| 4.5 superb |
| AFI Sing the Sorrow |
| Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| Beck Odelay |
| Billy Talent Billy Talent II |
| Bjork Homogenic |
| Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago |
| Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
| Daft Punk Homework |
| Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism |
| Deftones Saturday Night Wrist |
| Gorillaz Demon Days |
| Grizzly Bear Veckatimest |
| Incubus (USA-CA) S.C.I.E.N.C.E. |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Light Grenades |
| Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights |
| Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking |
| Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King |
| Mastodon Crack the Skye |
| Mutemath Mutemath |
| My Chemical Romance The Black Parade |
| Nine Inch Nails The Fragile |
| Nine Inch Nails Year Zero |
| After the turn of the millennium, Trent Reznor had seemed to have lost his niche. With Teeth was a terribly lazy effort, and displayed the one thing I hate about Nine Inch Nails- fun. Luckily, Trent has returned with another brooding concept with quality that isn't far off from The Downward Spiral. The album is not as much a collection of songs, but a vehicle for his tale of paranoia and corruption. The sound is heavily laden with industrial synth that are the most far gone of his career, but laced with the serene emotion and signature NIN feel that we've come to love. Some might find that the individual songs aren't musical enough, and although that is warranted, the concept that shines through them makes the lack of musicality all the more appropriate. Year Zero displays Reznor's terrific ability to captivate an audience, his well-crafted concept, backed by his always brilliant lyrics, return him to the format of albums that he does best, as well as to the incredible musician that he is hailed for. |
| Opeth Watershed |
| Pink Floyd Animals |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| Pink Floyd The Wall |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire |
| Sonic Youth Daydream Nation |
| Talking Heads Remain in Light |
| The Acorn Glory Hope Mountain |
| The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots |
| Thrice Vheissu |
| Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II |
| Ween The Mollusk |
| Yes Close to the Edge |
