We close out the year with an annual list of the year’s 50 best albums, each represented by one track. First part includes places from 50th to 26th.
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PLAYLIST:
- The Blithe Sons The Great Orthochromatic Wheel (Family Vineyard)
- Beck Modern Guilt (XL Recordings)
- Spiritualized Songs In A&E (Sanctuary)
- Nico Muhly Mothertongue (Bedroom Community)
- Rings Black Habit (Paw Tracks)
- Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
- Tape Luminarium (Hapna)
- Warmer Milks Soft Walks (Animal Disguise)
- The Magnetic Fields Distortion (Nonesuch)
- Autechre Quaristice (Warp)
- Emeralds Solar Bridge (Hanson)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Mute)
- Wooden Shjips Volume 1 (Holy Mountain)
- Brethren Of The Free Spirit All Things Are From Him, Through Him & In Him (Audiomer)
- Daedelus Love To Make Music To (Ninja Tune)
- Stereolab Chemical Chords (4AD)
- Sun Kill Moon April (Caldo Verde)
- Andrea Belfi Knots (Die Schachtel)
- Paavoharju Laulu Laakson Kukista (Fonal)
- Deerhunter Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. (4AD)
- Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra Spin Vows Under Arch (Beta-Lactam Ring)
- Benoit Pioulard Temper (Kranky)
- Grouper Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (Type)
- Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak (Roc-A-Fella)
- Atlas Sound Let The Blind Let Those Who See But Cannot Feel (Kranky)