This best of list was put together by the AbsolutePunk.net staff in 2010. It used an old system for ranking albums, but has been brought over to Chorus.fm for posterity.
- Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang
- Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
- The National – High Violet
- The Wonder Years – The Upsides
- The Graduate – Only Every Time
- Jimmy Eat World – Invented
- Vampire Weekend – Contra
- Circa Survive – Blue Sky Noise
- Four Tet – There Is Love In You
- Sufjan Stevens – Age of Adz
- Motion City Soundtrack – My Dinosaur Life
- Republic of Wolves – Varuna
- Four Year Strong – Enemy of the World
- Hellogoodbye – Would It Kill You?
- Anberlin – Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place
- Norma Jean – Meridional
- Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
- Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
- Josh Ritter – So Runs the World Away
- Underoath – Ø (Disambiguation)
- Off With Their Heads – In Desolation
- You, Me, And Everyone We Know – Some Things Don’t Wash Out
- Native – Wrestling Moves
- Fake Problems – Real Ghosts Caught On Tape
- Valencia – Dancing With A Ghost
- Foxy Shazam – Foxy Shazam
- The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
- The Menzingers – Chamberlain Waits
- Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
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