Like my end-of-year film list I’m going to attempt a best of album list and fill it in as I go along (this is only in the name of fun, for me—it’s mostly how they will appear on the list, successively, not the exact scores):

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6. The Roots: How I Got Over
7. Elizabeth Cook: Welder
8. Vampire Weekend: Contra
9. Johnny Cash: American VI: Ain’t No Grave
10. M.I.A.: Maya

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12. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Fantasy
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14. Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday
15. Girl Talk: All Day
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22. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs