This seems to be a thing, so I’ll go with it.

Top Ten

1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion[[tied]]1. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca3. Akron/Family – Set ’em Wild, Set ’em Free4. DM Stith – Heavy Ghost5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz6. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest7. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns8. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix9. Viva Voce – Rose City10. I Was a King – I Was a King

Runners Up

I could love these albums, if I gave them some more time.

Dan Deacon – BromstDark Was the NightDeastro – MoondaggerThe Decemberists – Hazards of LoveHere We Go Magic – Here We Go MagicmewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All A Dream It’s AlrightRichard Swift – Atlantic OceanWe Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls

Honorable Mention

These albums are good, but just not mind-meltingly great. That or they haven’t hit me at the right time yet.

Bosque Brown – BabyCotton Jones – Paranoid CocoonFol Chen – Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune’s MadeThe Juan MacLean – The Future Will ComeMulatu Astatke/The Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information 3Numéro# – Sport de CombatOffice – MeccaU2 – No Line on the HorizonWilco (the album)Wale – Back to the Feature