NME got it right on the top 2 picks beyond a doubt

1। The Strokes – 'Is This Libertines – 'Up The Bracket'3। Primal Scream – 'XTRMNTR'4. Arctic Monkeys – 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Fever To Tell'6. PJ Harvey – 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea'7. Arcade Fire – 'Funeral'8. Interpol – 'Turn On The Bright Lights'9. The Streets – 'Original Pirate Material'10. Radiohead – 'In Rainbows'11. At The Drive In – 'Relationship Of Command'12. LCD Soundsystem – 'Sound Of Silver'13. The Shins – 'Wincing The Night Away'14. Radiohead – 'Kid A'15. Queens Of The Stone Age – 'Songs For The Deaf'16. The Streets – 'A Grand Don't Come For Free'17. Sufjan Stevens – 'Illinois'18. The White Stripes – 'Elephant'19. The White Stripes – 'White Blood Cells'20. Blur – 'Think Tank'21. The Coral – 'The Coral'22. Jay-Z – 'The Blueprint'23. Klaxons – 'Myths Of The Near Future'24. The Libertines – 'The Libertines'25. The Rapture – 'Echoes'26. Dizzee Rascal – 'Boy in Da Corner'27. Amy Winehouse – 'Back To Black'28. Johnny Cash – 'The Man Comes Around'29. Super Furry Animals – 'Rings Around The World'30. Elbow – 'Asleep In The Back'31. Bright Eyes – 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Show Your Bones'33. Arcade Fire – 'Neon Bible'34. Grandaddy – 'The Sophtware Slump'35. Babyshambles – 'Down In Albion'36. Spirtualized – 'Let it Come Down'37. The Knife – 'Silent Shout'38. Bloc Party – 'Silent Alarm'39. Crystal Castles – 'Crystal Castles'40. Ryan Adams – 'Gold'41. Wild Beasts – 'Two Dancers'42. Vampire Weekend – 'Vampire Weekend'43. Wilco – 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'44. Outkast – 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'45. Avalanches – 'Since I Left You'46. The Delgados – 'The Great Eastern'47. Brendan Benson – 'Lapalco'48. The Walkmen – 'Bows and Arrows'49. Muse – 'Absolution'50. MIA – 'Arular'