2. The Good Life - Album of the Year
The best pure breakup album I've ever heard.
(And I will never forget my shit-faced conversation with the man behind it)
3. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
4. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
5. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
I did this list rather quickly while scanning through what I had in my iTunes, but I can say with confidence that I've played the shit out of all 5 of these albums.
Also, best bands and honorable mentions go to (in no particular order)
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Janelle Monáe - Metropolis
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
The Walkabouts - Ended Up a Stranger
& Favorite Artists
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Cursive
The National
of Montreal
Gogol Bordello
Scissor Sisters
Tindersticks
AC Newman
Belle & Sebastian
St. Vincent
White Stripes (Jack White)