame Impala Lonerism [Modular Records] 589 56
7. Swans The Seer [Young God Records] 543 51
8. Killer Mike R.A.P. Music [Williams Street Records] 522 50
9. Grimes Visions [4AD Records] 482 51
10. Beach House Bloom [Sub Pop Records] 396 39
11. Jack White Blunderbuss [Columbia Records Third Man Records] 387 41
12. Dirty Projectors Swing Lo Magellan [Domino Records] 387 34
13. Cloud Nothings Attack on Memory [Carpark Records] 364 37
14. Father John Misty Fear Fun [Sub Pop Records] 363 33
15. Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball [Columbia Records] 361 36
16. Bob Dylan Tempest [Columbia Records] 349 33
17. Taylor Swift Red [Big Machine Records] 337 33
18. Future Pluto [Epic Records] 329 28
19. Sharon Van Etten Tramp [Jagjaguwar] 327 34
20. Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls [Ato Records] 327 33
21. Dr. John Locked Down [Nonesuch Records] 313 32
22. Leonard Cohen Old Ideas [Columbia Records] 311 31
23. Cat Power Sun [Matador Records] 293 31
24. Scott Walker Bish Bosch [4AD Records] 278 22
25. El-P Cancer 4 Cure [Fat Possum Records] 262 29
26. Grizzly Bear Shields [Warp Records] 258 30
27. Baroness Yellow & Green [Relapse Records] 257 24
28. Chromatics Kill for Love [Italians Do Better] 242 22
29. Andy Stott Luxury Problems [Modern Love] 239 21
30. Jessie Ware Devotion [Universal Island] 234 23
31. Neil Young and Crazy Horse Psychedelic Pill [Reprise Records] 220 22
32. Loudon Wainwright III Older Than My Old Man Now [StorySound Records] 210 16
33. Mountain Goats Transcendental Youth [Merge Records] 205 22
34. Spiritualized Sweet Heart Sweet Light [Fat Possum Records] 202 18
35. Julia Holter Ekstasis [RVNG International] 192 19
36. Bat for Lashes The Haunted Man [Capitol Records] 192 18
37. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! [Constellation Records] 191 21
38. Hot Chip In Our Heads [Domino Records] 182 16
39. Carly Rae Jepsen Kiss [Interscope Records] 174 15
40. Todd Snider Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables [Aimless Records] 172 13